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MIDDLE - EAST

 

BAHRAIN

(Dawlat al Bahrayn)

Muhammad ibn Mubarak ibn Hamad Al Khalifah - Minister of Foreign Affairs

{Born in 1935}

 

(Since 1971)

International organization participation :

 

IRAN

(Jomhuri-ye Eslami-ye Iran)

Kamal Kharrazi - Minister of Foreign Affairs

{Born in 1944}

(Since 1997)

International organization participation :

 

IRAQ

(Al Jumhuriyah al Iraqiya)

Muhammad Saeed Kazim as-Sahhaf - Minister of Foreign Affairs

Born : in 1940}

(Minister of Foreign Affairs since 1992)

International organization participation : ABEDA, ACC, AFESD, AL, AMF, CAEU, CCC, ESCWA, FAO, G-19, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Inmarsat, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, ITU, NAM, OAPEC, OIC, OPEC, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO

ISRAËL

(Medinat Yisra'el)

Shlomo Ben-Ami - Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs

{Born }

(Minister of Public Security)

 (Since August 6, 2000)

International organization participation : BSEC (observer), CCC, CE (observer), CERN (observer), EBRD, ECE, FAO, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU, IDA, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, Inmarsat, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO, ITU, OAS (observer), OPCW, OSCE (partner), PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO

 

JORDAN

(Al Mamlakah al Urduniyah al Hashimiyah)

awaiting

Abdul Khatib - Minister of Foreign Affairs

{Born }

(Since 1998)

International organization participation : ABEDA, ACC, AFESD, AL, AMF, CAEU, CCC, ESCWA, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, IOM (observer), ISO (correspondent), ITU, MONUA, NAM, OIC, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNMIBH, UNMOP, UNMOT, UNOMIG, UNPREDEP, UNRWA, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO (applicant)

 

KUWAIT

(Dawlat al Kuwayt)

Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jabir Al Sabah - Minister of Foreign Affairs

{Born in 1929}

(Since 1978)

International organization participation : ABEDA, AfDB, AFESD, AL, AMF, BDEAC, CAEU, CCC, ESCWA, FAO, G-77, GCC, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO (pending member), ILO, IMF, IMO, Inmarsat, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, ISO (correspondent), ITU, NAM, OAPEC, OIC, OPCW, OPEC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WMO, WToO, WTrO

LEBANON

(Al Jumhuriyah al Lubnaniyah)

awaiting

Mahmoud Hammoud - Minister of Foreign Affairs

Born : 1935

Education : Licencié en droit et en littérature de l'Université libanaise.

(Shiite)

(Minister of Foreign Affairs since October 17, 2000)

International organization participation : ABEDA, ACCT, AFESD, AL, AMF, CCC, ESCWA, FAO, G-24, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Inmarsat, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, ISO (correspondent), ITU, NAM, OAS (observer), OIC, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNRWA, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO

OMAN

(Saltanat Uman)

awaiting

Youssef al-Alawi Abdullah - Minister of Foreign Affairs

{Born in 1945}

(Since 1982)

International organization participation : ABEDA, AFESD, AL, AMF, ESCWA, FAO, G-77, GCC, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Inmarsat, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, ISO (correspondent), ITU, NAM, OIC, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTrO (applicant)

QATAR

(Dawlat Qatar)

Sheikh Hamad ibn Jaber Al Thani - Minister of Foreign Affairs

{Born in 1959}

(Since 1992)

International organization participation : ABEDA, AFESD, AL, AMF, CCC, ESCWA, FAO, G-77, GCC, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDB, IFAD, IFRCS, IHO (pending member), ILO, IMF, IMO, Inmarsat, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, ISO (correspondent), ITU, NAM, OAPEC, OIC, OPCW, OPEC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTrO

SAUDI ARABIA

(Al Mamlakah al Arabiyah as Suudiyah)

awaiting

Sa'ud al-Faysal - Minister of Foreign Affairs

{Born in 1941}

(Since 1975)

International organization participation : ABEDA, AfDB, AFESD, AL, AMF, BIS, CCC, ESCWA, FAO, G-19, G-77, GCC, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Inmarsat, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, ISO, ITU, NAM, OAPEC, OAS (observer), OIC, OPCW, OPEC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTrO (applicant)

 

SYRIA

(Al Jumhuriyah al Arabiyah as Suriyah)

awaiting

Farouk ash-Shara - Minister of Foreign Affairs

{Born in 1938}

(Since 1984)

International organization participation : ABEDA, AFESD, AL, AMF, CAEU, CCC, ESCWA, FAO, G-24, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, ISO, ITU, NAM, OAPEC, OIC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNRWA, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WMO, WToO

 

TURKEY

(Turkiye Cumhuriyeti)

Ismail Cem - Minister of Foreign Affairs

{Born in Istanbul, in 1940}

[Graduate of Robert College (1959), Lausanne faculty of law (1963). Master Degree in Political Sociology from Paris Institute of Political Studies (1981)]

(Since 30 June 1997)

International organization participation : AsDB, BIS, BSEC, CCC, CE, CERN (observer), EAPC, EBRD, ECE, ECO, ESCAP, FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, IOM (observer), ISO, ITU, NATO, NEA, OECD, OIC, OPCW, OSCE, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIKOM, UNMIBH, UNOMIG, UNPREDEP, UNRWA, UPU, WEU (associate), WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

(Al Imarat al Arabiyah al Muttahidah)

awaiting

Rashid ibn Abdullah an-Nuaymi - Minister of Foreign Affairs

{Born }

(Since 1980 [acting to 1990])

International organization participation : ABEDA, AfDB, AFESD, AL, AMF, CAEU, CCC, ESCWA, FAO, G-77, GCC, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Inmarsat, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, ISO (correspondent), ITU, NAM, OAPEC, OIC, OPCW, OPEC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTrO

 

YEMEN

(Al Jumhuriyah al Yamaniyah)

awaiting

Abdel Qadir Bajamal - Minister of Foreign Affairs

{Born in 1946}

(Since 1998)

International organization participation : ACC, AFESD, AL, AMF, CAEU, CCC, ESCWA, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, ITU, NAM, OIC, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO (applicant)

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