Oslo forum 05 - Participants

Participants Position
President Martti Ahtisaari Chairman - Crisis Management Initiative
Ambassador Yasushi Akashi Chairman - Japan Centre for Conflict Prevention
Mr Jean Arnault Special Representative of the Secretary General of the UN to Afghanistan
Ms Betty Bigombe Former State Minister, Uganda; Chief Mediator between the Government of Uganda and the Lord's Resistance Army
Ambassador Lakhdar Brahimi Special Adviser to the UN Secretary General
Ambassador Alvaro de Soto Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and Personal Representative of the Secretary-General to the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority
Deputy Minister Ebrahim Ismail Ebrahim Political Adviser to the Deputy President of South Africa
Ambassador Ning Fukui Ambassador for Korean Peninsula Issues
Mr Martin Griffiths Director, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue
Professor Nicholas Haysom Special Adviser on Constitutional Issues to the United Nations Assistance Mission to Iraq
Mr Vidar Helgesen State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway
Mr Søren Jessen Pedersen Special Representative of the Secretary General of the UN to Kosovo
Mr Swaraj Kaushal Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India and Member of Parliament; Lead Negotiator on the Nagaland Conflict
Mr James LeMoyne Special Adviser to the Secretary-General for Colombia
Mr Ian Martin Vice President - International Centre for Transitional Justice, New York; Director of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Nepal
Ambassador Terje Rød-Larsen Director, International Peace Academy; Special Envoy of the UN Secretary General for the implementation of Security Council Resolution 1559 on Lebanon
General Sir Rupert Smith Former Deputy Supreme Commander Allied Powers Europe, covering NATO's Balkan operations
Minister Erik Solheim Special Adviser, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway
Lieutenant General Lazaro Sumbeiywo Special Envoy of Kenya to the IGAD and the Sudan Peace Process
Ambassador Heidi Tagliavini UN Special Representative for Georgia of the Secretary General
Ambassador Francesc Vendrell Special Representative of the European Union for Afghanistan
Ms Teresa Whitfield Director of the Conflict Prevention and Peace Forum

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