with Nabil Fahmy and Natan Sharansky on Feb 8, 2005
with James Kallstrom and Nabil Fahmy on Nov 19, 1999
Nabil Fahmy is the Egyptian ambassador to the United States. He has held the position since October 1999, and he is also internationally recognized for his expertise in the field of disarmament and international security.
Fahmy served as Egypt’s Ambassador to Japan from September 1997 to August 1999. Prior to that, he served as Political Advisor to the Foreign Minister from August 1993 to September 1997. He also served as a Senior Disarmament Official, Department of International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and was a member of the Egyptian Mission to the United Nations (Disarmament and Political Affairs) in Geneva and New York. He was also a member of the Cabinet of the Deputy Prime Minister of Foreign Affairs. He served as Advisor in the Cabinet of the Vice President of Egypt and as a member of the Cabinet of the Secretary of the President for External Communications from February 1974 to August 1976.
Fahmy was Chairman of the UN Secretary General’s Advisory Board of Disarmament Matters in 2001. He headed the Egyptian delegation to the Middle East Peace Process Steering Committee in 1993 and the Egyptian delegation to the Multilateral Working Group on Regional Security and Arms Control emanating from the Madrid Peace Conference in December 1991. He was elected Vice Chairman of the First Committee on Disarmament and International Security Affairs of the 44th Session of the UN General Assembly in 1986.
Source - University of Delaware http://www.udel.edu/global/agenda/2002/fahmybio.html
