Ambassador Daniel Carmon has served as Israel’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations since February 2005.
Daniel Carmon was born in Tel Aviv in 1951. He attended High School in Jerusalem, Istanbul, and Paris, and from 1970 to 1973, served as a Paratrooper in the Israel Defense Forces, where he attained the rank of Lieutenant.
In 1973 he began studies at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, where he was awarded a BA in International Relations. At the same time, in 1973, he joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where he served as a Section Head in the Communications Division. In 1975, Carmon served as a member of the Israeli delegation to Geneva on disengagement with Egypt.
In 1978 and 1979, he served as a member of the Israeli delegation to the Camp David peace conferences. From 1978 to 1982 he served as Embassy Attaché in Washington, DC, and then returned to the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem in 1982.
From 1983 to 1985 he served as the Commercial Director of a high tech company, before returning to the Foreign Ministry. Upon his return, he served in the Personnel Division, and then as Deputy Director of the division. This was followed by a posting as Consul and Counsellor for Administration in Israel's embassy in Buenos Aires, and then one as Minister Counsellor and Deputy Chief of Mission there. In 1995 he was appointed Head of the Situation Emergency Room in the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem.
From 1996 to 2000, he served as Head of the Information and Internet Division in the Department of Public Affairs. Before his current posting, from 2000 to 2005, he served as Head of the Bureau for Coordination, and Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affair's Director General's Bureau.
In 2008, Ambassador Carmon served as the Vice Chair of the 16th meeting of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD). In 2010, Ambassador Carmon will serve as Chair of the Commission on Population and Development (CPD).
