NEW PERMANENT OBSERVER OF THE LEAGUE OF ARAB STATES PRESENTS LETTER OF NOMINATION TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG

Sameh Aboulenein, the new Permanent Observer of the League of Arab States to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his letter of nomination to Michael Møller, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Aboulenein was Assistant Foreign Minister of Egypt for Disarmament, International Security and Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy. Before that, he served as the Deputy Assistant Foreign Minister. Mr. Aboul-Enein also held the position of the Minister Plenipotentiary and Deputy Head of Mission of Egypt to the United Kingdom. He worked as the Director of the United Nations Affairs Department and the Director of the International Organizations Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Cairo. Between 2002 and 2006, he was the Alternate Representative of Egypt to the Conference on Disarmament and to the United Nations Office at Geneva

Mr. Aboulenein served as advisor to two previous Foreign Ministers of Egypt. He was Counsellor for Arab and Middle East Affairs between 2000 and 2002 and the Political Officer for Middle East and Israeli-Palestinian Affairs between 1994 and 1996. He commenced his diplomatic career in 1987.

In addition to his diplomatic service, Mr. Aboulenein has been an Adjunct Professor for Disarmament, International and Regional Security at the American University in Cairo, and a visiting professor at the University of East Anglia and at the University of Stirling. He has also taught at the NATO Defense College in Rome and at the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom. In March 2015, he was awarded the 2014-2015 Outstanding Academic Recognition Award by the Political Science Department of the American University in Cairo. Mr. Aboulenein has written and lectured widely in both English and Arabic on international and regional security as well as conflict resolution and Middle East Nuclear Free Zone.


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