ABOUL-ENEIN Sameh

Dr. Aboul-Enein has previously served as Head of the Political Section and Counselor for Disarmament at the Permanent Mission of the Arab Republic of Egypt to the UN and to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva. He is the former Director of the United Nations Affairs Department at the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and worked earlier in the cabinets of two ex-Egyptian Foreign Ministers. Early in the 1990s, he worked as a Research and Teaching Assistant at the Political Science Department, American University in Cairo. He is also currently a visiting lecturer on disarmament at the University of Westminster, London and a member of Multilateral Expert Group on Missiles. Dr. Aboul-Enein has published a number of papers and articles on nuclear disarmament, security & WMD free-zone in the Middle East.

Dr. Aboul-Enein holds a Master of Science in Politics and Government of the Middle East from the School of Oriental and African Studies, UK. He has completed his Ph.D./M.Phil. in International Relations and Foreign Policy Making with a specialization in the Middle East from the American University in London and the University of London. He also holds a certificate in Disarmament and Security Policies from the Geneva Centre for Security Policy.