Background
SHIHABI, Samir was born in 1925 in Jerusalem.
Jean Ping (right), President of the fifty-ninth session of the General Assembly, meets with Samir S. Shihabi (Saudi Arabia), former President of the forty-sixth session of the General Assembly.
Samir Shihabi (left), the new Permanent Representative of Saudi Arabia to the United Nations, presenting his credentials today to Secretary-General Javier Perez De Cuellar at UN Headquarters.
SHIHABI, Samir was born in 1925 in Jerusalem.
American University, Beirut, Lebanon and Cairo, Egypt, Yale University, United States of America and Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge University, England.
Since 1957, Mr. Shihabi has participated as Chairman, Vice-Chairman or member of Saudi Arabia's delegation to numerous United Nations and other international conferences, including those of the following bodies: the Organization of the Islamic Conference, the Arab League, the Non-Aligned Movement and the "Group of 77" developing nations. Mr. Shihabi chaired the Saudi delegation at the United Nations Conference on the Application of Science and Technology in Developing Countries (Geneva, 1963), the Conference of Ministers for Religious Affairs of the States members of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (Mecca, 1978), the Group of 77 Conference on Economic Cooperation among Developing Countries (Cartagena, 1984) and the Non-Aligned Foreign Ministers' Conference (Nicosia, 1989).
Mr. Shihabi has also played a leading role in the establishment of the International Association of Permanent Representatives to the United Nations. He has twice been elected President of the Association