Finland HLS --- List of confirmed participants (28 May 2010) # Group Region Country/Entity Position First Name Last Name Title MEMBER STATES Director of Coordination and Effectiveness of Public Development Aid, 1 South Africa Burkina Faso Department of Cooperation, Ministry of Economy and Finance Justin Hien Mr. Kanene 2 South Africa DRC Director, Ministry of Planning Théo Mukwanga Mr. 3 South Africa Ghana Government Statistician, Ghana Statistical Service Grace Bediako Ms. 4 South Africa Kenya Chairperson, National Commission on Gender and Development Regina Mwatha Dr. 5 South Africa Kenya Deputy Chief Economist, Ministry of Finance Bernard Masiga Mr. 6 South Africa Malawi Director for Debt and Aid, Ministry of Finance Peter Kelvin Simbani Mr. 7 South Africa Mali Coordinator, Technical Pool of Technical and Financial Partners Pierre Amadou Nébié Mr. 8 South Africa Sudan Director General, Ministry of International Cooperation Mekki Osman Mr. Minister Plenipotentiary at the Permanent Mission of the United Republic of 9 South Africa Tanzania Tanzania to the United Nations in New York Modest J. Mero H.E. 10 South Africa Tanzania Assistant Commissioner, Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs Philipina Malisa Ms. Senior Economist, Aid Coordination, Ministry of Finance and Economic 11 South Africa Tanzania Affairs Adrian Njau Mr. 12 South Africa Uganda Permanent Secretary, Office of the Prime Minister Pius Bigirimana Mr. Head of European Relations Division, Ministry of Planning and International 13 South Arab States Jordan Cooperation Ahmad Al Hawyan Mr. 14 South Asia Pacific Afghanistan Deputy Minister of Finance Mustafa Mastoor H.E. Joint Secretary (Coordination), Economic Relations Division, Ministry of 15 South Asia Pacific Bangladesh Finance Bijon Kumar Baishya Mr. First Secretary, Permanent Mission of China to the United Nations in New 16 South Asia Pacific China York Changfeng Shao Mr. 17 South Asia Pacific East Timor Minister of Finance Emilia Pires H.E. 18 South Asia Pacific East Timor Executive Assistant of the Minister Balbina Soares Ms. 19 Asia Pacific Indonesia Embassy of Indonesia Rumondang Sumartiani Ms. 20 South Asia Pacific Mauritius Director, Ministry of Finance and Economic Development Vishnu Dutt Bassant Mr. Permanent Representative and Ambassador of Nepal to the United Nations 21 South Asia Pacific Nepal in New York Gyan Chandra Acharya H.E. Joint Secretary (UN), Economic Affairs Division, Ministry of Economic Affairs 22 South Asia Pacific Pakistan and Statistics Muhammad Asif Mr. Director of Development Policy Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and 23 Others Asia Pacific Republic of Korea Trade Hoon Min Lim Mr. Vice President, Turkish International Cooperation and Development Agency 24 Others Asia Pacific Turkey (TIKA) Mustafa Sahin Dr. Director-General for Development Cooperation, Federal Ministry for Freudenschuss- 25 Others EU/JUSCANZ Austria European and International Affairs Irene Reichl Dr. Advisor General, Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs and Development 26 Others EU/JUSCANZ Belgium Cooperation Christian Panneels Mr. Director, International Strategy and Donor Relations, Canada International 27 Others EU/JUSCANZ Canada Development Agency Ioanna Sahas Martin Ms. 28 Others EU/JUSCANZ Denmark Ambassador of Denmark to Finland Jens-Otto Horslund H.E. 29 Others EU/JUSCANZ Denmark Deputy Head of Department Ole Fester Jørgensen Mr. 30 Others EU/JUSCANZ Estonia Desk Officer, Estonian Embassy in Finland Kristi Karelsohn Ms. 31 Others EU/JUSCANZ Estonia Ambassador, Estonian Embassy in Finland Merle Pajula H.E. (Ms.) 32 Others EU/JUSCANZ Estonia Desk Officer, Development Cooperation Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Liis Lipre Ms. 33 Others EU/JUSCANZ Finland Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Paavo Väyrynen Dr. Under-Secretary of State for Development Policy and Development 34 Others EU/JUSCANZ Finland Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ritva Koukku-Ronde Ms. 35 Others EU/JUSCANZ Finland Director General, Ministry for Foreign Affairs Jorma Julin Mr. Deputy Director General, Departement for Development Policy, Ministry for 36 Others EU/JUSCANZ Finland Foreign Affairs Pasi Hellman Mr. Deputy Director General, Department for Africa and the Midle East, Ministry 37 Others EU/JUSCANZ Finland for Foreign Affairs Heikki Tuunanen 38 Others EU/JUSCANZ Finland Mint of Finland Ltd, Board of Wärtsilä Maarit Aarni-Sirniö Ms. 39 Others EU/JUSCANZ Finland Director, Unit for UN Development Issues, Ministry for Foreign Affairs Tarja Reponen Ms. 40 Others EU/JUSCANZ Finland Director, Unit for Humanitarian Assistance, Ministry for Foreign Affairs Ulla-Maija Finskas Ms. 41 Others EU/JUSCANZ Finland Director, Unit for Sectoral Policy, Ministry for Foreign Affairs Pertti Anttinen Mr. Director, Unit for International Enviromental Policy, Ministry for Foreign 42 Others EU/JUSCANZ Finland Affairs Tiina Jortikka-Laitinen Ms. Director, Unit for Non-Governmental Organizations,Ministry for Foreign 43 Others EU/JUSCANZ Finland Affairs Okko-Pekka Salmimies Mr. Director, Unit for Development Financing Institutions, Ministry for Foreign 44 Others EU/JUSCANZ Finland Affairs Satu Santala Ms. From- 45 Others EU/JUSCANZ Finland Director, Unit for Human Rights Policy, Ministry for Foreign Affairs Sofia Emmesberger Ms. Head of Development Communications Group, Unit for Communications, 46 Others EU/JUSCANZ Finland Ministry for Foreign Affairs Seija Kinni-Huttunen Ms. Deputy Director, Unit for UN Development Issues, Ministry for Foreign 47 Others EU/JUSCANZ Finland Affairs Jarl-Håkan Rosengren Mr. 48 Others EU/JUSCANZ Finland Minister Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Finland to the United Nations Erik Lundberg Mr. 49 Others EU/JUSCANZ Finland Adviser for Gender Issues, Ministry for Foreign Affairs Paivi Kannisto Ms. Yli-Vakkuri- 50 Others EU/JUSCANZ Finland Unit for Sectoral Policy, Ministry for Foreign Affairs Leena Gardemeisterr Ms. Counsellor, Unit for EU Enlargement, Western Balkans, Ministry for Foreign 51 Others EU/JUSCANZ Finland Affairs Martti Eirola Mr. Commercial Secretary, Unit for the EU's Trade Policy, Ministry for Foreign 52 Others EU/JUSCANZ Finland Affairs Antti Piispanen Mr. Counsellor, Unit for General Development Planning, Ministry for Foreign Suomela- 53 Others EU/JUSCANZ Finland Affairs Pirjo Chowdhury Ms. Counsellor, Unit for General Development Planning, Ministry for Foreign 54 Others EU/JUSCANZ Finland Affairs Kristiina Kuvaja Ms. 55 Others EU/JUSCANZ Finland Ambassador, Minister for Foreign Affairs Matti Kääriäinen H.E. 56 Others EU/JUSCANZ Finland Ambassador, UNSC Campaign Task Force Kari Kahiluoto H.E. 57 Others EU/JUSCANZ Finland Ambassador, Ministry for Foreign Affairs Ilari Rantakari H.E. 58 Others EU/JUSCANZ Finland Ambassador, Ministry for Foreign Affairs Matti Kääriäinen H.E. 59 Others EU/JUSCANZ Finland Ministry for Foreign Affairs Seija Kinni-Huttunen Ms. 60 Others EU/JUSCANZ Finland Secretary, Ministry for Foreign Affairs Susanna Kytösaho Ms. 61 Others EU/JUSCANZ Finland Trainee, Ministry for Foreign Affairs Nia Englund Ms. 62 Others EU/JUSCANZ Finland Trainee, Ministry for Foreign Affairs Katariina Lindsten Ms. 63 Others EU/JUSCANZ Finland Adviser for Gender Issues, Ministry for Foreign Affairs Paivi Kannisto Ms. Senior Advisor, Federal Ministry 64 Others EU/JUSCANZ Germany for Economic Development and Cooperation Herbert Reufels Dr. 65 Others EU/JUSCANZ Hungary Diplomat, Counsellor, Hungarian Embassy Gyorgy Odze Mr. Deputy Head of Department, Department of International Organizations and 66 Others EU/JUSCANZ Hungary Human Rights, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Veronika Lakatos Ms. 67 Others EU/JUSCANZ Ireland Senior Development Specialist, Department of Foreign Affairs Paul Sherlock Mr. Deputy Head, Office I, Directorate General for Development Cooperation, Francesco 68 Others EU/JUSCANZ Italy Ministry of Foreign Affairs Paolo Cannito Mr. 69 Others EU/JUSCANZ Italy Senior Expert, Multilateral Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Loredana Magni Ms. 70 Others EU/JUSCANZ Japan Second Secretary, Embassy of Japan in Finland Chisato Kondo Ms. 71 Others EU/JUSCANZ Netherlands Deputy Director, Coherence Unit, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Frederik Haver Droeze Mr. 72 Others EU/JUSCANZ Norway First Secretary, Embassy of Norway in Finland Vilde Høvik Røberg Ms. 73 Others EU/JUSCANZ Slovenia Attache, Embassy of Slovenia in Helsinki Martina Silver Ms. 74 Others EU/JUSCANZ Slovenia Ambassador of Slovenia to Finland Tone Kajzer H.E. 75 Others EU/JUSCANZ Slovakia Ambassador of Slovakia to Finland Juraj Podhorsky H.E. 76 Others EU/JUSCANZ Slovakia Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Slovakia Andrej Tabacik Mr. 77 Others EU/JUSCANZ Spain Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Spain, Helsinki Ignacio Escobar Guerrero Mr. Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, Senior Advisor/ 78 Others EU/JUSCANZ Switzerland Coordinator, WP-EFF Cluster A on Ownership & Accountability Philippe Besson Mr. Aid Effectiveness Adviser, Aid Effectiveness and Accountability Department, 79 Others EU/JUSCANZ United Kingdom Department for International Development (DFID) Joanna Perrens Ms. Senior Economist in the Bureau for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Katherine 80 Others EU/JUSCANZ United States Affairs, Office of Development Finance (Kemy) Monahan Ms. 81 Others Europe CIS Russian Federation Head of Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Victor Zagrekov Mr. Coordinator for Multilateral Affairs and Policy, Department of International 82 South Latin America Colombia Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Raul Esteban Sanchez Nino Mr. 83 South Latin America Dominican Republic Second Secretary, Embassy of the Dominican Republic in Sweden Valentin Ciriaco Vargas Mr. Javier Eduardo 84 South Latin America Peru Principal Advisor, Agencia Peruana de Cooperación Internacional (APCI) Carlos De Cossio De Asin Mr. MULTILATERAL AND REGIONAL GROUPS 85 UN ECOSOC President Hamidon Ali H.E. 86 UN UNDESA Under-Secretary General Zukang Sha Mr. 87 UN UNDESA Director, Office for ECOSOC Support and Coordination Nikhil Seth Mr. Acting Director DEV.A-EU Development Policy:Horizontal Issues, DG 88 EC Development and Relations with African, Caribbean and Pacific States Francoise Moreau Ms. 89 NEPAD Coordinator: Capacity Development Florence Nazare Ms. 90 NEPAD Coordinator: Partnerships and External Relations Bankole Adeoye Mr. 91 Inter-AmericanIslamic Development Development Bank (IsDB) Bank Database Management Expert Aamir Mir Mr. 92 (IADB) General Manager, Inter-American Development Bank Luis Estanislao Echebarria Mr. International Organization for Migration 93 (IOM) Regional Project Development and Donor Liaison Officer Eduardo Charpentier Mr. International Organization for Migration 94 (IOM) Project Developer Mirkka Mattila Ms. 95 OECD-DAC Director, Development Cooperation Directorate Jon Lomøy Mr. 96 OECD-DAC Head of Aid Effectiveness Division Brenda Killen Ms. 97 OECD-DAC Gendernet Patti O'Neill Ms. 98 OECD-DAC Policy Advisor, Aid Effectiveness Eduardo Gonzalez Mr. 99 UN ILO Chief a.i. Development Cooperation Teresa Prada Mantilla Ms. 100 UN ILO Assistant Director, Policy Integration Department Alice Ouédraogo Ms. 101 UN IMF Special Representative to the United Nations in New York Elliott Harris Mr. 102 UN UNOP Executive Director Amir Dossal Mr. 103 UN UNCTAD Secretary-General Supachai Panitchpakdi Dr. 104 UN UNDP BDP/CDG Senior Policy Advisor Daša Šilović Ms. 105 UN UNDP Chief, Division for Policy, Special Unit South-South Cooperation Cosmas Gitta Mr. 106 UN UNDP Asia Pacific Regional Centre Governance and Aid Effectiveness Adviser Thomas Beloe Mr. 107 UN UNDP Finland Communications and Liaison Officer Johanna Liukkonen Ms. 108 UN UNDP Finland Communications Assistant Veera Haapaniemi Ms. 109 UN UNDP Finland Communications Assistant Pauliina Raty Ms. 110 UN UNECE Executive Secretary Ján Kubiš Mr. 111 UN UNIFEM Deputy Executive Director Joanne Sandler Ms. 112 UN UNIFEM UNIFEM Finland Elina Multanen Ms. 113 UN UNDESA Special Assistant to the Under-Secretary-General Jian Tan Mr. 114 UN UNDESA Chief, Development Cooperation Policy Branch Marion Barthelemy Ms. 115 UN UNDESA Development Cooperation Policy Branch Madhushree Chatterjee Ms. 116 UN UNDESA Development Cooperation Policy Branch Thomas Boehler Mr. 117 UN UNDESA Former DESA intern Emilia Autio Ms. NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS AND ACADEMIA 118 NGO ActionAid International Deputy Secretary General, ActionAid Italy Luca De Fraia Mr. 119 NGO Arab Foundations Forum Chairman Marwan Awartani Dr. 120 NGO Arab Nations' Friendship Association Teija Vaissi Mr. 121 NGO Asia-Europe People's Forum Finland Coordinator Kalle Sysikaski Mr. 122 NGO ATTAC Finland Anita Kelles-Viitanen 123 NGO AWID Advocacy Associate Anne Elisabeth Schoenstein Ms. CIVICUS World Alliance for Citizen 124 NGO Participation Secretary-General Ingrid Srinath Ms. 125 NGO Development Finance International Director Matthew Martin Mr. 126 NGO Eurodad Advocacy Officer Nora Honkaniemi Ms. 127 NGO Finn Church Aid Adviser, Socio-Cultural Rights Eva-Marita Rinne-Koistinen Ms. 128 Academia German Development Institute Researcher: Department I: Bi- and Multilateral Development Cooperation Silke Weinlich Ms. 129 NGO IBON Foundation, Inc International Director Antonio Jr. Tujan Mr. Kehys - Finnish NGDO Platform to the 130 NGO EU Secretary-General Rilli Lappalainen Mr. KEPA - Service Centre for Development 131 NGO Cooperation Development Policy Secretary Niina Pitkanen Ms. KEPA - Service Centre for Development 132 NGO Cooperation Director of National KEPA Platform Timo Lappalainen Mr. 133 NGO LDC Watch International Coordinator Arjun Karki Mr. Academia 134 Foundation Novartis Foundation President Klaus M. Leisinger Prof. 135 NGO Plan International Human Rights Adviser Ruth Santisteban Ms. 136 NGO Plan International Gender and Development Adviser Juan Munive Mr. 137 NGO Publish What You Fund Director Karin Christiansen Ms. SASK - Trade Union Solidarity Centre of 138 NGO Finland Programme Manager Janne Ronkainen Mr. 139 NGO Social Watch Advocacy Coordinator Natalia Cardona Sanchez Ms. 140 NGO Uganda National NGO Forum Executive Director Richard Ssewakiryanga Mr. 141 Academia UNU-WIDER Chief Economist, Deputy Director Tony Addison Mr. 142 Academia UNU-WIDER Research Fellow Amelia U. Santos-Paulino Ms. 143 NGO World Vision Finland Sami Lahdensuo Mr. 144 Academia Consultant Paul Isenman Mr. MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT 145 MP Africa National Assembly of Angola Parliamentary staff of the Republic of Angola National Assembly Pedro Simba Mr. 146 MP Africa National Assembly of Angola Member of 5th Comission of the Republic of Angola - National Assembly Domingos Mate Hon. National Assembly of the Kingdom of 147 MP Asia Pacific Cambodia Member of Parliament Saumura Tioulong Hon. Fernando Elisio Leboucher 148 MP Africa National Assembly of Cape Verde Deputy, Parliamentary Leader Freire De Andrade Hon. 149 MP Africa Parliament of Ghana Member of Parliament Francis Kojo Arthur Hon. 150 Others EU/JUSCANZ Parliament of Finland Member of Parliament, Vice-Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee Markku Laukkanen Hon. 151 Others EU/JUSCANZ Parliament of Finland Member of Parliament, Substitute Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee Krista Kiuru Hon. 152 Others EU/JUSCANZ Parliament of Finland Member of Parliament, Chair of Finland UN Assosiation Antti Kaikkonen Hon. 153 Others EU/JUSCANZ Parliament of Finland Chairperson, Development Policy Committee Nina Suomalainen Hon. The House of Representatives of the Member of Parliament, Vice Chairperson of the Committee for Inter- 154 MP Asia Pacific Republic of Indonesia Parliamentary Cooperation Nurhayati Ali Assegaf Hon. 156 MP EU/JUSCANZ Parliament of Italy Senator Barbara Contini Hon. House of Representatives of the 157 MP EU/JUSCANZ Netherlands Member of Parliament Kathleen Ferrier Hon. Muhammad 158 MP Asia Pacific Senate of Pakistan Senator Kazim Khan Hon. 159 MP Asia Pacific Senate of Pakistan Joint Secretary Mehboob Ali Hon. 160 MP EU/JUSCANZ Parliament of Sweden Member of Parliament Holger Gustaffson Hon. Parliament of the United Republic of 161 MP Africa Tanzania Member of Parliament Kilontsi Mporogomyi Hon. 162 MP Africa National Assembly of Zambia Member of Parliament, National Assembly of Zambia Given Lubinda Hon. 24 MP Africa Parliament of Zimbabwe Member of Parliament Willias Madzimure Hon. 163 MP EU/JUSCANZ Inter-Parliamentary Union IPU Senior Programme Officer Mari Sandstrom Ms. 164 MP EU/JUSCANZ Inter-Parliamentary Union IPU Liaison Officer to the United Nations Alessandro Motter Mr. LOCAL GOVERNMENTS Local 165 Government Latin America Argentina Mayor of La Falda Marcos Sestopal Mr. Local Advisor, Catalan Agency for Development Cooperation, Government of 166 Government EU/JUSCANZ Spain Catalonia Francisco Javier Martí Mr. Local 167 Government UCLG Director of Statutory Issues and International Relations Emilia Saiz Ms.