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Participants

Participants Position
Ambassador Yasushi Akashi Representative of the Government of Japan on Peace-Building, Rehabilitation, and Reconstruction in Sri Lanka; Chairman of the Japan Centre for Conflict Prevention
Ambassador Reza Alborzi Senior Adviser, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue; Former Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the UN in Geneva
Doctor Samir Altaqi Director, Orient Centre for International Studies
Mr Jon Lee Anderson Reporter, The New Yorker
Mr Jean Arnault Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Georgia and Head of Mission
Mr Peter Beinart Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
Ms Pampha Bhushal Minister for Women, Children and Social Welfare, Government of Nepal; Central committee member of Communist Party Nepal/ Maoist
Ambassador Emilio Cassinello Director General, Toledo International Centre for Peace
Mr Rubem César Fernandes Research Coordinator on Urban Violence, Research Institute ISER, Rio de Janeiro; Director, Viva Rio
The Right Honourable Joe Clark Professor of Practice, Centre for Developing Area Studies, McGill University; Former Prime Minister of Canada 
Ms Sarah Cliffe Director for Strategy and Operations, East Asia and Pacific Region, World Bank
Mr Richard Cockett Africa Editor, The Economist
Mr Roger Cohen Editor at Large, International Herald Tribune; Columnist, International Herald Tribune and New York Times
Mr Christopher Coleman Chief, UN Policy Planning and Mediation Support Unit, Department of Political Affairs
Ms Radhika Coomaraswamy Under Secretary-General; Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict
Doctor Anthony Cordesman Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy, Centre for Strategic and International Studies
Doctor Elizabeth Cousens Strategy Director, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue
Mr Alastair Crooke UK/Beirut-based Co-Director and Founder, Conflicts Forum
Ms Lizbeth Cullity Deputy Director, Political Affairs and Planning Division, UN Stabilization Mission to Haiti (MINUSTAH)
Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu Chief Adviser to the Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey on Foreign Policy
Ambassador Alvaro de Soto Former UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process
Ambassador Said Djinnit Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and Head of the Office of the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for West Africa
Ms Lyse Doucet Senior Presenter and Correspondent, BBC World television and BBC World Service radio
Mr Jan Egeland Director, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs; Special Adviser to the UN Secretary-General for conflict resolution
Ambassador Kai Eide Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General and Head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA)
Honourable Gareth Evans President, International Crisis Group
Ambassador Marika Fahlén Special Adviser for the Horn of Africa, Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Mr Hans Jacob Frydenlund Deputy Director General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway; Head of the Africa II-section
Minister Jonas Gahr Støre Minister of Foreign Affairs of Norway
Mr Ufuk Gökçen Adviser to the Secretary-General, Organisation of the Islamic Conference
Mr Vasu Gounden Founder and Executive Director, African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD)
Ambassador Thomas Greminger Head, Political Affairs Division IV/ Human Security, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland
Mr Martin Griffiths Director, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue
Ambassador Jon Hanssen-Bauer Special Envoy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway
Ms Fabienne Hara Vice-President (Multilateral Affairs), International Crisis Group
Ms Priscilla Hayner Director, Program on Peace and Justice, International Centre for Transitional Justice (ICTJ); Director, Geneva Office
Mr Vidar Helgesen Secretary General, International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance
Mr Xing Hua Senior Research Fellow and Director, Centre of EU studies, China Institute of International Studies
Ambassador Swanee Hunt President, Hunt Alternatives Fund
Ms Anna Husarska Senior Policy Adviser, International Rescue Committee
Mr George Iacovou Special Representative of the Greek Cypriot Leader
Ms Karin Jestin Chairman of the Board, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue
Mr Raymond Johansen State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway
Ambassador Mona Juul Deputy Permanent Representative, Norwegian mission to the UN in New York
President Mohammad Khatami Former President of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Mr Rami Khouri Director, Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs, American University of Beirut
Honourable Mutula Kilonzo Minister of Nairobi Metropolitan Development, Government of Kenya; Member of the negotiating team for the Kenya National Dialogue and Reconciliation Process
Ms Rina Kristmoen Counsellor, Somali Affairs, Royal Norwegian Embassy in Nairobi
Professor Radha Kumar Director, Nelson Mandela Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution, Jamia Millia University, New Delhi
Mr James LeMoyne Senior Adviser, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue; Former Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary-General for Colombia
Mr Robert Malley Program Director for Middle East and North Africa, International Crisis Group
The Right Honourable Lord Mark Malloch Brown Minister for Africa, Asia and UN, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Mr C. Andrew Marshall Deputy Director, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue
Mr Ian Martin Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Nepal and Head of the UN Mission in Nepal
Ms Carolyn McAskie UN Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding Support
Dr Thant Myint-U Non-Resident Fellow, Institute for Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore
Mr Michael Møller Former Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Cyprus
Professor Izumi Nakamitsu Lennartsson Professor, Graduate School of International and Public Policy, Hitotsubashi University, Japan
Mr Özdil Nami Special Representative of the Turkish Cypriot Leader
Dr Joyce Neu Team leader, UN Standby Team of Mediation Experts
Mr Thomas Nordanstad Documentary filmmaker
Baroness Nuala O'Loan Roving Ambassador, Special Envoy for the Irish Government to East Timor; Former Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland
Ms Ayo Obe Legal Practitioner; Former Chair of the Steering Committee of the World Movement for Democracy
Ambassador Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia and Head of UN Political Office for Somalia
Dr Katia Papagianni Head, Mediation Support Programme, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue 
Mr Geir Pedersen Director General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway
Mr David Petrasek Senior Adviser, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue; Special Adviser to the Secretary-General of Amnesty International
Mr Jonathan Powell Senior Adviser, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue; Former Chief of Staff to British Prime Minister Tony Blair
Sir Kieran Prendergast Senior Adviser, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue; Former UN Under Secretary-General for Political Affairs
Ms Meredith Preston-McGhie Acting Regional Director for the Africa office, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue
Dr Ying Rong Vice President, China Institute of International Studies
Mr Jean-Daniel Ruch Deputy Head Section IV, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Switzerland
Honourable William Ruto Agriculture Minister, Government of Kenya; Member of the negotiating team for the Kenya National Dialogue and Reconciliation
Mr Karim Sadjadpour Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Ambassador Svein Sevje Special Envoy to the Middle East, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway
Mr Salman Shaikh Director for Policy and Research, Office of Her Highness Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser Al-Missned
Mr Mohammad Shokat Foreign and Commonwealth Office, United Kingdom
General Vaipot Srinual Director-General, Office of Policy and Planning, Ministry of Defence, Thailand
Doctor Eduardo Stein Barillas Consultant; Former Vice President of Guatemala
Ambassador Gérard Stoudmann Special Envoy for Francophone Africa, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland
Mr Mohammad Osman Tariq Sub National Governance Adviser, The Asia Foundation
Doctor Michael van Walt van Praag Executive President and co-founder, Kreddha
Dr Michael Vatikiotis Regional Director for Asia , Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue
Ambassador Francesc Vendrell EU Special Representative for Afghanistan
Mr Johan Christopher Vibe Deputy Director General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway; Head of the Section for Peace and Reconciliation
Ms Maria Alejandra Villamizar Political Editor, Semana Magazine, Colombia
Ms Teresa Whitfield Senior Fellow and Director of UN Strategy, Center on International Cooperation (CIC), New York University

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