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New Board Members for International Crisis Group
Oslo, 28 April 2008: The International Crisis Group is pleased to announce that 13 new members will join Crisis Group’s Board of Trustees from 1 July 2008, following their election at the Board meeting held in Oslo at the weekend:
Ali Alatas Foreign Minister of Indonesia (1988-1998)
HRH Prince Turki al-Faisal Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the United States of America (2005-2007)
Kofi Annan Secretary-General of the United Nations (1997-2007); Nobel Peace Prize (2001)
Louise Arbour UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (2004-2008); Chief Prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and for Rwanda (1996-1999), Canada
Richard Armitage U.S. Deputy Secretary of State (2001-2005)
Lord (Paddy) Ashdown High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina (2002-2006); Leader of the Liberal Democrats, UK (1988-1999)
Emma Bonino Minister of International Trade and European Affairs, Italy (2006-2008); European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid (1994-1999)
Yegor Gaidar Prime Minister of Russia (1992)
Alexander Kwaśniewski President of Poland (1995-2005)
Moisés Naím Editor-in-chief, Foreign Policy magazine; Minister of Trade and Industry, Venezuela (1989-1990)
Güler Sabancı Chairperson, Sabancı Holding, Turkey
Larry Summers President, Harvard University (2001-2006); U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (1999-2001)
Jessica Tuchman Matthews President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, U.S.
The newly constituted 54-member Board (full list attached) includes 21 members from North and South America, 17 from Western and Eastern Europe, nine from Africa and the Middle East and seven from Asia and Australasia. It meets twice a year.
Crisis Group President Gareth Evans said, “Crisis Group continues to have one of the strongest boards of any non-governmental organisation in the world, and our new members will contribute an even more extraordinary range of expertise and experience.”
Crisis Group, with nearly 140 fu ll-time staff members on five continents, works through field-based analysis and high-level advocacy to prevent and resolve deadly conflict. Its approach is grounded in field research, with teams of political analysts located within or close by countries at risk of outbreak, escalation or recurrence of violent conflict. Based on information and assessments from the field, Crisis Group produces regular analytical reports containing practical recommendations targeted at key international decision-takers.
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INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP BOARD OF TRUSTEES
FROM 1 JULY 2008
Co-Chairs
Lord (Christopher) Patten
Former European Commissioner for External Relations, Governor of Hong Kong and UK Cabinet Minister; Chancellor of Oxford University
Thomas Pickering
Former U.S. Ambassador to the UN, Russia, India, Israel, Jordan, El Salvador and Nigeria; Senior Vice-President, International Relations, Boeing
President & CEO
Gareth Evans
Former Foreign Minister of Australia
Executive Committee
Morton Abramowitz
Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State and Ambassador to Turkey
Emma Bonino* (Vice-Chair)
Former Minister of International Trade and European Affairs, Italy; Former European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid
Cheryl Carolus
Former South African High Commissioner to the UK and Secretary General of the ANC
Maria Livanos Cattaui
Former Secretary-General, International Chamber of Commerce
Yoichi Funabashi
Editor-in-Chief & Columnist, The Asahi Shimbun, Japan
Frank Giustra
Chairman, Endeavour Financial, Canada
Stephen Solarz
Former U.S . Congressman
George Soros
Chairman, Open Society Institute
Pär Stenbäck
Former Foreign Minister of Finland
Other Board Members
Adnan Abu-Odeh
Former Political Adviser to King Abdullah II and to King Hussein, and Jordan Permanent Representative to the UN
Kenneth Adelman
Former U.S. Ambassador and Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
Ali Alatas*
Former Foreign Minister of Indonesia
HRH Prince Turki al-Faisal*
Former Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the United States of America
Kofi Annan*
Former Secretary-General of the United Nations; Nobel Peace Prize (2001)
Louise Arbour*
Former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights; Former Chief Prosecutor for the= 0International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and for Rwanda
Richard Armitage*
Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State
Lord (Paddy) Ashdown*
Former High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina and the European Union Special Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina; Former leader of the Liberal Democrats, UK
Shlomo Ben-Ami
Former Foreign Minister of Israel
Lakhdar Brahimi
Former Special Adviser to the UN Secretary-General and Algerian Foreign Minister
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Former U.S. National Security Advisor to the President
Kim Campbell
Former Prime Minister of Canada; Secretary General, Club of Madrid
Naresh Chandra
Former Indian Cabinet Secretary and Ambassador of India to the U.S.
Joaquim Alberto Chissano
Former President of Mozambique
Wesley Clark
Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander, Europe
Pat Cox
Former President of European Parliament
Uffe Ellemann-Jensen
Former Foreign Minister of Denmark
Mark Eyskens
Former Prime Minister of Belgium
Joschka Fischer
Former Foreign Minister of Germany
Yegor Gaidar*
Former Prime Minister of Russia
Leslie H. Gelb
President Emeritus of Council on Foreign Relations, U.S.
Carla Hills
Former Secretary of Housing and U.S. Trade Representative
Lena Hjelm-Wallén
Former Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Sweden
Swanee Hunt
Chair of Inclusive Security: Women Waging Peace; former U.S. Ambassador to Austria
Anwar Ibrahim
Former Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia
Asma Jahangir
UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions; former Chair Human Rights Commission of Pakistan
James V. Kimsey
Founder and Chairman Emeritus of America Online, Inc.
Wim Kok
Former Prime Minister of the Netherlands
Alexander Kwaśniewski*
Former President of Poland
Ricardo Lagos
Former President of Chile
Joanne Leedom-Ackerman
Novelist and journalist, U.S.
Moisés Naím*
Editor-in-chief, Foreign Policy magazine
Ayo Obe
Chair of Steering Committee of World Movement for Democracy, Nigeria
Christine Ockrent
Journalist and author, France
Victor Pinchuk
Founder of Interpipe Scientific and Industrial Production Group
Samantha Power
Author and Professor, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Fidel V. Ramos
Former President of Philippines
Güler Sabancı*
Chairperson, Sabancı Holding, Turkey
Ghassan Salamé
Former Minister, Lebanon; Professor of International Relations, Paris
Thorvald Stoltenberg
Former Foreign Minister of Norway
Larry Summers*
Former President, Harvard University; Former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury; Former Chief Economist, World Bank
Jessica Tuchman Matthews*
President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Ernesto Zedillo
Former President of Mexico; Director, Yale Center for the Study of Globalization
* New Members July 2008