Education:

• General Certificate of Secondary Education, Jabir Bin Hayyan School – Abu Dhabi-U.A.E

• Bachelor Degree in Arts.

• General Geography – Beiruth University – Lebanon 1976.

• Doctorate in Law – University Paris V René Descartes – Sorbonne 1990.

Previous and actual Positions:

• Director of Cultural Relations in Ministry of Education and Youth – Oman 1976.

• Director General of Scholarships and External Relations 1982.

• Permanent Delegate of the Sultanate of Oman to UNESCO, Paris (Ambassador) since 1984.

Professional Background 1976-1983:

• Chairman of the Committee Responsible for Surveying Conditions of Omani Students abroad.

• Member of the Commission for the Development of Higher Education in Oman.

• Member of the Omani National Commission for Education Culture and Science.

• Deputy Chairman of the Committee for Scholarships and Studies abroad.

• Member of the Educational Council, Ministry of Education.

• Member of the Board of Trustees, Gulf Polytechnic, College Bahrain.

International Experiences:

• Head of the Omani Delegation to the General Conference of UNESCO,– Sofia, Bulgaria, 1985.

• Head of the Omani Delegation to the International Conference on literacy – Paris, 1985.

• Head of the Omani Delegation to the International Conference on Education – Geneva, 1988.

• Head of the Omani Delegation to the General Conference of Arab Educational Cultural and Scientific Organisation (ALECSO), Tunis 1981.

• Head of the Omani Delegation to the World Heritage Committee.

• President of the Group 77 – Paris - Chapter 1992-1993.

• President of the Arab Group to UNESCO 1986 and 2004.

• Deputy Chairman of the UNESCO Executive Board, 1991-1993.

• Chairman of the Headquarter Committee of UNESCO, 1989-1991 and 1999-2003.

• Chairman of the Nominations Committee of the General Conference – 25th session 1989 / 28th session 1995.

• Chairman of the Executive Board Financial and Administrative Committee 1994.

• Chairman of the Executive Board Non Governmental Organisations Committee 1993-1995.

• Chairman of the Consultative Committee of Arabia Plan since 2002.

• Vice Chairman of the UNESCO Consultative Committee of the Silk Roads, 1988-1999.

• Member of the Omani Delegation to the General Conferences of UNESCO since 1978.

• Member of the Omani Delegation to the General Conferences of the Arab Bureau of Education for Gulf States – 1976-1984.

• Member of the Omani Delegation to the General Conferences of the International Bureau of Education, Geneva, since 1977.

• Member of the Omani Delegation to the General Conferences of ALECSO, 1976-1981.

• Member of the Executive Board of ALECSO, 1976-1981.

• Member of the Omani Delegation to the Earth Summit Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1993.

• Member of the Omani Delegation to the Conference on Development and Education, Boston, USA 1981.

• Member of the Council of the International Bureau of Education 1985-1987.

• Member of the Omani Delegation to the Round Table on Dialogue between Civilisations, New-York, United Nations, 2000.

• Member and vice Chairman of Administratif Board of World Arab Institute (IMA), Paris, 1985-1993.

• Secretary-General of the Circle of Permanent Delegates of UNESCO, Paris, 1996-2004.

• Professor Lecturer at the American Graduate School of International Relations and Diplomacy on North Africa and the Middle East, Paris.

• Actor and Theatre Director.

Languages:

• Arabic

• English

• French

Major Publications:

Decorative Medal: