Oslo forum | Africa 07 - Participants

Participants Position
Mr Walid Musa Abdelkarim Senior Adviser on Somalia, European Union
Doctor Emmanuel Kwesi Aning Head of the Conflict Prevention Management and Resolution Department (CPMRD) of the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) in Accra, Ghana
Doctor Attala Bashir Executive Secretary, Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD)
Ms Betty Bigombe Former Chief Mediator between the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and the Government of Uganda
Mr Ridha Bouabid Adviser on Peace, Democracy and Human Rights, Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF)
General Lamine Cisse Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General to the Central African Republic; Chief of the UN Office in Central Africa Republic (BONUCA)
Ms Sarah Cliffe Head, Fragile States Group, World Bank
Mr Brian Currin Expert facilitator and mediator in socio-political, institutional and constitutional transformation
Ambassador Berhanu Dinka Former Chairman, Power Sharing Commission, African Union Darfur Mediation Team
Ambassador Said Djinnit Commissioner for Peace and Security, African Union
Ambassador Jan Eliasson Special Envoy of the United Nations Secretary-General for Sudan
Ambassador Marika Fahlén Special Adviser for the Horn of Africa, Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Ambassador François L. Fall Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia
Mr Hans Jacob Frydenlund Director for Eastern and Central Africa, Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Mr Martin Griffiths Director, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue
Ms Fabienne Hara Deputy Director, Political Affairs Division, United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS)
Ambassador Sam Bassey Ibok Head, Darfur Peace Agreement Implementation Team, African Union
President Amani Abeid Karume President of Zanzibar
Colonel Yoro Kone Director, Center for Observation and Monitoring, Department of Political Affairs ECOWAS Department of Defence and Security
President Chandrika Kumaratunga Former President of Sri Lanka
Mr David Lambo Former United Nations Assistant High Commissioner for Refugees
Ms Béatrice Le Fraper du Hellen Director, Jurisdiction, Complementarity and Cooperation Division in the Office of the Prosecutor, International Criminal Court (ICC)
Dr Ramanujam Manikkalingam Former Adviser to the President of Sri Lanka; Visiting Professor University of Amsterdam; Adviser to the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue
Ms Carolyn McAskie United Nations Assistant-Secretary General for Peacebuilding Support
Mr Dennis McNamara Director, Inter-Agency Internal Displacement Division, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
Honourable Bernard Membe Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Relations of Tanzania
Ambassador Haile Menkerios Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for the Democratic Republic of Congo
President Benjamin William Mkapa Former President of Tanzania
Mr Abdul Mohammed Head, Preparatory Committee Darfur-Darfur Dialogue and Consultation (DDDC), African Mission in Sudan
Mr Luis Moreno-Ocampo Chief Prosecutor, International Criminal Court (ICC)
Mr Abou Moussa Principal Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General Côte d'Ivoire
Ambassador Ami Mpungwe Former Ambassador of Tanzania to South Africa; Formerly active in the Rwanda mediation efforts
Ambassador Liberata Rutageruka Mulamula Executive Secretary, International Conference on the Great Lakes Region of Africa
Mr Laurie Nathan Research Fellow, London School of Economics and University of Cape Town
Ambassador Welile Nhlapo Director, Africa I Division, United Nations Department of Political Affairs
Sir Kieran Prendergast Former United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs
Ambassador Dr Salim Ahmed Salim Special Envoy, African Union & Chief Mediator of the Inter-Sudanese Peace Talks
Lieutenant General Lazaro Sumbeiywo Chief Executive Office, Moi Africa Institute and Former Special Envoy for the IGAD Peace Process in Sudan
General Ishola Williams Head, Transparency Nigeria

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