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Participant List Participant List *Countries in parentheses after the name indicate place of current residence/work. Iman Abdurrachman (Indonesia) Program Director for Himpunan ABIASA, which focuses on prevention and STI services among gay and other MSM in West Java Swami Agnivesh (India) Founder-Chairperson of Bandhua Mukti Morcha (Bonded Labour Liberation Front) Eman Said Ali (Egypt) Senior Trainer with USAID for people living with HIV in the Mina region of Egypt Tina Andriamahefa (Madagascar) Youth advocate member, Youth Coalition for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Dr. Kezevino Aram (India) Director, Shanti Ashram Dr. Hesameddin Ashena (Iran) Head of department of culture and communication at Imam Sadiq University, Tehran, Iran Sheikh Ali Banda (Zambia) Imam of Kuomboka Islamic Centre in Lusaka. He is also Administrator and Representative of the Muslim World League in Zambia, Board Chairperson of INERELA+ (International Network of Religious Leaders Living with or Affected by HIV) Zambia and Board Member of INERELA+. Christoph Benn (Switzerland) (Tuesday morning only) Director of External Relations & Partnerships at the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Rev. Dr. Calvin O Butts, III (United States of America) Pastor of the Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York City and Chairman of the National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS Rev. Canon Gideon Baguma Byamugisha (Uganda) Goodwill Ambassador on HIV and AIDS (Christian Aid, UK), and Chairman, Friends of Canon Gideon Foundation Hassan Cherry (Lebanon) Director, “Think Positive” association Most Ven.Ch.Dambajav (Mongolia) Head Khamba Lama, Dashichoiling monastery and Vice-President of the World Fellowship of Participants - 1 Buddhists Cisse Djiguiba (Ivory Coast) Director General of Radio National Islamic Al Bayane and founding president of FOUNDATION Djigui Great Hope Dr. Hany El Banna (United Kingdom) Founder of Islamic Relief and founder and President of Humanitarian Forum Accompanied by Mostapha Bouchallikht, CEO Islamic Relief Holland Country Rev. Dr. Richard W Fee (Canada) General Secretary, Life and Mission Agency, The Presbyterian Church in Canada; Chair of the Board of Directors, Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance Rev. Aiah Foday-Khabenje (Kenya) General Secretary/CEO, Association of Evangelicals in Africa Mohamed Mostafa Gemea (Egypt) Chairman of “Embracing Islam” of the Office of the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Mr René Grotenhuis (The Netherlands) CEO, Cordaid Ms. Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda (Switzerland) General Secretary, World YWCA Accompanied by Kristin Roaldseth-Moyer, World YWCA Programme Director for Europe Rev. Mark S. Hanson (United States of America) Presiding Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and President of the Lutheran World Federation Mr. Lennarth Hjelmåker (Sweden) HIV/AIDS Ambassador, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Sweden Sr. Jewel (Germany) Dharma Teacher, European Institute of Applied Buddhism Dr. Foruhar (Furi) Khabirpour (Germany) Paediatrician and member of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahà’ís The Honorable Michael Kirby (Australia) Former Justice of the High Court of Australia and serves on the UNAIDS Reference Panel on AIDS and Human Rights Ms. Prudence Mabele (South Africa) Executive Director, Positive Women’s Network The Most Rev. Dr. Thabo Makgoba (South Africa) Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town and Metropolitan of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa Father Sergiy Movsesyan (Belarus) Member of the expert consultative council on HIV/AIDS in the Republic of Belarus, Assistant to Metropolitan Filaret of Minsk and Slitsk (Head of the Belorussian Orthodox Church, which is part of the Russian Orthodox Church) Participants - 2 Right Rev. Julio Murray (Panama) Bishop, Episcopal Diocese of Panama and President, Latin American Council of Churches Thoraya Ahmed Obaid (US) Executive Director, UNFPA Ven. Oeun Sam Art (Cambodia) Personal assistant of H.H. Preah Aggamahasangharajadhipati Tep Vong, The Great Supreme Patriarch of the Kingdom of Cambodia and representative of the Youth Network for Change in Cambodia Bishop Okombo (Kenya) Founder of the Free Christian Assemblies Church The Most Rev. John Onaiyekan (Nigeria) Roman Catholic Archbishop of Abuja Rev. Dra. Ofelia Ortega (Cuba) Pastor of the Presbyterian Reformed Church in Cuba and professor of Theological Ethics and Theology and Gender at the Evangelical Theological Seminary in Matanzas His Holiness Abune Paulos (Ethiopia) Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, Archbishop of Axum, Ichege of the See of St. Tekle Haimanot Accompanied by His Grace Abune Gerima, His Grace Abune Mathias and Mulugeta Bekele Dr. Syeda Sultana Razia (Bangladesh) Executive Committee member and director of the advocacy cell for women’s rights of Masjid Council for Community Advancement (MACCA) Rabbi David Rosen (Israel) Director of Interreligious Affairs of the American Jewish Committee (AJC) and Honorary Advisor on Interreligious Affairs to the Chief Rabbinate of Israel Mohamad Sammak (Lebanon) Author and writer; Secretary General of The Christian-Muslim Committee for Dialogue, the Executive Committee of the Christian-Muslim Arab Group, and The Islamic Spiritual Summit Rev. Patricia A. Sawo (Kenya) Tearfund UK’s HIV & AIDS Ambassador, Director of the Discover To Recover Centre, and a Pastor at the Calvary Celebration Church Gerald Seale (Barbados) General Secretary and CEO, Evangelical Association of the Caribbean; Chair, World Evangelical Alliance’s Task Force on HIV His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar (India) Founder of the Art of Living and the International Association for Human Values Accompanied by Mr. Ewald Poeran, Art of Living Foundation, The Netherlands Rabbi Julie Schonfeld (United States of America) Executive Vice President of the Rabbinical Assembly (RA) Michel Sidibé (Switzerland) Executive Director, UNAIDS Participants - 3 Bhai Sahib (Dr) Mohinder Singh (United Kingdom) Chairman, Guru Nanak Nishkam Sewak Jatha (UK, Kenya, India) and Chairman, British Sikh Consultative Forum Accompanied by Sandeep Singh Virdee Mat Southwell (United Kingdom) Project Manager, International Network of People who Use Drugs (INPUD) Right Rev. Gunnar Stålsett (Norway) Bishop Emeritus of the Church of Norway, Diocese of Oslo; Executive Member of the World Council of Religions for Peace, New York and Moderator of the European Council of Religious Leaders. Accompanied by Ingrid Rosendorf Joys, Head of Communications and Programme Manager, European Council of Religious Leaders Dr. Tarmizi Taher (Indonesia) Former Ambassador to Norway and Minister of Religious Affairs; currently Chairperson of Indonesian Mosque Assembly and President Director of NU – Muhammadiyah Center for Moderate Moslem (CMM). Sister True Virtue (Germany) Dean of practice, European Institute of Applied Buddhism Rev. Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit (Switzerland) General Secretary, World Council of Churches Marijke Wijnroks (The Netherlands) HIV/AIDS Ambassador for The Netherlands Accompanied by Fia van der Klugt, Policy Officer HIV/AIDS, Ministry of Foreign Affairs the Netherlands Vladimir Zhovtyak (Ukraine) Director, All-Ukrainian Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS Resource people: Abdelkader Bacha (UK) Associate Director, Global Alliance Services, International HIV/AIDS Alliance Rachel Carnegie (UK) Archbishop of Canterbury's Secretary for International Development Azza Karam (USA) Senior Culture Advisor, UNFPA Farid Esack (South Africa) Professor in the Study of Islam, University of Johannesburg Sally Smith (Switzerland) Partnerships Advisor, UNAIDS Facilitator: Derek Evans (Canada) Founding executive director of CUSO-VSO and an Associate of the Centre for Dialogue at Simon Fraser University Participants - 4 Rapporteurs: Rev. Christo Greyling, World Vision International (The Netherlands) Ms. Claudia Ahumada, World AIDS Campaign (Canada) Additional Interfaith Steering Committee members present: Anish Dua, The Art of Living (India) J.P. Mokgethi-Heath, INERELA+ (South Africa) Sara Speicher (convenor), Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance (United Kingdom) Geertje van Mensvoort, Cordaid (The Netherlands) Participants - 5 .
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