UNIS/BIO/702
6 April 2004

New Permanent Representative of the United Arab Emirates Presents Credentials

VIENNA, 6 April (UN Information Service) -- The new Permanent Representative of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV), Ahmed Rashed Al Dosari, presented his credentials today to Antonio Maria Costa, Director-General, UNOV.

Mr. Al Dosari has served at the United Arab Emirates Embassy in Vienna since 1996, as Chargé d’Affaires since 1997, also as non-resident head of mission for the Czech Republic and Slovakia. From 1992 to 1995, Mr. Al Dosari served as Health Attaché in Munich, Germany. Mr. Al Dosari joined the United Arab Emirates Foreign Affairs Ministry in 1988.

Mr. Al Dosari holds a degree in International Relations from San Diego State University in California.

Mr. Al Dosari is married and has one son.

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