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PARLIAMENTARIANS FOR GLOBAL ACTION PGA 28TH ANNUAL PARLIAMENTARY FORUM ON HUMAN SECURITY & IV CONSULTATIVE ASSEMBLY OF PARLIAMENTARIANS ON THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT TOKYO, JAPAN DECEMBER 4-5, 2006 With the support of the European Commission, European Union, and the Governments of Belgium, The Netherlands and Switzerland. the core support of the Governments of Denmark and Sweden and the cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan LIST OF PARTICIPANTS MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT Afghanistan President, Parliamentarians for Global Action 1. H.E. Prof. Hazrat Sebghatollah Mojaddedi President of Meshrano Jirga, Head of Delegation Bosnia and Herzegovina 13. H.E. Mr. Goran Milojevic MP 2. H.E. Mohammad Arif Noorzai Speaker of the House of Peoples 1st Deputy Speaker of Wolesi Jirga 14. Mr. Velimir Jukic MP 3. Mr. Fazel Karim Aimaq MP Deputy Speaker of the House of Peoples 4. Mr. Assadullah Falah Brazil / Latin American Parliament Secretary-General, Meshrano Jirga 15. Dip. Laura Carneiro MP President of the Brazilian Group of the Latin American 5. Mr. Nader Khan Katwazi MP Parliament 6. Sen. Mohammed Layeq MP 16. Dip. Vanessa Graziottin MP 7. Mr. Haji Serajuddin Safari MP Cambodia 17. Mr. Chhay Son MP 8. Sen. Qurban Ali Urfani MP Chair, Committee on Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Information 9. Mr. Abdul Majid MP 18. Mr. Sean Min MP Albania Member, Legislative Committee 10. Mrs. Ermelinda Meksi MP Member, European Integration Committee Cameroon 19. Mr. Martin Bile Bidjang MP Argentina Member, Committee on Petitions and Resolutions 11. Sen. Maria Cristina Perceval President of the Defense Committee Canada 20. Sen. Raynell Andreychuk Belgium Chair, Human Rights Committee; Convenor, PGA 12. Sen. Alain Destexhe International Law and Human Rights Programme 1 Central African Republic Iraq 21. Mr. Alexandre Ferdinand Nguendet 37. Shaek Khalid A. Atiyah MP Second Deputy-Speaker, National Assembly First Deputy Speaker of the Representative Council, Chairman of the Delegation Comoros 22. Mr. Assoumani Youssouf Mondoha MP 38. Dr. Harith M. Alobaidy MP Chair, Foreign Affairs Committee Member, Representative Council Dominican Republic 39. Dr. Jaber Habeeb Jaber MP 23. Sen. Cristina Lizardo Mezquita First Deputy Speaker of the Representative Council Vice President of Senate 40. Mr. Sarteeb Mohammed Hussin MP 24. Dip. Eugenio Cedeño Areché Member, Representative Council President, Legal Affairs Committee Special Committee for the Penal Code Reform Japan 41. Coun. Keiko Chiba 25. Dip. Agne Berenice Contreras MP 42. Coun. Satsuki Eda Vice President, Permanent Frontier Committee Chair, Disciplinary Committee of the House of Councillors 26. Dip. Minou Tavarez Mirabal MP 43. Coun. Kenzo Fujisue President, Foreign Affaire Committee Member, PGA Executive Committee 44. Coun. Shinkun Haku 45. Coun. Yoshimasa Hayashi 27. Dip. Magda Rodríguez MP Senior Vice-Minister of the Cabinet Office 28. Sen. Mario Torres Ulloa 46. Coun. Wakako Hironaka Chair of the PGA Japan National Committee Egypt 29. Dr. Mohamed Sherif Omar MP 47. Coun. Tadashi Inuzuka Chair, Committee on Education and Research Member of the PGA Executive Committee 30. Mr. Mohamed Mostafa Sherdy MP 48. Coun. Yoriko Kawaguchi Member, Committee on Culture and Tourism 49. Coun. Yoshitake Kimata European Parliament 50. Coun. Masao Kobayashi 31. Mr. Vittorio Prodi MEP (Italy) 51. Coun. Yuko Mori Chair of the PGA Group at the European Parliament Chair of the Special Committee on North Korean Abductions and Other Issues, House of Councillors Georgia 32. Mr. Kakhaber Shengelia MP 52. Coun. Motoyuki Odachi Deputy Chair, Committee on Education, Science, Culture and Sport 53. Coun. Tomiko Okazaki 54. Coun. Masakazu Sekiguchi India Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs 33. Mr. Vijayendra Pal Singh MP Member, Consultative Committee of the Ministry of External 55. Coun. Marutei Tsurunen Affairs 56. Coun. Kazuya Shinba Indonesia 57. Coun. Koutaro Tamura 34. Dr. Theo Sambuaga MP Vice-Minister of the Cabinet Office Chair, House Standing Commission on Foreign Affairs and Security; former Attorney General 58. Coun. Kiyohiko Tooyama Member, PGA International Committee 35. Mr. Marzuki Darusman MP Member, House Standing Commission on Foreign Affairs 59. Coun. Hiroko Wada and Security; former Attorney General 60. Coun. Hideki Wakabayashi 36. Ms. Nursyahbani Katjasungkana, MP 61. Coun. Susumu Yanase Secretary General of Indonesian Women Coalition for Justice and Democracy 62. Rep. Kazuo Aichi 2 63. Rep. Tomoko Abe Jordan 91. Dr. Ra'ed Qaqish MP 64. Rep. Yukio Edano Member, Cultural and Education Committee; Director, 65. Rep. Seishiro Eto Transparency Center for Good Governance Chairman of the Committee on Fundamental National Policies, House of Representatives Republic of Kazakhstan 92. H.E. Ural Mukhamejanov MP 66. Rep. Akio Fukuda Speaker of Mazhilis (House of Representatives), 67. Rep. Kouichiro Genba 93. Mr. Ravil Cherdabayev MP 68. Rep. Yasukazu Hamada Member, Committee on International Affairs, Defense and Chairman of the Special Committee on Prevention of Security of the Majilis International Terrorism and Japan's Cooperation and Support; Humanitarian Assistance for Reconstruction in 94. Mr. Romin Madinov MP Iraq, House of Representatives Chair, Committee on Agrarian Issues 69. Rep. Tsutomu Hata Kenya Former Prime Minister of Japan 95. Mr. David Musila MP First Deputy Speaker ; Chair of the PGA Kenya National 70. Rep. Yukio Hatoyama Group Secretary General, Democratic Party of Japan 96. Mr. Moses Cheboi MP 71. Rep. Hideo Hiraoka 97. Mr. Daniel Khamasi, MP 72. Rep. Shintaro Ito Member, Parliamentary Service Commission 73. Rep. Kuniko Inoguchi 98. Mr. Joseph Khamisi MP 74. Rep. Makiko Kikuta Member, Library Committee 75. Rep. Yoko Komiyama 99. Mr. Philip Ruto Rotino MP 76. Rep. Kenshiro Matsunami 77. Rep. Mitsuhiro Miyakoshi Liberia 100. Mr. Worlea-Saywah Dunah MP 78. Rep. Mayumi Moriyama Chairman of the Special Committee on Basic Law on 101. Sen. Prince Yormie Johnson Education, House of Representatives 102. Sen. Lasannah Lahai 79. Rep. Jinen Nagase Minister of Justice Lithuania 103. Mr. Julius Sabatauskas MP 80. Rep. Yasunori Nishimura Chair, Committee on Legal Affairs 81. Rep. Hachiro Okonogi Mali 82. Rep. Shinya Ono 104. Mr. Ibrahim B. Keita MP 83. Rep. Masahiko Shibayama President of National Assembly 84. Rep. Yoshinori Suematsu Morocco 85. Rep. Kaname Tajima 105. Mr. Driss Sentissi MP 1st Vice-President, House of Representatives 86. Rep. Kazufumi Taniguchi Parliamentary Secretary for 106. Ms. Bouchra El Khyari MP Internal Affairs and Communications 107. Ms. Fattoum Koudama MP 87. Rep. Takuya Tasso 88. Rep. Akiko Yamanaka 108. Mr. Mohamed Oudor MP Vice-Chair, Committe on Budget and Finance 89. Rep. Izumi Yoshida 90. Rep. Masayoshi Yoshino Mozambique Chairman of the Special Committee on Children and Youth 109. Mr. Manuel de Araújo MP Affairs, House of Representatives Member, Committee on Foreign Affairs 3 Nepal Philippines 110. Mr. Parashu Ram Meghi Gurung 129. Ms. Loretta Ann Rosales MP Member, State Affairs Committee Member, Justice and Foreign Affairs Committees 111. Mr. Birodh Khatiwada MP Poland Chair, Population and Social Committee 130. H.E. Piotr Krzywicki MP Speaker of the Sejm - Diet 112. Mr. Ram Hari Dhungel MP Member, Public Accounts Committee Romania 131. Sen. Ion Chelaru 113. Mrs. Bidhya Devi Bhandari MP Quaestor of the Senate Member, Environment Preservation Committee 132. Mr. Teodor Viorel Melescanu MP 114. Mrs. Kamala Panta Vice President of the Senate Member, Development Committee Russian Federation 115. Mr. Ramchandra Ray MP 133. Mr. Victor Alekseevi Dzerov MP Chair, Committee for Defense and Security, Council of the 116. Mr. Govinda Bahadar Shah MP Federation Member, Finance Committee 134. Mr. Stanislav Vladimirovich Vavilov MP 117. Mr. Yaggya Jeet Shah MP Chair, Committee for Legislative Question, Council of the Member, State Affairs Committee Federation New Zealand Senegal 118. Mr. Ross Robertson MP 135. Mr. Mamadou Lamine Thiam MP Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives Member, PGA International Committee 119. Mr. Harry Duynhoven MP Sierra Leone Minister for Transport Safety 136. H.E. Mr. Justice Edmond K. Cowan MP President of Parliament Nicaragua 120. H.E. Mr. Eduardo Gómez López MP 137. Mr. Ibrahim Sorie MP Speaker of the Nacional Assembly Member, PGA Executive Committee, Convenor, Peace & Democracy Programme 121. Mr. Miguel Lopez Baldizon MP Minority Whip of the House Chairperson, External Affairs Committee 138. Mr. Cecil Hanson, MP Pakistan Member, PGA International Committee 122. Dr. Noor Jehan Panezai MP Chair, Standing Committee for Petroleum and Natural 139. Mr. Bami Chidi MP Resources 140. Mr. Alhaji Buya Kamara MP 123. Sen. Muhammad Amin Dadabhoy Member, Committee on Agriculture, Trade, Development and Marine Resources 124. Mr. Syed Naveed Qamar MP Member of the PGA Executive Committee 141. Mr. Minkailu Mansaray MP 125. Sen. Mir Jan Muhammad Khan Jamali 142. Hon. Victor Reider MP Deputy Chairman of Senate National Publicity Secretary 126. Mr. Sardar Nasrullah Khan Dareshak MP Slovenia Chief Whip of National Assembly 143. Mr. Anton Kokalj MP Chair, Committee on EU Affairs 127. Mrs. Belum Hasnain MP President, Pakistan Peoples Party, Punjab Women Wing 144. Mrs. Mojca Kucler Dolinar MP Chair, Committee on Domestic Policy, Public Paraguay Administration and Justice 128. Sen. Mirtha Vergara De Franco Chairperson, Committee on Gender Issues 145. Mr. Dimitrij Kovacic MP 4 Member, Committee on Domestic Policy, Public Speaker of the National Assembly Administration
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