The new Permanent Representative of Lebanon to the United Nations, Ahmad Arafa, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General António Guterres today.

(As provided by the Protocol and Liaison Service)

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.