About The Consulate

Consulate Directory
Consul General
Ambassador Dr Abir Audi
Accounting
Mr. Maher Takkoush
Tel: 1 (212) 744-7905, ext 5
Email:
[email protected]
Executive Assistant
Mrs. Maha Karnib
Tel: 1 (212) 744-7905, ext 7
Fax: 1 (212) 794-1510
Email:
[email protected]
Passports/ Visas
Mr. Gaby Noufaily
Tel: 1 (212) 744-7905, ext 1
Email:
[email protected]
Assistant
Mrs. Karine Diab
Tel: 1 (212) 744-7905, ext 103
Email:
[email protected]
Passports/ Visas
Mr. Ayman Salman
Email:
[email protected]
Registration of Vital Events
Mr. Tony Barkachy
Tel: 1 (212) 744-7905, ext 3
Email:
[email protected]
 
Legalization/ Powers of Attorney
Mr. Habib Osman
Tel: 1 (212) 744-7905, ext 2
Email:
[email protected]
About the consul General
Ambassador Abir Audi, PHD

Diplomat, Philosopher, Scholar, Author, Poet.

Dr. Audi was promoted to the rank Ambassador in 2017. A senior career diplomat for the Government of Lebanon, she has previously served as First Secretary at Lebanon’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations – Geneva (2000-2001), as Consul General in Paris (2002-2012), and as Chief of Diplomatic Mission in Tokyo (2016-2017). She was appointed Consul General of Lebanon in New York in December 2019.

Ambassador Audi holds a PHD in Philosophy from the Sorbonne University, Paris, and a Master’s degree in Political Science from the American University of Beirut.​
In addition to her diplomatic and academic careers, Dr Audi is also an internationally published author of several books, translated into several languages, and numerous articles in the fields of Philosophy, Spirituality, Politics, Poetry, and Literature, as well as several works on International Law and Organizations, most of which were adopted as official documents by the UN. 

She speaks fluent English, French, Arabic, and German.