PARLIAMENTARIANS FOR GLOBAL ACTION

33RD ANNUAL FORUM THE IMPACT OF ARMED VIOLENCE ON DEVELOPMENT – ISSUES, CHALLENGES AND PARLIAMENTARY SOLUTIONS

Colombo Hilton Hotel Colombo, Sri Lanka October 28-30, 2011

With the support of the: Royal Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Danida) Stewart R. Mott Foundation Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

In collaboration with: Parliament of Sri Lanka Ministry of External Affairs, Sri Lanka

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

A. MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT

AFGHANISTAN Hon. Wagma Sapay, MP Hon. Mir Bahadar Wasefi, Senator

Hon. Lotfullah Baba, Senator ANGOLA Hon. Palmira Domingos Pascoal Bernardo, MP Hon. Masoma Shadab, Senator Head of Delegation

Hon. Golalai Akbari, Senator Hon. Eulália Maria A. Rocha Silva, MP

Hon. Fereshta Amini, MP BELGIUM Dep. Alain Destexhe Executive Committee, PGA

BURKINA FASO Hon. Balchandra Mungekar, MP Hon. Sambo Antoine Komy, MP

IRELAND DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Hon. Jim Walsh, Senator Hon. Mwamba Mushikonke Mwamus, Senator International Council. PGA JORDAN Hon. Mahmoud El Abbadi, Senator DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Hon. Minou Tavarez Mirabal, MP Hon. Mousa Al Zawahrah, Senator Executive Committee, PGA Hon. Wasfi Al Sarhan, Senator Hon. Cristian Paredes, MP

Hon. Magda Rodríguez, MP KENYA Hon. Charity Ngilu, MP Minister of Water and Irrrigation EL SALVADOR Hon. Guillermo Gallegos, MP Hon. Ekwee David Ethuro, MP Vice president of the National Assembly Hon. Ali Abdul Bahari, MP

GHANA Hon. David Musila, MP Hon. George Kuntu Blankson, MP International Council, PGA

Hon. Gifty Eugenia Kusi, MP KUWAIT Hon. Cecilia Abena Dapaah, MP Hon. Rola Dashti, MP

Hon. Irena Naa Torshie Addo, MP LIBERIA Hon. Gabriel Smith, MP GREECE International Council, PGA Hon. Elsa Papademetriou, MP VP Committee on European Affairs MALI Hon. Alexandros Athanasiadis, MP Hon. Boubacar Diarra, MP International Council, PGA

HAITI Hon. Edmonde Beauzile, Senator NAMIBIA International Council, PGA Hon. Juliet Kavetuna, MP

Hon. Jocelerme Privert, Senator Hon. Eveline Nawases-Taeyele, MP

Hon. François Annick Joseph, Senator Hon. Ignatius Shixwameni, MP

INDIA NEPAL Hon. Mahendra Prasad, MP Hon. Prakash Sharan Mahat, MP

Hon. E.M. Sudarsana Natchiappan, MP Hon. Ramesh Lekhak, MP

Hon. Jesudas Seelam, MP Hon. Khimlal Devkota MP International Council, PGA Hon. Ek Nath Dhakal, MP Hon. Kande C. Bangura, MP

Hon. Momorie M. Kamara, MP NETHERLANDS Hon. Coskun Çörüz, MP Executive Committee, PGA SRI LANKA Hon. Nimal Siripala de Silva, MP Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Management NEW ZEALAND and Leader of the House of Parliament Hon. Ross Robertson, MP Assistant Speaker of Parliament Hon. Chamal Rajapaksa, MP Executive Committee, PGA Speaker of the Parliament

Hon. Ashraf Choudhary, MP Hon. John Amaratunga, MP Chief Opposition Whip

PAKISTAN Hon. Prasanna Ranatunga, MP Hon. Donya Aziz, MP Chief Minister of Western Province

Hon. Muhammad Talha Mehmood, Senator Hon. Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan, MP Chief Minister, Eastern Provincial Council Hon. Muhammad Hamayun Khan Mandokhel, Senator Hon. John Seneviratne, MP Minister of Public Administration Hon. Muhammad Ibrahim Khan, Senator Hon. Anura Priyadharshana Yapa, MP Minister of Environment REPUBLIC OF KOREA Hon. Kim Hak Song, MP Hon. Sarath Amunugama, MP National Defense Committee Senior Minister

Hon. Song Min-soon, MP Hon. Muthu Sivalingam, MP Foreign Affiars, Trade and Unification Committee Deputy Minister of Economic Development

Hon. Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan, MP SENEGAL Deputy Minister of Resettlement Hon. Fallou Mbacke, MP Executive Committee, PGA Hon. Lalith Dissanayake, MP Deputy Minister of Health Hon. Mamadou Lamine Thiam, MP International Council, PGA Hon. M. Chandrakumar, MP Deputy Chairman of Committee in Parliament Hon. Néné Mariéme Kane, MP Hon. J. Sri Ranga, MP

SIERRA LEONE Hon. Thilanga Sumathipala, MP Hon. Bernadette Lahai, MP Executive Committee, PGA Hon. Rauf Hakeem, MP (invited)

Hon. Ibrahim Sorie, MP Hon. Rosy Senanayake, MP

Hon. Claude Daniel Melville Kamanda, MP Hon. Dr. Sudharshani Fernandopulle, MP

Hon. Thomas I. Mansaray, MP Hon. Earl Gunasekera, MP

Hon. Amadu Kanu, MP Hon. A.H.M. Azwer, MP

Hon. Anoma Gamage, MP Hon. Margareta Cederfelt, MP Hon Douglas Devananda, MP Treasurer, PGA

Hon. Vidura Vickramanayake, MP Hon. Abdirizak Waberi, MP

Hon. Chandrani Bandara, MP THE MALDIVES Hon. Neranjan Wickramasinghe, MP Hon. Ali Arif, MP

Hon. P. Dayaratne, MP Hon. Mohamed Rasheed, MP

Hon. Buddhika Pathirana, MP Hon. Yoosuf Naeem, MP

Hon. MKADS Gunawardena, MP TURKEY Hon. Tharanath Basnayake, MP Hon. Yusuf Ziya Irbec, MP

Hon. Rohana Pushpakumara, MP UGANDA Hon. Ramesh Pathirana, MP Hon. Jacob Oulanyah, MP Deputy Speaker of the Parliament Hon. Ruwan Ranatunga, MP Hon. Elijah Okupa, MP Hon. E. Saravanapavan, MP Hon. Stephen Tashobya, MP Hon. Sriyani Wijewickrama, MP Hon. Abdu Katuntu, MP

SURINAME Hon. Turyahikayo Kebirungi Mary Paula, MP Hon. Ruth Wijdenbosch, MP Deputy Speaker of Parliament President and Chair of International Council, PGA UNITED KINGDOM Hon. Mark Pritchard, MP Hon. Diana Marilva Pokie, MP International Council, PGA

Hon. Asiskumar Gajadien, MP Hon. Lord George Foulkes

Hon. Refano Wongsoredjo, MP URUGUAY SWEDEN Hon. Felipe Michelini, MP Hon. Marie Nordén, MP Executive Committee, PGA Executive Committee, PGA

B. HONORARY GUESTS, SPEAKERS AND PARLIAMENTARY STAFF

AFGHANISTAN Mr. Najibullah Hashimi DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Director of Protocol for Senate Mr. Eloi Urwodhi PGA Consultant Programme

ANGOLA Mrs. Vilma Idania Couceiro Mateus EUROPEAN UNION Embassy of the Republic of Angola to India H. E. Ambassador Bernard Savage Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Ms. Rosa Alberto Matabicho Sri Lanka and the Maldives Official Parliamentary GHANA Mrs. Joana Sakyi Adjei Mr. Ha Wee Young Senior Assistant Clerk to Committee on Counselor Population and Development Embassy of the Republic of Korea to Sri Lanka

JORDAN SENEGAL Mr. Samer Aladowan Ms. Anta Gueyé Sow Ndiaye Head of the Protocol Section Parliamentary Clerk

NAMIBIA SRI LANKA Mr. Manasse Zeraua Amb. H.M.G.S.Palihakkara Principal Parliamentary Clerk Former Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations Chairman designate of the UN Secretary General’s Advisory NIGERIA Board on Disarmament Affairs Dr. Iyabo Obasanjo Former Senator SWEDEN Mr. Johan Norqvist PAKISTAN Senior Programme Manager Mr. Muhammad Hassan Khan Global Programme Unit Officer, Joint Secretary Delegation of Senate Swedish International Development and Cooperation Agency (Sida) Mr. Mian Muhammad Aslam Assistant Protocol Officer UNITED STATES Amb. Patricia A. Butenis REPUBLIC OF KOREA U.S. Ambassador to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Mr. Son Jin Hyun Lanka and the Republic of Maldives Program Coordinator

Ms. Moon Sun Hee Interpreter

C. INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS AND UNIVERSITIES

Ms. Christiane Agboton-Johnson Policy Adviser, Arms and Development, Oxfam UK Deputy Director United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research Mr. Jeff Abramson (UNIDIR) Coordinator, Control Arms Campaign

Mr. Subinay Nandy Dr. Edward J. Laurance United Nations Resident/Humanitarian Coordinator Consultant to the United Nations on the And UNDP Representative Arms Trade Treaty and Gordon Paul Smith Chair in International Policy Studies Mr. Deepayan Basu Ray Monterey Institute of International Studies

D. SRI LANKAN CIVIL SOCIETY

Ms. Savitri Goonesekere Dr. Asoka Hettiarachi Emeritus Professor of Law Founder and Secretary University of Colombo Sri Lanka Doctors for Peace and Development Weeramentry International Center for Peace Education and Dr. Ranjith Sarath Jatasekera Research Vicepresident Sri Lanka Doctors for Peace and Development Mr. Bernard Edirisinghe Liaison Coordinator Mr. Neshan Guanasekera Action for Peace and Human Rights Attorney at Law

SRI LANKAN HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT STAFF

Ms. Visakha Wijenaicke Ms. Saragika Perera Assistant to Minister De Silva Deputy Coordinating Secretary

Mr. Udaya Peiries Mr. Channa Gunarathna Coordinator to Minister De Silva Coordinator

PGA SECRETARIAT

Ms. Shazia Rafi Ms. Leyla Nikjou Secretary General Program Associate, International Law and Human Rights & Peace and Democracy Programs Ms. Jennifer McCarthy Assistant Secretary General Ms. Mónica Adame Program Officer, Sustainable Development, Health and Mr. Peter Barcroft Population Program Director of Projects and Senior Program Officer, International Law & Human Rights Mr. Thiago Carvalho Development and Executive Associate Mr. Michael Agbeko Director of Finance and Administration Ms. Vivian Cheung Accounting Services Mr. Charles Knapp Assistant Legal Counsel Ms. Rodline Louijeune Intern