Ms. Mona Ali Khalil is a respected public international lawyer with more than 30 years of United Nations and other international experience and a unique combination of expertise in peacekeeping, peace enforcement, counter-terrorism and WMD disarmament. Between 1993 and 2015, she served as a Senior Legal Officer of the UN Office of the Legal Counsel where she led the peacekeeping team and the sanctions team. She also served on successive special assignments involving the conflicts in Iraq, Libya and Syria. She was seconded to the International Atomic Energy Agency from 2005 to 2009 where she promoted nuclear security and ensured compliance with the nuclear non-proliferation sanctions regimes. She founded MAK LAW INTERNATIONAL in 2018, a strategic consulting service advising governments and UN system organizations. She has co-authored several publications including Empowering the UN Security Council: Reforms to Address Modern Threats (Oxford University Press 2024); Reinvigorating the United Nations (Routledge 2024); the UN Security Council Conflict Management Handbook (AGDA 2023); The Future of Diplomacy after Covid-19 (Routledge 2021); Protection of Civilians (Oxford University Press 2016). She has an A.B. in Government and an A.M. in Middle East Studies from Harvard University as well as an M.S. in Foreign Service and a Juris Doctorate from Georgetown University. She is an Affiliate of the Harvard Law School Program on International Law and Armed Conflict and a member of the faculty of the Vienna Diplomatic Academy and School of international Studies. She is a Saudi citizen of Palestinian origin residing in Vienna, Austria.