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Le nouveau Représentant permanent du Liban auprès des Nations Unies présente ses lettres de créance

Le nouveau Représentant permanent du Liban auprès des Nations Unies, M. Ahmad Arafa, a présenté aujourd'hui ses lettres de créance au Secrétaire général de l'ONU, M. António Guterres.

(Tel que reçu du Service du protocole et de la liaison)

Ahmad ARAFA

Born in Lebanon in 1977

Married with two daughters

Over 23 years of an international career in the fields of multilateral diplomacy, political affairs, disarmament, human rights, intellectual property, legal and humanitarian affairs. Fluent in English, Arabic, with a good command of French.

Current and Previous Positions

August 2025- current Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Lebanon to the UN in New York
January 2023 - July 2025 Chargé d'affaires of the Embassy of the Lebanese Republic to the State of Kuwait
July 2019 - December 2022 Legal Counsel, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants, Lebanon.
January 2019 - July 2019 Counsellor, deputy Legal Counsel, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants, Lebanon.
February 2018 -December 2018 Consultant with the WIPO Regional Bureau for the Arab Countries, WIPO - Geneva.
January 2014 -January 2018 Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Lebanon to the UN in Geneva.
October 2006 -January 2014 First Secretary, Permanent Mission of Lebanon to the UN in Geneva.
May 2005 -October 2006 Attaché, Permanent Mission of Lebanon to the UN in Geneva.
July 2003 -May 2005 Attaché at Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants.

Academic Credentials

2010 Masters of Advanced Studies in International and European Security, University of Geneva (a joint programme with the Geneva Centre for Security Policy). Dissertation entitled: "The Oslo Process: Disarmament fought by the weapon of Humanitarianism".
2004 Bachelor in Political and Administrative Sciences, Lebanese University.
2002 Post-Graduate Diploma in Public Law, Lebanese University.
1999 Bachelor in Law, Lebanese University.
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