Why did you want to be in the commission?
I have chaired the Standing Commission (SC) since 2003 after serving as vice chair since 1999. We have scored important successes since 2003, the obvious example being the ‘comprehensive and lasting solution to the question of the emblem’, as our work on the now adopted Third Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions became known. Building on this and other achievements, I am committed to further strengthen the vital unity of the Movement and to ensure that efforts made and progress accomplished are advanced and built on.

We have major humanitarian challenges ahead, as defined by the 30th International Conference. I want to ensure that the Movement can face and respond to them effectively, safeguarding our Fundamental Principles while meeting the needs and expectations of the vulnerable people of the world.

Implementing the Strategy for the Movement is an agenda in its own right in promoting better internal Movement cooperation. Much work has been done and positive results have emerged. However, still more is needed and this work must continue.

What do you hope to achieve?
I hope to
• contribute to determining our priorities as a
   Movement over the coming years based on
  the outcomes of the 30th IC and as dictated
   by the ever changing world around us;
• preserve a strong and well functioning
   Movement, which can immediately and
   effectively serve the victims of war and
   adversity
   and meet any unforeseen challenges of
   the 21st century;
• promote co-operation and co-ordination within
   the Movement and with our primary partners
   outside, with governments and their
   organisations as well as with the NGO world
   building on the primary role of the Standing
   Commission as the trustee of the International
   Conference;
• involve and consult with National Societies as
   the vital force of our Movement to address
   important internal and external challenges, to
   promote Movement identity and to further raise
   its profile and credibility;
• ensure and encourage the on-going process of
   the implementation of the Strategy for the
   Movement, first adopted by the Council of
   Delegates in 2001 and updated by it in 2005
   and to
• strengthen and clarify the internal decision
   making mechanisms within the Movement fully
   respecting the roles and responsibilities of the
   various components in line with their specific
   mandates;

Building on experiences and lessons learnt from emergency operations involving all components of the Movement, I hope we will continue to analyse and to address possible challenges as necessary to ensure the relevance of the Seville Agreement and its Supplementary Measures and other similar coordination and cooperation instruments.

What experience do you have within the Jordan Red Crescent?
I have been with the JRC since 1981 and it’s President since 1993. Previously I have held the positions of
• Director of Operations (Iraq emergency
   assistance)
• General Director JRC Hospital
• Director of Operations (Gulf Crisis)
• President, JRC Youth
• Vice President Jordan Red Crescent
• Director, Dissemination of IHL and RC/RC
   principles
• Member, Central Executive Committee of JRC
• Director, RC Blood Bank and Medical
   Laboratories
• Director Blood Programmes and First Aid
   Courses

... and internationally, within the Movement?
I have been Chairman of the Standing Commission since 2003; more recently I chaired the 29th International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent in June 2006. Earlier I have been i.a.
• Vice Chairman of the Standing Commission
• Chairman of the SC working group on 28th
   International Conference
• Vice President of the International Federation
• Chairman of Disaster Relief Commission of the
   International Federation

Further, I have participated at numerous meetings of the President and Vice Presidents and of the Executive Council (now Governing Board) of the International Federation, at all International Conferences of the RC/RC since 1986, all General Assemblies of the International Federation and Council of Delegates since 1986 and numerous RC/RC regional conferences, round tables and seminars. Last but not least I’ve attended all Arab RC/RC regional conferences since 1985.

Your experience outside the Movement?• Council Member, International Institute of
   Humanitarian Law, San Remo 2007 –
• Member, Board of Trustees, National Centre for
   Human Rights in Jordan
• Vice-Chairman, National Committee for
   Prevention of AIDS in Jordan
• Board Member, Faculty of Medicine, Jordan
   University
• Member, Jordan National Committee for De-
   mining and Rehabilitation
• Member, International Executive Committee at
   McGill University MMEP - Canada
• Member, Higher Council for Civil Defence,
   Jordan
• Vice Chairman, Jordan National Committee for
   International Humanitarian Law
• Board Member, Jordan Youth Football Club
   (Premier Division)
• Honorary Chairman, Sahab Football Club
   (1st    Division)