BA in Political Science, John Hopkins University; PhD in History, Cambridge University. 1994-96, Political Affairs Officer, UNPROFOR, former Yugoslavia; 1996-2000, Jordan's Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN; 2000-07, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Jordan to the UN; 2007-10, Ambassador of Jordan to the United States of America; 2010-14, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Jordan to the UN. September 2014, became the seventh UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, the first Asian, Muslim and Arab in this position. Former President, Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, for three years. Former President, UN Security Council and chaired the Security Council's 1533 and 1521 committees with regard to two sanctions regimes regarding the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Liberia. Chaired the Consultative Committee, United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM). Former Adviser to the UN Secretary-General on Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in UN Peacekeeping Operations. Publications include: A Nightmare Avoided: Jordan and Suez 1956; Religious Militancy and the Arab Middle East: Threats and Responses 1979-1988.