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Ambassador Abdulaziz Abdulrahman Al-Ammar, the new Permanent Observer of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) presented his of appointment to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
NEW YORK, Aug 20 (KUNA) -- Ambassador Abdulaziz Abdulrahman Al-Ammar, the new Permanent Observer of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) late Tuesday presented his letter of appointment to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
Prior to his appointment last month, Ambassador Al-Ammar, 50, a Saudi national, has been Minister Plenipotentiary at the GCC delegation to the European Union in Brussels since October 2010.
Since he joined the GCC in 1992, and until 2010, Ambassador Al-Ammar held various positions at the GCC Secretariat in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
He served in the GCC Department of Political Affairs as Second Secretary between 1993-2002; as First Secretary in the Cabinet of the GCC Secretary-General between 2003-2008; and as Counselor in charge of international relations between 2008-2009.
He participated during his career in many GCC Summits and Ministerial meetings held in the region, as well as in the UN General Assembly sessions for the years 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2013.
He was also a member of the GCC Secretariat Delegation to Joint Ministerial Meetings held between the GCC and the European Union in Doha in 2003, in Brussels in 2004, in Al-Manama in 2005, in Luxembourg in 2012, and in Al-Manama in 2013.
Ambassador Al-Ammar holds a Bachelor's degree in Political Science from King Saud University,1986, and a Master's degree, in the same field, from Marshall University of West Virginia (US),1989.
He succeeds in his new post GCC Permanent Observer Ambassador Adnan Ahmed Abdullah Al-Ansari of Oman.
Ban also received late Tuesday the credentials of Dina Kawar, the new Ambassador of Jordan to the UN. Jordan is the only Arab member in the Security Council.
She succeeds Ambassador Prince Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein who was appointed lately by Ban as the new High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Prior to her appointment, she was Ambassador of Jordan to France from 2001 to 2013, with concurrent accreditation to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and to the Holy See. She also served as Jordan's Ambassador to Portugal.
She holds a master's degree in International Affairs from Columbia University and a bachelor's degree in international relations from Mills College, both in the United States. (end)
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