Vice President of the United Nations General Assembly
In office 1 September 2012 – 31 August 2013
President of the United Nations Security Council
In office 1 September 2011 – 30 September 2011
In office 1 May 2010 – 31 May 2010
Personal details
Born
Nawaf Salam
(1953-12-15) 15 December 1953 (age 70) Beirut, Lebanon
Education
Harvard University Sciences Po Sorbonne University School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences
Occupation
International Judge Diplomat Academic
Website
Official Twitter
Nawaf Salam (Arabic: نواف سلام; born 15 December 1953) is a Lebanese diplomat, jurist, and academic. He currently serves as the 27th president of the International Court of Justice. He was elected on 9 November 2017 as judge on the International Court of Justice for the 2018–2027 term, having received a concurrent majority of votes in the United Nations General Assembly and Security Council.[1][2] He served as Lebanon's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York from 2007 to 2017, during which period he held the positions of President of the Security Council and Vice President of the General Assembly.[3] He was elected as president of the International Court of Justice on 6 February 2024. Salam is the second Arab to be elected as president and the first Lebanese judge.[4]
^"Press Release, Unofficial – United Nations General Assembly and Security Council elect four Members of the Court" (PDF). icj-cij.org. 10 November 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 June 2018.
^"Four judges elected to International Court of Justice". UN News. 9 November 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
^"Permanent Missions Permanent Mission to the United Nations".
^Massoud, Adla (6 February 2024). "Lebanese judge Nawaf Salam elected President of International Court of Justice". The National. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
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