Source: United Nations – in French 2
Headline: Le nouveau Représentant permanent de la Jordanie auprès des Nations Unies présente ses lettres de créance
Le nouveau Représentant permanent de la Jordanie auprès des Nations Unies, M. Walid Obeidat, a présenté aujourd’hui ses lettres de créance au Secrétaire général de l’ONU, M. António Guterres.
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Walid Khalid Abdullah Obeidat
DATE OF BIRTH
30 November 1968
MARITAL STATUS
Married with two children
EXPERIENCE
Diplomat at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) since 1991:
2024 – 2025 Director of the European Affairs Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2020 -2024 Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to the United Nations Office in Geneva and other international organizations in Switzerland
2018-2019 Director of the Jordan Institute of Diplomacy
2012-2018 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to the State of Israel
2009- 2012 Director of Legal Affairs at the MFA
Intermittently Acting Director namely of the Human Rights Department and the Department of International Organizations
2007-2009 Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) in the Embassy of Jordan in Paris
2005-2007 DCM in the Embassy of Jordan in Cairo and Deputy Permanent Representative (DPR)/Permanent Mission of Jordan to the Arab League
2004-2005 Deputy Director in the Private Office at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the last three months being Director ad-interim
2002-2004 DPR at the Permanent Mission of Jordan to the United Nations Office in Geneva
2000-2002 Diplomat at the Permanent Mission of Jordan in Geneva covering principally the work of the World Intellectual Property Organization, Human rights, Humanitarian affairs, International Labour Organization, the Conference on Disarmament, and States Parties conventions meetings
1997-2000 Diplomat in the Private Office at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1993-1997 Diplomat at the Permanent Mission of Jordan to the United Nations in New York principally in charge of the work of the Legal Committee (Sixth Committee) and the Social, humanitarian and cultural Committee (Third Committee). Rapporteur of the Sixth Committee in 1995
1992-1993 Diplomat at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs serving in the Legal Department, International Organizations Department and Consular Department
Served as member of National Committees on refugees, human rights, water, borders, Justice and Rule of Law and International Humanitarian Law.
EDUCATION
1990-1991 Jordanian Bar Association training qualifying as a Lawyer in Jordan (currently non-practicing member)
1989-1990 LL.M. in International Business Law from the University of London (LSE)
1986-1989 1986-1989 B.A. in Law from the University of Jordan
LANGUAGES
Fluent in Arabic, English and French.