Putrajaya: Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan today presented the instruments of appointment to Datuk Nadzirah Osman and Datuk Zanariah Zainal Abidin as Malaysia's Permanent Representatives to the United Nations in New York and Geneva, respectively. The instruments were presented at the Foreign Ministry, widely known as Wisma Putra, in Putrajaya.

According to Nam News Network, Nadzirah holds a Bachelor of Science (Honours) from the University of Malaya and joined the public service as an Administrative and Diplomatic Officer in 1994. Prior to this appointment, she served as the Permanent Representative of Malaysia to the UN in Geneva, Switzerland, since 2023. She has previously served as Malaysia's Ambassador to the Czech Republic and Ambassador to the Netherlands, and also at Malaysia's diplomatic missions in Mexico City, Mexico, and London, United Kingdom. At the ministry, she has held positions such as Deputy Secretary-General for Multilateral Affairs, Undersecretary of the Multilateral Political Division, Undersecretary of the Human Resource Management Division, and Undersecretary of the Multilateral Economy and Environment Division. Her service also included roles in the Eastern Europe Division and the America Division.

Meanwhile, Zanariah holds a Master's Degree in Public Policy from the Graduate School of International Politics, Japan, and a Bachelor of Science (Honours) degree from Aberystwyth University, Wales, United Kingdom. She joined the public service as an Administrative and Diplomatic Officer in 1995. Before this appointment, she served as Director-General of the ASEAN-Malaysia National Secretariat at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 2021. Her diplomatic career includes roles as Malaysia's Ambassador to the Czech Republic and Deputy Permanent Representative of Malaysia to ASEAN in Jakarta, Indonesia, with service at Malaysia's diplomatic missions in Caracas, Venezuela, and Santiago, Chile. Within the ministry, she has held the positions of Undersecretary of the Multilateral Political Division, Undersecretary of the Multilateral Security Division, and Director at the ASEAN-Malaysia National Secretariat, along with roles in the Regional and Maritime Affairs Division and the Economic Division.