Abdel Shafi El Labban

Abdel Shafi El Labban acted as Egypt’s chargé d’affaires in April 1953. A jurist as well as a diplomat, he later served as ambassador in Iran and Switzerland and as a foreign ministry undersecretary. He helped establish the Egyptian Association for the United Nations and an association supporting human rights, serving as the latter’s first president and initially making his home available for its meetings. ^{1, 2}