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Tokyo International Conference on African Development Tokyo, October 19th-21st, 1998
List of Participants

VI. Observers (Countries)

HOLY SEE

  1. H. E. Mgr. Ambrose De PAOLI
    Apostolic Nuntius
  2. Rev. Bernard M. MUNONO
    Official, Pontificial Council of Justice and Peace
  3. Prof. Takaaki YASUOKA
    Executive Director, Social Justice Institute, Sophia University

IRELAND

  1. Ms. Margaret HENNESSY
    Director General, Development Cooperation Division, Department of Foreign Affairs
  2. Mr. Austin GORMLEY
    Deputy Director, Multilateral Section, Development Cooperation Division
  3. Mr. Peter McIvor
    First Secretary, Embassy in Japan

VII. Observers (International Organisation)

Development Assistance Committee (DAC (OECD))

  1. Mr. James H. MICHEL
    Chair
  2. M. Jean-Marc PRADELLE
    Directeur adjoint Club du Sahel

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

  1. Mr. Abdoulaye SAWADOGO
    Assistant Director-General, Agriculture Department (Mrs. Berthe SAWADOGO)
  2. Mr. Teiji TAKAHASHI
    Director, Liaison Office in Japan
  3. Mr. Tetsuji NAKATA
    Project manager, Liaison Office, Japan

International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD)

  1. Mr. John WESTLEY
    Vice President
  2. Mr. Yahia Benyounes BOUARFA
    Director, Africa I Division, Programme Management Department

International Finance Corporation (IFC)

  1. Mr. André CRACCO
    Associate Director, Sub-Saharan Africa Department
  2. Mr. IRIE
    Director, Tokyo Office

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)

  1. Mr. Johan SCHAAR
    Head of Regional Delegation, Kuala Lumpur
  2. Mr. Akira NAKATA
    Director, Development Cooperation Division, International Relations Department, Japanese Red Cross

International Labour Organization (ILO)

  1. Mr. Nobuhiro HAYASAKA
    Director of the ILO Branch Office in Tokyo

International Organisation for Migration (IOM)

  1. Mr. Burgess CARR
    Senior Regional Advisor for Africa and the Middle East
  2. Ms. Y. IDEHARA
    Head of Office in Tokyo

International Trade Centre (ITC)

  1. Mr. M. V. DAGATA
    Director, Division of Technical Cooperation Coordination

Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)

  1. Mr. Ken KWAKU
    Manager, Regional Program, Africa

United Nations AIDS (UNAIDS)

  1. Dr. Peter PIOT
    Executive Director
  2. Dr. Hiroyoshi ENDO
    External Relations Officer, Department of External Relations

United Nations Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD)

  1. Ms. Josefa EDRALIN
    Coordinator, Development Management and Governance Sub-Programme
  2. Dr. Asfaw KUMSSA
    Coordinator, Africa Office in Nairobi, Kenya

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

  1. Mr. KATSUNO
    Principal Officer and Special Coordinator for International Support Measures
  2. Mr. S. KASAHARA
    Division on Globalization and Development Strategies

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

  1. Mr. Takahiko HIRAISHI
    Senior Advisor

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

  1. Mr. P. OBANYA
    Director, Regional Office for Education in Africa
  2. Mr. B. DUVIEUSART
    Director, Bureau for Extra Budgetary Funding

United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

  1. Dr. Nafis SADIK
    Executive Director
  2. Mr. Hirofumi ANDO
    Deputy Executive Director (Policy and Administration)
  3. Ms. Virginia OFOSU-AMAAH
    Director, Africa Division

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

  1. Mrs. Sadako OGATA
    High Commissioner
  2. Mr. Gary TROELLER
    Regional Representative, Office in Japan
  3. Mr. Filippo GRANDI
    Senior Executive Assistant to the High Commissioner

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)

  1. Mr. Sadig RASHEED
    Director, Programme Division
  2. Mr. Manzoor AHMED
    Director of the Tokyo Office
  3. Mr. Jun KUKITA
    Programme Officer, Tokyo Offices

United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)

  1. Mr. Yo MARUNO
    Deputy to the Director-General and Managing Director, Investment Promotion and Institutional Capacity-Building Division
  2. Mr. Akmel AKPA
    Senior Industrial Development Officer, Field Operations and Administration Division

United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)

  1. Mr. Bisrat AKLILU
    Deputy Executive Director
  2. Ms. Mihoko TAMAMURA
    Tokyo Liaison Office

United Nations University (UNU)

  1. Prof. J. A. van GINKEL
    Rector
  2. Dr. Uzo MOKWUNYE
    Director, UNU/INRA
  3. Mr. Julius Court
    Programme Coordinator
  4. Prof. Delphin RWEGASIRA
    Executive Director, African Economic Research Consortium (AERC)

United Nations Volunteers (UNV)

  1. Ms. Sharon CAPELING-ALAKIJA
    Executive Coordinator
  2. Mr. Joseph BYLL-Cataria
    Chief, Africa Section
  3. Ms. Setsuko YAMAZAKI
    Chief, Asia/Pacific/Europe/CIS Section

World Food Programme (WFP)

  1. Mr. Tesema NEGASH
    Deputy Regional Director for Africa

World Health Organization (WHO)

  1. Dr. Olive SHISANA
    Executive Director, Family and Health Services
  2. Mr. Jens A. JORGENSEN
    External Relations Officer, Division of Interagency Affairs

World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

  1. Mr. Ibrahima THIAM
    Director, Cooperation for Development Bureau for Africa
  2. Mr. Khamis SUEDI
    Director, Office of Strategic Planning and Policy Development

World Trade Organization (WTO)

  1. Mr. Chiedu OSAKWE
    Counsellor, Development Division

Convention to Combat Desertification

  1. Mr. Hama Arba DIALLO
    Executive Secretary
  2. Mr. Masanori KOBAYASHI
    Programme Officer

North-South Centre of the Council of Europe

  1. Mr. Kazuo TAKAHASHI
    Director, International Development Research Institute of FASID
  2. Mr. David GAKUNZI
    Director, Martin Luther King Center

VIII. Observers (Regional Organisations)

Common Market Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)

  1. Mr. Erastus J. O. MWENCHA
    Secretary General
  2. Mr. Martin OGANG
    President of the PTA Bank
  3. Mr. Wila MUNG'OMBA
    Advisor of the PTA Bank
  4. Mrs. Tidenekialesh ASFAW
    Senior Programme Analyst

Organisation pour l'Harmonisation en Afrique du Droit des affaires (OHADA)

  1. Mr. Aregba POLO
    Permanent Secretary
  2. Mr. Seydou BA
    President of the Common Court of Justice and Arbitration

Southern African Development Community (SADC)

  1. Dr. Prega RAMSAMY
    Deputy Executive Secretary

West Africa Rice Development Association (WARDA)

  1. Dr. Monty P. JONES
    Chef de Programme riz pluvial

IX. Observers (NGOs)

African Center for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD)

  1. Mr. Vasu GOUDEN
    Executive Director

The African Forum and network on Debt and Development (AFRODAD)

  1. Mr. Choolwe BEYANI
    Research Coordinator

Africa Village Academy (AVA)

  1. Ms. Kibre DAWIT
    Executive Director

INADES-Formation

  1. Mr. René SEGBENOU
    Directeur Général

Confederation of Environment and Development NGOs of Central Africa (CONGAC)

  1. Mrs. Jacqueline NKOYOK
    Secrétaire Executif

Environnement et Developpement du Tiere Monde (ENDA-TM)

  1. Mr. Youba SOKONA
    Deputy Executive Secretary

Forum of African Voluntary Development Organizations (FAVDO)

  1. Mr. Mazide NDIAYE
    President

Groupe d'Etudes et de Recherche sur Democratie et le Développement Economique et Social en Afrique (GERDESS)

  1. Me. Sadikou Ayo ALAO
    Président Fondateur

Organisation of African Trade Union Unity (OATUU)

  1. Mr. Hassan A. SUNMONU
    Secretary General

Organization of Rural Associations for Progress (ORAP)

  1. Mr. Livion A. NJINI
    Programme Coordinator

African Village Academy (AVA)

  1. Mr. Kibre DAWIT

Partnership Africa Canada

  1. Mr. Akouété AKAKPO-VIDAH
    President

Action for Greening for Sahel (AGS)

  1. Mr. Takuya SUGAWARA

Africa Japan Forum (AJF)

  1. Ms. Yoko OZEKI

Africa Reconciliation Committee (ARC)

  1. Mr. Nobuhiko SUTO

Africa Society of Japan (ASJ)

  1. Ms. Chie FUJI

Association of Support for People in West Africa (SUPA)

  1. Mr. Shinji NOZAWA

Japan International Volunteer Center (JVC)

  1. Mr. Kazuhito SUGA

Japanese Organization for International Cooperation in Family Planning (JOICFP)

  1. Ms. Ryoko NISHIDA

Karamosia

  1. Ms. Michiko ITO

Plan International, Japan

  1. Ms. Yumiko KANEMITSU

Sasagawa Africa Society (ASA)

  1. Ms. Michio ITO

Women's Action Against FGM, Japan

  1. Yumiko JANSSON-YANAGISAWA

X. Observers (Japanese Organisations)

The Export-Import Bank of Japan

  1. Mr. Kazushige ISOBUCHI
    Loan Officer, Division 2 of Loan Department II
  2. Mr. Satoshi MIKITA
    Loan Officer, Division 2 of Loan Department II

Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO)

  1. Mr. Madoka ONISHI
    Director, Middle East and African Division, Overseas Research Department
  2. Mr. Koji MUTO
    Special Coordinator, Planning and Coordination Department

Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)

  1. Mr. Masamitsu HIROUMI
    Senior Vice-President
  2. Mr. Hisao AZUMA
    Senior Vice-President

International Development Center of Japan (IDCJ)

  1. Mr. Ryo SASAKI
    Researcher

The Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund (OECF)

  1. Mr. Shuhei SEYAMA
    Managing Director, Operations Department III
  2. Mr. Satoshi IIJIMA
    Director, 3rd Division, Operations Department III

XI. Observers (Others)

Crown Agents

  1. Mr. Mark HUGHES
    Regional Director, Africa
  2. Mr. Stephan BRADY
    Japanese Representative

Foundation for Advanced Studies on International Development (FASID)

  1. Mr. Yukio SUGANO
    Executive Director
  2. Mr. Kazuo TAKAHASHI
    Director, International Development Research Institute (IDRI)

International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)

  1. Mr. Masaki GOKA
    Secretary General, ICC Japan
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