Ralph Kader joined the United Nations (UN) in 1980. Over the next two decades, he rose through the ranks alongside Secretary-General Kofi Annan. He has served in diplomatic missions around the world with six United Nations Secretary-Generals: S-G Kurt Waldheim, S-G Javier Perez De Cuellar, S-G Boutros Boutros-Ghali, S-G Kofi Annan, S-G Ban Ki-Moon, and S-G Antonio Guterres. His missions included Algeria, Iraq, Jordan, and Morocco, among others. As such, he has developed personal relationships with many officials in Muslim countries and the Arab world in both the military and political spheres. He is a personal friend to the current King of Bahrain -- Sheikh Hamad Bin Issa Al Khalifa – as well as other Arab leaders. While at the UN, Ralph was appointed as the special liaison to Algeria and Morocco on behalf of the UN Mission for Peace Keeping Operations to negotiate a peace settlement between the Moroccan and Western Saharan people. His last four posts with the UN were all executive positions as Chief of Information Systems for the Department of Peace Keeping Operations, Military Division. Presently, Ralph is working as a Special Advisor to the Arab States Governments regarding military peace-keeping issues. Ralph has worked for several Fortunes 500 companies, including AT&T, Schering Plough, RJ Reynolds, and Xerox. He holds a Bachelor Degrees in Civil Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science, and an MBA and a PhD in Information Technology from Central Missouri State University. Ralph is fluent in English and Arabic, and maintains proficiency in French. Visit us at www.bcgfederation.org