| | B.A. from The Johns Hopkins University, Ph.D. from Cambridge University, served as an officer in the Jordanian military |
| 1994-1996 | Political affairs officer in UNPROFOR in the former Yugoslavia |
| | coordinator of the Non-Aligned Movement for several years |
| 1996-2000 | Jordan s Deputy Permanent Representative at the UN |
| | Central role in the establishment of the International Criminal Court (ICC) |
| 2002-2005 | Elected the first president of the governing body of the ICC |
| | chair of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Scope of Legal Protection under the |
| | Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel |
| 2004 | Chairman of the "Panel of Experts for the UN Secretary-General s Trust Fund to |
| | assist States in the Settlement of Disputes through the International Court of |
| | Justice", boundary dispute between Benin and Niger |
| Jordan s representative and head of delegation before the International Court of |
| | Justice, relating to the wall built by Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territories |
| 2004-2005 | "Advisor to the Secretary-General on Sexual Exploitation and Abuse" |
| | chairs the Consultative Committee for the United Nations Development Fund for |
| | Women (UNIFEM) |
| since 2000 | Jordan s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations |
| | Bachelor's degree in economics from Lycoming College in Pennsylvania, United States, post-graduate studies in economics at the University of Mannheim, Germany |
| 1969-1971 | Diploma in economic development, Oxford University |
| 1971-1972 | Research officer on agricultural development policies in Africa for the UNRISD |
| | in Geneva |
| 1972-1975 | Economic affairs officer, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development |
| 1975 | External and economic affairs adviser to the President of Angola |
| 1976-1977 | Governor of the Central Bank of Angola |
| 1977-1982 | Minister of Finance |
| 1982-1987 | Angola's Minister of External Trade |
| 1989-1995 | Executive Director of the African Development Bank in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire |
| 1996-2000 | Southern African Development Community Task Force at the World Economic |
| | Forum Summit |
| from 1996 | Founding member and Co-President of the Angola - South Africa Chamber of |
| | Commerce and Industry, concurrently Managing Director of Gaspar Martins and |
| | Associates International Business Consultants |
| 2001 | -Present Ambassador/Permanent Representative of Angola to the United Nations |
| 2003-2004 | Appointed as the Representative of Angola to the UN Security Council |
| 2003 | President of the Security Council |
| 2004 | Chairman, Forum of Mine Affected Countries (FOMAC) |
| 2006-2007 | Chairman, Peacebuilding Commission |
| 1988-1992 | Universität Georgetown; Bachelor in Politikwissenschaften (Internationale Beziehungen) |
| 1992-1994 | Universität Sorbonne; Master in Politikwissenschaften (Politische Soziologie) |
| 1994-1998 | Generalkonsul und Stellvertreter, Botschaft von Costa Rica in Frankreich |
| 1995-1997 | CRI-Vertreter, OECD Emerging Market Economy Forum, Frankreich |
| 1995-1998 | CRI-Vertreter, OECD Multilateral Agreement on Investments, Frankreich |
| CRI-Vertreter, Bureau International des Expositions, Frankreich |
| 1998-2002 | Leiter Ministerbüro, Außenministerium |
| 1999-2000 | Mitglied, Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistence, Schweden |
| 2000-2001 | Master in Öffentlicher Politik, Universität Princeton, Woodrow Wilson School |
| 2001-2002 | Professor, Universidad de Costa Rica, Schule der Politikwissenschaften |
| 2002 | stv. Stadtratsmitglied, Escazú |
| 2002-2006 | Botschafter und Ständiger Vertreter bei der UNO |
| 2003 | Vizepräsident, Komitee für Kinderrechte, VN |
| Vizepräsident, Konferenz über kleine Waffen und leichte Waffen, VN |
| 2003-2004 | Vizepräsident, XI und XII Kommission für nachhaltige Entwicklung, VN |
| 2005-2006 | Mitglied, Berater, Parlamentarians for Global Action, USA |
| 2007-2009 | Co-President of the Article 14 Conference of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, Vienna and New York |
| 2005-2008 | Präsident, Versammlung der Vertragsstaaten, Internationaler Strafgerichtshof |
| 2006-2010 | Amtsantritt als Außenminister |
| 1963-1968 | Universität Wien, Rechtsfakultät |
| 1968 | Promotion zum Dr. iur. |
| 1968-1970 | Diplomatische Akademie in Wien |
| 1970 | Eintritt in das Bundesministerium für auswärtige Angelegenheiten |
| 1970-1972 | Völkerrechtsbüro |
| 1972-1973 | Legationssekretär an der österreichischen Delegation in Berlin (West) |
| 1973-1978 | Botschaftssekretär an der österreichischen Botschaft in Washington |
| 1978-1981 | Völkerrechtsbüro |
| 1981-1984 | Gesandter-Botschaftsrat an der österreichischen Botschaft in Belgrad |
| 1984-1987 | Gesandter-Botschaftsrat an der österreichischen Botschaft in Kairo |
| 1987-1992 | Gesandter, stellvertretender Leiter des Völkerrechtsbüros, Leiter der Abteilung "Allgemeines Völkerrecht" |
| 1992-1996 | Botschafter, Ständiger Vertreter Österreichs beim Europarat (1993 Vorsitzender des Ministerdelegiertenkomitees) |
| 1996-1999 | Leiter der Abteilung für Amerika im Bundesministerium für auswärtige Angelegenheiten (1998 Leiter der Task Force für transatlantische Beziehungen während des österreichischen EU-Vorsitzes) |
| 1999-2005 | Leiter des Völkerrechtsbüros |
| 2002-2005 | Stellvertretender Generalsekretär |
| 2005-2008 | Staatssekretär im Bundesministerium für europäische und internationale Angelegenheiten |
| | Seit 2009 Direktor, Diplomatische Akademie, Wien |
