Sneha Dubey is India’s First Secretary at the United Nations. She passed her civil services examination in the first attempt to join the 2012 batch of Indian Foreign Services. She grew up in Goa and then went on to graduate from Pune’s Fergusson College and finally did her MPhil from the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi.

She credited her interest in international affairs for joining the foreign services.  Her love for discovering new cultures, representing the country, being part of important policy decisions and helping people took her to where she is today. While her father works in a multinational company, her mother is a school teacher, making her the first in her family to join the government services. 

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Sneha was appointed in the Ministry of External Affairs and later sent to the Indian Embassy in Madrid in 2014. 

During the recent United Nations General Assembly, India said Pakistan was a patron of terrorism and a suppressor of minorities. 

In response to Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan‘s comments, Sneha Dubey, India’s first secretary, said, “This is the country which is an arsonist disguising itself as a fire-fighter. Pakistan nurtures terrorists in their backyard in the hope that they will only harm their neighbours. Our region, and in fact the entire world, has suffered because of their policies. On the other hand, they are trying to cover up sectarian violence in their country as acts of terror.”

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When Imran Khan raked up the Kashmir issue, saying, “New Delhi has embarked on what it ominously calls the final solution for the Jammu and Kashmir dispute, she added, “The entire Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh “were, are and will always be an integral and inalienable part of India. This includes the areas that are under the illegal occupation of Pakistan. We call upon Pakistan to immediately vacate all areas under its illegal occupation.”