Oslo forum 11 - Participants

Participants Position
Mr Mariano Ernst Aguirre Managing Director, Norwegian Peace-building Centre
His Royal Highness Prince Zeid Ra'ad Zeid Al Hussein Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to the United Nations
H.E. Mr Mohammad Abdullah Al-Rumaihi Assistant Foreign Minister For Follow-up Affairs, State of Qatar
Ambassador Hiruy Amanuel Regional Director for Africa, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue
Mr Hrair Balian Director, Conflict Resolution Program, Carter Center
Mr Espen Barth Eide State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway
Dr Tal Becker International Associate, Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Ambassador M. Levent Bilman Director, Policy and Mediation Division, Department of Political Affairs, United Nations
Ms Tone Elisabeth Bækkevold Allers Assistant Director General, Peace and Reconciliation Section, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway
Ambassador Young-jin Choi Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General for Côte d'Ivoire
Ms Sarah Cliffe Special Representative and Director, World Development Report on Conflict, Security and Development, World Bank
Mr James Cockayne Co-Director, Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation
Mr Jonathan Cohen Director of Programmes, Conciliation Resources
Mr Staffan de Mistura Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan
Ms Elisabeth Decrey Warner President, Geneva Call
H.E. Said Djinnit Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa
Ms Lyse Doucet Senior Presenter and Correspondent, BBC World television and BBC World Service radio
Mr Álvaro Alejandro Eder Garcés High Presidential Counselor for Reintegration, Republic of Colombia
Ambassador Kai Eide Special Adviser, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway; Former Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General and Head of the Office of the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Afghanistan
Dr Hana El Gallal Founder and Director, Libyan Center for Development and Human Rights
Deputy Minister Marius Llewellyn Fransman Deputy Minister of International Relations and Co-operation, Republic of South Africa
Minister Jonas Gahr Støre Minister of Foreign Affairs, Norway
Ms Fatima Gailani President, Afghan Red Crescent Society
Mr David Gardner International Affairs Editor, Financial Times
Ms Leymah Roberta Gbowee Executive Director, Women, Peace and Security Network
Mr John Ging Director, Coordination and Response Division, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Mr Angelo Gnaedinger Regional Director for the Middle East, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue
Mr David Gorman Mediation Adviser, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue
Mr Romain Grandjean Middle East Project Manager, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue
Mr Tom Gregg Mediation Adviser, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue; Senior Program Coordinator, Center on International Cooperation, New York University
Mr Nicholas Grono Deputy President and Chief Operating Officer, International Crisis Group
Mr Jean-Marie Guéhenno Chairman of the Board, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue
Ambassador Jon Hanssen-Bauer Norwegian Special Envoy to the Middle East
Ambassador Hilde Haraldstad Norwegian Ambassador to Sri Lanka
Dr David Harland Executive Director, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue
Ms Priscilla Hayner Senior Adviser, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue; Former Director, International Center for Transitional Justice, Geneva Office
Professor Nicholas Haysom Director, Political, Peacekeeping, Humanitarian, and Human Rights and Legal Affairs Executive Office of the United Nations Secretary General
Mr Vidar Helgesen Secretary-General, International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance
Mr Cameron Hudson Chief of Staff, Office of the United States Special Envoy for Sudan, US Department of State
Ms Florence Iheme Acting Director, Early Warning Directorate, The Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission
Ambassador Zamir Kabulov Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation for Afghanistan
Ms Raya Kadyrova President, Foundation for Tolerance International, Kyrgyzstan
Dr David Kilcullen President and Chief Executive Officer, Caerus Associates
Ms Hilde Klemetsdal Project Manager, Pease, Women and Security, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway
Dr Bassma Kodmani Executive Director, Arab Reform Initiative
Mr Pierre Oliver Krähenbühl Director of Operations, International Committee of the Red Cross
Mr David Lambo Senior Adviser, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue; Former United Nations Assistant High Commissioner for Refugees
Mr James LeMoyne Senior Adviser, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue; Former Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary-General for Colombia
Ambassador Ture Lundh Head, Norwegian Peace Facilitation Team; Special Envoy for the Peace Process between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines and the National Democratic Front
Ambassador Ellen Margrethe Løj Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General and Coordinator of the United Nations Operations in Liberia
Dr Jay Maheswaran Former Development Adviser, Sri Lanka Peace Process
Dr Ramanujam Manikkalingam Director, Dialogue Advisory Group
Ambassador Rosalind Marsden European Union Special Representative for Sudan
Mr Oliver James McTernan Director and Co-Founder, Forward Thinking
Ms Maria Luz Méndez Gutiérrez Vice-President, National Union of Guatemalan Women; Member, National Executive Committee, Unidad Revolucionaria Nacional Guatemalteca
Mr Milinda Moragoda Former Cabinet Minister of Justice and Law Reform, Sri Lanka
Mr Wakhil Ahmad Mutawakil Former Foreign Affairs Minister, Taliban Government, Afghanistan
Dr Kun Namkung Independent Scholar
Ms Sanam Naraghi Anderlini Senior Gender, Peace and Security Adviser, United Nations Mediation Support Standby Team 2011
Dr Joyce Neu Founder and Senior Associate, Facilitating Peace
Mr Dag Nylander Special Adviser, Section for Peace and Reconciliation, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Norway
Dr Thania Paffenholz Lecturer and Senior Researcher, Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding, Graduate Institute of International Relations and Development
Dr Katia Papagianni Head, Mediation Support Programme, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue
Mr Geir Pedersen Director General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway
Mr Ruprecht Polenz Chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs, German Bundestag
Sir Kieran Prendergast Senior Adviser, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue; Former United Nations Under Secretary-General for Political Affairs
Ms Meredith Preston-McGhie Senior Programme Manager, Africa Regional Office, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue
Ambassador Ashraf Jehangir Qazi Director General, Institute of Strategic Studies; Former Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General in Sudan
Governor William Richardson Chairman, Global Political Strategies, APCO Worldwide
Ambassador Victor Rico Frontaura Secretary for Political Affairs, Organization of American States
Dr Ying Rong Vice President, China Institute of International Studies
Mr Carne Ross Executive Director, Independent Diplomat
Dr Barnett R. Rubin Senior Fellow and Director of Studies, Center on International Cooperation, New York University
Ambassador Svein Sevje Norwegian Ambassador to Israel
Mr Salman Shaikh Director, Brookings Doha Center; Fellow, Saban Center for Middle East Policy
Mr Vikram Singh Senior Defense Adviser to Special Envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, US State Department
Minister Erik Solheim Minister of the Environment and International Development, Norway
H.E. Mohammad Masoom Stanekzai Presidential Adviser on Home Security; Vice Chair, Disarmament and Reintegration Commission
Mr Tomas Stangeland Deputy Director General, Peace and Reconciliation Section, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway
Ambassador Donald Steinberg Deputy Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development
Mr Matthew Symonds Defence and Security Editor, The Economist
Dr Mark Tamthai Adviser to the National Security Council on Peace Dialogues in Southern Thailand; Director, Institute of Religion, Culture and Peace, Payap University, Kingdom of Thailand
Father Dr Neles Tebay Co-founder, Papua Peace Network
Mr James Traub Contributing Writer, New York Times Magazine
Ms Helena Tuuri Head, Middle East and North Africa Section, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Finland
Dr Michael Vatikiotis Regional Director for Asia, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue
Mr Johan Christopher Vibe Deputy Chief of Mission, Norwegian Embassy in Washington D.C.
Ambassador Tom Vraalsen Norwegian Special Envoy to Sudan; Special Adviser, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Ms Teresa Whitfield Senior Adviser, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue; Senior Fellow, Center on International Cooperation
Ambassador Aud Marit Wiig Director General, Department for Regional Questions and Development, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway
Mr Abdul Salam Zaeef Former Afghan Ambassador to Pakistan, Taliban Government, Afghanistan

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