Johan C. Verbeke

Johan C. Verbeke, born 1951, is the permanent representative of Belgium to the United Nations and to its Security Council. He currently serves as the UN special coordinator for Lebanon, meaning he serves as the United Nations Secretary General's representative in Lebanon. [cite web |url=http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=92760 |title=UN special coordinator for Lebanon arrives in Beirut |publisher=Daily Star (Lebanon) |date=2008-06-05 |accessdate=2008-06-05] He was appointed to the position by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in April 2008. He presented his credentials to the United Nations Secretary-General on September 16, 2004. Prior to that, he had been the Chef de Cabinet of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He previously worked in the Ministry as the Deputy Director General for Political Affairs and as the Deputy Chief of Mission in Washington, D.C.

Verbeke joined the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1981 and has served in various capacities for his country's foreign service, including as Chairman of the Security Council Sanctions Committees on Côte d’Ivoire, Iran and Al Qaida/Taliban, leader of the Security Council Mission to Kosovo (April 2007), Facilitator of the President of the General Assembly for the negotiation of General Assembly-resolutions on Millennium Development Goals-implementation and Economic and Social Council-reform (2005-2006), Personal Representative of the Minister of Foreign Affairs for Counter-Terrorism (2003), Special Envoy of the Prime Minister to the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) (2002-2005).

Verbeke holds a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from the Yale University Law School and a Diplôme d’Etudes Supérieures Européennes (D.E.S.) from the Université de Nancy.

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* [http://missions.un.int/protocol/documents/HeadsofMissions.pdf The United Nations list of current heads of missions. (PDF)]
* [http://www.diplomatie.be/newyorkun/default.asp?id=108&mnu=108 The biography of Johan Verbeke at the Permanent Mission of Belgium to the United Nations]

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