Third International Roundtable
for Constructing Peace, Deconstructing Terror

27-28 November, 2006
Brussels

List of Participants

Co-hosts

1. Graham Watson (UK), MEP, Leader of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe in the European Parliament
   
   
2. Sundeep Waslekar (India), President, Strategic Foresight Group
   

Key Supporters and Keynote Addresses

1. Dr. Wolfgang Gerhardt (Germany), President of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation and former Leader of the Free Democratic Party
   
   
2. Amb Hesham Youssef (Egypt), Special Envoy of the Secretary General of the League of Arab States
   
   
3. Siim Kallas (Estonia), First Vice President of the European Commission
   
   
4. Poul Nyrup Rasmussen (Denmark), MEP, former Prime Minister of Denmark and President of the European Socialist Parties
   

Co-Chairs

1. The Rt. Hon Lord John Alderdice (UK), President of Liberal International and former Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly
   
   
2. Dr. Abdullah Hussain Al-Kubaisi (Qatar), Director of the Office of Her Highness Sheikha Moza Bint Nasser Al Missned, Consort of the Emir of Qatar
   
   
3. Emma Bonino (Italy), Minister for International Trade and Europe Affairs
   
   
4. Yasar Yakis (Turkey), MP, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey
   

Participants

1. Amb Hussain Bin Ali Bin Abdullatif (Oman), Senior Ambassador and Representative of the Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs
   
   
2. Prof. Assia Bensaleh Alaoui (Morocco), Ambassador at Large
   
   
3. Amb Hamad Al Amer (Bahrain), Special Envoy of the Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council
   
   
4. Dr. Majed Al-Kassabi (Saudi Arabia), Director General of Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud Foundation
   
   
5. Dr. Haifa Al Kaylani (UK), Chairperson of Arab International Women’s Forum
   
   
6. Sheikh Aflah Hamed Al Rawahy (Oman), Deputy Chairman of the State Council
   
   
7. Khaled Al-Seif (Saudi Arabia), Chairman of El-Seif Group of Saudi Arabia
   
   
8. Shukria Barakzai (Afghanistan), MP, Wolusi Jirgha, and Chief Editor of Women's Mirror
   
   
9. Prof. Laurens Jan Brinkhorst (The Netherlands), former Deputy Prime Minister
   
   
10. Harlem Désir (France), MEP, Vice Chairman of Socialist Group in the European Parliament
    
    
11. Gijs De Vries (the Netherlands), Counter-terrorism Coordinator for the European Union
    
    
12. Amb Aly Maher El Sayed (Egypt), Director, SMWIPM Institute for Peace Studies at Bibliotheca Alexandrina
    
    
13. Gareth Evans (Australia), former Minister of Foreign Affairs and President of International Crisis Group
    
    
14. John Grogan (UK), MP, Chairman, All Party BBC Committee, House of Commons
    
    
15. Amb Istvan Gyarmati (Hungary), Director of International Centre for Democratic Transitions
    
    
16. Vidar Helgesen (Norway), former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Secretary General of IDEA
    
    
17. Dr. Shamil Idriss (United States), Deputy Director of the Alliance of Civilizations, United Nations
    
    
18. Prof. Kamel Abu Jaber (Jordan), former Minister of Foreign Affairs
    
    
19. Håkan Jonsson (Sweden), State Secretary of European Affairs in the Prime Minister’s Office
    
    
20. Dr. René Klaff, (Germany) Regional Director for South Asia, Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung
    
    
21. Dr. Ashraf Mohsen (Egypt), Deputy Assistant Minister for Combating Terrorism in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
    
    
22. Nikolay Paunov (Bulgaria), Counsellor to the Minister of Defence and President of Liberal Politological Institute
    
    
23. Dr. Frank-Jürgen Richter (Germany), President of Horasis: The Global Visions Community
    
    
24. Dr. Jamal Salah (Jordan), Special Envoy of President of the Islamic Development Bank
    
    
25. Petko Sertov (Bulgaria), National Security Advisor to Prime Minister
    
    
26. Par Stenback (Finland), former Foreign Minister
    
    
27. Istvan Szent-Ivanyi (Hungary), MEP, former Deputy Foreign Minister
    
    
28. Juli Minoves Triquell (Andorra), Minister of Foreign Affairs
    
    
29. Jasper Veen (the Netherlands), Secretary General of Liberal International
    
    
30. Dr. Jürgen Wickert (Germany), Director International Political Dialogue, Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung
    

Representatives of the Host Organisation

1. Ilmas Futehally, Executive Director, SFG
   
   
2. Susanne Hartig, Director Programmes for International Political Dialogue, FNS
   
   
3. Devika Mistry, Research Analyst, SFG
   
   
4. Niccolo Rinaldi, Deputy Secretary General, ALDE
   

Official Observers

1. Talal Shubailat, representative of the League of Arab States
   
   
2. Dr. Adbuljalil Lahmanate (Morocco), Office of Her Highness Sheikha Moza, First Lady of Qatar