" First, in 1972, as a Chargé D’Affaires in Lebanon; then in 1979 as Qatar’s Ambassador to Syria then France Italy, Greece, Spain, Switzerland and as Qatar's permanent repre- sentative to UNESCO. From 1984 to1990 he was the representative of Qatar to the United Nations and non-resident Ambassador to Argentina, Canada, and Brazil, as well as becoming the Vice President of the Commission against Apartheid and a member of the advisory board of directors of the Dag Hammarskjöld Memorial. "