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United Nations Conference Distr.: General 8 December 2017 on Trade and Development
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Trade and Development Board Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Financing for Development First session Geneva, 8–10 November 2017
List of participants
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Experts
Algeria Mr. Toufik Djouama, Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission, Geneva Mr. Said Meziane, Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva Argentina Mr. Matias Ninkov, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva Austria Ms. Charline Van Der Beek, Attaché, Permanent Mission, Geneva Bahamas Ms. Tia Hanna, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva Bangladesh Mr. Mostafa Abid Khan, Minister, Permanent Mission, Geneva Belgium Ms. Sandrine Platteau, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva Ms. Soraya Zanardo, Development Attaché, Trade and Digital Policies, Belgian Mission to the United Nations, Wallonia–Brussels Delegation, Geneva Brazil Mr. Joao Leite, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva Mr. Giovana Portolese, Assistant, Mission of Brazil to the World Trade Organization, Geneva Bulgaria Mr. Rayko Raytchev, Ambassador, Permanent Mission, Geneva Canada Mr. Dominic Bourcier, Deputy Director, Public Financial Management and Natural Resources Specialists, Global Affairs Canada, Ottawa China Mr. Sheng Xie, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva Mr. Xiao Fang, Third Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva Côte d'Ivoire Mr. Yao Amédée Yobouet, Diplomat, Permanent Mission, Geneva Czechia Mr. Petr Martinek, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva Djibouti Ms. Oubah Moussa Ahmed, Economic Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva Ecuador Mr. Pablo Agustin Escobar Ullauri, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva Egypt Mr. Alaa Youssef, Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission, Geneva Mr. Mohammad Elshahed, Diplomat/Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva Ms. Ibtissam Hassan, Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva El Salvador Sra. Tatiana Maria Marcela Martinez Carranza, Directora de Estudios y Formacion del Vice-Ministerio de Cooperacion para el Desarrollo, Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, San Salvador Sr. Jaime Alfredo Miranda Flamenco, Vice-Ministro de Cooperacion para el Desarrollo, Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, San Salvador Ms. Katherine Rubio Gallegos, Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva
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Estonia Mr. Taavo Lumiste, Second Secretary, Trade and Development, Permanent Representation of Estonia, Geneva Ethiopia Mr. Solomon Mamo Basha, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva Mr. Mezgebu Amha Terefe, Director for Fiscal Policy, Ministry of Finance and Economic Cooperation, Addis Ababa France M. Frédéric Paruta, Conseiller, Mission Permanente, Genève Georgia Mr. Temuri Pipia, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva Germany Mr. Stephan Reichert, Deputy Head of Division on Financing for Development, Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Berlin Ms. Lisa Bosse, Trainee, Permanent Mission, Geneva Ms. Farah Dabdoub, Trainee, Permanent Mission, Geneva Ms. Yvonne Kaupert, Delegate, Permanent Mission, Geneva Guatemala Mr. Eduardo Sperisen Yurt, Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission, Geneva Ms. Debora Ponce, Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva Haiti Mme Marly Destiné, Membre de Cabinet du Ministre de la Planification, Ministere de la Planification et de la Cooperation Externe, Port-Au-Prince M. Henry-Claude Fleury, Conseiller, Mission Permanente, Genève M. Price Pady, Conseiller, Ministere de la Planification et de la Cooperation Externe, Port-Au-Prince M. Stevenson Jacques Thimoleon, Directeur General, Ministere de la Planification et de la Cooperation Externe, Port-Au-Prince India Mr. Sadre Alam, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva Indonesia Ms. Elvie Indayani, Diplomat, Permanent Mission, Geneva Iran (Islamic Republic of) Mr. Mohammadjafar Amireskandari, Head of Financial Service Group, Planning and Budgeting Organization, Tehran Mr. Alireza Jeyrani Hokmabad, Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva Mr. Taherfar Kourosh, Adviser to the President of the Organization for Investment Economic and Technical Assistance of Iran, Tehran Ireland Mr. Niall Cremen, Humanitarian Advisor, Permanent Mission, Geneva Japan Ms. Satoko Nakamura, Attaché, Permanent Mission, Geneva Jordan Ms. Ghadeer Elfayez, Advisor, Permanent Mission, Geneva Kenya Mr. Fredrick Matwanga, Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva Kuwait Mr. Abdulaziz Taqi, Commercial Attaché, Permanent Mission, Geneva
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Lesotho Mr. Phakiso Ralepoma, Minister Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva Madagascar Mr. Hajarizaka Raminomanana, Attaché, Permanent Mission, Geneva Mr. Tahirimiakadaza Ratsimandao, Director-General, International Economic Cooperation, State Secretariat at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in Charge of Cooperation and Development, Antananarivo Ms. Irène Sadiah Razafimandimby, Trade Attaché, Permanent Mission, Geneva Mexico Mr. Gerardo Bracho, Counsellor, Permanent Delegation of Mexico to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris Mongolia Ms. Ayasgalan Molor, Senior Specialist, Official Development Assistance Policy Division, Development Financing Department, Ministry of Finance, Ulaanbaatar Montenegro Mr. Milorad Scepanovic, Ambassador, Permanent Mission, Geneva Morocco M. Abderrahim Ait Slimane, Ministre plénipotentiaire, Mission Permanente, Genève Namibia Mr. Ben Shingenge, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva Nepal Mr. Bhuwan Paudel, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva Nigeria Mr. Tunde Mukaila Mustapha, Minister, Permanent Mission, Geneva Mr. Emmanuel Oguntuyi, Minister Counsellor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Abuja Panama Sr. Alfredo Suescum, Embajador, Representante Permanente, Ministerio de Comercio e Industrias de Panamá, Ginebra Sr. Carlos Barletta, Consejero Comercial, Ministerio de Comercio e Industrias, Ginebra Philippines (the) Ms. Divina Trinidad Carolino, Attaché, Permanent Mission, Geneva Poland Mr. Dariusz Karnowski, Diplomat, Permanent Mission, Geneva Russian Federation Mr. Dmitry Ivanenkov, First Secretary, Mission of the Russian Federation to the United Nations Office at Geneva Ms. Irina Medvedeva, Head of the Division, Ministry of Economic Development, Moscow Saudi Arabia Mr. Faisal Alkahtani, Civil Engineer, the Saudi Fund for Development, Riyadh Mr. Muhammed Almufadda, Economist, Ministry of Finance, Riyadh Mr. Saleh Alotaibi, International Trade Officer, Permanent Mission, Geneva Ms. Samaher Alshallali, International Collaboration Specialist, Ministry of Economy and Planning, Riyadh Mr. Eid Bin Eid, Senior Economist, Saudi Fund for Development, Riyadh Mr. Abdulrahman Binaqeel, Economist, Ministry of Finance, Riyadh South Africa Mr. Jorge Maia, Head, Economic Research and Information, Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa, Sandton (Johannesburg) Mr. Lizwi Eric Nkombela, Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva
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Spain Mr. Fernando Varela Carid, Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva Mr. Alberto Sanz Serrano, Deputy Permanent Representative for Trade Affairs, Permanent Mission, Geneva Sudan Mr. Mohamed Bukheet, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva Swaziland Ms. Philile Masuku, Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva Sweden Mr. John Bäcknäs, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva Thailand Mr. Kitjawat Tacharoen, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva Trinidad and Tobago Mr. Garvin Pettier, Chargé d'Affaires, Permanent Mission, Geneva Tunisia M. Sami Nagga, Minister Plenipotentiary, Mission Permanente, Genève United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Ms. Karen Vincent, Economics Intern, United Kingdom Mission to the United Nations, Geneva United Republic of Tanzania Ms. Neema Manongi, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva Mr. Shoghollo Msangi, Commissioner Fiscal Policy, Ministry of Finance and Planning, Dar es Salaam Ms. Sauda Msemo, Commissioner of Debt Policy, Ministry of Finance, Dar es Salaam United States of America Mr. Daniel Carl, Economic Officer, Permanent Mission, Geneva Zambia Mr. Muyumbwa Kamenda, First Secretary Economic, Permanent Mission, Geneva Zimbabwe Mr. Pearson Chigiji, Minister Counsellor/Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Member of the Conference
Holy See Mr. Carlo Maria Marenghi, Delegate, Secretary of State, Geneva
Non-member observer State
State of Palestine Mr. Ryad Awaja-Aouadja, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Intergovernmental organizations
African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States Mr. Marwa Kisiri, Ambassador, Geneva Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa Mr. Deogratias Kamweya, Chief, Resource Mobilization and International Cooperation, Lusaka Mr. Benedict Musengele, Senior Research Fellow, Lusaka
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Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf Mr. Abdullah Alajmi, Head of the International Organizations Department, Geneva Mr. Ayman Abualkhair, Expert, Geneva Mr. Ahmad Sleiman, Expert, Geneva Mr. Mohamed Shamis Mohamed Al Shamsi, Director of Asia and Africa Political Affairs, Samael Ms. Nada Mahmoud A Aboalsamh, the Gulf Cooperation Council, Riyadh Ms. Duna Saad A Alammar, Head of Strategic Plans Preparation, Riyadh Ms. Norah Abdullah A Alhokair, the Gulf Cooperation Council, Riyadh Ms. Walaa Hassan A Almukhtar, Diplomatic Protocol Department, Riyadh Mr. Abdulrahman Ibrahim A Alrabiah, Head of Manpower Planning, Riyadh Ms. Aljwhara Ali N. Alsadoon, the Gulf Cooperation Council, Riyadh Ms. Aljawhara Alshaikh, the Gulf Cooperation Council, Riyadh Ms. Setah Turki F. Binmandeel, Development and Training, Riyadh Ms. Nouf Saad M. Alarify, Head of Media Planning and Initiatives, Riyadh European Union Mr. Daniel Beck, Counsellor, Geneva Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Mr. Haje Schütte, Head of Statistics and Development Finance, Paris Organization of Islamic Cooperation Mr. Halim Grabus, Counsellor, Geneva South Centre Ms. Yuefen Li, Special Advisor on Economics and Development Finance, Geneva Mr. Peter Lunenborg, Researcher, Geneva Mr. Adriano Jose Timossi, Senior Programme Officer, Geneva
United Nations organs, bodies and programmes
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific Mr. Hamza Malik, Director, Bangkok Economic Commission for Europe Ms. Leonie Braun, Intern, Geneva Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean Mr. Daniel Titelman, Chief of Economic Development Division, Santiago United Nations Institute for Training and Research Mr. Julian Caletti, Consultant, Geneva Ms. Ghita Youssefi, Consultant, Casablanca United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Ms. Irmgard Zeiler, Statistician, Vienna
United Nations secretariat
Department of Economic and Social Affairs Ms. Sharon Spiegel, Chief of Policy Analysis and Development Branch, Financing for Development, New York Mr. Alexander Trepelkov, Director, Financing for Development Office, New York
Specialized agencies and related organizations
International Monetary Fund Mr. Christopher Lane, Special Representative to the United Nations, Washington, D.C.
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International Telecommunication Union Ms. Sylvia Poll, Head of the Project Support Division, Telecommunication Development Bureau, Geneva World Bank Group Mr. Ferrran Perez, International Affairs Officer, Geneva World Health Organization Mr. Frédéric Martel, Health Economist, Geneva World Tourism Organization Ms. Florianne Reisch, Intern, Geneva
Non-governmental organizations
General category European Network on Debt and Development Mr. Jesse Griffiths, Director, European Network on Debt and Development, Brussels International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development Ms. Rashmi Jose, Senior Programme Officer, Geneva Oxfam International Ms. Esmé Berkhout, Policy Advisor Tax Justice/Inequality, The Hague
Academia
Boston University Mr. William Kring, Assistant Director of GDP Center, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts Charles University, Independent Consultant Mr. Petr Janský, Economist, Prague Development Research Center of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China Ms. Jun Ma, Deputy Director, Beijing FGV Mr. Nelson Barbosa-Filho, Professor, Brasilia London School of Economics Mr. Martin Hearson, Fellow in International Political Economy, London Peking University Ms. Yan Wang, Senior Fellow, Beijing, Tufts University Mr. Kingsley Moghalu, Professor, Ashburn University of Oxford Mr. Edmund Fitzgerald, Professor of International Development Finance, Oxford
Private sector
Feasibility Africa Ms. Penelope Hawkins, Founder and Managing Director, Feasibility Africa, Grand Bay Independent Consultant Mr. Javier Pereira, Director, A&J Communication Consultants, Vigo
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Other invitees
Development Initiatives Ms. Cordelia Lonsdale, Senior Policy and Engagement Advisor, Bristol Finance Watch Mr. Christian M. Stiefmueller, Senior Policy Adviser, Brussels Former Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany Ms. Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul, Wiesbaden Former Vice-President and Acting President of Zambia Mr. Guy Scott, Lusaka Independent Commission for the Reform of International Corporate Taxation Mr. Faccio Tommaso, Head of Secretariat, Nottingham Intergovernmental Group of Twenty-Four Ms. Marilou Jane Uy, Director, Intergovernmental Group of Twenty-Four Secretariat, Washington D.C. Policy Research in Macroeconomics Ms. Ann Pettifor, Director, London Reserve Bank of India, Retired Governor Mr. Yaga Venugopal Reddy, Hyderabad Red Latinoamericana sobre Deuda, Desarrollo y Derechos Mr. Rodolfo Bejarano, Research Officer, Lima Tax Justice Network Mr. Alexander Cobham, Chief Executive, Oxford
Panellists
Mr. Nelson Barbosa-Filho, Professor, FGV, Brasilia Mr. Rodolfo Bejarano, Research Officer, Red Latinoamericana sobre Deuda, Desarrollo y Derechos, Lima Ms. Esmé Berkhout, Policy Advisor Tax Justice/Inequality, Oxfam International, The Hague Mr. Alexander Cobham, Chief Executive, Tax Justice Network, Oxford Mr. Edmund Fitzgerald, Professor of International Development Finance, University of Oxford, Oxford Mr. Jesse Griffiths, Director, European Network on Debt and Development, Brussels Ms. Penelope Hawkins, Founder and Managing Director, Feasibility Africa, Grand Bay Mr. Martin Hearson, Fellow in International Political Economy, London School of Economics, London Mr. Petr Janský, Economist, Charles University, Independent Consultant, Prague Mr. William Kring, Assistant Director of GDP Center, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts Ms. Yuefen Li, Special Advisor on Economics and Development Finance, South Centre, Geneva Mr. Jorge Maia, Head, Economic Research and Information, Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa, Sandton (Johannesburg) Mr. Kingsley Moghalu, Professor, Tufts University, Ashburn Mr. Javier Pereira, Director, A&J Communication Consultants, Independent Consultant, Vigo Ms. Ann Pettifor, Director, Policy Research in Macroeconomics, London Ms. Annalisa Prizzon, Senior Research Fellow, Overseas Development Institute, London Mr. Yaga Venugopal Reddy, Reserve Bank of India, Retired Governor, Hyderabad Mr. Haje Schütte, Head of Statistics and Development Finance, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris Mr. Guy Scott, Former Vice-President and Acting President of Zambia, Lusaka
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Mr. Christian M. Stiefmueller, Senior Policy Adviser, Finance Watch, Brussels Mr. Daniel Titelman, Chief of Economic Development Division, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Santiago Mr. Faccio Tommaso, Head of Secretariat, the Independent Commission for the Reform of International Corporate Taxation, Nottingham Ms. Marilou Jane Uy, Director, Intergovernmental Group of Twenty-Four Secretariat, Washington D.C. Ms. Yan Wang, Senior Fellow, Peking University, Beijing Ms. Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul, Former Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany, Wiesbaden Ms. Irmgard Zeiler, Statistician, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Vienna
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