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25Th Anniversary Tribute & II Session of the Consultative Assembly of Parlia 6 P a r l i a m e n t a r i a n s f o r G l o b a l A c t i o n Parliamentarians and International Cooperation: 25th Anniversary Tribute & II Session of the Consultative Assembly of Parliamentarians for the ICC and the Rule of Law United States Congress, Washington DC September 16, 2003 & United Nations Headquarters, New York September 12-13, 2003 LIST OF PARTICIPANTS Members of Parliaments Albania Dr. Abdul Moyeen Khan, MP Mr. Fatmir Mediu, MP Minister of Science, Information and Communications Member, Foreign Relations and Constitution & Law Technology Committees. Chair, European Integration and Stability Pact Committee; Chair, PGA National Group Belgium Sen. Alain Destexhe Angola Member, Committees on Foreign Affairs and Internal Dr. Paulo Tjipilica, MP Affairs Minister of Justice Benin Argentina Dep. Albert-Bocco Sinatoko Sen. Marcelo Eduardo López-Arias Vice-President of the Senate Brazil Member, PGA Executive Board Dep. Orlando Fantazzini Chair, Committee on Ethics Armenia Mr. Artashes Geghamyan, MP Dep. Antonio Carlos Pannunzio Member, Committee on Foreign Relations Member, Foreign Relations and National Defense Chairman, Law and Unity Party Committee; Member, PGA International Council Australia Burkina Faso Hon. Warren Snowdon Dep. Saran Deme-Sereme Chair, PGA National Group; Member, Committees Sen. Sue Knowles on Employment and Social & Cultural Affairs Bangladesh 211 East 43rd Street, Suite 1604, New York, NY 10017, USA T: 1-212-687-7755 F:1-212-687-8409 E-mail: [email protected] PGA 25th Anniversary Tribute & Page 2 Consultative Assembly for the ICC Burundi Cote d’Ivoire Hon. Dr. Jean Minani Dep. Dabieuh Edmond Williams Ateby President of the Transitional National Assembly Member, Committee on Workers Dep. Adrien Sibomana Hon. Mamadou Koulibaly Former Prime Minister President, National Assembly Dep. Martin Sindabizera Dep. Koné Dramane Canada Dep. Mollé Mollé Sen. Raynell Andreychuk Vice-President of the National Assembly Member, PGA Executive Board Chair, PGA National Group Hon. Eleni Bakopanos, MP Dep. Kanaté Fofana Namisata Deputy Speaker, Member, Committee on Justice & Human Rights Dep. Jules Yao Yao Member, Central Committee of FPI Prof. Irwin Cotler, MP Chair, PGA National Group Denmark Mr. Jeppe Kofod, MP Sen. Doug Roche Chair, PGA National Group, Deputy Chair, Foreign Member, Committee on Economic & Social Affairs Policy Committee, Member, Municipal Committee Cape Verde Dominican Republic Mr. Joao Batista Pereira, MP Sen. Pedro Alegría Vice-Chair, Legal & Constitutional Affairs Committee Sen. Germán Castro Chile Sen. Tomás Emilio Durán Garden Dip. Gabriel Ascencio Mansilla (Chile) Vice President, Human Rights Committee, Parlandino Sen. Andrés Bautista García Dip. Carlos Recondo Lavanderos Sen. José Tomás Pérez President, Committee on Tourism Sen. Mario Torres Sen. José Antonio Viera Gallo President, Human Rights Committee Dip. Luis José González Colombia Dip. Abel Martínez Sen. Carlos Armando García Orjuela Member, Committee on Economics, Human Rights Dip. Alfredo Pacheco Osaria Committee President, Chamber of Deputies Costa Rica Dip. Minou Tavárez Mirabal Dip. Gerardo González Esquivel President, Constitutional Affairs Committee Dip. Luis Simón Terrero 211 East 43rd Street, Suite 1604, New York, NY 10017, USA T: 1-212-687-7755 F:1-212-687-8409 E-mail: [email protected] PGA 25th Anniversary Tribute & Page 3 Consultative Assembly for the ICC Egypt Dr. Amin Mobarak, MP India Chair, Science and Technology Committee Dr. Margaret Alva, MP Chair, PGA National Group Member, PGA Executive Board El Salvador Mr. Eduardo Faleiro, MP Dip. Walter Duran Martinez Former Minister of External Affairs Member, Justice & Constitutional Affairs Committee Mr. Kortegere Bhimiah Krishnamurthy, MP Dip. Shafik Jorge Handal Member, Political Affairs Committee Mr. Prafulla Kumar Maheshwari, MP Member, Committee on Industry Dip. Violeta Menjívar Secretary, Legislative Assembly Ireland Mr. M.J. Nolan, MP European Parliament Member, Committee on Finance and the Public Service Mr. Per Gahrton, MEP (Sweden) Chair, PGA Group Jamaica Sen. Anthony Johnson ECOWAS Parliament Member, PGA Executive Board Mr. Mountaga Tall, MP Member, Committee on Foreign Affairs, Cooperation, Japan Defense & Security Mr. Hideki Wakabayashi, MP Member, Committee on Foreign Affairs & Defense, France Budget, Research Commission on Constitution Sen. Alain Gournac First Vice-Chair, Senate Committee on Social Affairs Jordan Dr. Ra’Ed K. Qaqish, MP Georgia Member, Foreign Affairs Committee Mr. Zakaria Kutsnashvili, MP Vice-President of the Education, Culture, and Youth First Deputy Chairman of Legal Committee Committee Ghana Kenya Mr. Francis Agbotse, MP Hon. David Musila, MP Deputy Speaker Dr. Alban Bagbin, MP Minority Leader, Chair, Public Accounts Committee Mr. Daniel Khamasi, MP Hon. Kenneth Dzirasah, MP Lithuania President, Parliamentarians for Global Action Mr. Raimondas Šukys, MP Second Deputy Speaker, Parliament of Ghana Vice-Chair, Legal Committee Ms. Akua Sena Dansua, MP Mr. Julius Sabatauskas, MP Chairman, Legal Sub–Committee Greece Ms. Elissavet Papademetriou, MP Luxembourg Member, PGA Executive Board Mr. Jean Yves Henkes, MP 211 East 43rd Street, Suite 1604, New York, NY 10017, USA T: 1-212-687-7755 F:1-212-687-8409 E-mail: [email protected] PGA 25th Anniversary Tribute & Page 4 Consultative Assembly for the ICC Sen. M. Akbar Khawaja Mali Dep. Oumou Ba Sangare Panama Member, PGA Executive Committee Dip. Marco Ameglio Samudio President, Foreign Relations Committee Dep. Boubou Koita Vice-President, Foreign Affairs Committee Parlamento Andino (Andean Parliament) Chair, PGA National Group Hon. Jhannett Madriz Sotillo (Venezuela) President, Parlandino ; President, Confederación Mexico Parlamentaria de la Américas (COPA) Senator César Jaúregui Vicepresident of the Senate Dip. Mario Arias Salas (Venezuela) Morocco Dip. Luis Díaz Placente (Venezuela) Ms. Milouda Hazeb, MP Vice-President, Commission for Internal affairs and Hon. Dip. Blasco Peñaherrera (Ecuador) Development Vice President from Ecuador, Parlamento Andino Namibia Parlamento Centroamericano Mr. Ignatius N. Shixwameni, MP Dip. Sigfrido Reyes (El Salvador) Secretary-General, Congress of Democrats Party Parlamento Latinoamericano (Parlatino) The Netherlands Dip. Adolfo Taylhardat (Venezuela) Mr. Albert Koenders, MP Vice-President, Environment Committee Member, Committees on Finance, Defense & Coordinator of Interparliamentary Relations for the Environment Coordinadora Democrática New Zealand The Philippines Hon. Ross Robertson, MP Rep. Loretta Ann P. Rosales Deputy Speaker President, Human Rights Committee Member, PGA Executive Board Poland Nicaragua Mr. Piotr Krzywicki, MP Dip. Alfonso Raúl Ortega Member of the Justice, Human Rights Committee, President, Foreign Affairs Committee Administration and International Affairs Nigeria Sen. Longin Pastusiak Sen. Sanusi Daggash President of the Polish Senate Chair, PGA National Group Member, PGA Executive Board Pakistan Portugal Sen. Noor Jehan Panezai Dep. José Maghalaes Mr. Syed Naveed Qamar, MP Republic of Moldova Mr. Mikhail Sidorov, MP Ms. Sherry Rehman, MP Chair, Human Rights Committee 211 East 43rd Street, Suite 1604, New York, NY 10017, USA T: 1-212-687-7755 F:1-212-687-8409 E-mail: [email protected] PGA 25th Anniversary Tribute & Page 5 Consultative Assembly for the ICC Romania Mr. Hadi Sheriff, MP Mr. Radu Liviu Bara, MP Vice-President, Committee for Public Administration, Mr. Ibrahim Sorie, MP Territorial Planning and Ecological Balance Minority Whip Dr. Adrian Severin, MP South Africa President Emeritus of OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Hon. Cheryl Gillwald, MP Deputy Minister of Justice & Constitutional Senegal Development Dep. Mamadou Lamine Thiam Member, PGA Executive Board Ms. Thandi Ruth Modise, MP Chair, Defense Committee Sierra Leone Mr. Bami Chiddy, MP Spain Member, Trade, Development and Tourism Committee Sen. Alfredo Prada Presa Member, Social Services, Youths and Sports Committee First Vice-President of the Senate Mr. Sheku B.B. Dumboya Sri Lanka Mr. Nimal Siripala de Silva, MP Mr. Cecil Hanson, MP Shadow Minister of Health Chair, Social Services, Youth and Sports Committee Member, Energy and Power Committee Sweden Mr. Kent Olsson, MP Ms. Haja Afsatu Kabba, MP Member, Committee on Labour, Cultural Affairs & Member, Land, Country Planning and the Housing Environment Committee; Human Rights Committee; and Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Switzerland Committee Mr. Roland Wiederkehr, MP Mr. Mohammed Kakay, MP Tanzania Mr. Leonard N. Derefa, MP Mr. Ernest Bai Koroma, MP Minority Leader of the House and Leader of the Mr. B.M. Mgaywa, MP Opposition; Chairman, Supervisory Committee Turkey Mr. S.B. Marah, MP Mr. Reha Denemec, MP Majority Leader of the House and Leader of Deputy Chair, AKP party Government Business; Chairman, Appointments Committee Uganda Ms. Beatrice Kiraso, MP Mr. Minkailu Mansaray, MP Chair, Finance Committee Member, Social Action Committee; Transparency Committee; and Labour and Industrial Relations Mr. Adolf Mwesige, MP Committee Chair, Committee on Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Mr. Tejan A. Mansaray, MP Mr. Jacob Oulanyah, MP 211 East 43rd Street, Suite 1604, New York, NY 10017, USA T: 1-212-687-7755 F:1-212-687-8409 E-mail: [email protected] PGA 25th Anniversary Tribute & Page 6 Consultative Assembly for the ICC Member, Committee on Legal & Parliamentary Chairman, Subcommittee on East Asia and the Affairs Pacific, International Relations Committee Member, Financial Services Committee United Kingdom Mr. Tony
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