Governance
A Board of Commissioners oversees the work of ICMP. The Director-General manages and directs the organization, supported by directors who manage the horizontal programs. The ICMP Agreement established a Conference of States Parties which convenes at least every three years and a Financial Committee, which meets annually.
To date, ten countries –– Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Chile, Cyprus, Serbia, Afghanistan, Germany and Kosovo – are States Parties to the ICMP Agreement, and Belgium and El Salvador are Signatory States.
ICMP Board of Commissioners
ICMP is governed by a Board of Commissioners, chaired by former Norwegian Foreign Minister, Ambassador Knut Vollebæk, and comprising distinguished individuals who are active in the fields of diplomacy and human rights. The experience of ICMP’s Board of Commissioners ensures that the organization benefits from the highest standard of strategic direction and oversight.
- 1997 – 2001: Bob Dole, Honorable U.S. Senator
- 1996 – 1997: Cyrus Vance, former U.S. Secretary of State
- 2001 – 2011: James V. Kimsey, founding CEO and Chairman Emeritus of America Online
- 2011 – 2023: Ambassador (Ret) Thomas Miller
- Susanna Agnelli (1998 – 2000), former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Italy
- Jose Ayala-Lasso (1996 – 1997), former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and Foreign Minister, Ecuador
- Robert Badinter (1996 – 1997), Senator for the Hauts-de-Seine département, and former Minister of Justice, France
- Lord Carrington (1996 – 1997), member of the House of Lords and former Foreign Secretary, United Kingdom
- Uffe Ellemann-Jensen (2000 – 2003), Chairman of the Baltic Development Forum and former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Denmark
- Cornelio Sommaruga (1996 – 2000), President of the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining and former President of the ICRC
- Max van der Stoel (1996 – 2001), former OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities and Minister of Foreign Affairs, The Netherlands
- Sahabzada Yaqub Khan (1996 – 2004), Commissioner of the Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict and former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Pakistan
- Michael Portillo (1998 – 2012), Former Secretary of State for Defence, United Kingdom
- Carolina Barco (2009 – 2014), former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Colombia
- Surin Pitsuwan (2016-2017), former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Thailand, and former chair of the ASEAN Regional Forum
- Wim Kok (2002-2018), Former Prime Minister, The Netherlands
- María Eugenia Brizuela de Ávila (2019-2025), Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of El Salvador
Current Commissioners include:
Former Norwegian Foreign Minister, Chairperson
Mr. Knut Vollebæk was born 11 February 1946 in Oslo and is a distinguished Norwegian diplomat and politician. Mr. Vollebæk served as the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities from 2007 to 2013.
Her Majesty Queen Noor, Jordan
Her Majesty Queen Noor is an international public servant and advocate for cross-cultural understanding, conflict prevention and recovery issues such as those related to refugees, missing persons, poverty, climate change and disarmament. Her peace-building work has focused on the Middle East, the Balkans, Central and Southeast Asia, Latin America and Africa.
Born to an Arab-American family distinguished for its public service, she received a degree in Architecture and Urban Planning from Princeton University prior to working on international urban planning and design projects in Australia, Iran, the United States and the Arab world. She married His Majesty King Hussein bin Talal of Jordan in 1978.
Queen Noor’s work in Jordan and the Arab world has focused on national and regional human security in the areas of education, conservation, sustainable development, human rights and cross-cultural understanding. Since 1979, the initiatives of the Noor Al Hussein Foundation and the King Hussein Foundation, which she founded and chairs, have transformed development thinking in Jordan and the Middle East through pioneering best practice programs in the fields of poverty eradication and women’s empowerment, microfinance, health, and the arts as a medium for social development and cross-cultural exchange. The Foundations provide training and capacity building expertise in these areas in the broader Arab and Asian regions.
A long-time advocate for a just Arab-Israeli peace and for Palestinian refugees, Queen Noor is a Director of Refugees International and an outspoken voice for the protection of civilians in conflict and displaced persons around the world. She has also been an expert advisor to the United Nations focusing on implementation of the Millennium Development Goals in Central Asia and on behalf of Colombia’s displaced.
Queen Noor has been an advisor to, and global advocate for, the International Campaign to Ban Landmines and is a founding leader of Global Zero, an international movement working for the worldwide elimination of nuclear weapons. She represented Global Zero at the historic 2009 UN Security Council meeting and was an advisor to the 2010 documentary film, Countdown to Zero about the escalating global nuclear arms threat.
Queen Noor has focused extensively on the Balkans since her first humanitarian mission in 1996, after the Fall of Srebrenica.
Queen Noor has been an ICMP Commissioner since June 2001.
Deputy Chair, Board of Commissioners, Chair, Audit Committee
Former German Ambassador
to the Netherlands
Her Majesty Queen Noor is an international public servant and advocate for cross-cultural understanding, conflict prevention and recovery issues such as those related to refugees, missing persons, poverty, climate change and disarmament. Her peace-building work has focused on the Middle East, the Balkans, Central and Southeast Asia, Latin America and Africa.
Born to an Arab-American family distinguished for its public service, she received a degree in Architecture and Urban Planning from Princeton University prior to working on international urban planning and design projects in Australia, Iran, the United States and the Arab world. She married His Majesty King Hussein bin Talal of Jordan in 1978.
Queen Noor’s work in Jordan and the Arab world has focused on national and regional human security in the areas of education, conservation, sustainable development, human rights and cross-cultural understanding. Since 1979, the initiatives of the Noor Al Hussein Foundation and the King Hussein Foundation, which she founded and chairs, have transformed development thinking in Jordan and the Middle East through pioneering best practice programs in the fields of poverty eradication and women’s empowerment, microfinance, health, and the arts as a medium for social development and cross-cultural exchange. The Foundations provide training and capacity building expertise in these areas in the broader Arab and Asian regions.
A long-time advocate for a just Arab-Israeli peace and for Palestinian refugees, Queen Noor is a Director of Refugees International and an outspoken voice for the protection of civilians in conflict and displaced persons around the world. She has also been an expert advisor to the United Nations focusing on implementation of the Millennium Development Goals in Central Asia and on behalf of Colombia’s displaced.
Queen Noor has been an advisor to, and global advocate for, the International Campaign to Ban Landmines and is a founding leader of Global Zero, an international movement working for the worldwide elimination of nuclear weapons. She represented Global Zero at the historic 2009 UN Security Council meeting and was an advisor to the 2010 documentary film, Countdown to Zero about the escalating global nuclear arms threat.
Queen Noor has focused extensively on the Balkans since her first humanitarian mission in 1996, after the Fall of Srebrenica.
Queen Noor has been an ICMP Commissioner since June 2001.
Former US Ambassador to
Bosnia and Herzegovina and Greece, and US special Cyprus Coordinator
Contrary to popular belief, Lorem Ipsum is not simply random text. It has roots in a piece of classical Latin literature from 45 BC, making it over 2000 years old. Richard McClintock, a Latin professor at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, looked up one of the more obscure Latin words, consectetur, from a Lorem Ipsum passage, and going through the cites of the word in classical literature, discovered the undoubtable source. Lorem Ipsum comes from sections 1.10.32 and 1.10.33 of "de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum" (The Extremes of Good and Evil) by Cicero, written in 45 BC. This book is a treatise on the theory of ethics, very popular during the Renaissance. The first line of Lorem Ipsum, "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet..", comes from a line in section 1.10.32.
The standard chunk of Lorem Ipsum used since the 1500s is reproduced below for those interested. Sections 1.10.32 and 1.10.33 from "de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum" by Cicero are also reproduced in their exact original form, accompanied by English versions from the 1914 translation by H. Rackham.
Former UK Minister of State and Member of the UK Parliament
Contrary to popular belief, Lorem Ipsum is not simply random text. It has roots in a piece of classical Latin literature from 45 BC, making it over 2000 years old. Richard McClintock, a Latin professor at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, looked up one of the more obscure Latin words, consectetur, from a Lorem Ipsum passage, and going through the cites of the word in classical literature, discovered the undoubtable source. Lorem Ipsum comes from sections 1.10.32 and 1.10.33 of "de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum" (The Extremes of Good and Evil) by Cicero, written in 45 BC. This book is a treatise on the theory of ethics, very popular during the Renaissance. The first line of Lorem Ipsum, "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet..", comes from a line in section 1.10.32.
The standard chunk of Lorem Ipsum used since the 1500s is reproduced below for those interested. Sections 1.10.32 and 1.10.33 from "de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum" by Cicero are also reproduced in their exact original form, accompanied by English versions from the 1914 translation by H. Rackham.
Former Judge of the
International Criminal Court
Her Majesty Queen Noor is an international public servant and advocate for cross-cultural understanding, conflict prevention and recovery issues such as those related to refugees, missing persons, poverty, climate change and disarmament. Her peace-building work has focused on the Middle East, the Balkans, Central and Southeast Asia, Latin America and Africa.
Born to an Arab-American family distinguished for its public service, she received a degree in Architecture and Urban Planning from Princeton University prior to working on international urban planning and design projects in Australia, Iran, the United States and the Arab world. She married His Majesty King Hussein bin Talal of Jordan in 1978.
Queen Noor’s work in Jordan and the Arab world has focused on national and regional human security in the areas of education, conservation, sustainable development, human rights and cross-cultural understanding. Since 1979, the initiatives of the Noor Al Hussein Foundation and the King Hussein Foundation, which she founded and chairs, have transformed development thinking in Jordan and the Middle East through pioneering best practice programs in the fields of poverty eradication and women’s empowerment, microfinance, health, and the arts as a medium for social development and cross-cultural exchange. The Foundations provide training and capacity building expertise in these areas in the broader Arab and Asian regions.
A long-time advocate for a just Arab-Israeli peace and for Palestinian refugees, Queen Noor is a Director of Refugees International and an outspoken voice for the protection of civilians in conflict and displaced persons around the world. She has also been an expert advisor to the United Nations focusing on implementation of the Millennium Development Goals in Central Asia and on behalf of Colombia’s displaced.
Queen Noor has been an advisor to, and global advocate for, the International Campaign to Ban Landmines and is a founding leader of Global Zero, an international movement working for the worldwide elimination of nuclear weapons. She represented Global Zero at the historic 2009 UN Security Council meeting and was an advisor to the 2010 documentary film, Countdown to Zero about the escalating global nuclear arms threat.
Queen Noor has focused extensively on the Balkans since her first humanitarian mission in 1996, after the Fall of Srebrenica.
Queen Noor has been an ICMP Commissioner since June 2001.
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands
Her Majesty Queen Noor is an international public servant and advocate for cross-cultural understanding, conflict prevention and recovery issues such as those related to refugees, missing persons, poverty, climate change and disarmament. Her peace-building work has focused on the Middle East, the Balkans, Central and Southeast Asia, Latin America and Africa.
Born to an Arab-American family distinguished for its public service, she received a degree in Architecture and Urban Planning from Princeton University prior to working on international urban planning and design projects in Australia, Iran, the United States and the Arab world. She married His Majesty King Hussein bin Talal of Jordan in 1978.
Queen Noor’s work in Jordan and the Arab world has focused on national and regional human security in the areas of education, conservation, sustainable development, human rights and cross-cultural understanding. Since 1979, the initiatives of the Noor Al Hussein Foundation and the King Hussein Foundation, which she founded and chairs, have transformed development thinking in Jordan and the Middle East through pioneering best practice programs in the fields of poverty eradication and women’s empowerment, microfinance, health, and the arts as a medium for social development and cross-cultural exchange. The Foundations provide training and capacity building expertise in these areas in the broader Arab and Asian regions.
A long-time advocate for a just Arab-Israeli peace and for Palestinian refugees, Queen Noor is a Director of Refugees International and an outspoken voice for the protection of civilians in conflict and displaced persons around the world. She has also been an expert advisor to the United Nations focusing on implementation of the Millennium Development Goals in Central Asia and on behalf of Colombia’s displaced.
Queen Noor has been an advisor to, and global advocate for, the International Campaign to Ban Landmines and is a founding leader of Global Zero, an international movement working for the worldwide elimination of nuclear weapons. She represented Global Zero at the historic 2009 UN Security Council meeting and was an advisor to the 2010 documentary film, Countdown to Zero about the escalating global nuclear arms threat.
Queen Noor has focused extensively on the Balkans since her first humanitarian mission in 1996, after the Fall of Srebrenica.
Queen Noor has been an ICMP Commissioner since June 2001.
Former Vice President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, Chair of the Geneva International Center for Humanitarian Demining
Her Majesty Queen Noor is an international public servant and advocate for cross-cultural understanding, conflict prevention and recovery issues such as those related to refugees, missing persons, poverty, climate change and disarmament. Her peace-building work has focused on the Middle East, the Balkans, Central and Southeast Asia, Latin America and Africa.
Born to an Arab-American family distinguished for its public service, she received a degree in Architecture and Urban Planning from Princeton University prior to working on international urban planning and design projects in Australia, Iran, the United States and the Arab world. She married His Majesty King Hussein bin Talal of Jordan in 1978.
Queen Noor’s work in Jordan and the Arab world has focused on national and regional human security in the areas of education, conservation, sustainable development, human rights and cross-cultural understanding. Since 1979, the initiatives of the Noor Al Hussein Foundation and the King Hussein Foundation, which she founded and chairs, have transformed development thinking in Jordan and the Middle East through pioneering best practice programs in the fields of poverty eradication and women’s empowerment, microfinance, health, and the arts as a medium for social development and cross-cultural exchange. The Foundations provide training and capacity building expertise in these areas in the broader Arab and Asian regions.
A long-time advocate for a just Arab-Israeli peace and for Palestinian refugees, Queen Noor is a Director of Refugees International and an outspoken voice for the protection of civilians in conflict and displaced persons around the world. She has also been an expert advisor to the United Nations focusing on implementation of the Millennium Development Goals in Central Asia and on behalf of Colombia’s displaced.
Queen Noor has been an advisor to, and global advocate for, the International Campaign to Ban Landmines and is a founding leader of Global Zero, an international movement working for the worldwide elimination of nuclear weapons. She represented Global Zero at the historic 2009 UN Security Council meeting and was an advisor to the 2010 documentary film, Countdown to Zero about the escalating global nuclear arms threat.
Queen Noor has focused extensively on the Balkans since her first humanitarian mission in 1996, after the Fall of Srebrenica.
Queen Noor has been an ICMP Commissioner since June 2001.
Former Country Director of the Vietnam Veterans of
America Foundation, Head of Public
Her Majesty Queen Noor is an international public servant and advocate for cross-cultural understanding, conflict prevention and recovery issues such as those related to refugees, missing persons, poverty, climate change and disarmament. Her peace-building work has focused on the Middle East, the Balkans, Central and Southeast Asia, Latin America and Africa.
Born to an Arab-American family distinguished for its public service, she received a degree in Architecture and Urban Planning from Princeton University prior to working on international urban planning and design projects in Australia, Iran, the United States and the Arab world. She married His Majesty King Hussein bin Talal of Jordan in 1978.
Queen Noor’s work in Jordan and the Arab world has focused on national and regional human security in the areas of education, conservation, sustainable development, human rights and cross-cultural understanding. Since 1979, the initiatives of the Noor Al Hussein Foundation and the King Hussein Foundation, which she founded and chairs, have transformed development thinking in Jordan and the Middle East through pioneering best practice programs in the fields of poverty eradication and women’s empowerment, microfinance, health, and the arts as a medium for social development and cross-cultural exchange. The Foundations provide training and capacity building expertise in these areas in the broader Arab and Asian regions.
A long-time advocate for a just Arab-Israeli peace and for Palestinian refugees, Queen Noor is a Director of Refugees International and an outspoken voice for the protection of civilians in conflict and displaced persons around the world. She has also been an expert advisor to the United Nations focusing on implementation of the Millennium Development Goals in Central Asia and on behalf of Colombia’s displaced.
Queen Noor has been an advisor to, and global advocate for, the International Campaign to Ban Landmines and is a founding leader of Global Zero, an international movement working for the worldwide elimination of nuclear weapons. She represented Global Zero at the historic 2009 UN Security Council meeting and was an advisor to the 2010 documentary film, Countdown to Zero about the escalating global nuclear arms threat.
Queen Noor has focused extensively on the Balkans since her first humanitarian mission in 1996, after the Fall of Srebrenica.
Queen Noor has been an ICMP Commissioner since June 2001.
Conference of States Parties
The Conference of States Parties represents States Parties to the ICMP Agreement and includes signatory and other states that participate in an observer capacity. The ICMP Board of Commissioners and the Director-General invite the Conference of States Parties to meet at least once every three years.
The Conference of States Parties considers ICMP’s reports on activities, proposes policy directives for the Board of Commissioners’ program of work, and recommends to States Parties measures to advance ICMP’s objectives.
Signature
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Entry into force
29-11-2019
A
Accession
30-10-2019
Signature
15-12-2014
Signature
14-12-2015
Entry into force
17-10-2018
R
Ratification, Acceptance, Approval or Notification
17-09-2018
Signature
14-12-2015
Entry into force
07-07-2018
R
Ratification, Acceptance, Approval or Notification
07-06-2018
Signature
18-11-2015
Entry into force
30-05-2021
A
Accession
30-04-2021
Entry into force
18-08-2023
A
Accession
19-07-2023
Signature
15-12-2014
Entry into force
16-06-2016
R
Ratification, Acceptance, Approval or Notification
17-05-2016
Signature
15-12-2014
Entry into force
17-07-2015
R
Ratification, Acceptance, Approval or Notification
17-06-2015
Signature
16-12-2015
Entry into force
20-08-2017
R
Ratification, Acceptance, Approval or Notification
21-07-2017
Signature
15-12-2014
Entry into force
14-05-2015
R
Ratification, Acceptance, Approval or Notification
14-04-2015
Signature
15-12-2014
Entry into force
14-05-2015
R
Ratification, Acceptance, Approval or Notification
14-04-2015
Financial Committee
The Financial Committee meets annually and is the primary forum in which ICMP’s financial strategy is presented to donors.
The Financial Committee represents States Parties that have supported ICMP financially during the reporting period. The Financial Committee considers ICMP’s report on activities for the past year and the coming year, adopts recommendations relating to ICMP’s financial management, and reviews and approves ICMP’s Financial Regulations and reporting format.
Global Forum on Missing Persons
The Global Forum provides for a range of engaged parties, including the Board of Commissioners, the Panel of Experts and the Interagency Committee, as well as civil society organizations and representatives of families of the missing. The Global Forum reflects the diversity of missing and disappeared persons issues and the diversity of potential solutions.
As a mechanism for the exchange of ideas and practical proposals based on expertise and experience, the Global Forum is designed to identify common problems faced by countries and families around the world and seek solutions at the international and domestic level. Through policy forums, conferences and publications, the Global Forum endeavors to broaden public discourse on the issue of missing persons, highlighting the needs of survivors and the requirements of society.
Panel of Experts
The ICMP Panel of Experts comprises distinguished researchers and practitioners in the field of human rights, the rule of law, transitional justice, and forensic science. The Panel of Experts provides regular and ad hoc expert advice to the Director-General on issues pertaining to ICMP’s program of work, relations with current or potential partners, and other issues about which ICMP may wish to receive expert advice.
Her Majesty Queen Noor is an international public servant and advocate for cross-cultural understanding, conflict prevention and recovery issues such as those related to refugees, missing persons, poverty, climate change and disarmament. Her peace-building work has focused on the Middle East, the Balkans, Central and Southeast Asia, Latin America and Africa.
Born to an Arab-American family distinguished for its public service, she received a degree in Architecture and Urban Planning from Princeton University prior to working on international urban planning and design projects in Australia, Iran, the United States and the Arab world. She married His Majesty King Hussein bin Talal of Jordan in 1978.
Queen Noor’s work in Jordan and the Arab world has focused on national and regional human security in the areas of education, conservation, sustainable development, human rights and cross-cultural understanding. Since 1979, the initiatives of the Noor Al Hussein Foundation and the King Hussein Foundation, which she founded and chairs, have transformed development thinking in Jordan and the Middle East through pioneering best practice programs in the fields of poverty eradication and women’s empowerment, microfinance, health, and the arts as a medium for social development and cross-cultural exchange. The Foundations provide training and capacity building expertise in these areas in the broader Arab and Asian regions.
A long-time advocate for a just Arab-Israeli peace and for Palestinian refugees, Queen Noor is a Director of Refugees International and an outspoken voice for the protection of civilians in conflict and displaced persons around the world. She has also been an expert advisor to the United Nations focusing on implementation of the Millennium Development Goals in Central Asia and on behalf of Colombia’s displaced.
Queen Noor has been an advisor to, and global advocate for, the International Campaign to Ban Landmines and is a founding leader of Global Zero, an international movement working for the worldwide elimination of nuclear weapons. She represented Global Zero at the historic 2009 UN Security Council meeting and was an advisor to the 2010 documentary film, Countdown to Zero about the escalating global nuclear arms threat.
Queen Noor has focused extensively on the Balkans since her first humanitarian mission in 1996, after the Fall of Srebrenica.
Queen Noor has been an ICMP Commissioner since June 2001.
Her Majesty Queen Noor is an international public servant and advocate for cross-cultural understanding, conflict prevention and recovery issues such as those related to refugees, missing persons, poverty, climate change and disarmament. Her peace-building work has focused on the Middle East, the Balkans, Central and Southeast Asia, Latin America and Africa.
Born to an Arab-American family distinguished for its public service, she received a degree in Architecture and Urban Planning from Princeton University prior to working on international urban planning and design projects in Australia, Iran, the United States and the Arab world. She married His Majesty King Hussein bin Talal of Jordan in 1978.
Queen Noor’s work in Jordan and the Arab world has focused on national and regional human security in the areas of education, conservation, sustainable development, human rights and cross-cultural understanding. Since 1979, the initiatives of the Noor Al Hussein Foundation and the King Hussein Foundation, which she founded and chairs, have transformed development thinking in Jordan and the Middle East through pioneering best practice programs in the fields of poverty eradication and women’s empowerment, microfinance, health, and the arts as a medium for social development and cross-cultural exchange. The Foundations provide training and capacity building expertise in these areas in the broader Arab and Asian regions.
A long-time advocate for a just Arab-Israeli peace and for Palestinian refugees, Queen Noor is a Director of Refugees International and an outspoken voice for the protection of civilians in conflict and displaced persons around the world. She has also been an expert advisor to the United Nations focusing on implementation of the Millennium Development Goals in Central Asia and on behalf of Colombia’s displaced.
Queen Noor has been an advisor to, and global advocate for, the International Campaign to Ban Landmines and is a founding leader of Global Zero, an international movement working for the worldwide elimination of nuclear weapons. She represented Global Zero at the historic 2009 UN Security Council meeting and was an advisor to the 2010 documentary film, Countdown to Zero about the escalating global nuclear arms threat.
Queen Noor has focused extensively on the Balkans since her first humanitarian mission in 1996, after the Fall of Srebrenica.
Queen Noor has been an ICMP Commissioner since June 2001.
Her Majesty Queen Noor is an international public servant and advocate for cross-cultural understanding, conflict prevention and recovery issues such as those related to refugees, missing persons, poverty, climate change and disarmament. Her peace-building work has focused on the Middle East, the Balkans, Central and Southeast Asia, Latin America and Africa.
Born to an Arab-American family distinguished for its public service, she received a degree in Architecture and Urban Planning from Princeton University prior to working on international urban planning and design projects in Australia, Iran, the United States and the Arab world. She married His Majesty King Hussein bin Talal of Jordan in 1978.
Queen Noor’s work in Jordan and the Arab world has focused on national and regional human security in the areas of education, conservation, sustainable development, human rights and cross-cultural understanding. Since 1979, the initiatives of the Noor Al Hussein Foundation and the King Hussein Foundation, which she founded and chairs, have transformed development thinking in Jordan and the Middle East through pioneering best practice programs in the fields of poverty eradication and women’s empowerment, microfinance, health, and the arts as a medium for social development and cross-cultural exchange. The Foundations provide training and capacity building expertise in these areas in the broader Arab and Asian regions.
A long-time advocate for a just Arab-Israeli peace and for Palestinian refugees, Queen Noor is a Director of Refugees International and an outspoken voice for the protection of civilians in conflict and displaced persons around the world. She has also been an expert advisor to the United Nations focusing on implementation of the Millennium Development Goals in Central Asia and on behalf of Colombia’s displaced.
Queen Noor has been an advisor to, and global advocate for, the International Campaign to Ban Landmines and is a founding leader of Global Zero, an international movement working for the worldwide elimination of nuclear weapons. She represented Global Zero at the historic 2009 UN Security Council meeting and was an advisor to the 2010 documentary film, Countdown to Zero about the escalating global nuclear arms threat.
Queen Noor has focused extensively on the Balkans since her first humanitarian mission in 1996, after the Fall of Srebrenica.
Queen Noor has been an ICMP Commissioner since June 2001.
Her Majesty Queen Noor is an international public servant and advocate for cross-cultural understanding, conflict prevention and recovery issues such as those related to refugees, missing persons, poverty, climate change and disarmament. Her peace-building work has focused on the Middle East, the Balkans, Central and Southeast Asia, Latin America and Africa.
Born to an Arab-American family distinguished for its public service, she received a degree in Architecture and Urban Planning from Princeton University prior to working on international urban planning and design projects in Australia, Iran, the United States and the Arab world. She married His Majesty King Hussein bin Talal of Jordan in 1978.
Queen Noor’s work in Jordan and the Arab world has focused on national and regional human security in the areas of education, conservation, sustainable development, human rights and cross-cultural understanding. Since 1979, the initiatives of the Noor Al Hussein Foundation and the King Hussein Foundation, which she founded and chairs, have transformed development thinking in Jordan and the Middle East through pioneering best practice programs in the fields of poverty eradication and women’s empowerment, microfinance, health, and the arts as a medium for social development and cross-cultural exchange. The Foundations provide training and capacity building expertise in these areas in the broader Arab and Asian regions.
A long-time advocate for a just Arab-Israeli peace and for Palestinian refugees, Queen Noor is a Director of Refugees International and an outspoken voice for the protection of civilians in conflict and displaced persons around the world. She has also been an expert advisor to the United Nations focusing on implementation of the Millennium Development Goals in Central Asia and on behalf of Colombia’s displaced.
Queen Noor has been an advisor to, and global advocate for, the International Campaign to Ban Landmines and is a founding leader of Global Zero, an international movement working for the worldwide elimination of nuclear weapons. She represented Global Zero at the historic 2009 UN Security Council meeting and was an advisor to the 2010 documentary film, Countdown to Zero about the escalating global nuclear arms threat.
Queen Noor has focused extensively on the Balkans since her first humanitarian mission in 1996, after the Fall of Srebrenica.
Queen Noor has been an ICMP Commissioner since June 2001.
Contrary to popular belief, Lorem Ipsum is not simply random text. It has roots in a piece of classical Latin literature from 45 BC, making it over 2000 years old. Richard McClintock, a Latin professor at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, looked up one of the more obscure Latin words, consectetur, from a Lorem Ipsum passage, and going through the cites of the word in classical literature, discovered the undoubtable source. Lorem Ipsum comes from sections 1.10.32 and 1.10.33 of "de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum" (The Extremes of Good and Evil) by Cicero, written in 45 BC. This book is a treatise on the theory of ethics, very popular during the Renaissance. The first line of Lorem Ipsum, "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet..", comes from a line in section 1.10.32.
The standard chunk of Lorem Ipsum used since the 1500s is reproduced below for those interested. Sections 1.10.32 and 1.10.33 from "de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum" by Cicero are also reproduced in their exact original form, accompanied by English versions from the 1914 translation by H. Rackham.
Her Majesty Queen Noor is an international public servant and advocate for cross-cultural understanding, conflict prevention and recovery issues such as those related to refugees, missing persons, poverty, climate change and disarmament. Her peace-building work has focused on the Middle East, the Balkans, Central and Southeast Asia, Latin America and Africa.
Born to an Arab-American family distinguished for its public service, she received a degree in Architecture and Urban Planning from Princeton University prior to working on international urban planning and design projects in Australia, Iran, the United States and the Arab world. She married His Majesty King Hussein bin Talal of Jordan in 1978.
Queen Noor’s work in Jordan and the Arab world has focused on national and regional human security in the areas of education, conservation, sustainable development, human rights and cross-cultural understanding. Since 1979, the initiatives of the Noor Al Hussein Foundation and the King Hussein Foundation, which she founded and chairs, have transformed development thinking in Jordan and the Middle East through pioneering best practice programs in the fields of poverty eradication and women’s empowerment, microfinance, health, and the arts as a medium for social development and cross-cultural exchange. The Foundations provide training and capacity building expertise in these areas in the broader Arab and Asian regions.
A long-time advocate for a just Arab-Israeli peace and for Palestinian refugees, Queen Noor is a Director of Refugees International and an outspoken voice for the protection of civilians in conflict and displaced persons around the world. She has also been an expert advisor to the United Nations focusing on implementation of the Millennium Development Goals in Central Asia and on behalf of Colombia’s displaced.
Queen Noor has been an advisor to, and global advocate for, the International Campaign to Ban Landmines and is a founding leader of Global Zero, an international movement working for the worldwide elimination of nuclear weapons. She represented Global Zero at the historic 2009 UN Security Council meeting and was an advisor to the 2010 documentary film, Countdown to Zero about the escalating global nuclear arms threat.
Queen Noor has focused extensively on the Balkans since her first humanitarian mission in 1996, after the Fall of Srebrenica.
Queen Noor has been an ICMP Commissioner since June 2001.
Her Majesty Queen Noor is an international public servant and advocate for cross-cultural understanding, conflict prevention and recovery issues such as those related to refugees, missing persons, poverty, climate change and disarmament. Her peace-building work has focused on the Middle East, the Balkans, Central and Southeast Asia, Latin America and Africa.
Born to an Arab-American family distinguished for its public service, she received a degree in Architecture and Urban Planning from Princeton University prior to working on international urban planning and design projects in Australia, Iran, the United States and the Arab world. She married His Majesty King Hussein bin Talal of Jordan in 1978.
Queen Noor’s work in Jordan and the Arab world has focused on national and regional human security in the areas of education, conservation, sustainable development, human rights and cross-cultural understanding. Since 1979, the initiatives of the Noor Al Hussein Foundation and the King Hussein Foundation, which she founded and chairs, have transformed development thinking in Jordan and the Middle East through pioneering best practice programs in the fields of poverty eradication and women’s empowerment, microfinance, health, and the arts as a medium for social development and cross-cultural exchange. The Foundations provide training and capacity building expertise in these areas in the broader Arab and Asian regions.
A long-time advocate for a just Arab-Israeli peace and for Palestinian refugees, Queen Noor is a Director of Refugees International and an outspoken voice for the protection of civilians in conflict and displaced persons around the world. She has also been an expert advisor to the United Nations focusing on implementation of the Millennium Development Goals in Central Asia and on behalf of Colombia’s displaced.
Queen Noor has been an advisor to, and global advocate for, the International Campaign to Ban Landmines and is a founding leader of Global Zero, an international movement working for the worldwide elimination of nuclear weapons. She represented Global Zero at the historic 2009 UN Security Council meeting and was an advisor to the 2010 documentary film, Countdown to Zero about the escalating global nuclear arms threat.
Queen Noor has focused extensively on the Balkans since her first humanitarian mission in 1996, after the Fall of Srebrenica.
Queen Noor has been an ICMP Commissioner since June 2001.
Her Majesty Queen Noor is an international public servant and advocate for cross-cultural understanding, conflict prevention and recovery issues such as those related to refugees, missing persons, poverty, climate change and disarmament. Her peace-building work has focused on the Middle East, the Balkans, Central and Southeast Asia, Latin America and Africa.
Born to an Arab-American family distinguished for its public service, she received a degree in Architecture and Urban Planning from Princeton University prior to working on international urban planning and design projects in Australia, Iran, the United States and the Arab world. She married His Majesty King Hussein bin Talal of Jordan in 1978.
Queen Noor’s work in Jordan and the Arab world has focused on national and regional human security in the areas of education, conservation, sustainable development, human rights and cross-cultural understanding. Since 1979, the initiatives of the Noor Al Hussein Foundation and the King Hussein Foundation, which she founded and chairs, have transformed development thinking in Jordan and the Middle East through pioneering best practice programs in the fields of poverty eradication and women’s empowerment, microfinance, health, and the arts as a medium for social development and cross-cultural exchange. The Foundations provide training and capacity building expertise in these areas in the broader Arab and Asian regions.
A long-time advocate for a just Arab-Israeli peace and for Palestinian refugees, Queen Noor is a Director of Refugees International and an outspoken voice for the protection of civilians in conflict and displaced persons around the world. She has also been an expert advisor to the United Nations focusing on implementation of the Millennium Development Goals in Central Asia and on behalf of Colombia’s displaced.
Queen Noor has been an advisor to, and global advocate for, the International Campaign to Ban Landmines and is a founding leader of Global Zero, an international movement working for the worldwide elimination of nuclear weapons. She represented Global Zero at the historic 2009 UN Security Council meeting and was an advisor to the 2010 documentary film, Countdown to Zero about the escalating global nuclear arms threat.
Queen Noor has focused extensively on the Balkans since her first humanitarian mission in 1996, after the Fall of Srebrenica.
Queen Noor has been an ICMP Commissioner since June 2001.
Contrary to popular belief, Lorem Ipsum is not simply random text. It has roots in a piece of classical Latin literature from 45 BC, making it over 2000 years old. Richard McClintock, a Latin professor at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, looked up one of the more obscure Latin words, consectetur, from a Lorem Ipsum passage, and going through the cites of the word in classical literature, discovered the undoubtable source. Lorem Ipsum comes from sections 1.10.32 and 1.10.33 of "de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum" (The Extremes of Good and Evil) by Cicero, written in 45 BC. This book is a treatise on the theory of ethics, very popular during the Renaissance. The first line of Lorem Ipsum, "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet..", comes from a line in section 1.10.32.
The standard chunk of Lorem Ipsum used since the 1500s is reproduced below for those interested. Sections 1.10.32 and 1.10.33 from "de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum" by Cicero are also reproduced in their exact original form, accompanied by English versions from the 1914 translation by H. Rackham.
Her Majesty Queen Noor is an international public servant and advocate for cross-cultural understanding, conflict prevention and recovery issues such as those related to refugees, missing persons, poverty, climate change and disarmament. Her peace-building work has focused on the Middle East, the Balkans, Central and Southeast Asia, Latin America and Africa.
Born to an Arab-American family distinguished for its public service, she received a degree in Architecture and Urban Planning from Princeton University prior to working on international urban planning and design projects in Australia, Iran, the United States and the Arab world. She married His Majesty King Hussein bin Talal of Jordan in 1978.
Queen Noor’s work in Jordan and the Arab world has focused on national and regional human security in the areas of education, conservation, sustainable development, human rights and cross-cultural understanding. Since 1979, the initiatives of the Noor Al Hussein Foundation and the King Hussein Foundation, which she founded and chairs, have transformed development thinking in Jordan and the Middle East through pioneering best practice programs in the fields of poverty eradication and women’s empowerment, microfinance, health, and the arts as a medium for social development and cross-cultural exchange. The Foundations provide training and capacity building expertise in these areas in the broader Arab and Asian regions.
A long-time advocate for a just Arab-Israeli peace and for Palestinian refugees, Queen Noor is a Director of Refugees International and an outspoken voice for the protection of civilians in conflict and displaced persons around the world. She has also been an expert advisor to the United Nations focusing on implementation of the Millennium Development Goals in Central Asia and on behalf of Colombia’s displaced.
Queen Noor has been an advisor to, and global advocate for, the International Campaign to Ban Landmines and is a founding leader of Global Zero, an international movement working for the worldwide elimination of nuclear weapons. She represented Global Zero at the historic 2009 UN Security Council meeting and was an advisor to the 2010 documentary film, Countdown to Zero about the escalating global nuclear arms threat.
Queen Noor has focused extensively on the Balkans since her first humanitarian mission in 1996, after the Fall of Srebrenica.
Queen Noor has been an ICMP Commissioner since June 2001.
Her Majesty Queen Noor is an international public servant and advocate for cross-cultural understanding, conflict prevention and recovery issues such as those related to refugees, missing persons, poverty, climate change and disarmament. Her peace-building work has focused on the Middle East, the Balkans, Central and Southeast Asia, Latin America and Africa.
Born to an Arab-American family distinguished for its public service, she received a degree in Architecture and Urban Planning from Princeton University prior to working on international urban planning and design projects in Australia, Iran, the United States and the Arab world. She married His Majesty King Hussein bin Talal of Jordan in 1978.
Queen Noor’s work in Jordan and the Arab world has focused on national and regional human security in the areas of education, conservation, sustainable development, human rights and cross-cultural understanding. Since 1979, the initiatives of the Noor Al Hussein Foundation and the King Hussein Foundation, which she founded and chairs, have transformed development thinking in Jordan and the Middle East through pioneering best practice programs in the fields of poverty eradication and women’s empowerment, microfinance, health, and the arts as a medium for social development and cross-cultural exchange. The Foundations provide training and capacity building expertise in these areas in the broader Arab and Asian regions.
A long-time advocate for a just Arab-Israeli peace and for Palestinian refugees, Queen Noor is a Director of Refugees International and an outspoken voice for the protection of civilians in conflict and displaced persons around the world. She has also been an expert advisor to the United Nations focusing on implementation of the Millennium Development Goals in Central Asia and on behalf of Colombia’s displaced.
Queen Noor has been an advisor to, and global advocate for, the International Campaign to Ban Landmines and is a founding leader of Global Zero, an international movement working for the worldwide elimination of nuclear weapons. She represented Global Zero at the historic 2009 UN Security Council meeting and was an advisor to the 2010 documentary film, Countdown to Zero about the escalating global nuclear arms threat.
Queen Noor has focused extensively on the Balkans since her first humanitarian mission in 1996, after the Fall of Srebrenica.
Queen Noor has been an ICMP Commissioner since June 2001.
Her Majesty Queen Noor is an international public servant and advocate for cross-cultural understanding, conflict prevention and recovery issues such as those related to refugees, missing persons, poverty, climate change and disarmament. Her peace-building work has focused on the Middle East, the Balkans, Central and Southeast Asia, Latin America and Africa.
Born to an Arab-American family distinguished for its public service, she received a degree in Architecture and Urban Planning from Princeton University prior to working on international urban planning and design projects in Australia, Iran, the United States and the Arab world. She married His Majesty King Hussein bin Talal of Jordan in 1978.
Queen Noor’s work in Jordan and the Arab world has focused on national and regional human security in the areas of education, conservation, sustainable development, human rights and cross-cultural understanding. Since 1979, the initiatives of the Noor Al Hussein Foundation and the King Hussein Foundation, which she founded and chairs, have transformed development thinking in Jordan and the Middle East through pioneering best practice programs in the fields of poverty eradication and women’s empowerment, microfinance, health, and the arts as a medium for social development and cross-cultural exchange. The Foundations provide training and capacity building expertise in these areas in the broader Arab and Asian regions.
A long-time advocate for a just Arab-Israeli peace and for Palestinian refugees, Queen Noor is a Director of Refugees International and an outspoken voice for the protection of civilians in conflict and displaced persons around the world. She has also been an expert advisor to the United Nations focusing on implementation of the Millennium Development Goals in Central Asia and on behalf of Colombia’s displaced.
Queen Noor has been an advisor to, and global advocate for, the International Campaign to Ban Landmines and is a founding leader of Global Zero, an international movement working for the worldwide elimination of nuclear weapons. She represented Global Zero at the historic 2009 UN Security Council meeting and was an advisor to the 2010 documentary film, Countdown to Zero about the escalating global nuclear arms threat.
Queen Noor has focused extensively on the Balkans since her first humanitarian mission in 1996, after the Fall of Srebrenica.
Queen Noor has been an ICMP Commissioner since June 2001.
Contrary to popular belief, Lorem Ipsum is not simply random text. It has roots in a piece of classical Latin literature from 45 BC, making it over 2000 years old. Richard McClintock, a Latin professor at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, looked up one of the more obscure Latin words, consectetur, from a Lorem Ipsum passage, and going through the cites of the word in classical literature, discovered the undoubtable source. Lorem Ipsum comes from sections 1.10.32 and 1.10.33 of "de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum" (The Extremes of Good and Evil) by Cicero, written in 45 BC. This book is a treatise on the theory of ethics, very popular during the Renaissance. The first line of Lorem Ipsum, "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet..", comes from a line in section 1.10.32.
The standard chunk of Lorem Ipsum used since the 1500s is reproduced below for those interested. Sections 1.10.32 and 1.10.33 from "de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum" by Cicero are also reproduced in their exact original form, accompanied by English versions from the 1914 translation by H. Rackham.
Her Majesty Queen Noor is an international public servant and advocate for cross-cultural understanding, conflict prevention and recovery issues such as those related to refugees, missing persons, poverty, climate change and disarmament. Her peace-building work has focused on the Middle East, the Balkans, Central and Southeast Asia, Latin America and Africa.
Born to an Arab-American family distinguished for its public service, she received a degree in Architecture and Urban Planning from Princeton University prior to working on international urban planning and design projects in Australia, Iran, the United States and the Arab world. She married His Majesty King Hussein bin Talal of Jordan in 1978.
Queen Noor’s work in Jordan and the Arab world has focused on national and regional human security in the areas of education, conservation, sustainable development, human rights and cross-cultural understanding. Since 1979, the initiatives of the Noor Al Hussein Foundation and the King Hussein Foundation, which she founded and chairs, have transformed development thinking in Jordan and the Middle East through pioneering best practice programs in the fields of poverty eradication and women’s empowerment, microfinance, health, and the arts as a medium for social development and cross-cultural exchange. The Foundations provide training and capacity building expertise in these areas in the broader Arab and Asian regions.
A long-time advocate for a just Arab-Israeli peace and for Palestinian refugees, Queen Noor is a Director of Refugees International and an outspoken voice for the protection of civilians in conflict and displaced persons around the world. She has also been an expert advisor to the United Nations focusing on implementation of the Millennium Development Goals in Central Asia and on behalf of Colombia’s displaced.
Queen Noor has been an advisor to, and global advocate for, the International Campaign to Ban Landmines and is a founding leader of Global Zero, an international movement working for the worldwide elimination of nuclear weapons. She represented Global Zero at the historic 2009 UN Security Council meeting and was an advisor to the 2010 documentary film, Countdown to Zero about the escalating global nuclear arms threat.
Queen Noor has focused extensively on the Balkans since her first humanitarian mission in 1996, after the Fall of Srebrenica.
Queen Noor has been an ICMP Commissioner since June 2001.
Her Majesty Queen Noor is an international public servant and advocate for cross-cultural understanding, conflict prevention and recovery issues such as those related to refugees, missing persons, poverty, climate change and disarmament. Her peace-building work has focused on the Middle East, the Balkans, Central and Southeast Asia, Latin America and Africa.
Born to an Arab-American family distinguished for its public service, she received a degree in Architecture and Urban Planning from Princeton University prior to working on international urban planning and design projects in Australia, Iran, the United States and the Arab world. She married His Majesty King Hussein bin Talal of Jordan in 1978.
Queen Noor’s work in Jordan and the Arab world has focused on national and regional human security in the areas of education, conservation, sustainable development, human rights and cross-cultural understanding. Since 1979, the initiatives of the Noor Al Hussein Foundation and the King Hussein Foundation, which she founded and chairs, have transformed development thinking in Jordan and the Middle East through pioneering best practice programs in the fields of poverty eradication and women’s empowerment, microfinance, health, and the arts as a medium for social development and cross-cultural exchange. The Foundations provide training and capacity building expertise in these areas in the broader Arab and Asian regions.
A long-time advocate for a just Arab-Israeli peace and for Palestinian refugees, Queen Noor is a Director of Refugees International and an outspoken voice for the protection of civilians in conflict and displaced persons around the world. She has also been an expert advisor to the United Nations focusing on implementation of the Millennium Development Goals in Central Asia and on behalf of Colombia’s displaced.
Queen Noor has been an advisor to, and global advocate for, the International Campaign to Ban Landmines and is a founding leader of Global Zero, an international movement working for the worldwide elimination of nuclear weapons. She represented Global Zero at the historic 2009 UN Security Council meeting and was an advisor to the 2010 documentary film, Countdown to Zero about the escalating global nuclear arms threat.
Queen Noor has focused extensively on the Balkans since her first humanitarian mission in 1996, after the Fall of Srebrenica.
Queen Noor has been an ICMP Commissioner since June 2001.
Her Majesty Queen Noor is an international public servant and advocate for cross-cultural understanding, conflict prevention and recovery issues such as those related to refugees, missing persons, poverty, climate change and disarmament. Her peace-building work has focused on the Middle East, the Balkans, Central and Southeast Asia, Latin America and Africa.
Born to an Arab-American family distinguished for its public service, she received a degree in Architecture and Urban Planning from Princeton University prior to working on international urban planning and design projects in Australia, Iran, the United States and the Arab world. She married His Majesty King Hussein bin Talal of Jordan in 1978.
Queen Noor’s work in Jordan and the Arab world has focused on national and regional human security in the areas of education, conservation, sustainable development, human rights and cross-cultural understanding. Since 1979, the initiatives of the Noor Al Hussein Foundation and the King Hussein Foundation, which she founded and chairs, have transformed development thinking in Jordan and the Middle East through pioneering best practice programs in the fields of poverty eradication and women’s empowerment, microfinance, health, and the arts as a medium for social development and cross-cultural exchange. The Foundations provide training and capacity building expertise in these areas in the broader Arab and Asian regions.
A long-time advocate for a just Arab-Israeli peace and for Palestinian refugees, Queen Noor is a Director of Refugees International and an outspoken voice for the protection of civilians in conflict and displaced persons around the world. She has also been an expert advisor to the United Nations focusing on implementation of the Millennium Development Goals in Central Asia and on behalf of Colombia’s displaced.
Queen Noor has been an advisor to, and global advocate for, the International Campaign to Ban Landmines and is a founding leader of Global Zero, an international movement working for the worldwide elimination of nuclear weapons. She represented Global Zero at the historic 2009 UN Security Council meeting and was an advisor to the 2010 documentary film, Countdown to Zero about the escalating global nuclear arms threat.
Queen Noor has focused extensively on the Balkans since her first humanitarian mission in 1996, after the Fall of Srebrenica.
Queen Noor has been an ICMP Commissioner since June 2001.
Her Majesty Queen Noor is an international public servant and advocate for cross-cultural understanding, conflict prevention and recovery issues such as those related to refugees, missing persons, poverty, climate change and disarmament. Her peace-building work has focused on the Middle East, the Balkans, Central and Southeast Asia, Latin America and Africa.
Born to an Arab-American family distinguished for its public service, she received a degree in Architecture and Urban Planning from Princeton University prior to working on international urban planning and design projects in Australia, Iran, the United States and the Arab world. She married His Majesty King Hussein bin Talal of Jordan in 1978.
Queen Noor’s work in Jordan and the Arab world has focused on national and regional human security in the areas of education, conservation, sustainable development, human rights and cross-cultural understanding. Since 1979, the initiatives of the Noor Al Hussein Foundation and the King Hussein Foundation, which she founded and chairs, have transformed development thinking in Jordan and the Middle East through pioneering best practice programs in the fields of poverty eradication and women’s empowerment, microfinance, health, and the arts as a medium for social development and cross-cultural exchange. The Foundations provide training and capacity building expertise in these areas in the broader Arab and Asian regions.
A long-time advocate for a just Arab-Israeli peace and for Palestinian refugees, Queen Noor is a Director of Refugees International and an outspoken voice for the protection of civilians in conflict and displaced persons around the world. She has also been an expert advisor to the United Nations focusing on implementation of the Millennium Development Goals in Central Asia and on behalf of Colombia’s displaced.
Queen Noor has been an advisor to, and global advocate for, the International Campaign to Ban Landmines and is a founding leader of Global Zero, an international movement working for the worldwide elimination of nuclear weapons. She represented Global Zero at the historic 2009 UN Security Council meeting and was an advisor to the 2010 documentary film, Countdown to Zero about the escalating global nuclear arms threat.
Queen Noor has focused extensively on the Balkans since her first humanitarian mission in 1996, after the Fall of Srebrenica.
Queen Noor has been an ICMP Commissioner since June 2001.
Her Majesty Queen Noor is an international public servant and advocate for cross-cultural understanding, conflict prevention and recovery issues such as those related to refugees, missing persons, poverty, climate change and disarmament. Her peace-building work has focused on the Middle East, the Balkans, Central and Southeast Asia, Latin America and Africa.
Born to an Arab-American family distinguished for its public service, she received a degree in Architecture and Urban Planning from Princeton University prior to working on international urban planning and design projects in Australia, Iran, the United States and the Arab world. She married His Majesty King Hussein bin Talal of Jordan in 1978.
Queen Noor’s work in Jordan and the Arab world has focused on national and regional human security in the areas of education, conservation, sustainable development, human rights and cross-cultural understanding. Since 1979, the initiatives of the Noor Al Hussein Foundation and the King Hussein Foundation, which she founded and chairs, have transformed development thinking in Jordan and the Middle East through pioneering best practice programs in the fields of poverty eradication and women’s empowerment, microfinance, health, and the arts as a medium for social development and cross-cultural exchange. The Foundations provide training and capacity building expertise in these areas in the broader Arab and Asian regions.
A long-time advocate for a just Arab-Israeli peace and for Palestinian refugees, Queen Noor is a Director of Refugees International and an outspoken voice for the protection of civilians in conflict and displaced persons around the world. She has also been an expert advisor to the United Nations focusing on implementation of the Millennium Development Goals in Central Asia and on behalf of Colombia’s displaced.
Queen Noor has been an advisor to, and global advocate for, the International Campaign to Ban Landmines and is a founding leader of Global Zero, an international movement working for the worldwide elimination of nuclear weapons. She represented Global Zero at the historic 2009 UN Security Council meeting and was an advisor to the 2010 documentary film, Countdown to Zero about the escalating global nuclear arms threat.
Queen Noor has focused extensively on the Balkans since her first humanitarian mission in 1996, after the Fall of Srebrenica.
Queen Noor has been an ICMP Commissioner since June 2001.
Contrary to popular belief, Lorem Ipsum is not simply random text. It has roots in a piece of classical Latin literature from 45 BC, making it over 2000 years old. Richard McClintock, a Latin professor at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, looked up one of the more obscure Latin words, consectetur, from a Lorem Ipsum passage, and going through the cites of the word in classical literature, discovered the undoubtable source. Lorem Ipsum comes from sections 1.10.32 and 1.10.33 of "de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum" (The Extremes of Good and Evil) by Cicero, written in 45 BC. This book is a treatise on the theory of ethics, very popular during the Renaissance. The first line of Lorem Ipsum, "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet..", comes from a line in section 1.10.32.
The standard chunk of Lorem Ipsum used since the 1500s is reproduced below for those interested. Sections 1.10.32 and 1.10.33 from "de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum" by Cicero are also reproduced in their exact original form, accompanied by English versions from the 1914 translation by H. Rackham.
Contrary to popular belief, Lorem Ipsum is not simply random text. It has roots in a piece of classical Latin literature from 45 BC, making it over 2000 years old. Richard McClintock, a Latin professor at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, looked up one of the more obscure Latin words, consectetur, from a Lorem Ipsum passage, and going through the cites of the word in classical literature, discovered the undoubtable source. Lorem Ipsum comes from sections 1.10.32 and 1.10.33 of "de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum" (The Extremes of Good and Evil) by Cicero, written in 45 BC. This book is a treatise on the theory of ethics, very popular during the Renaissance. The first line of Lorem Ipsum, "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet..", comes from a line in section 1.10.32.
The standard chunk of Lorem Ipsum used since the 1500s is reproduced below for those interested. Sections 1.10.32 and 1.10.33 from "de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum" by Cicero are also reproduced in their exact original form, accompanied by English versions from the 1914 translation by H. Rackham.
