Arthur Lenk, Israeli Diplomat

Arthur Lenk (1964 - ) (Hebrew: ארתור לנק) is currently the Ambassador of Israel to the Republic of Azerbaijan. 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... Hebrew redirects here. ... An ambassador, rarely embassador, is a diplomatic official accredited to a foreign sovereign or government, or to an international organization, to serve as the official representative of his or her own country. ...

Diplomatic Career

Arthur Lenk was appointed as Israel's fourth Ambassador to Azerbaijan by the Government of Israel on 3 April 2005^[1] and he submitted his credentials to President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev on 13 September 2005. Ilham Heydar oglu Aliyev (Azerbaijani: İlham Heydər oğlu Əliyev) (born December 24, 1961) is the current President of Azerbaijan. ...

Prior to arriving in Baku, Lenk worked as a Counselor in the Department of International Law, Office of the Legal Adviser, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Jerusalem. He was awarded an "outstanding diplomat" citation by Ministry of Foreign Affairs for his role in planning the January 2005 United Nations Special Session commemorating the Sixtieth Anniversary of the freeing of Europe's Concentration Camps^[2]. Between 2002 – 2005 he served as a frequent Israeli Government spokesman and lecturer on foreign affairs and diplomacy. In 2001 and 2004 Lenk served as Israel's representative to the United Nations General Assembly's Legal Committee. In 2003-04 he worked as part of the Israel Government's legal team on Israel's position regarding the Israeli West Bank barrier case before the International Court of Justice. In 2000-01 he worked on Israel's team which interacted with the Sharm el-Sheikh Fact-Finding Committee ("The Mitchell Committee") which examined reasons for the start of violence in the region beginning in the autumn of 2000.^[3] Municipality: Baku Area: 1000 km² Altitude: -28 m Population: 2,074,300 census 2003 Population density: 1280 persons/km² Postal Code: +99450 Area code: 012 Municipality code: BA Latitude: 41° 01 52 N Longitude: 21° 20 25 E Weather types: 9 of 11 Mayor: Hajibala Abutalybov The Baku region. ... Hebrew יְרוּשָׁלַיִם (Yerushalayim) (Standard) Yerushalayim or Yerushalaim Arabic commonly القـُدْس (Al-Quds); officially in Israel أورشليم القدس (Urshalim-Al-Quds) Name Meaning Hebrew: (see below), Arabic: The Holiness Government City District Jerusalem Population 724,000 (2006) Jurisdiction 123,000 dunams (123 km²) Mayor Uri Lupolianski Web Address www. ... The United Nations (UN) is an international organization whose stated aims are to facilitate co-operation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress and human rights issues. ... The barrier route as of May 2005. ... The International Court of Justice (known colloquially as the World Court or ICJ; French: ) is the primary judicial organ of the United Nations. ...

Lenk has served as Consul for Communications and Public Affairs at the Consulate General of Israel to the Southwestern United States, Los Angeles, California (1998 – 2000) and Second Secretary for Cultural and Academic Affairs at the Embassy of Israel in New Delhi, India (1996 – 1998). Lenk joined the Israeli Foreign Service and participating in the Foreign Officer Training Program in 1994.

Academia

Arthur Lenk taught a graduate seminar in “Foreign Policy, International Law and the Arab-Israel Conflict”, at the Herzog Center for Middle East Studies and Diplomacy, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Be’er Sheva, Fall Semester 2003. He holds two law degrees from the Faculty of Law, Hebrew University of Jerusalem an LL.M. in International Law (2003) and an LL.B. (1990). The Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (אוניברסיטת בן-גוריון בנגב) was founded in 1969, in Beer Sheva, Israel. ... The Hebrew University of Jerusalem is one of Israels oldest, largest, and most important institutes of higher learning and research. ...

Publications

"Iran's extreme leaders reject history", Echo (Russian), Ekspress (Azerbaijani), 20 and 21 December, 2006

“Hizbullah must be stopped”, Yeni Azerbaycan, (Azerbaijani), Kaspiy (Russian), Kaspy (Azerbaijani), 25 July 2006

“Israel and Azerbaijan: Cooperation serves the interests of our countries”, Ekspress (Azerbaijani), Kaspiy (Russian), 3 May 2006.

“The Iranian threat to destroy Israel”, Zerkalo (Russian) 1 November 2005

“My tale of two courts”, The Guardian^[4] 15 July 2004 The Guardian is a British newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. ...

“Political Misuses of International Law: The Development of the ‘Crime’ of Population Transfer”, 1 Eyes on the ICC 71 (2004).

“Prime Minister Sharon and the Belgian ‘Tool’ of Law”, The Forward^[5], 28 February 2003. The Forward is a Jewish-American newspaper published in New York. ...

“Fact-finding as a Tool in Peace Negotiation – The Mitchell Report and the Israel-Palestinian Peace Process”, 24 Loyola of Los Angeles International and Comparative Law Review^[6] 289 (2002).

Personal

· Born in New Jersey, USA, 1964. Emigrated to Israel, 1983. Official language(s) None, English de facto Capital Trenton Largest city Newark Area  Ranked 47th  - Total 8,729 sq mi (22,608 km²)  - Width 70 miles (110 km)  - Length 150 miles (240 km)  - % water 14. ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... Aliyah (Hebrew: עלייה, ascent or going up) is a term widely used to mean Jewish immigration to the Land of Israel (and since its establishment in 1948, the State of Israel). ...

· Member of bar in Israel (1991) and New York (1992).

· Fully fluent in English and Hebrew. Studying Azerbaijani.

· Married to Ruth; three daughters – Margalit (13), Ilana (11) and Aiden (7).

External Links

Embassy of Israel, Baku, Azerbaijan

Speech at United Nations Sixth Committee on International Terrorism, 19 October 2004

Response of Embassy of Iran in Azerbaijan to article written by Lenk about Tehran Holocaust Denial Conference, 23 December 2006

Interview with Azerbaijani Trend news service, 25 August 2006

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