Oslo forum 06 - Participants

Participants Position
Sir Michael Aaronson Chairman of the Board, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue
Mr Gerry Adams President, Sinn Féin
Mr Salman Ahmed Special Assistant to the UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO)
Ambassador Yasushi Akashi Representative of the Government of Japan on Peacebuilding
Ms Kate Almquist Mission Director for Sudan, United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Ms Ngozi Amu Political Affairs Officer, UN Office for West Africa (UNOWA)
Mr David Angell High Commissioner for Canada to Nigeria and Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Canada to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
Mr Jean Arnault Former Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Afghanistan; Head of UN Assistance Mission for Afghanistan (UNAMA)
Ambassador Atta Almanan Bakhit Assistant Secretary General, Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC)
Ambassador Andres Valencia Benavides Senior Adviser to the Undersecretary of Foreign Relations, Mexico
Ms Betty Bigombe Chief Mediator between the Government of the Republic of Uganda and the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA); Consultant for the World Bank
Ambassador Lakhdar Brahimi Former Special Adviser to the UN Secretary-General
Ambassador Hans Brattskar Ambassador of Norway to Sri Lanka
Ambassador Carey Cavanaugh US Foreign Policy Adviser to the Chief of Naval Operations, Former Co-Chairman OSCE Minsk Group
Mr Christopher Coleman Chief, UN Policy Planning and Mediation Support (DPA)
Doctor Elizabeth Cousens Vice President, International Peace Academy (IPA)
Ms A. Heather Coyne Senior Program Officer, Center for Mediation and Conflict Resolution, United States Institute for Peace (USIP)
Professor Chester Crocker Former US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs; Professor of Strategic Studies, Georgetown University
Mr Alastair Crooke Director, Conflict Forum
Ms Lizbeth Cullity Deputy Director, Political Affairs and Planning Division, UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH)
Mr Robert Dann Chief, Regional Affairs Unit, Office of the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process
Ambassador Alvaro de Soto UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process
Ms Lyse Doucet BBC World news correspondent and presenter
Secretary Jesus G. Dureza Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process, Philippines
Ambassador Marika Fahlén Special Adviser for the Horn of Africa, Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Mr Pieter Feith Head of Aceh Monitoring Mission (AMM)
Mr Keith Fitzgerald Managing Director, Sea-Change Partners; Head of the Asian Programme on Negotiation & Conflict Management (APNCM)
Mr Hans Jacob Frydenlund Special Adviser for the Peace Process in Sudan, Norway
Minister Jonas Gahr Støre Minister for Foreign Affairs, Norway
Mr David Gorman Mediation Adviser, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue
Mr Martin Griffiths Director, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue
Ambassador Jon Hanssen-Bauer Norwegian Special Envoy for the Peace Process in Sri Lanka
Ms Fabienne Hara Senior Political Affairs Officer, UN Mission in Sudan
Ambassador Tore Hattrem Deputy Director General, Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Professor Nicholas Haysom Head, UN Office of Constitutional Support in Iraq
Mr Vidar Helgesen Secretary General, International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA)
Mr Julian Thomas Hottinger Expert in Mediation and Facilitation, Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs
Professor Ephraim Isaac Director of the Institute of Semitic Studies, Princeton University
Mr Raymond Johansen Norwegian State Secretary, Foreign Affairs
Mr Garaudy Laguerre Executive Director, Institute for Advanced Social and Political Studies (ISPOS), Haiti
Mr James LeMoyne Former Special Adviser to the Secretary-General for Colombia
Dr Ramanujam Manikkalingam Former Senior Adviser on the Peace Process to the President of Sri Lanka
Mr C. Andrew Marshall Deputy Director, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue
Ms Carolyn McAskie United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding Support
Ms Maria Luz Méndez Gutiérrez Representative of Women's Organizations, National Council for Peace Accords, Guatemala
Mr Luis Moreno-Ocampo Chief Prosecutor, International Criminal Court (ICC)
Dr Thant Myint-U Senior Visiting Fellow, International Peace Academy (IPA)
Professor Diane Orentlicher Co-Director, Centre for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Washington College of Law
Ambassador Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for West Africa
Mr Geir Pedersen Personal Representative of the UN Secretary-General for the Southern Lebanon
Doctor Desra Percaya Chief of Staff to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Indonesia; Spokesperson
Ambassador Didier Pfirter Ambassador at Large for Special Assignments, Switzerland
Sir Kieran Prendergast Former UN Under-Secretary-General Political Affairs
Datuk Othman bin Abd Razak Special Adviser to the Prime Minister of Malaysia; Chief Facilitator, Government of the Republic of the Philippines-MILF peace process
Ambassador Dr Salim Ahmed Salim Special Envoy of the African Union & Chief Mediator of the Inter-Sudanese Peace Talks
Mr Tamrat Samuel Special Adviser to the United Nations Undersecretary General for Political Affairs for Nepal, Timor Leste
Ambassador Svein Sevje Special Representative of Norway to the Peace Process in the Middle East
Mr Matthias Siegfried Coordinator Mediation Support Project, Swisspeace
General Sir Rupert Smith Former Deputy Supreme Commander, British Armed Forces
Dr Javier Solana High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy and Secretary General of the Council of the European Union
Minister Erik Solheim Minister of International Development, Norway
Ms Yadira Soto General Coordinator, Unit for the Promotion of Democracy, Organization of American States (OAS)
Dr Endre Stiansen Senior Researcher, Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
Ambassador Juan Gabriel Valdés Former Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Haiti
Dr Michael Vatikiotis Southeast Asia Regional Representative, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue
Ambassador Francesc Vendrell EU Special Representative to Afghanistan
Mr Johan Christopher Vibe Head of Norwegian efforts in Colombia
Ms Teresa Whitfield Director, Conflict Prevention and Peace Forum
Ambassador Sergey Yakovlev Special Envoy to the Middle East of the Russian Foreign Ministry

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