Ambassador Abdel raouf Elreedy is a Member of L'Institut d' Egypte (in Existence since 1998), Cairo, Egypt. He is also Chairman of Board of Mubarak Public Library, Giza, Egypt

• Ambassador of Egypt to the united states, Washington Dc. November 1984-June 1992

• Permanent representative of Egypt to (Geneva - Switzerland) the United Nations, GATT, U.N. specialized agencies in Geneva and leader of the Egyptian delegation to the U.N. conference on disarmament September 1980 - November 1983

• Ambassador of Egypt to Pakistan June 1979-July 1980

• DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS November 1983 - November 1984

• FOUNDER & DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE POLICY PLANNING June 1977 - June 1979 Participated in the peace Negotiations between Egypt and Israel beginning with the Mena House Conference, December 1977 and ending with the Camp David Peace Accords in September 1978

• DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS Participated in the First Round of Peace talks between President Sadat and Henry Kissinger in Aswan, Egypt, 1973-1974
  Led the Egyptian Delegation to the International Conference of the Red Cross in Tehran, November 1973
• MEMBER OF THE MINISTER'S CABINET
  April 1964-April 1968 Member of the Egyptian Delegation to the trilateral Non-aligned Summit Conference of President Nasser (Egypt), President Tito (Yugoslavia), and Prime Minister Indira Ghandi (India), in New Delhi, November 1966
• OFFICE OF COUNCILOR ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO THE PRESIDENT
  January 1961-March 1962
  Member of the Egyptian Delegation headed by president Gamal Abdel Nasser, to the First Non-aligned Summit Conference held in Belgrade, September 1961
  Participated in the drafting of the basic documents establishment an African organization, the Casablanca Organization, and was the legal Advisor to the Military Committee responsible for establishing an African Military High Command
• MEMBER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE RESEARCH
  January 1960- January 1961
  
• ATTACHE IN TRAINING
  April 1955 - September 1955
  
• ARAB LEAGUE SECRETARIAT
  March 1974- March 1977
  
• CHIEF OF CABINET OF THE SECRETARY GENERAL AND FOUNDER & DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SPECIALIZED ARAB ORGANIZATIONS
  Attended the Arab Summits and Arab League Council meetings held during this period, as well as the first Arab - African Summit in Cairo, 1977
  Establishment the co-ordination system between the Arab League and the inter-Arab organizations. Participated in the preparatory work and the initial sessions of the Euro-Arab Dialogue
  
  

• MISSION OF EGYPT TO THE UNITED NATIONS Geneva-Switzerland
  First Secretary \ Counselor
  April 1968 - September 1972
  In Charge of Middle-Eastern Issues, Disarmament, outer space, Human Rights, and International Humanitarian law
  Elected Vice Chairman of the U.N. Special Committee on the Elaboration of international Law Principles concerning friendly Relations Among States, and negotiated the first text of the declaration adopted by the U.N. General Assembly in 1970
  Participation in the Conference of Experts o international Humanitarian Law convened by the international Committee of the Red Cross, which Prepared the additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions of 1949
  
• MISSIONS OF EGYPT TO THE UNITED NATIONS New York, U.S.A.
  Represented Egypt in committee dealing with the Problem of Palestine, Disarmament, Outer Space and international Trade law (UNCITRAL)
  Participated in the first (Political), Sixth (Legal), and the Special Political Committee of the U.N. General Assembly
  Advisor to the Egyptian Delegation to the Security Council dealing with various issues including the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Palestinian Problem
  September 1955 - January 1960
  Special Assistant to Ambassador Omar Loutfi and Ambassador Mahmoud Riad Permanent Representatives of Egypt to the U.N.
  CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
  
• During the eight years as Ambassador of Egypt to the U.S.A, Ambassador EL REEDY dealt with major political and economic Issues related to Egyptian-American relations. In Particular, he dealt with the Middle East Peace Process and the Gulf Crisis. On the Economic front, he actively participated in the negotiations leading to the Economic reform Agreements in 1991 between the government of Egypt and the world bank and international Monetary Fund. He was also a Key member of the Egyptian team whose efforts resulted in the cancellation of the Egyptian Military Debt to the U.S.A., and the reduction of the overall Egyptian debt to the Paris Club countries
• During his tenure in the U.S.A., Ambassador EL REEDY lectured extensively throughout the U.S.A., and conducted frequent interviews with media, particularly the television medium where he appeared in such widely watched programs as nightline, Crossfire, Face the Nation, Larry King Live, The Today Show, Good Morning America, CBS Mornings news, Mclaughin's One on One and many others
• While serving in the Egyptian Missions of Egypt to the United Nations in Geneva and New York, and the department of international Organizations in the Foreign Ministry, Ambassador EL REEDY represented his country in numerous international forums dealing with a wide variety of Political, economic, legal and humanitarians issues. He attended more than fifteen sessions of the U.N. General Assembly in New York
• In 1983, he led Egypt's delegation to the meeting of the group of 77 developing countries in Buenos Aries. Argentina and was deputy leader of the Egyptian delegation to the U.N. Conference on Trade and development in Belgrade. He also represented Egypt in the Ministerial Meetings and the High Contracting Parties Meeting of GATT leading to the Uruguay Round
• Furthermore, he participated in several international conferences including the U.N. Conferences including the U.N. Conference on Disarmament, world Health Assemblies, International Labor Conference, international Conference on Refugees, U.N. Special Committee on the Definition of Aggression, and the U.N. Legal Subcommittee on the Peaceful Users of outer Space. In January 1984, he addressed the European Security Conference Meeting in Stockholm, Sweden.
  

• Since he retired from the Egyptian Foreign Service, Ambassador El Reedy has been leading an active life, distributing his time between private work and public causes. As a lawyer he represented several Egyptian Companies in their effort to receive compensation from the UNITED NATION COMPENSATION COMMISSION, for their losses resulting from Iraq's Invasion of Kuwait in 1990. He is legal advisor to a number of Egyptian Companies and a member of the Board of the Abu Suma Tourist Development Company, which builds on the Red Sea the largest tourist development project in the middle East region
• Ambassador El Reedy also accepted two main volunteering assignments. He helped established and chairs the Board of the Mubarak Public Library, one of the largest public libraries in Egypt. He is also the chairman of the Board of Trustees of the New Damietta
• Ambassador El Reedy is an active participant in the Egyptian Public life. He frequently appears on the Egyptian television political and culture programs. His articles appear in the leading Egyptian Papers and occasionally in the foreign media. He also contributed articles to the Annual Review of the Egyptian Society of the International Law.

EDUCATION:

• UNIVERSITY OF CAIRO Cairo, Egypt
  September 1950-may 1954
  Bachelor of law
  
• COLOMBIA UNIVERSITY New York, NY
  September 1957-January 1960
  Master of Arts in Political Science
  
• Areas of Specialization included InterLaw, Middle East Studies, and Peaceful Uses of Outer Space
  Master's Dissertation on the International Cooperation in the peaceful Uses of outer Space
  GENEVA INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL HIGHER STUDIES Geneva, Switzerland
  September 1968-May 1972
  Completed requirements for the Doctoral degree in International Law and International Relations
  
  PERSONAL:

• Born on July, 1932 in Ezbet El Borg (Damietta), Egypt
• Member of the Egyptian Society of International Law, The Egyptian Pugwash Group and the Egyptian Bar Association, Distinguished Adjunct Fellow of the center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Washington, D.C.
• After retiring from Foreign service, he was elected member of L'Institut D'Egypte, appointed member of the President's Specialized National Councils, Board of Trustees of Ibn Khaldun Center, Supreme Council of Culture's Committee on International Relations and Joined the Egyptian Society on intellectual Property
• Ambassador El Reedy was honored Jointly by the University of Mansura and the Governorate of Damietta as Damietta Favorite Son in 1995
• Enjoys cross country skiing, Golf, white water rafting and classic music.