LIBERAL INTERNATIONAL

THE BARCELONA PROCESS

175th EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 5-6 NOVEMBER MALLORCA, SPAIN Sponsored by

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Table of Contents

Background - Barcelona Process 2

- Economic and Financial Chapter 3 - Foreign Policy and Security Chapter 4 - Israel and Palestine 5

- Human Rights 6 Programme 7-9 Professional Profiles 10-14

Participants 14-16 The Barcelona Process

The poor democratic record of Maghreb and Mashrek countries, com- bined with the demographic trends and the economic imbalances be- tween the southern and the northern shores of the Mediterranean, led to the launch of a new initiative in 1995, the Euro-Mediterranean Partner- ship (EMP), which became known as the Barcelona Process.

It was launched to foster cooperation on political reform, economic liberalisation, and social issues between the European Union (EU) and the countries on the southern and eastern rim of the Mediterranean (Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Malta, Morocco, the Palestinian Authority, Syria, Tunisia, and Turkey). Members are commit- ted to implementing reforms and continuing dialogue. The agreement calls for reform in three areas, known as the political, economic, and social chapters. The first objective is the creation of a common area of peace and stability through the reinforcement of political and security dialogues based on fundamental principles such as respect for human rights and democracy (Political and Security Chapter). The second objective calls for the construction of a zone of shared pros- perity through an economic and financial partnership that includes the gradual establishment of a free zone by 2010. It contains a pledge from EU members to increase aid to soften the impact of economic reform (Eco- nomic and Financial Chapter). The third objective envisions the development of human resources, the promotion of understanding and the rapprochement and exchange of peoples. Notably, the agreement also contains language, albeit vague, committing participants to political pluralism. The ultimate goal is to develop free and flourishing civil societies (Social, Cultural and Human Chapter). Despite its many achievements, various problems have postponed much of the implementation of the Barcelona Process. A certain lack of will on behalf of the southern countries, the competition between the EU and the US, ambivalence on behalf of the members of the European Union, and the revival of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict have slowed down the initia- tive. At the Liberal International conference on the Barcelona Process, we will discuss the three above-mentioned objectives; as well as the Israel- Palestine conflict which has a large influence on the success of the Process. Session 1: Economic and Financial Chapter The heart of the Barcelona Process lies in its economic programme. The leading idea is to create an area of shared prosperity by promoting eco- nomic stability, followed by growth in Northern Africa and the Eastern Medi- terranean. It comprises two complementary bilateral and regional frame- works. At the bilateral level, the Union negotiates sets of Euro-Mediterra- nean Association Agreements (MEDA) with the Mediterranean partners in- dividually. Beyond this bilateral trade liberalisation with Europe, the Medi- terranean partners are committed to implementing free trade among them- selves. Dismantling trade barriers, particularly tariffs, requires substantial fiscal, economic and industrial reforms. To this end, the MEDA programme was established as the principle financing mechanism that supports eco- nomic reforms in the public and private sector. Two guiding principles seem to have been behind the economic programme: first, the economic situation in that region had to improve in such a way as to deter as much as possible desperate people from migrating north; and secondly, to improve the economic lot of the south through the creation of a Euro-Mediterranean Free Trade Area to be completed by 2010 and a sub- stantial increase of the financial assistance given by the EU. However, to date, trade agreements have had little impact on growth and poverty alleviation in the Mediterranean region due to their lack of scope and ambition in their relationship with each other and the EU. Deepening liberalisation will require a bold commitment to reform and acceptance of the inevitable adjustment costs that will arise. Specifically, the trade in serv- ices and agricultural products remain restrictive and limited. Session 2: Political and Security Chapter The Barcelona Process in fact represents the beginning of a new security concept replacing the Cold War construct that had long dominated Medi- terranean policy. Moreover, the Barcelona Process serves as a critical piece of the European approach to fighting terrorism. After several years of talk about the need to reinvigorate the Barcelona Process, the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership now seems to have risen to the top of the EU’s foreign policy agenda. The fight against terrorism and the recent terror attacks in Casablanca, Madrid, London, and Sharm-el- Sheik have once again accentuated the importance of the Mediterranean and the Middle East for European security, and with the enlargement to ten Central and Eastern European states the EU is increasingly focused on the need to enhance stability on its Southern periphery without holding out a promise of future membership. From the European perspective, stability and development in the Mediter- ranean is essential for security at home and abroad. Many Europeans feel that the roots of terrorism lie in the social, economic, and political inequali- ties that are rife on the southern littoral of the Mediterranean and as such can only be addressed through a comprehensive framework that strikes at the deepest causes of terrorism. The new transnational risks (particulary terrorism, illegal trafficking in arms, drugs and persons, and immigration) mean that the massive differential in wealth that characterise the two sides of the Mediterranean are no longer compatible with lasting stability and prosperity within the EU. European security has become less tied to military preparedness or non-proliferation, and more to the economic, social, and political development of the southern countries. The southern countries have themselves emphasised underdevelopment and South-South conflicts as the two primary destabilising factors. They have also denounced the European emphasis on soft security issues and the Fortress Europe mentality. The European initiatives have also been undermined by American ambiva- lence, or, at best, indifference. Specifically, the US has shown little interest in coordinating its Mediterranean policy within the Euro-Mediterranean proc- ess. As a result of this lack of coordination and of the Americans’ priority of security affairs, European and American programmes in the region often end up competing (or sometimes even conflicting) with each other for the participation of Arab nations. Arab nations are able to play their partners off against one another, and, as a result, neither the US nor the EU is able to impose difficult social or political conditions on the Arab states. Session 3: Israel-Palestine Conflicts form an obstacle to progress in any partnership. Although the Euro- Mediterranean partners have agreed not to let the Middle East Peace Proc- ess interfere with the Barcelona Process, it is clear that without progress in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process European regional stability building efforts in the Middle East and North Africa will continue to flounder. In addi- tion, the Barcelona Process represents one of the few forums for Israeli- Arab dialogue, even if it is not the forum in which settlement will eventually be reached. Over the decades, the European Union’s declaratory diplomacy towards the Israeli-Palestinian conflict crystallised in its support for a two-state solution and the respect for human rights and international law. However, the ability of the EU to use its leverage as a means of influencing the process of conflict resolution in the Middle East Peace Process is lim- ited. When it comes to the EU’s diplomatic role, ineffectiveness may be ex- plained partly by Israel’s reluctance to see a more active European role. Yet another, arguably more important, reason is the EU’s own perceptions of the need for US leadership in the conflict and its own limited ability to affect US policy in substance. At the same time, the Arab world certainly does view the EU as an honest broker in the Middle East and hence would like to see a stronger European involvement counter-balancing US dominance. The European Union sees its role, both because of its geographic proximity and also because of the historic role played by some European countries in the Middle East, as paramount. At a minimum, the Euro-Mediterranean part- nership should provide continued support for cooperation among the par- ties, particularly in the industrial and economic sectors, to complement the political process. Session 4: Human Rights The European Neighbourhood Policy has two objectives: strengthening sta- bility, security, and the well-being for EU member states and neighbouring countries; and preventing the emergence of new dividing lines between the enlarged EU and its neighbours. The main difference between the strategy of democracy promotion in the framework of enlargement, and the strategy of democratisation in the frame- work of the Barcelona Process has to do with incentives, as only the first foresees the prospect of full EU membership, which is widely recognised to have a powerful positive effect on the process and outcomes of democratic transformation and consolidation. The emerging question is whether the Barcelona Process incentives will make neighbouring countries accept political conditionality. But external incentives are not enough for a strategy of democratisation to be successful. It is very important to stress that to be successful, an external strategy of democracy promotion needs some internal aspects. Utmost in this is the support of the citizens towards political reforms. Studies of the Barcelona Process have in particular stressed the EU’s reluc- tance to implement the human rights and democracy clauses of the Barce- lona Declaration and the bilateral association agreements, and pointed to the fact that the EU has pursued a very soft and regime-friendly approach in terms of selection and support to NGOs and civil society organisations. The EU has, it is often concluded, favoured security and regime stability in the short run at the expense of the long-term goals of democratisation and the proliferation of human rights norms. To a large extent, the EU has prioritised cooperation on issues of illegal immigration, organised crime and terrorism, while also seeking to accommodate fears from the Southern Mediterranean states that the EU would impose its own political system and values on the Mediterranean states or even engage in outright intervention. Moreover, the EU has itself feared that too much pressure for political reforms – for example in the form of punitive top-down conditionality - could lead to violent and troublesome transition processes, or result in fundamentalists taking over government power. Southern Mediterranean countries feel that improving human rights and democratic reforms would destabilise their societies, whilst sceptics point out that it would perhaps deprive southern elites of a great part of their present political power. PROGRAMME

Friday 4 November 2005 17:00-19:00 Registration of participants

19:30 Bus departure to dinner venue

20:00-22:00 Welcome Dinner- Majorcan Council

Mrs. Maria Antonia Munar, President Unió Mallorquina Saturday 5 November 2005 Venue all day: Convention Centre, 2nd Floor

08:30-09:30 Registration of participants

09:00-09:30 Keynote address:

Mrs. Jäätteenmäki MEP, European Parliament rapporteur on the Barcelona Process, former Prime Minister of Finland

Chair: Lord Alderdice, President of Liberal International

09:30-11:00 Session 1: Economy and Financial Chapter

1. Dr. Tayseer Abdel Jaber, Chairman, Jordan Development Centre and former Minister (Jordan)

2. Mr. Fadi Yarak, Director, Rene Moawad Foundation (Lebanon)

3. Senator Carles Gasoliba, President of the European League for Economic Cooperation Mediterranean Commission

4. Minister Mohand Laenser, Minister of Agriculture, Mouvement Populaire (Morocco)

Chair: Dr. Wolgang Gerhardt MP, Leader of the FDP Parliamentary Group

11:00-11:15 Coffee Break 10:45-11:10 Press Conference Mrs. Jäätteenmäki, Lord Alderdice, Ms. Munar

11:15-12:45 Session 2: Foreign Policy and Security

1. Mr. Alastair Crooke, former Security Advisor EU Middle East Envoy

2. Mr. Walid Abu Ali, Director, Department for International Relations of the Palestinian Intelligence Service (Palestinian Authority)

3. Mr. Avraham Poraz MK, former Minister of the Interior (Israel)

Chair: Lord Alderdice, President of Liberal International

13:00 Bus departure to lunch venue

13:00-14:30 Lunch at the Baluard Museu

14:30 Bus Departure to conference

15:00-16:30 Session 3: Israel and Palestine

1. Dr. Samir Hazboun, Chairman, Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Palestine Authority)

2. Mr. Rassabi MK, (Israel)

3. Mr. Saed Karajah, Human Rights Lawyer, (Jordan)

Chair: Mr. Hans van Baalen MP, Deputy President of Liberal International

16:00-17:55 ELDR Bureau Meeting (Dalí Room, Ground Floor)

16:30-18.00 Session 4: Human Rights

1. Dr. Hanan Yousef, Professor of International Communication at Ain Shams University (Egypt)

2. Mr. Akram Al Bunni, writer and intellectual (Syria)

3. Prof. Raghid El-Solh, Governor, Centre for Lebanese Studies and co-founder of the project for Democracy Studies in the Arab countries

Chair: Mr. Henning Nielsen, Chair, LI Human Rights Committee

18:00-19:00 Human Rights Committee Meeting

18:00-19:00 Working Group on Resolutions

18:00-19:45 LI Bureau Meeting (Dalí Room, Ground Floor)

20:00 Bus Departure Dinner

20:30- 23:00 Gala Dinner – Bahia Mediterrani

Sunday 6 November 2005

09:00-12:00 Executive Committee Meeting Mrs. Antònia Munar

Mrs. Antònia Munar has been President of Unio Mallorquina since 1992, and chairs the Consell de Mallorca (the Island’s government). She obtained her Ph.D in Law from the University of the Balearic Islands and has, since 1979, been the Mayoress of Costitx. In 1983, Mrs. Munar formed and was then elected President of the Mancomunitat del Palma de Mallorca, an association of municipalities. The same year, she obtained a seat in the Balearic Parliament and was also re-elected for the post four years later. Mrs. Munar was then appointed Regional Minister of Culture, Education, and Sports, a post she held until 1992. Mrs. Munar currently holds a seat in the Balearic Islands Parliament and is married with one child.

Mrs. Anneli Jäätteenmäki

Mrs. Anneli Jäätteenmäki was born on 11 February 1955 in Lapua, Finland. She gradu- ated from the University of Helsinki in 1980 with a major in Law and received the title “Vice Judge” later that same year. Before she was elected to office in the 1987 parlia- mentary elections, she worked as a lawyer, among others in her hometown. She was a Member of Parliament until 2004, when she received the highest number of votes (over 140 000) of all candidates in Finland in the European Parliament elections. During her career, she has had two different portfolios in the Finnish Government, that of Minister of Justice in the Esko Aho cabinet in 1993-94, and in 2003 she became first female Prime Minister of Finland after leading the party to victory in the elections that same year. Jäätteenmäki was leader of Keskusta from 2000-2003 and is cur- rently chairperson of Keskustanaiset, the organisation for women in the party.

Dr. Tayseer Abdel Jaber

Dr. Tayseer Abdel Jaber currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors at the Investment House for Financial Services and Chairman of the Jordan Development Center. He has held several senior positions within the Jordanian Government, the private sector, and regional institutions. Dr. Abdel Jaber was Deputy Chairman of the Jordan Securities Commission from 1997-2004, Minister of Labor and Social Develop- ment from 1984-85, as well as Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Labor, Secretary General of the National Planning Council, Director of the Economic and International Organizations Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Director of the Eco- nomic Research Department of the Central Bank of Jordan. In the private sector, Dr. Abdel Jaber has established and managed his own economic consulting firm, the Arab Consulting Center. He initially worked with the Arab Bank and later acted as Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Jordan Kuwait Bank.

Regionally, Dr. Abdel Jaber has served as United Nations Under-Secretary General and Director of the Economic and Social Commission for West Asia (1989-93). He also worked as an economic expert in the same organization from 1975-76. He has acted as chairman and board member of several Arab and international organisations.

Dr. Abdel Jaber is the founding chairman of the Institute of Management Consultants of Jordan, the founding Secretary General of the Jordanian Economic Association, board member of the World Affairs Council, Secretary General of the Jordanian Busi- nessmen Association, and member of the Georgetown Leadership Seminar.

Dr. Abdel Jaber has written extensively on Jordan’s economy, Arab economic coop- eration, human resource development, and international economic issues. He re- ceived his B.Sc. in Economics from Cairo University in 1963 and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Southern California, Los Angles, in 1968 and 1970.

Mr. Fadi Yarak

Mr. Fadi Yarak is the Director of the René Moawad Foundation, a non-profit and non- governmental organisation whose objectives are to promote the social, economic, and rural development of Lebanon and to contribute to building a responsible civil society that will strengthen national unity and promote democratic values and social justice.

Senator Carles Gasoliba

Mr. Carles Gasoliba was born in Barcelona in 1945. He received his Ph.D. in Econom- ics at the Autonomus University of Barcelona in 1975 and a Master of Arts in Industrial Economics at the University of Sussex. Mr. Gasoliba was Member of Parliament in Spain from 1980-1987 and then Member of the European Parliament from 1987-2004. During this period he was member and liberal spokesman of the Economic and Mon- etary Affairs Commission. He has also been a member of the Industry Commission, Foreign Commerce Commission, Research and Energy Commission, and member of the South America and Mercosur-European Parliament Delegation.

From 1982-2004, Mr. Gasoliba was Secretary General of the Patronat Català Pro Europa (Catalan Delegation in Brussels). He is now a Spanish Senator and President of the Economy and Finance Committee. Gasoliba is also Member of the Congress- Senate Commission with relations with the European Union, President of the Spanish Committee of the European League for Economic Co-operation (E.L.E.C.), and Presi- dent of the Mediterranean Commission of the same organisation. Currently, he is President of the Democracy and Freedom Foundation, the Catalan Group of Liberal International.

Minister Mohand Laenser

Mr. Mohand Laenser was born in Imouzzar Marmoucha in 1942. Holding a high degree from the National School of Administration (ENAP), he has, since 1969, accomplished many functions in the Ministry of Post and Telecommunication. Mr. Laenser was appointed Minister of Post and Telecommunication in 1983 and 1985 and has repre- sented Morocco at many international conferences. Mr. Laenser is Secretary General of the Mouvement Populaire (LI member) and is a member of the Municipal body in Boulemane, Morocco. He is the current Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development, and Sea Fisheries.

Mr. Alastair Crooke

Mr. Alastair Crooke is Director and founding member of Conflicts Forum, a UK-based independent, non-profit, multinational organisation that operates between societies and inside centers of power to help its partners and clients achieve objectives in an increasingly interdependent world. As a former Security Advisor to Javier Solana, Mr. Crooke oversaw production of high-level inter-governmental and non-governmental se- curity assessments on global issues to support high-level governmental, diplomatic, political, military, and security issues. He has taken part in negotiations between all parties in Arab-Israeli and Palestinian-Israeli conflicts and played a role in the negotia- tions to end the Siege of the Church of the Nativity in 2002. He also helped to facilitate the Palestinian cease-fire of 2002 and 2003 and was a member of the Mitchell Com- mittee that enquired into the cause of the Intifada (2000-2001).

As a member of the British diplomatic service, Mr. Crooke was First Secretary at the British Embassy in Islamabad in the 1980s, where he was closely involved in liaising with Afghan leaders and has spent many years in mediation, management, and reso- lution of conflict in Northern Ireland, South Africa, Namibia, Afghanistan, Cambodia, and Colombia. Mr. Crooke also has extensive experience in the co-ordination of hos- tage negotiations. He holds a Masters Degree in Economics and Politics from St. Andrews and has published in foreign affairs journals including Security Dialogue, and has also appeared on the BBC and Al Jazeera.

Mr. Avraham Poraz

Mr. Avraham Poraz was born in Romania in 1945 and immigrated to Israel in 1950. A lawyer by profession, he holds a degree from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Poraz served in the past as Member of the Tel Aviv Municipal Council and Chairman of the City Auditing Committee (1983-1988), Chairman of the Shinui Party Secretariat (1982-83, 1988-90), and head of the project for setting up a second TV channel, cable TV, and regional radio (1984-88).

He has been a member of the Knesset since 1988 and is one of the co-founders of Shinui, LI member party. In the Knesset, he served, among others, on the House Committee; the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee; the Ethics Committee; the Internal Affairs and Environment Committee; the Finance Committee; and served as Chairman of the Economics Committee. In February 2003, Mr Poraz was appointed Minister of the Interior. He left the cabinet when Shinui withdrew its support to the Government late 2004.

Mr. Samir Hazboun

Mr. Samir Hazboun earned his Ph.D in Applied Economics in Prague, Czechoslova- kia in 1983. He was Chairman of the Economics Department at Birzeit University from 1986-1989, and later became Dean of the Faculty of Commerce and Economics at Birzeit until 1993.

From September 1993 to the present, Samir Hazboun has been the Executive Direc- tor for DATA- Research and Consulting Institution in Bethlehem. He is a part time expert with UNCTAD, UNIDO, and HABITAT, the UN Human Settlements Programme, and the ILO. Mr. Hazboun is an expert with the UNESCO Economic Development profile for the Bethlehem District and has previously worked for the World Bank as an expert on the West Bank and Gaza economies. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the Palestine-Israel Journal of Politics, Economics and Culture and a board member of the Palestinian Monetary Authority. In 1993, he won the “Who’s Who in the World” award. Mr. Hazboun has published many studies, monthly publications, and books including: “Industry in the Occupied Territories from 1960-1990” and “Prospects for Possible Integration and Disintegration of the Palestinian Economy in the Future from Israel.” He has also attended and spoken at countless meetings, conferences, and seminars.

Mr. Ehud Rassabi

Mr. Ehud Rassabi was born in Tel Aviv, Israel in 1953 and holds a CPA from Tel Aviv University. He currently lives in Ramat Hasharon and is a member of the Knesset from Shinui- the Secular Movement (LI member). In the Knesset, he is Chairman of the Subcommittee for Taxes and Hi-Tech, and member of the Finance Committee, the Joint Committee for the Defence Budget, and the Parliamentary Inquiry Committee for the Location and Restitution of Property of Holocaust Victims.

Mr. Rassabi has been an active member of Shinui and its executive institutions since 1985 and was involved in various non-profit organisations including “A-aleh Betamar” for preserving the traditions of Yemen Jewry. From 1993-1996, he was Director and Chairman of the Control Commission of the Israeli Coal Company and has, since 1981, been member of the Institute of Certified Accountants in Israel, member of its Tax Committee, and Chairman of the Ethics Committee of the Tel Aviv Region. Mr. Rassabi is also a Tax Assessment clerk for various business enterprises in Judea and Samaria.

Mr. Saed Karajah

Mr. Saed Karajah has been an Attorney at Law since 1984 when he graduated with post-graduate studies from the University of Jordan. He established his own practice, Karajah and Associates Law Firm, in 1996. The firm has numerous areas of practice, including Human Rights, Civil Rights and Women’s Rights. He is on the Board of Trustees for the Jordan River Foundation, a non-profit NGO working to empower indi- viduals and stimulate community development in Jordan. His law firm is a member of the Jordan Information Technology Association. Mr. Karajah is fluent in Arabic and English.

Dr. Hanan Yousef

Dr. Hanan Yousef is a professor in Arab and International Media at the Ain El Shams University in Egypt. She received her Ph.D in 2001 with a dissertation on “News Analysing for Arab Issues in CNN and Euro News”. She is a famous TV moderator, Professor of International Communication at Ain Shams University, member of Liberal Forum Egypt (LFE), and Executive Director of the Arabic Organization for International Cooperation, active in the fields of dialogue of civilisations and human rights.

Mr. Akram Al Bunni

Mr. Akram Al Bunni is a reformer, dissident writer, and intellectual from Syria, born in 1956. He is a freelance writer for Lebanon-based Annahar Daily, London-based Alhayat Daily, and also for Aljazeera.net. Since 2002, he has been working as a member and activist of the administration council of Alatasi Forum, in the committees of Reactive and the Civil Society, and for the Human Rights Association in Syria (HRAS). Dr. Raghid El-Solh

Dr. Raghid El-Solh is a Lebanese political writer and researcher in international and regional relations as well as democracy issues. He holds a Ph.D in Politics and International Relations from the University of Oxford and is currently a Visiting Fellow at the Institute for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at the University of Durham. He is co-Founder and co-Director of the Project for Democratic studies in the Arab Countries and a member of the Governing Board and Research Commit- tees at the Centre for Lebanese Studies at Oxford.

Dr. El-Solh regularly contributes articles to such periodicals as the Dar Al-Hayat (UK) and Al-Khaleej (UAE) and he has published several books. His most notable works are: “Lebanon on the Road to the Future” (1979), “Peaceful Settlement and Arab Unity” (1980), “Britain’s Two Wars with Iraq” (2003), and “Lebanon and Arabism, 1936-1945”. Participants Mediterranean Conference

Name: Country: Party: Position: Mr A Beels ALDE Secretary General Mr G Watson MEP ALDE Leader Parliamentary Group Mr R Albinyana I Saigi Lymec President Mr L Corijn ELDR Secretary General Ms M Cornillet ELDR Communications Officer Mr D Tanahatoe ELDR Political Advisor ELDR Mr E Kirjas IFLRY President Mr J Rasmussen IFLRY Secretary General Mrs J Alemany Roca MP INLW President Mrs S Flury Liechti INLW International Relations Mrs M de Vos Van Steenwijk INLW Secretary General Ms A Hayes LI LI Africa Officer Ms W Huang LI LI Human Rights Officer Ms A Robles LI Office Administrator Ms E Shustik LI LI Americas Officer Mr J Veen LI Secretary General Mr A Crooke Former Security Advisor EU Middle East Mr P Canturri Campos Andorra PLA Secretary General Mr J Minoves-Triquell Andorra PLA Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr P Tomas Soguero Andorra PLA International Relations Mr F Burstin Belgium MR Secretary General Mr F Neyts Belgium VLD Chair Radio Contact Mrs A Neyts-Uyttebroeck MEP Belgium VLD President of ELDR Dr D Chakarov Bulgaria MRF Minister of Environment Mrs N Chitalova Bulgaria MRF MRF Member Ms E Petrova Bulgaria MRF International Relations Ms R Folco MP Canada LP Member of Parliament Mr N Bweya-Nkiama Congo ANADER Foreign Representative Rev O Kongolo Elam Congo ANADER Executive Member Mr E Moanda Kangi Congo ANADER Vice President Mr I Sulbika Congo ANADER Vice President Name: Country: Party: Position: Mr L Bruzon Gibraltar LP Executive Member Dr J Garcia MP Gibraltar LP Leader/Shadow Minister Mrs J Gomez-Burzon Gibraltar LP Member LP Hon S.E. Linares MP Gibraltar LP Secretary General Mr M Eörsi MP Hungary SzDSz Leader ALDE-group CoE Mr J Higgins Ireland PD Secretary General Mr I E Nener Israel Israeli Group Chairman Ms H Gendel-Guterman Israel Shinui Head Economics Committee Mr A Poraz MK Israel Shinui Former Minister of Interior Mr E Rassabi Israel Shinui Member of Knesset Dr T Abdel Jaber Jordan Former Minister Mr S Karajah Jordan Liberal Group Human Rights Lawyer Prof R El-Solh Lebanon Govenor Mr F Yarak Lebanon RM Foundation Director Mr R Penov Macedonia LDP President of LDP Mr M Laenser Morocco MP Minister of Agriculture Mr M Abied Morocco UC Secretary General Mr O Jazouli Morocco UC Mayor of Marrakech Mr A Nihrane Morocco UC Member Political Bureau Mr M Tamaldou Morocco UC Consultation Commission Mrs W Derksen Netherlands D66 Vice President ELDR Dr D Hesseling Netherlands D66 Chair Int. Democratic Initiative Ms E Van de Vijver Netherlands D66 International Officer Mr E Trinthamer Netherlands Dutch Group Secretary General Mr B Eenhoorn Netherlands VVD Treasurer ELDR Mr T Kuperus Netherlands VVD International Board Member Mr H van Baalen MP Netherlands VVD Deputy President LI Mrs T.S. Skei Grande MP Norway Venstre Leader Parliamentary Group Mr W Abu Ali Palestinian A. Department IR Director Dr Samir Hazboun Palestinian A. Chairman Chamber of Commerce Mr A Shishlov Russia Yabloko Member of Yabloko Bureau Mr L Lamine Ba Senegal PDS Minister of Health Mr T Hasanovic Serbia&Montenegro LoS Vice President LoS Mr R Lazarevic Serbia&Montenegro Los President LoS Ms K Gloncáková-Golev Slovakia ANO Vice President ANO Mr E Boto Spain Foro Jovellanos Patron Foro Jovellanos Sr F Ribes Spain Foro Jovellanos Secretary General Senator C A Gasoliba Spain Catalan Group President Ilma C Solsona Piñol Spain Catalan Group Treasurer Women Dept Mr J Soler Spain Catalan Group Executive Vice President Ms N Vilajeliu Spain Catalan Group Secretary Mr P Gonzalo Aguiló Spain UM Member Ms J Alomar Spain UM Member Mr M Barón Spain UM Secretary Parliament Mr J Bestard Spain UM Director of Tourist Information Mr A Borras Spain UM Member of Political Council Mr F Buils Huguet Spain UM Councillor Ms C Cedró Spain UM Director of Economy Mr J.C Carles Chavarría Spain UM Member Mr M Duran i Pastor Spain UM Member Political Council Ms M Estrany Spain UM Director of Youth Mrs R Martin Spain UM International Officer Name: Country: Party: Position: Mr M Morales Spain UM International Board Member Ms J Morey Spain UM Member Ms D Mulet MP Spain UM Councillor of Culture and MP Mrs A Munar MP Spain UM President Majorcan Council Mr B Nadal Spain UM Member Political Council Mr M Oliva Spain UM International Relations Officer Dr M.A. Santandreu Spain UM Doctor in Anthropology Mr M Sedano Spain UM Member Political Council Mr L Rohdin Sweden FL Member Int. Committee Mr O Wåglund Söderström Sweden FL International Officer Mr A Sundberg Switzerland ASC Chair Mr A Al Bunni Syria Liberal Group Writer and intellectual Mr Kamal Labwani Syria LDU Human Rights Activist Ms B Hsiao MP Taiwan DPP MP on Foreign Affairs Ms P Hsu Taiwan DPP International Affairs Mrs C Hsu Taiwan DPP Director Women Development Ms Y Yeh MP Taiwan DPP Director Dept of Women Mr D Griffiths UK British Group LI Treasurer Mr R. Moore UK British Group Vice President LIBG Lord J Alderdice UK Libdems President Liberal International Ms S Bowles UK Libdems Member European Parliament Ms K Hatrick UK Libdems Director International Office Mr G Lishman UK Libdems Chair International Relations Ms S Simmonds UK Libdems Member LIBG