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Finland HLS --- List of Confirmed Participants (28 May 2010) 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 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