Dr. Mohamed Sameh AMR
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Dr. Mohamed Sameh AMR
* Ambassador, Permanent Delegate of Egypt to UNESCO
* Professor of International Law at the University of Cairo
* Lawyer and Legal Expert for the Egyptian Government and InternationalOrganizations
Diplomatic Experience
Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of Egypt to UNESCO
o Representative of Egypt to the Executive Board, 2013
o Chair of the Committee on Non-Govemmental Partners (NGP),2013
o Alternate Representative of Egypt to the Executive Board, 2012-2013
o Chairman of the Group of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to UNESCO, 2013
o Chairman of the Intemational Support Group for the knplementation of the Madrid Planof Action and the MAB Secretariat,20I2-20L3
o Co-Chairman of the Open-ended Tripartite Working Group on the Follow-up to theReview of the Cooperation of UNESCO's Secretariat with National Commissions forUNESCO, 2OI2-20I3
o Chairman of the Group of Non-Aligned Movement to UNESCO, 2012
Deputy Permanent Delegate of Egypt to UNESCO
o Alternate Representative of Egypt to the Executive Board, 2000-2003
o Representative of Egypt to the Legal Committee of the General Conference ,2000-2004
o Representative of Egypt to the intergovemmental meetings to negotiate:
Expressions, 2005
Governmental Experience
o Legal advisor to the Egyptian Delegation for the Nile River Negotiations,200g-2012
o Representative and Legal advisor to:
. Member of the International Committee on Exhibitions, Supreme Council for Egyptian
Antiquities, 2004-20 l0
o Legal advisor to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the Peace Negotiations in Somalia,
1997
Academic Experience
o Professor of Public International Law, Faculty of Law - Cairo University, 2010-to date
o Chair of the English Section, Faculty of Law - Cairo University, 2OlI-2012
o Visiting Professor at the following Institutions:
organized in the Arab Region,Z}O4-20ll
o Associate Professor of International Law, Faculty of Law - Cairo University, 2004-2010
o Lecturer of International Law, Faculty of Law - Cairo University, 1997 -2004
o Research Assistant, Faculty of Law - Cairo University, 1988-1997
Member of the Technical Advisory Committee of the Nile Basin Initiative, 20L0-2012
Legal advisor to the UNESCO Project "Establishment of Procedures for the Management
of the Erbil Citadel",2011
Legal advisor to the Arab League Education, Cultural and Science Organization
(ALECSO), for drafting a Model Legislation for the Protection of Monuments and
Cultural Properties in the Arab Region,2010
Legal advisor to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD),
2005-2006
with International Organizations
Education
o Ph.D. in International Law, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE),
1997
o Masters degree in Public and Private Law, Faculty of Law - Cairo University, 1988-1989
o Bachelor of Law, Faculty of Law - Cairo University, 1987
o Arabic
o English
o French (Working level)
Personal Data
o Place and Date of Birth: Cairo, 19/611966
o Contact lnformation: [email protected]
Main Publications
o "Le Conseil Economique, Culturel et Social de I'Union Africaine" dans I'Union Africaine,
Cadre Juridique et Institutionnel: Manuel sur I'Organisation Panafricaine, A. Pedone,
20t3
o "Public International Law" Co-Author, Dar El - Nahda El Arabia (Caito)2012
o "Prior Notification for the Construction Projects of Intemational Watercourses" Egyptian
Review of International Law, 2011
o "lntemational Protection of the UnderwatefCultural Heritage" Dar El - Nahda El Arabia
(Cairo) 2010
o "The Relationship between the Security Council and the International Criminal Court"
Dar El - Nahda El Arabia (Cairo) 2008
o "Law of International Institutions" Dar El - Nahda El Arabia (Cairo), (2008) (2007)
(200s) (2004) (19ee)
o "The Role of the International Court of Justice as the Principal Judicial Organ of the
United Nations" Kluwer Law lnternational, 2003
o "International Protection of Cultural Heritage in the Event of Armed Conflict" Dar El -Nahda El Arabia (Cairo), 2003
o "Marine Scientific Research under the Rules of International Law" Dar El - Nahda El
Arabia (Cairo),2002