Message from the Consul General

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The Consulate General of Lebanon in Melbourne places this website at the disposal of the Lebanese community and the Lebanese descendants in the State of Victoria, with the aim of providing general information about Lebanon and various consular services to facilitate communication with the Lebanese and the Australians.

The old history of the Lebanese migration to Australia and the Lebanese prominent presence in Victoria has made this community a focus of attention of the official authorities and foreign communities in this State and gained their respect. This respect is a reflection of the successes achieved by the Lebanese wherever they may be and in all sectors. This is a responsibility that we must all preserve.

We call upon the Lebanese community to strive to achieve more successes and be the example everyone else follows and to highlight its cultural identity as an active part of the Australian community in Victoria, where law-abiding communities are committed to the best relations with the Australian society and is the source of this country's diversity and richness.

We also call on members of the community to register their children and preserve our Lebanese identity by conducting personal status transactions at the consulate such as registration of marriage and births ... and to preserve and master our Arabic language by teaching our children this language in order to protect our identity and preserve our culture.

Ziad Itani

Consul General

CURRICULUM VITAE

Name & Surname: Ziad ITANI

Date and Place of Birth: 18/03/1972, Beirut

Family Situation: Married with two children

University Studies:

B.A in Law- Lebanese University – 1993

Master Degree in the Public Law – Lebanese University – 2000

PHD in the Public Law – Lebanese University – 2007

Languages: Arabic- English- French - Portuguese

Current Post: Consul General of Lebanon in Melbourne, Vic, Australia.

Latest Posts:

Consul General of Lebanon in Rio de Janeiro – Brazil, June2012/ January 2018.
Charge d’affaires of the Lebanese Embassy in Riyadh – Saudi Arabia 2011/2012
Secretary at the Center of Legal Consultations, Research and Documentations in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants in Beirut, 2009/2011
First Secretary at the Lebanese Embassy in Saudi Arabia – Riyadh 2007/2009
Charge d’affaires of the Lebanese Embassy in Riyadh – Saudi Arabia 2006/2007
First secretary at the Lebanese Embassy in Poland-Warsaw, 2004/2006
Consul at the Consulate General of Lebanon in Dubai- UAE, 2001/2004
Attaché at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants in Beirut, 2000/2001
Attaché at the Ministry of Emigrants in Beirut, 1996/2000

Publications:

The International Criminal Court and the Development of the International Criminal Law, 2009
UNSCOM United Nation Special Commission to Disarm Iraq, 2000

Participations in Conferences:

Organizer and the President of the Lebanese Business - Touristic Forum about Lebanon, Rio de Janeiro – Brazil, April 2013
Member of the Lebanese Official Delegation to the Conference of the International Justice, Tunisia, 2011
Member of the Lebanese Official Delegation to the Conference of the Arab Emigrants in the Arab League, Cairo, 2010
Participating in the Preparation and the Discussion of the Lebanese Periodic Report for Human Rights in Geneva, November 2010

Letters of Appreciations:

Letter of Appreciation from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants for the Participation and for the Preparing the Lebanese Periodic Report for Human Rights in Geneva, November 2010
Letter of Appreciation from the Ministry of Tourism in Lebanon for organizing the First Lebanese Business - Touristic Forum about Lebanon in Rio de Janeiro – Brazil, April 2013
Letter of Appreciation from the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants in Lebanon about the efforts done to facilitate learning the Arabic language , 01/04/2015
Letter of Appreciation from the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants in Lebanon about the efforts done to return back the Lebanese Nationality for the descendants, 16/01/2016

Medals and certificates:

- Honorary Citizen Certificate of the City of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, November 8, 2013.

- Honorary Citizen Certificate of the State of Rio de Janeiro / Brazil - November 13, 2013.

- Lebanese Cultural World Union Medal Award - March 6, 2014

- Pedro Ernesto Medal of the City of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. November, 22 2017.

- Many Certificates of gratitude and appreciation from Lebanese-Brazilian immigrant Associations.

E- Mail: ziad.itani@foreign.gov.lb

Last Modified Date 17/10/2018 - 03:38 PM