Oslo forum 2007 - Participants

Participants Position
Sir Michael Aaronson Chairman of the Board, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue
Mr Walid Musa Abdelkarim Senior Political Advisor, European Commission Delegation, Kenya
President Martti Ahtisaari Former President of Finland; President and Chairman of the Board, Crisis Management Initiative
Ambassador Yasushi Akashi Representative of the Government of Japan on Peace building, Japan Centre for Conflict Prevention
Lord John Alderdice FRC Psych, psychiatrist and president of Liberal International; former Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly
Ambassador Christopher Alexander Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General to Afghanistan
Doctor Samir Altaqi Director, Orient Center for Studies, Syria
Mr Kofi Annan Former United Nations Secretary-General
Doctor Ali Ansari Director, Institute of Iranian Studies, University of St Andrews
Dame Margaret Anstee Former Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Angola
Doctor Günther Bächler Special Advisor for Peacebuilding in Nepal, Foreign Ministry of Switzerland
Ambassador Atta Almanan Bakhit Assistant Secretary General, Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC)
Doctor Andrea Bartoli Sant' Egidio Representative in New York
Mr Owen Bennett-Jones BBC World news correspondent and presenter
Doctor Baburam Bhattarai Communist Party of Nepal (CPN-Maoist)
Ms Betty Bigombe Senior Fellow, United States Institute of Peace (USIP); Former LRA- Uganda mediator
Ambassador Hans Brattskar Norwegian Ambassador to Sri Lanka
Mr Matthew Bryden Independent expert on Somalia
Right Honourable Kim Campbell Former Prime Minister of Canada; Former Secretary-General Club de Madrid
Ambassador Emilio Cassinello Director General, Toledo International Centre for Peace
Ambassador Carey Cavanaugh Director and Professor of Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution, Patterson School of Diplomacy
Professor Diana Chigas Co-Director, Reflecting on Peace Practice, CDA-Collaborative Learning Projects
Ms Sarah Cliffe Head, Fragile States Unit, World Bank
Doctor Elizabeth Cousens Vice President, International Peace Academy (IPA)
Doctor Audrey Cronin Academic Director of Studies, Oxford Leverhulme Programme on the Changing Character of War, Nuffield College
Mr Alastair Crooke Director, Conflicts Forum
Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu Chief Advisor to the Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey on Foreign Policy
General John de Chastelain Head of the Independent International Commission on Decommissioning, Northern Ireland
Ambassador Alvaro de Soto Former United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process
Ms Lyse Doucet BBC World news correspondent and presenter
Mr Jan Egeland Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary-General on matters relating to the prevention and resolution of conflict; Former Emergency Relief Coordinator
Honourable Gareth Evans President, International Crisis Group (ICG)
Mr Hans Jacob Frydenlund Director for East and Central Africa, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Ambassador Thomas Greminger Head of Political Affairs Division IV / Human Security, Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Ms Michele Griffin Officer-in-Charge, Policy Planning and Mediation Support, United Nations Department of Political Affairs
Mr Martin Griffiths Director, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue
Ambassador Jon Hanssen-Bauer Norwegian Special Envoy to Sri Lanka
Ambassador Tore Hattrem Director General, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Ms Priscilla Hayner Director, Peace and Justice Program and Director, Geneva Office, International Center for Transitional Justice
Professor Nicholas Haysom Political Advisor to the United Nations Secretary-General
Doctor Colin Irwin Research Fellow in the Institute of Irish Studies, University of Liverpool and specialist on the use of public opinion polling in peace processes (Northern Ireland)
Doctor Bruce Jones Co-Director, Center on International Cooperation (CIC) New York University
Ambassador Mona Juul Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York, Norway
Ms Raya Kadyrova President, Foundation for Tolerance International, Kyrgyzstan
Mr Rami Khouri Director, Issam Fares Institute, American University of Beirut; Editor, Lebanese Daily Star
Ms Rina Kristmoen Counsellor, Somali Affairs, Royal Norwegian Embassy Nairobi
Mr James LeMoyne Adviser, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue; Former Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary-General for Colombia
Dr Ramanujam Manikkalingam Adviser, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue; Former Adviser to the President of Sri Lanka
Mr John Marks President and Founder, Search for Common Ground
Ms Susan Collin Marks Senior Vice President, Search for Common Ground
Mr C. Andrew Marshall Deputy Director, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue
Mr Ian Martin Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Nepal
Mr Luis Moreno-Ocampo Chief Prosecutor, International Criminal Court (ICC)
Mr Conor Murphy Sinn Féin; Minister for Regional Development, Northern Ireland
Dr Thant Myint-U Former UN DPA, Senior Visiting Fellow IPA
Mr Geir Pedersen Personal Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General in the Southern Lebanon
Doctor Desra Percaya Chief of Staff to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Indonesia and Spokesperson
Ambassador Thomas Pickering Former US Under-Secretary of State for Political Affairs
Dr Surin Pitsuwan Former Foreign Minister of Thailand
Mr Jonathan Powell Former Chief of Staff to British Prime Minister Tony Blair
Sir Kieran Prendergast Adviser to the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue; Former United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs
Mr Ahmed Rashid Pakistani journalist and author of 'Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia 'and 'Jihad: the Rise of Militant Islam in Central Asia'
Ms Elisabeth Rehn Former United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights in Croatia, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Doctor Kirsti Samuels Senior Project Manager, Constitution-Building Processes, International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA)
Ambassador Shri Shyam Saran Special Envoy of the Indian Prime Minister; Former Foreign Secretary
Ambassador Svein Sevje Norwegian Special Envoy for the Middle East
Mr Donald C. Sinclair Director-General, Stabilization and Reconstruction Task Force (START) Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Canada
General Sir Rupert Smith Former Deputy Supreme Commander Allied Powers Europe
Ambassador Jenö Staehelin Board Member, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue
Doctor Gunnar Stålsett Norwegian Special Adviser on East Timor
Dr Michael Vatikiotis Southeast Asia Regional Representative, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue
Ambassador Francesc Vendrell European Union Special Representative for Afghanistan
Mr Johan Christopher Vibe Special Envoy of Norway to the peace process in Colombia
Ms Teresa Whitfield Director, Conflict Prevention and Peace Forum (CPPF)
Doctor Ruan Zongze Vice President, China Institute of International Studies (CIIS)

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