Oslo forum | Asia 05 - Participants

Participants Position
Sir Michael Aaronson Chair of the Board, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue; Former Director General, Save the Children Fund UK
Mr Medardo Abad Association of Southeast Asian Nations
Ambassador Yasushi Akashi Representative of the Government of Japan on Peace-building, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction in Sri Lanka; Chairman - Japan Centre for Conflict Prevention
Mr Ali Alatas Adviser and Special Envoy of the President, Indonesia; Former Foreign Minister
Doctor Gothom Arya Chairman, Peace and Culture Foundation, Thailand and Member of National Reconciliation Commission
Ambassador Hans Brattskar Ambassador of Norway to Sri Lanka
Colonel Tan Chuan-Jin Assistant Chief of the General Staff (Plans), Singapore Army
Ms Radhika Coomaraswamy Chair, National Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka, and President of the International Centre for Ethnic Studies
Mr Léon de Riedmatten Country Representative in the Union of Myanmar, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue
Ms Teresita "Ging" Quintos Deles Former Special Adviser to the President on the Peace Process, Philippines
Ambassador Roland Eng Ambassador at large, Royal Government of Cambodia; Former Ambassador to UN and USA
Ms Narcisa Escaler President, Asian Culture Council
Mr Denis Faucounau Political Adviser to Head of Mission, Aceh Monitoring Mission
Professor Yash Ghai Sir Y.K. Pao Professor of Public Law, University of Hong Kong
Mr David Gorman Mediation Adviser, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue
Mr Martin Griffiths Director, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue
Ambassador Tore Hattrem Deputy Director General, Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway
Mr Tan Sri Razali  Ismail UN Special Envoy for Myanmar of the Secretary General
Ms Meeri Jaarva Director, State-Building and Democracy, Crisis Management Initiative, Helsinki
Doctor Arjun Karki President - NGO Federation of Nepal
Mr Bilahari Kausikan Second Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore
Mr K Kesavapany Director, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Dr Ramanujam Manikkalingam Special Adviser to the President on the Peace Process, Sri Lanka
Mr Verghese Mathews Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Dr Thant Myint-U Senior Officer, Executive Office of the Secretary-General, United Nations, New York
Ms Sadako Ogata President, Japan International Co-operation Agency; Former UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Mr David Petrasek Policy Director, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue
Mr Kim Beng Phar Director of Research and External Projects for RAPID (Resilience Alliance Partnership in International Development), and special assistant to SRSG Tan Sri Razali Ismail
Ms Juita Puthucheary Project Manager, Myanmar, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue
Mr Tamrat Samuel Senior Political Affairs Officer, Department of Political Affairs, United Nations, New York
Mr Rene Sarmiento Officer in Charge - Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process, Philippines
Mr Han Sung-Joo Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Korea, former Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Cyprus
Dr Michael Vatikiotis Regional representative, South East Asia, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue
Ms Teresa Whitfield Director, Conflict Prevention and Peace Forum, New York
Mr Michael C. Williams Director, Asia and the Pacific Division, Department of Political Affairs, United Nations, New York
Ambassador Sastrohandoyo Wiryono Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia
Mr Ong Keng Yong Secretary General, Association of Southeast Asian Nations

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