Nassif Hitti

Ambassador of The League of Arab States in France and Permanent Observer to Unesco since 2000. Before being appointed Ambassador he occupied several important positions in the League such as Special Assistant to the Secretary General (1991-1999); Political, Press & Information Officer in Ontario, Canada; and General Director of International Affairs, Department of Arab-American relations. He was also a Lecturer on Middle East Politics at the University of Southern California (USC) and at the Department of Political Science, American University of Beirut. He is the author of Theory in International Relations. He holds a PhD in International Relations from USC and has a M.A. in Political Science from the American University of Beirut.