George Tomeh

George J. Tomeh, born in Damascus, Syria, in 1922, is a spokesman of the Arab cause in the United States. He obtained a master of arts degree from the American University of Beirut and a doctorate from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.

Author and lecturer, Tomeh has represented the Syrian government in various capacities since 1945. He served as consul general of the United Arab Republic (Syria and Egypt) in New York and permanent representative (ambassador) of the Syrian Arab Republic at the United Nations. He was also appointed as minister of economics of the Syrian Government in 1964.

Tomeh has written books in Arabic and in English. In 1965, he was professor of philosophy at the Syrian University. At the United Nations, Tomeh was a member of the committees dealing with the definition of aggression, decolonization and apartheid. In November 1970, he was the president of the Security Council.