Resident Representative

Not to be confused with Resident Representative of the Northern Mariana Islands.

A resident representative is the head of a United Nations agency (such as UNDP, UNICEF, WHO) in a given country. As such, the resident representative has the same rank as an ambassador of a foreign state accredited to that country, under the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations.^[1]

References

1. http://untreaty.un.org/unts/120001_144071/29/4/00024056.pdf - Original text