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H.E. Mr Abuelgasim Abdelwahid Sheikh Idris, the Permanent Representative of the Republic of the Sudan to the OPCW, is the current Chairman of the 12th Session of the Conference of the States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention.
Ambassador Idris on 11 December 2003 presented his credentials to the OPCW Director-General, Mr Rogelio Pfirter and is also concurrently accredited as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Ambassador Idris is a diplomat who joined his country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1975. Within a year of joining, he was posted to London in 1976 for a three-year period, following which; he took up his diplomatic assignment in Stockholm from 1979 to 1981. Ambassador Idris has also served in the Sudanese Embassies in Cairo (1981-1986), Tokyo (1986-1996) and Rome (1996-1997) and Geneva (1997-1999).
Ambassador Idris has also held a number of important posts within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which include Director of the Legal Department. He has participated in conferences and meetings representing the Sudan including UNGA, OAU, Arab League, OIC, IGAD and ECOSOC.
Ambassador Idris received his LLB (Law) from Cairo University Egypt in 1974 and his Masters in International Relations, from Sophia University in Japan.
Introduction | Chairperson | Rules of procedure