Oslo forum | Asia 06 - Participants

Participants Position
Mr Medardo Abad ARF Unit Director, ASEAN
Chairman Silvestre Afable Chair, Government of the Republic of the Philippines Negotiating Panel with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (GPNP-MILF)
Ambassador Yasushi Akashi Representative of the Government of Japan on Peacebuilding
Ambassador Richard Armitage Former US Deputy Secretary of State
Mr Benedicto R Bacani Executive Director, Institute for Autonomy and Governance (IAG), Notre Dame University (NDU), Cotabato City, Mindanao, Philippines
Ambassador Ralph Boyce US Ambassador to Thailand
Mr Musib Buat Chairman, Technical Committee, Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), Philippines
Mr Léon de Riedmatten Country Representative Myanmar, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue
Brigadier General Benjamin Dolorfino Armed Forces of the Philippines
Ms Narcisa Escaler President, Asian Cultural Council, Philippines
Mr Pieter Feith Head, Aceh Monitoring Mission; Deputy Director General for politico-military affairs, Council of the European Union
Mr David Gorman Mediation Adviser, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue
Mr Martin Griffiths Director, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue
Ambassador Jon Hanssen-Bauer Special Envoy for the Peace Process in Sri Lanka, Norway
Doctor Muhammed Hikam Member of Indonesian Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee
Mr Larry Jagan Myanmar specialist and journalist based in Bangkok
Dr Ramanujam Manikkalingam Former Senior Adviser on the Peace Process to the President of Sri Lanka
Mr Nay Win Maung Editor and journalist, Myanmar
Dr Thant Myint-U Senior Visiting Fellow, International Peace Academy
Mr Zaw Oo Director, Burma Fund
Mr Harim Peiris Senior Researcher, Council for Public Policy, Sri Lanka
Doctor Desra Percaya Chief of Staff to the Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs/Spokesperson
Dr Surin Pitsuwan Member of Parliament, Thailand
Undersecretary Ramon Ramon Santos Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process, the Philippines
Mr Zainul Abidin Rasheed Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Singapore
General Sir Rupert Smith Former Deputy Supreme Commander, British Armed Forces
General Vaipot Srinual Director, National Intelligence Agency and Special Adviser, Office of the Permanent Secretary of Defence, Thailand
Dr Mark Tamthai Committee for Peacebuilding, National Security Council, Bangkok
Dr Michael Vatikiotis Southeast Asia Regional Representative, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue
Ms Teresa Whitfield Director, Conflict Prevention and Peace Forum
Ambassador Sastrohandoyo Wiryono Former Chief negotiator of the Indonesian Government on Aceh
Professor Xiyu Yang Pantech Fellow, Schorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center Stanford University; Foreign Ministry of the Peoples Republic of China
Mr Ong Keng Yong Secretary General, ASEAN

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