REGIONAL ROUNDTABLE FOR AFRICA
Cairo, 25-27 June, 2001
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
No. |
Name |
Country |
Background |
1 |
Dr. Mostafa Tolba Chairman |
Egypt |
President of International Center for Environment and Development (ICED), Chairman of the fifth session of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development, former Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). |
| 2 | Mr. Kwasi Abeasi |
Ghana |
Director-General of Private Enterprise Foundation, former Managing Director of Ghana Oil Co. Ltd. |
3 |
Dr. Ismail Sabry Abdalla |
Egypt |
Former Minister of Planning, Chairman of Third World Forum |
4 |
Prof. Adebayo Adedeji |
Nigeria |
Executive Director, African Center for Development and Strategic Studies, former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations, former Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, former Federal Minister for Economic Development and Reconstruction. |
5 |
Mr. Francis Antonio |
Malawi |
General Secretary of the Malawi Congress of Trade Unions (MCTU) |
6 |
Dr. Hassan Osman Abdel Nour |
Sudan |
Former Minister of Agriculture, International Forestry Consultant |
7 |
Prof. Adel Bishay |
Egypt |
Professor of Economics, American University, Cairo. |
8 |
Ms. Mary Chinery-Hesse |
Ghana |
Former Deputy Director-General of International Labour Organization (ILO), former UNDP Resident Representative. |
9 |
H.E. Bakary Dabo |
Gambia |
Former Vice President, former Minister of Finance |
10 |
Prof. Mohamed El Kassas |
Egypt |
Professor at Cairo University, former President of the World Conservation Union (IUCN) |
11 |
Mr. Mersie Ejigu |
Ethiopia |
Founder, President & Chief Executive Officer of Partnership for African Environmental Sustainability (PAES), former Assistant Director-General of (IUCN), former Minister of Agriculture and Natural Resources, former Minister of Planning and Development |
12 |
Adm. Lamine Fadika |
Cote d'Ivoire |
Vice President of the National Assembly of Cote d'Ivoire. Former Minister: Marine; International Transport and Ports; Environment; Mines; Petroleum Resources. |
13 |
Dr. Abdel Aziz Hegazy |
Egypt |
Former Prime Minister, former Deputy Prime Minister for Economy and Foreign Trade, former Visiting Professor of Cairo University, former Dean of Faculty of Commerce, Ain Shams University. |
14 |
Dr. Calestous Juma |
Kenya |
Director of Science, Technology and Innovation Program, Center for International Development of Harvard University. Former Executive Secretary of Convention on Biological Diversity, founding Executive Director, African Center for Technology Studies, Member of the Board of Directors of the World Resources Institute. Fellow of the World Academy of Arts and Sciences. |
15 |
Mr. Djamel-Eddine Khene |
Algeria |
Vice-President Exploration & Production, SONATRACH |
16 |
Dr. Wangari Maathai |
Kenya |
Founder, Greenbelt Movement, Kenya. former Chairman of the National Council of Women of Kenya, former Chair of the Department of Veterinary Anatomy of Nairobi University. |
17 |
Hon. Amos Masondo |
South Africa |
Executive Mayor of Johannesburg. |
18 |
Mr. Patrice Motsepe |
South Africa |
Chairman, African Rainbow Minerals, Vice President/Chamber of Mines |
19 |
Ms. Gertrude Mongela |
Tanzania |
President of Advocacy for Women in Africa (AWA), Secretary-General of Beijing World Conference on Women, MP |
20 |
Mr. Babacar N'diaye |
Senegal |
Honorary President of the African Development Bank, Ambassador-at-large |
21 |
Mr. Robert N'Dow |
Mali |
Former Minister of Natural Resources, former Assistant Director General of Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). |
22 |
Prof. G.O.P. Obasi |
Nigeria |
Director General of World Meteorological Organization (WMO)- (in his personal capacity); Vice President, Third World Academy of Sciences |
23 |
Ms. Elizabeth Ntaenga Ngatchou Tankeu |
Cameroon |
Former Minister of Planning and Territorial Management. |
24 |
Prof. Iba Der Thiam |
Senegal |
Former Member of the Executive Council of UNESCO, former Minister of National Education and Higher Education. |
25 |
Amb. Anatole G. Tiendrebeogo |
Burkina Faso |
Former Assistant Secretary-General of the Organization for African Unity (OAU), former Minister of Environment and Tourism |
26 |
Hon. Joseph Warioba |
Tanzania |
Former Prime Minister |