Dina Kawar
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Ambassador Dina Kawar briefs on the adoption of Security Council Resolution 2250 on Youth, Peace and Security in New York 10/12/2015.
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| Native name | دينا قعوار |
| Born | Amman, Jordan |
| Occupation | Representative of Jordan in UN General Assembly |
Dina Kawar is the current representative of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in the UN General Assembly. Kawar perviously held several positions including serving as the ambassador of Jordan in France and Portugal. She was the first Arab woman to ever preside over the United Nations Security Council during Jordan's non-permanent membership in 2015.
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Biography
Kawar received her higher education in the United States where she got a bachelor's degree in international relations from Mills College and a master's degree in international affairs from Columbia University and attended Harvard's Center for international affairs in 1986. The ambassador is fluent in Arabic, English and French.[1]
From 1985 to 1990, Kawar was appointed as the head of Prince Hassan's office in Amman, later heading the Paris office of the Bureau de S.A.R Prince El Hassan from 1991 to 2000. In 2000, she became Director of Bureau Privé de Sa Majesté le Roi Abdullah II in Paris. Kawar served as the Ambassador of Jordan to France from 2001 to 2013, with frequent accreditation to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and to the Holy See and to Portugal.[1]
Kawar was appointed as the Permanent Representative of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to the United Nations in August 2014, replacing Prince Zeid who became the High Commissioner of the Office of the United Nations for Human Rights. She has led the Jordanian delegation during Jordan’s non-permanent membership of the United Nations Security Council between 2014 and 2015, and became the first Arab woman and first Arab Christian to ever preside over the Council.[2][3] In February 2016, she was appointed by the President of the General Assembly as a co-facilitator for a meeting in the General Assembly on the large movement of refugees and migrants to take place in September 2016.[1]
Honours
Jordan :
Grand Master of the Order of Independence (2003)[4]
Holy See
Grand Officer of the Order of St. Gregory the Great (2004)[4]
Portugal
Grand Master of the Medalha de D. Afonso Henriques (2009)[4]
France:
Grand Master of the Legion of Honour medal (2013)[4]
