Oslo forum 09 - Participants
| Participants | Position |
|---|---|
| Mr Ahmed Abdisalam Adan | Former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Information of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia |
| Dr Ziad Abu Amr | Member of the Palestinian Legislative Council |
| Mr Barney Afako | Legal Adviser to the Ugandan Peace Negotiations in Juba |
| Ambassador Yasushi Akashi | Representative of the Government of Japan on Peace-Building, Rehabilitation, and Reconstruction in Sri Lanka |
| Ambassador Abdulla F.A. Al-Dosari | Permanent Representative of the State of Qatar to the United Nations Office in Geneva |
| Ambassador Hiruy Amanuel | Head, IGAD Capacity Building Program against Terrorism |
| Ms Francesca Bomboko | Member of the Steering Committee, World Movement for Democracy; founder of the Bureau d'Etudes, de Recherche et de Consulting International (BERCI) |
| Ambassador Merete Brattested | Ambassador of Norway to the Kingdom of Thailand |
| Atty Sedfrey Candelaria | Government of the Republic of the Philippines panel member, Peace Negotiating Panel for Talks with the CPP-NPA-NDF |
| Mr John Carlin | Senior International Writer, El Pais |
| Mr Luc Chounet-Cambas | Project manager, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue |
| Sir Robin Christopher | Secretary-General, GLF Global Leadership Foundation |
| Mr Christopher Coleman | Chief, United Nations Policy Planning and Mediation Support Unit, Department of Political Affairs |
| Professor Nieves Confessor | Panel Chairperson, Government of the Republic of the Philippines, Peace Negotiating Panel for Talks with the CPP-NPA-NDF |
| Professor Chester Crocker | Professor of Strategic Studies, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University |
| Mr Alastair Crooke | Co-Director and Founder, Conflicts Forum |
| Ambassador James Dobbins | Director, International Security and Defense Policy Center, RAND |
| Ms Lyse Doucet | Senior Presenter and Correspondent, BBC World television and BBC World Service radio |
| Mr Vegard Ellefsen | Political Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway |
| Ambassador Anna Karin Eneström | Special Envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sweden |
| Honourable Gareth Evans | President, International Crisis Group |
| Professor Ezzedine Choukri Fishere | Distinguished Visiting Lecturer, Political Science Department, American University, Cairo |
| Ambassador Charles Wellman Freeman | Former President, Middle East Policy Council |
| Mr Hans Jacob Frydenlund | Deputy Director General and Head of the Africa II-section, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway |
| Minister Jonas Gahr Støre | Minister of Foreign Affairs of Norway |
| Mr David Gardner | Chief Leader Writer and Associate Editor, Financial Times |
| Mr Kenny Gluck | Senior Adviser, African Union/United Nations Joint Mediation Support Team |
| Mr David Gorman | Mediation Adviser, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue |
| Mr Vasu Gounden | Executive Director and Founder, African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes |
| 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 Tim Guldimann | Senior Adviser, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue |
| Advocate Mojanku Gumbi | Legal Adviser, South African Presidency |
| Ambassador Jon Hanssen-Bauer | Special Envoy for the Peace Process in Sri Lanka, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway |
| Ambassador Tore Hattrem | Ambassador of Norway to Sri Lanka |
| Ms Priscilla Hayner | Director, International Center for Transitional Justice, Geneva Office |
| Professor Nicholas Fink Haysom | Director, Political and Peacekeeping Unit, Office of the United Nations Secretary General |
| Mr Konrad Huber | Director of Strategy, International Sustainable Systems |
| Ambassador Martin S Indyk | Former United States Ambassador to Israel |
| Ambassador Mona Juul | Deputy Permanent Representative, Norwegian mission to the United Nations in New York |
| Ambassador Bjørn Janis Kanavin | Head, Afghanistan/Pakistan section, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway |
| Ambassador Denis Keefe | Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Georgia |
| Minister Olubanke King-Akerele | Minister of Foreign Affairs, Government of Liberia |
| Professor Radha Kumar | Director, Nelson Mandela Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution, Jamia Millia University, New Delhi |
| Ambassador Ramtane Lamamra | Peace and Security Commissioner, African Union |
| Ms Stine Lehmann-Larsen | Project Manager, Mediation Support, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue |
| Mr James LeMoyne | Senior Adviser, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue; Former Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary-General for Colombia |
| Mr Isaac Maposa | Director, The Zimbabwe Institute |
| Mr C. Andrew Marshall | Deputy Director, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue |
| Mr Ian Martin | Head, United Nations Board of Inquiry into incidents in Gaza |
| Ambassador Sadie Massaquoi-Bangura | Ambassador of Liberia to Norway with residence in Berlin |
| Mr Chris Neyor | Energy adviser to the President of Liberia |
| President Olusegun Obasanjo | Former President of Nigeria, United Nations Secretary-General Special Envoy for Democratic Republic of Congo Crisis |
| Honourable Santa Okot | Member of the Lord Resistance Army delegation; former Member of Parliament in Uganda |
| Ambassador Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah | Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Somalia |
| Honourable Professor Ramasamy Palanisamy | Deputy Chief Minister of Penang, Malaysia |
| Mr Frank Pearl | High Commissioner for Peace, Colombia |
| Mr Geir Pedersen | Director General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway |
| Ambassador Thomas Pickering | Former United States Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs |
| Dr Surin Pitsuwan | Secretary-General, Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) |
| Mr Jonathan Powell | Senior Adviser, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue |
| Sir Kieran Prendergast | Senior Adviser, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue; Former United Nations Under Secretary-General for Political Affairs |
| Ms Meredith Preston-McGhie | Acting Regional Director for the Africa office, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue |
| Ms Juita Puthucheary | Project Manager, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue |
| Ms Elisabeth Rehn | Independent Expert, Crisis Management and Gender; Former Minister of Defence, Finland |
| Mr Carne Ross | Executive Director, Independent Diplomat |
| Ambassador Dr Salim Ahmed Salim | Former Special Envoy on the Darfur Conflict, African Union; former Secretary-General, Organisation of African Unity |
| Mr Tamrat Samuel | Director, Asia and the Pacific Division, Department of Political Affairs, United Nations |
| Dr Johannes Schachinger | Mediation Focal Point, General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union |
| Dr Jennifer Schirmer | Senior Researcher and Director, Program on Armed Actors and Peace Dialogues, University of Oslo |
| Mr Michael Semple | Independent Analyst; Former Deputy European Union Special Representative for Afghanistan |
| Ambassador Svein Sevje | Ambassador of Norway to Sudan |
| General Sir Rupert Smith | Former Deputy Supreme Commander Allied Powers Europe |
| Minister Erik Solheim | Minister of the Environment and International Development, Norway |
| Mr Tomas Stangeland | Assistant Director General, Section for Peace and Reconciliation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway |
| Professor Stephen J. Stedman | Professor of Political Science and Senior Fellow, Center for International Security and Cooperation, Stanford University |
| Dr Azzam Tamimi | Director, Institute of Islamic Political Thought |
| Ambassador Roeland van de Geer | European Union Special Representative for the African Great Lakes Region |
| Dr Michael Vatikiotis | Asia Regional Director, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue |
| Ambassador Francesc Vendrell | Diplomat in residence; Visiting professor, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University; former European Union Special Representative for Afghanistan |
| Mr Johan Christopher Vibe | Deputy Director General and Head of the Section for Peace and Reconciliation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway |
| Ms Teresa Whitfield | Adviser, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue; Senior Fellow, Center on International Cooperation (NYU) |
| Mr Rong Ying | Vice President and Director of the South Asian Studies Center, China Institute of International Studies (CIIS) |
| Mr Rahimullah Khan Yusufzai | Editor, The News International, Pakistan |
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