Birth: NULL/NULL/1915 Death:NULL/NULL/2003
Born in Beit Sahour on 14 Dec. 1915 to a Christian family; graduated from London University with a LLB; qualified as a Barrister at Law at the Society of Lincoln’s Inn, London; represented the Arab Higher Committee for Palestine in New York from 1947-1948; was Representative of the Arab League in Latin America, based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from 1956-1957, holding the rank of Minister Plenipotentiary; senior advisor of the UN Palestinian delegation; represented the Arab Higher Committee for Palestine in New York from the early 1960s until his death; attended numerous sessions of the UNGA and addressed the UN Special Committee on Palestine over 50 times; was a member of the Palestinian Bar and of many Bar Associations in the Arab World; was also a member of the American Society of International Law (ASIL) and the International Law Association of London; served as legal advisor to a number of Arab delegations at the UN; author of the Encyclopedia of the Palestine Problem in two volumes; died on 29 March 2003.
