H.E Abdurrahman Mohamed Shalgham Permanent Representative of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya to the United Nations. Libya's Ex.Foreign Minister. Mr. Abdurrahman Mohamed Shalgham Date & Place of birth: Al-Ghrefa, Libya, 21 November 1949 Nationality: Libyan Social Status: Married with 3 children QUALIFICATIONS: BA in Journalism, University of Cairo, 1972 LANGUAGES: *Arabic *Italian *English *French EMPLOYMENT: 1973 - 1975: Editor, Al-FAJR-AL-JADID Newspaper. 1975 - 1977: Editor-in-chief, AL-FAJR-AL-JADID Newspaper. 1977 - 1979: Editor-in-chief, AL-USBU-AL-THAQAFI (Cultural Weekly), and AL-USBU-AL-SIAYSI (Political Weekly) Newspapers. 1979 - 1981: Director General of Libya's News Agency (JANA). 1981 - 1983: Secretary (Minister) of Information. 1984 - 1995: Secretary (Ambassador) of Libya's People's Bureau in Rome \ Italy (Libyan Embassy). 1998 - 2000: Secretary of Foreign Affairs at the Secretariat of the General People's Congress 2000 3\2009: * Secretary of the General People's Committee for Foreign Liaison and International Cooperation (Libya's Foreign Minister). * Chairman of Board of Directors of the Joint Libyan - Italian Company. * Member of Cultural Innovation Committee. * Member of the Libyan Arabic Language Academy. PUBLICATIONS: *AL-HURUF (WORDS) - Articles in Literature and Politics. *THE FUTURE AFRICA - Studies in African Literature, Art, and History. *ASRAR (SECRETS) - An anthology of poems, in addition to numerous articles and papers on political, cultural and literary Subjects, published in local newspapers and journals. CONFERENCES AND MEETINGS ATTENDED: *Annual Sessions of the United Nations General Assembly since 2000 until now. *Ministerial Meetings of the Non-Aligned Movement Countries since 2000 until now. *The South - South Conference (Havana, 2000). *The Third International Conference for the Least Developed Countries (Brussels, 2001). *The International Conference for Financing Development (Mexico, 2001). *The International Summit Conference on Sustainable Development (Johannesburg, 2002). *The African - European Summit, Cairo. *The African Parliaments Conference, Angola. *The Arab - European Parliamentary Dialogue, Damascus. *The (5+5) Meeting for Mediterranean Countries, Tripoli. *Barcelona Process.