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 Mayor Jozias Johannes van Aartsen was born on 25 December 1947 in The Hague. He studied law at the Vrije Universiteit and was the personal secretary of the VVD (Dutch Liberal Party) party faction leader in the Dutch Lower House of Parliament (Tweede Kamer) from 1971 to 1974. Thereafter he became director of the Telders Foundation, the scholarly think-tank of the VVD. In 1979 he joined the Ministry of the Interior as Chef de Bureau of the Secretary General. From 1983 to 1985 he was Deputy Secretary General there and from 1985 to 1994 Secretary General himself at the Ministry of Interior. Thereafter he became a member of parliament and served as Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Fisheries (1994-1998) and Minister of Foreign Affairs (1998-2002). In 2002 he again became a member of parliament, where he served as faction chairman of the VVD party from 2003 to 2006. He stepped down after his party showed a disappointing return in the municipal elections. In 2006 Van Aartsen took a job with the European Commission as coordinator of a European Union project to lay a gas pipeline from Azerbaijan to Austria.On 27 March 2008 he was installed as Mayor of The Hague. Jozias van Aartsen is married and has three sons.
Jennifer Allen Simons (Canada) THE SIMONS FOUNDATION is a private charitable foundation based in Vancouver, Canada, with a clear mission focused on nuclear disarmament, human security and international law. The Foundation is actively engaged in promoting positive change through education in peace, disarmament, international law, and human rights, and also supports the local arts and cultural community in Vancouver. Led by Dr. Jennifer Allen Simons, an award winning educator, nuclear disarmament expert, thought leader and policy advisor, the Foundation has worked behind the scenes on most of the major international peace initiatives of our day - providing critical financial support, convening international leaders in policy dialogue, and driving academic research. The Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission, The Responsibility to Protect Doctrine, the Geneva Space Security Conferences, Nuclear Weapons Non-Proliferation negotiations, and Strengthening Genocide Prevention at the UN are just a few of the international initiatives that have benefited from The Simons Foundation’s strategic philanthropic approach. The Simons Foundation has demonstrated that with a clear mission focused on human security, international law and nuclear disarmament, a well-connected and educated leadership and a strong financial base it is possible for a small organization to have a significant global impact.
Sergey Batsanov is a long-time practitioner and scholar in the field of international security, arms limitation and non-proliferation. From 1976 till 1989 he worked on the whole range of arms control and disarmament issues in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the USSR; then, in 1989-1993 was the Soviet, then Russian Ambassador to the Conference on Disarmament. Chairman of the Ad-Hoc Committee on Chemical Weapons in the penultimate year of negotiations on the CWC, and the Chair of the Final Drafting Group during the last year of negotiations in 1992. During 1993 -2004 worked in the Hague in the OPCW PrepCom, and then in the OPCW, as the Director for Special Projects, dealing, among other things, with the issues of compliance and implementation support. Participated in several NPT, as well as BWC and Sea-bed Treaty Review Conferences. Since 2005 he is the Director of the Geneva Office of Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affaires. He is also a member of the International Advisory Board of the Geneva Center for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF).
General Sir Hugh Beach GBE, KCB, MC (born 20 May 1923) is a British soldier who, in retirement, researches and advises on defence policy, arms control and disarmament, with an active interest in promoting concerns about ethical issues of peace and war.
He joined the Corps of Royal Engineers in August 1941. He saw active service in France, 1944 and in Java, 1946. During the 1960s he commanded an engineer regiment and an infantry brigade, both at Osnabrück in Germany. He was director of army staff duties at the Ministry of Defence, 1971-3, commandant of the Army Staff College at Camberley in 1974-5, deputy commander-in-chief of United Kingdom Land Forces, 1976-77, and Master General of the Ordnance (Army Board member for Procurement) 1977-81.
Retiring from the army in 1981, he served as warden of St. George's House, Windsor Castle, 1981-86, vice-Lord Lieutenant of Greater London, 1981-87, Chief Royal Engineer 1982-87 and member of the Security Commission 1982-91. He chaired Ministry of Defence Study Groups on Censorship in War, 1983, and Education in the Army, 1984. He was director of the Council for Arms Control 1986-89. In the 1990s he was chairman of the governors of Gordon's and Bedales schools, and also chaired the boards of the Church Army and the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.
He is currently a member of the board or executive committee of: the Council for Christian Approaches to Defence,[1] the Centre for Defence Studies (King's College London), the Verification Technology Information Centre (VERTIC),[2] the International Security Information Service (ISIS),[3] and of the British Pugwash Group.[4] He lectures and has contributed chapters to over two dozen books as well as publishing a number of monographs, articles and book reviews. In 1999 he co-authored, with Nadine Gurr, a book on British nuclear weapons policy[5] and, in 2001, a briefing paper on cluster bombs,[6]
He was educated at Winchester College, Peterhouse, Cambridge (MA 1961), Edinburgh University (M.Sc. 1971) and holds an honorary Doctorate of Civil Laws from the University of Kent in Canterbury (1990). He is an honorary fellow of Peterhouse, Cambridge and of the Chartered Institute of Building Service Engineers, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a Companion of the Chartered Management Institute. [7]
In January 2009, The Times newspaper published a joint letter from Field Marshal Lord Bramall, General Lord Ramsbotham and General Beach arguing that the UK government should fund more realistic military needs rather than perpetuate its Trident programme,[8] arguing that
Nuclear weapons have shown themselves to be completely useless as a deterrent to the threats and scale of violence we currently, or are likely to, face — particularly international terrorism; and the more you analyse them the more unusable they appear.
Ambassador Grigory Berdennikov (Ambassador at Large Ministry Of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation)
 Hans Blix is chairman of The Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission. Before joining the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Dr Blix was Associate Professor in International Law at Stockholm University. From 1963 to 1976 he served as the Adviser on International Law in the Ministry. In 1976-78 he was State Secretary for International Development Co-operation and in 1978-79 Minister for Foreign Affairs. He served as Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, from 1981 to 1997 and as Executive Chairman of the UN Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) from March 2000 to June 2003. Dr Blix has written several books on subjects associated with international and constitutional law and international affairs.
 The Executive Director of Pugwash is Dr. Jeffrey Boutwell of the United States, for many years a senior officer at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in Cambridge, Mass. and a well known specialist on nuclear weapons, Middle East, and other international security issues.
 Martin Butcher is an independent international security analyst. Martin has worked as an analyst of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction issues since 1983. He is the author and co-author of numerous publications on nuclear chemical and biological weapons, US nuclear policy, NATO strategy, NATO nuclear policy, French and British nuclear policies, the EU, nuclear weapons and nuclear disarmament. Martin was until recently Director of Security Programs for Physicians for Social Responsbility in Washington DC. Previously Martin worked for BASIC, and for seven years, was Director of the Center for European Security and Disarmament (CESD) in Brussels. There he carried out research on NATO and EU security, foreign and defense policies and directed a program work on nuclear arms and disarmament; arms transfer policy; EU Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP), amongst other issues.
 Professor Paolo Cotta-Ramusino is the Secretary General of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, which received the 1995 Nobel Peace Prize for providing technical expertise on nuclear arms control and disarmament, serving as a bridge across East-West divides during the Cold War. Continuing in that tradition, Paolo has spearheaded Pugwash's current high level initiatives to facilitate dialogue in areas of conflict where nuclear weapons are either present or proliferation risks are relevant. These areas include South Asia (mainly India, Pakistan, and also Afghanistan), the Middle East, and North-East Asia. The Pugwash network of about 50 national groups provides the basis for such track II meetings.
Paolo is Professor of Physics at the University of Milan, and has served as Secretary General of Italian Union of Scientists for Disarmament (USPID). He is a member of the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (Italian National Institute of Nuclear Physics), the International Institute for Strategic Studies, and the World Academy of Art and Sciences. His research and teaching experience have included visiting positions at the University of North Carolina, CERN, and Harvard University. He received his doctorate (Laurea) in Physics in 1971 at Università degli Studi di Milano. Paolo has widely published in scientific journals on mathematical problems of quantum field theories and related topics.
 Mr. Dhanapala served in his UN post from 1998 to 2003, and prior to that was Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the USA (1995-97) and to the UN Office in Geneva (1984-87). He was President of the 1995 NPT Review and Extension Conference and a member of both the International Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission (the Blix Commission) and the Canberra Commission on the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons.
 Mr Duarte of Brazil was appointed High Representative for Disarmament Affairs on 2 July 2007 by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. The appointment is at the Under-Secretary-General level. Mr. Duarte was a career diplomat in the Brazilian Foreign Service, well-known in disarmament circles as an experienced and knowledgeable representative of his Government in the many sessions he attended of the First Committee of the UN General Assembly, of the United Nations Disarmament Commission (UNDC), the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, and many other disarmament-related meetings and treaty bodies. His last high profile assignment in multilateral disarmament was as President of the 2005 Seventh Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. Before that he also served as Chairman of the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) from September 1999 to September 2000. He also served as his country’s Ambassador-at-Large for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation from 2003 to 2004.
 Espen Barth Eide Education
1983-93 ( 1998): Degree in Political Science, University of Oslo
1991: Ciencias Políticas, Free University of Barcelona
Professional experience
2002-: Head of Department for International Politics, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI)
(October 2004-June 2005: Senior consultant (D2) for the UN in New York, leading the work on “Report on Integrated Missions” in connection with the UN’s reform process. Partial secondment from NUPI during the same period.)
(2003-2004: Member of the professional resource group for the UN Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change (UN Reform Panel)).
2000-2001: State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. At the MFA, Eide was responsible for bilateral and multilateral relations with Europe and North America, including NATO, the European Union, EFTA, OSCE, the Council of Europe, the Balkans, Russia and Central Asia in addition to security policy in general.
1996-2000: Head of NUPI’s UN programme. Responsible for the Institute’s research on peace operations and collective security. Eide focused in particular on international involvement in the conflicts in the Balkans, peacekeeping operations and the role of the UN.
1993-1996: Researcher for NUPI’s UN programme, focusing on peacekeeping operations in the Balkans, Nordic and European security.
1991-1993: Project manager and acting general secretary for the European Movement in the campaign preceding the referendum on EU membership in 1994.
1988-89: Secretary for a Government appointed commission with a mandate to produce proposals for new internationalisation strategies for higher education in Norway.
1988: Political Secretary, Labour Party City Parliament Group.
1985: Students’ representative, University of Oslo.
Other experience
2001- : Norwegian Labour Party representative on the board of the Party of European Socialists (PES) which brings together the Socialist and Social Democratic parties in Europe. Participant since 1993 in the “transatlantic dialogue” between European Social Democrats and Democrats in the United States.
Member of the Norwegian Labour Party’s International Committee and the International Forum of the Oslo Labour Party.
Eide is co-editor of the London-based journal International Peacekeeping.
2000-2002: Board member of the Academic Council on the United Nations System.
1996-2000: Member of the Lessons-learned Advisory Board at the UN’s Department for Peacekeeping Operations.
Nominated “Global Leader of Tomorrow” by the World Economic Forum in 2003. Participant in the World Economic Forum, Davos/Geneva.
Permanent participant in various international security policy forums including the Annual NATO Review, a discussion forum intended to support NATO’s Secretary General which convenes each autumn in Berlin (Stiftung Wissenshaft und Politikk). He has also participated in several projects together with the European Institute for Security Studies(EU ISS) in Paris.
Recipient of the Norwegian Petroleum Society’s prize in 2005 for an analysis of Norway’s strategic perspectives in the Northern Region.
Gerard Errera (France) [TBC]
 Georg Frerks M.Sc. Sociology of Rural Development; Ph.D. Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Wageningen Agricultural University. Rural Sociologist focusing on emergencies and emergency-related interventions in the developing world. Research interests include local coping and interface mechanisms in disasters as well as formulation of emergency aid policies and their monitoring and evaluation.
 Biography Richard J. Goldstone was born on 26 October 1938. He served as a justice in South Africa's highest courts. In 1980, he began his first judgeship at the Transvaal Supreme Court, where he remained until his 1989 appointment to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court. From 1994 to 2003, he served as a justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa. He is presently serving as a member of the Independent Inquiry Committee into the UN Oil-for-Food Program. Goldstone's pursuit of justice continued outside the courtroom. A committed human rights activist, he served as the chairperson of the Commission of Inquiry regarding Public Violence and Intimidation (the Goldstone Commission) from 1991 to 1994 in South Africa. From 1994 to 1996, he served as the chief prosecutor of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda. In 1999, he assumed the chairmanship of the International Independent Inquiry on Kosovo and he was appointed as the co-chairman of the International Task Force on Terrorism established by the International Bar Association. From 1999 to 2003, he served as a member of the International Group of Advisers of the International Committee of the Red Cross. The Human Rights Council announced on 3 April 2009 the appointment of Richard J. Goldstone, former Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda and current Spinoza Fellow at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanity and Social Sciences, to lead an independent fact-finding mission to investigate international human rights and humanitarian law violations related to the recent conflict in the Gaza Strip.
The Council’s President, Nigerian Ambassador Martin Ihoeghian Uhomoibhi, today announced his decision to appoint Justice Goldstone to lead the mission, which will also include the following experts: Professor Christine Chinkin, Professor of International Law at the London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London; Ms. Hina Jilani, Advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and former Special Representative of the Secretary General on Human Rights Defenders; and Colonel (retired from the Irish Armed Forces) Desmond Travers, member of the Board of Directors of the Institute for International Criminal Investigations (IICI). The team will be supported by staff of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. Goldstone is the author of numerous articles on international humanitarian law. In recognition of his commitment to human rights, Justice Goldstone is the recipient of a plethora of local and international awards, including the International Human Rights Award of the American Bar Association (1994). In October 2005 he was awarded the Thomas J. Dodd Prize in International Justice and Human Rights jointly with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Louise Arbour. He holds Honorary Doctorate of Law degrees from 17 internationally renowned universities and is a fellow of the Weatherhead Centre for International Affairs of Harvard University. He is a foreign member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Judge Goldstone is married (wife Noleen) and has two married daughters - Glenda and Nicole. He has four grandsons, Jason, Sean, Ben and Jordan. The former chief prosecutor at the UN Yugoslavia and Rwanda Tribunals, Richard J. Goldstone, will spend three months in The Hague and Wassenaar from early April 2009 as the first 'The Hague Peace Philosopher'. Mayor of The Hague Jozias van Aartsen made the announcement at the opening of World Peace Day on 21 September at the Peace Palace in The Hague. At the invitation of the Municipality of The Hague, NIAS and others, Mr Goldstone will be working on a new convention on crimes against humanity. He will give readings and master classes, lead debates and produce a number of publications for Radio Netherlands Worldwide's International Justice website on his major theme: the growing cohesion between international humanitarian law and international human rights. 'The Hague Peace Philosopher' 'The Hague Peace Philosopher' is an initiative resulting from the new Spinoza Fellowship, a partnership between the Municipality of The Hague, the Netherlands Institute for Advance Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIAS), Radio Netherlands Worldwide and the University of Leiden's Campus The Hague. In the future, as part of the Spinoza Fellowship, a Hague Peace Philosopher will be invited annually to spend three months at Campus The Hague and in Wassenaar clarifying an issue relating to international peace and law and making this accessible to a wider audience. The holder of the title will spend this period inspiring interest in specific themes among the Dutch and the international community by means of readings, debates, interviews and publications. The Hague Peace Philosophers may be internationally renowned scientists, jurors, journalists, writers or artists. The new initiative has the broad support of a variety of Dutch organisations. The NIAS, Radio Netherlands Worldwide, the University of Leiden's Campus The Hague and the Municipality of The Hague have joined together in a special commission which will supervise the project. Other members of the commission represent Nieuwspoort, the Foreign Press Association (BPV), the Posthoorn, The Hague Academic Coalition and the Netherlands Dance Theatre.
Dr. Rose Gottemoeller (USA) [TBC]
M. Georges LeGuelte (France)
Rosemary Hollis
Director, Olive Tree Israeli-Palestinian Scholarship Programme, City University London. Rosemary is an expert on foreign policy and security issues in the Middle-East, particularly European, EU, UK and US relations with the region and transatlantic differences over these issues. She is former director of research and head of the Middle East programme at Chatham House. Her career has included positions at George Washington University (USA), The Dayan Center for Middle Eastern & African Studies, Tel Aviv University and the Middle East programme at the Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies, London. She has also held visiting lectureships at King’s College London and at the London School of Economics. And for five years she was the European Co-ordinator for training and education at the Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs, East Jerusalem.
Ambassador-Jeremy Issacharoff - Deputy Chief of Mission
2005:Ambassador and Deputy Chief of Mission to Embassy of Israel in Washington D.C.
2003: Asked by United Nation's Secretary-General to serve on his Advisory Board for Disarmament Affairs, consisting of experts in the realm of arms control and disarmament from approximately twenty countries.
2001: Deputy Director-General For Strategic Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Overall responsibility for arms control, non-proliferation, counterrrorism, export controls and regional security.
1999-2001: Head of Regional Security and Arms Control, MFA.
1998-1999: Member of the Strategic Policy Planning Group and the Joint Strategic Planning Committee, both designed to be senior consultative working groups with the United States on strategic and military affairs. In addition, appointed Representative of the Foreign Minister to the Inter-Ministerial Committee, to establish the National Security Council in Israel.
1993- 1998: Minister-Counselor For Political Affairs in Embassy in Washington DC. Responsible for liaison with the State Department and the National Security Council on bilateral policy issues including the peace process, multilateral talks, strategic and military cooperation, arms control, disarmament and nonproliferation with particular emphasis on Iran's efforts in WMD and missile areas. Member of Israeli delegation to the Multilateral Working Group on Arms Control and Regional Security.
1993 - 1993: Policy Counselor in the Foreign Minister's Bureau, Jerusalem.
1989-1993: Personal Adviser to the Director General of the Foreign Ministry. Member of Israeli Delegation to peace talks with Lebanon held in Washington pursuant to Madrid peace conference.
1986-1989: Policy Adviser to the Permanent Mission of Israel to the United Nations in New York. Responsible for range of policy matters including peace process, disarmament and legal affairs.
1985: Israel's Representative to the First Committee on Disarmament Affairs of the UN General Assembly.
1984: Acting Director of the Disarmament Division in Foreign Ministry and Inter Ministerial Coordinator of the project to establish a Voice of America relay station in Israel.
1983: Acting Director at Treaties Division in Legal Adviser's Bureau in Foreign Ministry.
1981: Attorney - admitted to the Israel Bar Association.
1980-1981: Legal Adviser's Office in Foreign Ministry. Member of several Israeli delegations designed to negotiate normalization agreements with Egypt.
Education: London school of Economics University of London LLB (hons) specializing in International Law and M.Sc (International Relations) specializing in strategy.
Married to Laura Kam and father of three children, Dean, Ella and David.
 Happymon Jacob is Assistant Professor of Diplomacy at the Centre for International Politics, Organization and Disarmament, School of International Studies. His previous appointments include Assistant Professor at the Department of Strategic and Regional Studies, University of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, Visiting Fellow at the Nelson Mandela Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution, Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi, as well as research positions at the Observer Research Foundation, Centre for Air Power Studies, and Delhi Policy Group, all based in New Delhi. His areas of research interest are Indian Foreign Policy, Non-Traditional Security and Track-Two Diplomacy. Some of his recent and forthcoming publications include:
Books/Monographs
Rise, Fall and the Resurgence of the Taliban (New Delhi: Observer Research Foundation in association with Samskriti Publishers, 2005).
HIV/AIDS as a Security Threat to India (New Delhi: Manohar Publishers, 2005).
Co-edited Books
India-Pakistan Relations: Pathways Ahead (Editor & Contributor), (New Delhi: Knowledge World Publishers, 2007). Co-edited with Amitabh Mattoo and Kapil Kak.
Domestic Politics and Indian Foreign Policy (Editor & Contributor) (Edited Volume in Preparation with Amitabh Mattoo (Routledge, New Delhi, forthcoming).
Chapters in Books
“Geopolitical Transformation in Southern Asia and its Impact on Indo-Pak Relations” in Amitabh Mattoo, Kapil Kak and Happymon Jacob (Eds.), India-Pakistan Relations: Pathways Ahead (Knowledge World, 2007).
(with Amitabh Mattoo) “Foreign Relations in India: A Growing State Role”, in Raoul Blindenbacher and Chandra Pasma (eds.), Dialogues on Foreign Relations in Federal Countries, Booklet Series, Volume 5, Published by Forum of Federations.
(with Amitabh Mattoo) “Foreign Relations in Federal Countries: Case Study of India”, in Hans J. Michelmann, ed. Federalism and Foreign Affairs: Constituent Diplomacy, Paradiplomacy, and Transborder Relations, (Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2008)
(With T. V Paul) “Southern Asia and the Gulf Region: Understanding the New Geo-political Interface”, in Samir Pradhan, Gulf-Asia Relations Gulf Research Council, forthcoming)
“AIDS and India’s National Security”, in Stanley Wolpert and Raju G C Thomas (eds.) Encyclopedia of India (Macmillan-Scribners-Gale, 2005).
“India’s Energy Security: The Central Asian Factor” in Nagendra Rao and Md. Monir Alam (eds.) Central Asia: Present Challenges and Future Prospects (New Delhi: Knowledge World, 2005).
“Track-II Diplomacy in Indo-Pak Relations: Problems and Prospects”, in Kulwant Kaur and Baljit Mann (eds.) Conflict and Cooperation in South Asia (New Delhi: Knowledge World, 2006)
Journal Articles
“India’s HIV/AIDS Crisis: Securitising Disease”, South Asian Survey, Vol-12, No.1 (January/June, 2005) Sage Publications, New Delhi.
Review Article, “Home and Displacement: Refugees, Diaspora and India”, South Asian Survey, (11:1, 2004), Sage Publications, New Delhi.
“Geo-strategy, Religious Extremism, and the Afghan Conundrum”, Security and Society, Volume 1, Issue 3, 2006.
Other Research Articles
“Impact of HIV/AIDS on Governance in Manipur and Nagaland”, study commissioned and published by the AIDS, Security and Conflict Initiative (ASCI – www.asci.ssrc.org ), a joint programme of Social Science Research Council (SSRC), New York and the Netherlands Institute of International Relations. The report is available on the web and can be accessed at: http://asci.researchhub.ssrc.org/impact-of-hiv-aids-on-governance-in-manipur-and-nagaland/attachment
Dr Rebecca Johnson, who cofounded the Acronym Institute for Disarmament Diplomacy in 1995, holds a PhD from the London School of Economics (LSE), as well as an MA from the University of London School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) and a B.Sc. (Hons) from the University of Bristol Dr Johnson is a former Vice Chair of the Board of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists and from 2004 to 2006 was senior advisor to the Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission (WMDC), chaired by Dr Hans Blix. She also serves on the advisory councils of several organisations, including the Centre for Policy Studies (PIR, Moscow), the Peace Depot (Japan), the UK All Party Parliamentary Group on Global Security and Non-Proliferation, and the Oxford Research Group (UK). Johnson has had extensive experience as a grassroots activist and organiser and is a member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) and Women in Black. While her present research priorities are WMD, space weaponisation and international security, Rebecca Johnson has authored numerous articles and reports on the United Nations system and multilateral disarmament and negotiations, notably the NPT and CTBT; civil society; and British defence policy, and gives papers and lectures on these subjects to a wide range of UN and other international conferences, seminars and meetings
 Peter Jones holds a Ph.D. in War Studies from Kings’ College, London, and an MA in War Studies from the Royal Military College of Canada. Before joining the University of Ottawa, he served as a senior analyst for the Security and Intelligence Secretariat of the Privy Council of Canada. Previously, he held various positions related to international affairs and security at the Department of Foreign Affairs, the Privy Council Office, and the Department of Defence. A renowned expert on security in the Middle East and track-two diplomacy, he led the Middle East Security and Arms Control Project at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) in Sweden in the 1990s. Peter is a fellow at several research institutions, including the Center for Trans-Atlantic Relations at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies of the Johns Hopkins University and at The Regional Centre for Conflict Prevention of the Jordan Institute for Diplomacy in Amman, Jordan.
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* Associate Professor
University Degrees :
* Ph.D., War Studies, King’s College, London
* M.A., War Studies (First Class), Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston
* Honours B.A., History - Politics (First Class), Trent University, Peterborough
Research Interests :
* Canadian foreign policy
* Diplomacy
* International negotiation and conflict resolution, especially track-two diplomacy
* Middle East affairs and Iranian security policy
Aziz Ahmed Khan (Pakistan)
 Dr. Berma Klein Goldewijk is founding director of Cedar international, Centre for Dignity and Rights, hosted at T.M.C. Asser Institute for International Law, The Hague, where she is independent senior researcher. She is senior lecturer at the Centre for Conflict Studies, Faculty of Humanities, Utrecht University, teaching ‘Religion and Conflict in International Relations’. Her research is in the fields of religious studies (religion and conflict); international relations; human rights and humanitarian intervention/law; cultural studies; political philosophy and political ethics. She received her PhD cum laude (1991) and MA cum laude (1984) from the Radboud University Nijmegen, for research on contextual methodology. She is Board Member and Secretary of the Alliance for the United Nations-mandated University for Peace (Costa Rica), and serves as Vice-Chair and Secretary on the Board of Pugwash Netherlands (Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs). Earlier positions: senior researcher/senior lecturer at Radboud University Nijmegen (1984-1994); Utrecht University (1997-1998); Institute of Social Studies, The Hague (1997-2000); and senior policy advisor to Cordaid (formerly Cebemo) (1994-1997). She publishes books, articles, chapters and reports (including for UNESCO, ILO, WCC). E-mail:
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Recent Book Publications:
(2009) Cultural Emergency in Conflict and Disaster, Berma Klein Goldewijk and Georg Frerks (eds.) (in process, envisaged publisher Routledge, initiated by the Prince Claus Fund, Amsterdam);
(2007) Religion, International Relations and Development Cooperation, Berma Klein Goldewijk (ed.), Wageningen: Academic Publishers (355p). Dedicated to the Memory of His Royal Highness Prince Claus of the Netherlands; Preface by Agnes van Ardenne, Minister for Development Cooperation.
(2007) Human Security and International Insecurity, Georg Frerks and Berma Klein Goldewijk (eds.), Wageningen: Academic Publishers (320p.). Preface by M.S. Swaminathan, then President Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs.
 Sverre Lodgaard Current research Director of NUPI 1997–2007. Engaged in the projects Non-profileration and Doables in the Field of Nuclear Disarmament. Launching the book Nuclear Proliferation and International Security written in cooperation with NUPI researcher Morten Bremer Mærli, spring 2007. Senior Research Fellow at NUPI from medio June 2007.
Formal education
[1971] Magister degree in political science, University of Oslo. Thesis: Interaction Trends and Integration Loads in the East-West System
Professional experience
[2007-] Senior Research Fellow, NUPI
[1997-2007] Director, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, Oslo
[1992-1996] Director, United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR), United Nations Office at Geneva
[1987-1992] Director, International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO)
[1980-1986] Director, European Security and Disarmament Studies, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
 Prof. Saideh Lotfian, professor of political science at the University of Tehran, is the Chair of the Pugwash Council.
 Rudolphus (Ruud) Franciscus Marie Lubbers (born 7 May 1939 in Rotterdam) visited the Canisius College in Nijmegen and studied Economics at the Netherlands School of Economics (the predecessor of Erasmus University Rotterdam). As suggested by the title of his 1962 thesis - "The influence of differing productivity trends in various countries on the current account of the balance of payments" - his main interest was in monetary affairs. He originally planned an academic career, but was compelled by family circumstances to join the management of Lubbers' Construction Workshops and Machinery Fabricators Hollandia B.V. In 1964 he became Chairman of the Young Christian Employers Association, later becoming Chairman of the Catholic Association of Metalwork Employers and a member of the board of the Netherlands Christian Employers Federation. From 11 May 1973 to 19 December 1977 he was Minister of Economic Affairs in the Den Uyl-government and a member of the Catholic People's Party (KVP). He chose to return to Parliament on the formation of the Van Agt-government in 1977, becoming Senior Deputy Parliamentary Leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA), the alliance between the KVP and the other two main denominational parties. In the autumn of 1978 he became Parliamentary Leader of the Alliance. From 4 November 1982 to 14 July 1986, from 14 July 1986 to 7 November 1989, and from 7 November 1989 to 22 August 1994, he was Prime Minister of the first, second and third Lubbers-government. From 1995 to 2000 he taught Globalization Studies at Tilburg University in the Netherlands and at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in the United States. In October 2000 he was elected as the U.N. refugee agency's ninth High Commissioner by the U.N. General Assembly following his nomination by Secretary-General Kofi Annan. He succeeded Mrs. Sadako Ogata of Japan, on 31 December 2000. Honorary doctorate for Ruud Lubbers On 6 September 2004 Ruud Lubbers received an honorary doctorate from the Radboud University Nijmegen.
 Experience Allison Macfarlane is currently an Associate Professor of Environment Science and Policy at George Mason University and an associate of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs' Project on Managing the Atom at Harvard University. She was formerly an MTA/ISP postdoctoral fellow. She was most recently a Research Associate at MIT's Program in Science, Technology, and Society. Previously, she was Associate Professor of International Affairs and Earth & Atmospheric Science at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Ga. She received her Ph.D. in geology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1992. She has held the position of professor of geology and women's studies at George Mason University where she taught a wide variety of geology and environmental courses. She has also held fellowships at the Bunting Institute at Radcliffe College, the Center for International Security and Arms Control at Stanford University, and the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University. From 1998–2000 she was a Social Science Research Council–MacArthur Foundation fellow in International Peace and Security. From 1999–2001 she served on a National Academy of Sciences panel on the spent fuel standard and excess weapons plutonium disposition. Her research focuses on international security and environmental policy issues associated with nuclear weapons and nuclear energy. Her book on the unresolved technical issues for nuclear waste disposal at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, Uncertainty Underground, was published in April 2006. Fall 2006 Is It Possible to Solve the Nuclear Waste Problem? Innovations Case Discussion: Siting of Eurajoki Nuclear Waste Facility Journal Article, Innovations, issue 4, volume 1 By Allison Macfarlane, Associate, Project on Managing the Atom April, 2006 Uncertainty Underground: Yucca Mountain and the Nation's High-Level Nuclear Waste Book By Allison Macfarlane, Associate, Project on Managing the Atom April, 2006 Introduction Book Chapter By Allison Macfarlane, Associate, Project on Managing the Atom April, 2006 Technical Policy Design Making in Siting a High-Level Nuclear Waste Repository Book Chapter By Allison Macfarlane, Associate, Project on Managing the Atom April, 2006 Uncertainty, Models, and the Way Forward in Nuclear Waste Disposal Book Chapter By Allison Macfarlane, Associate, Project on Managing the Atom July, 2005 All Weapons of Mass Destruction are Not Equal Magazine or Newspaper Article, MIT Center for International Studies Audit of the Conventional Wisdom, volume 05-8 By Allison Macfarlane, Associate, Project on Managing the Atom June 4, 2005 Don't Put Nuclear Waste on Military Bases Op-Ed, The Boston Globe By Allison Macfarlane, Associate, Project on Managing the Atom
Mohammed Al Mahruqy (Oman)
 Lt. General Talat Masood served in the Pakistani Army for 39 years, retiring in 1990 as Secretary for Defence Production in the Ministry of Defence.Prior to this, Lt. Gen. Masood was chairman and chief executive of the Pakistan Ordnance Factories Board, where he oversaw the modernization and expansion of military technologies. Since retirement, he has been closely associated with think-tanks and universities regionally and globally, working to promote peace and stability in the region. He writes on security and political issues in national newspapers and foreign magazines and is a prominent commentator on national and international television and radio networks. He is currently a visiting fellow at the Stimson Center in Washington, DC. A graduate of the Pakistan Command and Staff College and the National Defence College of the Armed Forces, Lt. Gen. Masood has a Bachelors degree in mechanical engineering and a Masters in defence and strategic studies.
Professor Mattoo is presently on deputation as Vice Chancellor, University of Jammu. He has been a Member of the National Security Advisory Board, Government of India, Foreign and Commonwealth Office Scholar at the University of Oxford, and Visiting Professor at the University of Notre Dame; Maison Des Sciences De L’Homme, Paris; and Center for International Security and Cooperation, Stanford University. His teaching and research interests include issues of international security, India’s foreign policy, and arms control and disarmament. He is on the Executive Committee of the Pugwash India Society, Member of the Monitoring Committee of French Research Institutes in India, and Fellow of the 21st Century Trust.
Publications
“Lessons for India and Pakistan from the Arab-Israeli Peace Process: A View from New Delhi”, in Moonis Ahmar, ed., The Arab-Israeli Peace Process: Lessons for India and Pakistan (Karachi: Oxford University Press, 2001).
“Public Opinion and Nuclear Options for South Asia”, Asian Survey, vol. XXXVIII, no. 8, August 1998.
“Carrots and Cooperation: Incentives for Conflict Prevention in South Asia” in David Cortright, ed., The Price of Peace (Oxford: Carnegie Corporation/Rowman and Littlefield, 1997).
“India and the United Nations” in Indian Foreign Policy: Agenda for the 21st Century (New Delhi: Foreign Service Institute/Konark, 1997).
“India’s Nuclear Status Quo”, Survival: The IISS Quarterly (London), Autumn 1996.
 Dr. Steven Miller, director of the International Security Program at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, is chair of the Pugwash Executive Committee.
 "I deeply hope that the horrors humanity has suffered during the 20th century will serve us as a painful lesson, and that the creation of the International Criminal Court will help us to prevent those atrocities from being repeated in the future."
Statement made by Luis Moreno-Ocampo on the occasion of his election as first Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court by the Assembly of States Parties in New York on 22 April 2003.
On 21 April 2003, the Assemby of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, meeting in its second resumed first session, unanimously elected Mr. Luis Moreno-Ocampo of Argentina as first Prosecutor of the Court. Between 1984-92, as a Prosecutor in Argentina, Mr. Moreno-Ocampo was involved in precedent-setting prosecutions of top military commanders for mass killings and other large-scale human rights abuses.
He was the Assistant Prosecutor in the “Military Junta” trial against Army commanders accused of masterminding the “dirty war”, and other cases of human rights violations by the Argentine military. Mr. Moreno-Ocampo was the Prosecutor in charge of the extradition from the United States of former Argentine General Carlos Guillermo Suárez Mason, and in the investigation and prosecution of guerrilla leaders and of those responsible for two military rebellions in Argentina. He also took part in the case against Army commanders accused of malpractice during the Malvinas/Falklands war, as well as in dozens of major cases of corruption.
As the first case brought against top commanders responsible for mass killings since the Nuremberg Trial, the 1984-85 “Military Junta” trial involved 9 senior commanders, including 3 former heads of state, from the ranks of Army officials who ruled Argentina between 1976 and 1983. On the recomendation of a report produced by the Truth Commision established in Argentina in 1984, eight months of judicial investigation resulted in the Prosecutors presenting 700 cases of “murder, kidnapping and torture” as a sample of thousands of alleged crimes, calling 835 witnesses and citing thousands of documents. After 6 months of public hearing, on December 8, 1985 a panel of six judges convicted 5 of the accused.
In 1992, Mr. Moreno-Ocampo resigned as Prosecutor of the Federal Criminal Court of Buenos Aires, and established a private law firm, Moreno-Ocampo & Wortman Jofre, which specializes in corruption control programs for large firms and organisations, criminal and human rights law. Until his election as Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Mr. Moreno-Ocampo worked as lawyer and as Private Inspector General for large companies. He also took on a number of pro bono activities, among others as legal representative for the victims in the extradition of former Nazi officer Erich Priebke to Italy, the trial of the chief of the Chilean secret police for the murder of General Carlos Prats, and several cases concerning political bribery, journalists’ protection and freedom of expression.
Mr. Moreno-Ocampo also worked with various local, regional and international NGO’s. He was the president of Transparency International for Latin America and the Caribbean. He has served as on the global Advisory Board and the Board of Transparency International, a world-wide organisation whose aim is to reduce corruption in business transactions. The founder and president of Poder Ciudadano, Mr. Moreno-Ocampo also served as member of the Advisory Board of the “Project on Justice in times of transition” and “New Tactics on Human Rights.”
Mr. Moreno-Ocampo has been a visiting professor at both Stanford University and Harvard University.
Mr. Moreno-Ocampo has taken office on 16 June 2003 by pledging his solemn undertaking as required by article 45 of the Rome Statute. As Prosecutor, he will assume full authority over the management and administration of the Office, including the staff, facilities and other resources thereof.
 Amre M Moussa is Secretary General of the League of Arab States 1957: Graduated. Cairo University, LL.B. Faculty of Law.
1957 - 1958: Lawyer
1958: Joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Egypt.
1958 - 1972 : Worked in several departments & Egyptian missions including Egypt's U.N mission.
1974 - 1977 : Advisor to the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Egypt.
1977 - 1981, 1986 - 1990 : Director, Department of International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Egypt.
1981 - 1983 : Alternate Permanent Representative of Egypt to the United Nations in New York.
1983 - 1986 : Ambassador to India.
1986 - 1990 : Director, Department of International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Egypt.
1990 - 1991 : Permanent Representative of Egypt to the United Nations, New York.
1991 - 2001 : Minister for Foreign Affairs of Egypt.
2001: Secretary General of the League of Arab States.
2003: Member of the Uited Nations High -Level Panel on Threats,Challenges and Change. He was awarded the Grand Cordon of the Nile, Egypt, May 2001.
Order of the Two Niles, first class,Sudan 2001.
He was awarded high Decorations from the following States:
Ecuador - Brazil - Argentina - Germany.
Marital Status : Married - has a son & a daughter.
 Prof. Dr. Götz Neuneck
Deputy Director and Head of IFAR²
Research interest
Disarmament, armament control and technologies, non-proliferation of WMD, missile defense, missile proliferation, outer space technologies.
Background
Götz Neuneck is physicist and earned his Dr. rer. nat. at the University of Hamburg in the faculty of mathematics. From 1984 to 1987, he worked at the Afheldt Working Group of the Max Planck Society in Starnberg near Munich on questions of strategy, military technologies and armament control. Since 1989, he has acted as research advisor at the IFSH and manager of IFAR. Since 2001, he has been teaching in the Master’s programme "Peace and Security Studies". He is member of the Board of the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft (DPG) / German Physical Society, chairman of the working group "Physik und Abrüstung" / Physics and Disarmament of the DPG and Pugwash representative of the Verband Deutscher Wissenschaftler (VDW) / Association of German Scientists as well as member of the Council of Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs.
Languages
German, English, French
Current projects
1. Weltraumbewaffnung und präventive Rüstungskontrolle
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2. Nukleare Weiterverbreitung und Nuklearterrorismus
3. Revolution in Military Affairs
Contact
Institut für Friedensforschung und Sicherheitspolitik
Beim Schlump 83
D-20144 Hamburg
Telefon: +49 (0)40-866077-21
Telefax: +49 (0)40-866 36 15
Professor, Moscow State Institute of International Relations, Russia.
Born in 1958, graduated from the Department of Philosophy of Moscow
State University in 1979. Postgraduate studies and Ph.D. (History of
International Relations) in 1983 from the USA and Canada Studies
Institute of the Academy of Sciences. Second dissertation (Doctor of
Political Sciences) in 2000 in MGIMO.
Research work for 10 years (1979-1989) in the USA and Canada Studies
Institute (Senior Research Fellow, Sector Head). Diplomatic practice in
the Soviet Permanent Mission to the United Nations (New York, USA,
1985).
Since 1989 till now Dr. Nikitin teaches in the Moscow State Institute of
International Relations (since 1998 – Professor of the Department of
Political Sciences).
Since 1989 till present time – Director of the Center for Political and
International Studies – independent non-governmental research institution
involved in analytical work, consulting, publishing, organization of
conferences in the spheres of international security and international
relations.
Since 2004 – Director of the Center for Euro-Atlantic Security at
MGIMO.
International Research Fellowship in the NATO Defense College (NDC)
in Rome (Italy) in 1996 and at IFRI Institute in Paris (2003). Guest
lecture courses in the University of Iowa (USA), NDC (Rome), Geneva
Center for Security Policy (GCSP).
President of the Russian Political Science Association and Executive
Board member of the Russian Academy of Political Sciences.
Elected Academy member of the Russian Academy of Military Sciences.
Vice-Chairman of the Russian Pugwash Committee of Scientists for
International Security and Disarmament, elected member of the
International Pugwash Council.
Dr.Nikitin is the author of 3 monographs and more than 100 articles and
chapters in academic periodicals, journals and books published in
Russian, English, French, Korean, Punjabi, Spanish, Portuguese, German
languages.
Recent publications by Prof. Alexander I. Nikitin:
1. Eurasia: New Peace Agenda. Collective monograph. Ed. By A.Nikitin,
M.Intiligator, M.Tehranian. Esevier, 2005.
2.
3. Peace Support Operations, Parliaments and Legislation. Ed. By
A.Nikitin. Moscow, Eslan Publishers, 2004. – 426 p.
4. Democratic Control over the Military Sphere in Russia and CIS. Ed.
by A.Nikitin. Moscow, Eslan Publishers, 2002. – 258 p.
5. Peace-Keeping and Peace-Enforcement Operations: theory and
Practice. Monograph by A.Nikitin. Moscow, Public Science
Foundation, 2000, - 210 p.
6. Russian Nuclear Disarmament Dilemmas. – In: Nuclear Weapons: the
Road to Zero. Ed. by J.Rotblat. Boulder (Colorado, USA), Westview
Press, 1998.
7. Russia: Impediments to Nuclear Disarmament. – In: A Nuclear-
Weapon-Free World: Steps along the way. New York, St.Martin’s
Press, 2000.
8. NATO-Russia Relations in a Post-Cold War Eurasia. – In: Nuclear
Disarmament. Ed. by J.Goldblat. London-New York, I.B.Tauris, 2000.
 G Parthasarathy
Visiting Professor
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Mr. Gopalaswami Parthasarathy is a career Foreign Service Officer who retired from Service on May 31, 2000. Prior to his entry to the Indian Foreign Service Mr. Parthasarathy was a Commissioned Officer in the Indian Army (1963-1968), after having graduated with a B.E. Degree in Electrical Engineering from the College of Engineering, Guindy, Madras in 1962 He has served as Ambassador of India to Myanmar, 1992-95, High Commissioner of India to Australia 1995-98, High Commissioner of India to Pakistan 1998-2000 and High Commissioner of India, Cyprus 1990-92. He also served in Indian Missions abroad as Second/First Secretary, Embassy of India, Moscow (1969-1973), Deputy High Commissioner to Tanzania (1974-1976), Counsellor, (Political and Press), Embassy of India, Washington D.C., (1978- 1981); and Consul General of India, Karachi (1982-1985).
In New Delhi, Mr. Parthasarathy was Deputy Secretary in the Foreign Secretary’s Office (1976-1978). He has served as Spokesman, Ministry of External Affairs and Information Adviser and Spokesman in the Prime Minister’s Office with Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi (1985-90). He has been a member of Indian Delegations in several international conferences including summits at United Nations, Non-Aligned Movement and SAARC.
Mr. Parthasarathy is presently Visiting Professor in the Centre for Policy Research in New Delhi. He is also a Senior Fellow and the Centre for Strategic and International Studies and a member of the Executive Committee of the Centre for Air Power Studies in New Delhi. His main areas of interest are developments in India’s neighbourhood and issues of economic integration, energy and national security and terrorism. Ambassador Parthasarathy is a widely read Columnist, writing for a number of newspapers and news agencies in India and abroad on foreign policy and national security issues. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the "Indian Defence Review". He is on the Panel of Experts from India for Track 2 Dialogue with ASEAN. He is also a member of the Indian Delegation to the high level Indo-U.S. Strategic Dialogue organized by the Confederation of Indian Industries and the Aspen Institute in the USA.
 Dr. William J. Perry currently serves as the Michael and Barbara Berberian Professor at Stanford University, with a joint appointment in the School of Engineering and the Institute for International Studies. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institute and co-director of the Preventive Defense Project, a research collaboration of Stanford and Harvard Universities. Dr. Perry was the 19th Secretary of Defense for the United States, serving from February 1994 to January 1997. As Secretary of Defense, he was instrumental in implementing and strengthening the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program. He also served as Deputy Secretary of Defense (1993-1994) and Under Deputy Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering. Dr. Perry has extensive business experience and currently serves on the boards of several high-tech companies and is Chairman of Global Technology Partners. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Dr. Perry has received numerous awards and decorations from U.S. and foreign governments, nongovernmental organizations and the military, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1997.
 Professor Arthur Petersen received graduate training as theoretical physicist (MSc), atmospheric scientist (PhD) and philosopher of science (MA and PhD). Over the past seven years, he has gained considerable experience in shaping the science-policy interface at Dutch, European and global levels on issues of climate change and sustainable development. He has become a world-leading expert on assessing and communicating uncertainties. In particular, he has studied major uncertainties in climate simulation. Professor Petersen directs the Methodology and Modelling Programme at the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL) and is a Visiting Professor in the Centre for the Analysis of Time Series at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and a Research Affiliate in the Political Economy & Technology Policy Program at the MIT Center for International Studies. More information about him, including a list of publications, can be found at his personal home page.
 OPCW Director-General Ambassador Rogelio Pfirter Ambassador Rogelio Pfirter was born in Argentina on 25 August 1948. He began his diplomatic career in 1972 and joined the Permanent Mission of Argentina to the United Nations in 1975. In 1980, he was appointed Head of Cabinet to the Under-Secretary for Foreign Policy. Over the next seven years, he was posted to the Permanent Mission of Argentina to the United Nations. In 1991, he became Director of Nuclear and Security Affairs. As Director of Nuclear and Security Affairs and as Under-Secretary for Foreign Policy (1992-1994 and 2002, respectively), he had the primary responsibility for the formulation and development of Argentine policy concerning non-proliferation, regional and international peace and security and terrorism and other related crimes. Ambassador Pfirter actively participated in the Argentine-Brazilian Nuclear Safeguards Agreement, the Argentine-Brazilian-IAEA-ABACC ("Quadripartite") Nuclear Safeguard Agreement, and the Tlatelolco Treaty as a Chief Negotiator. In addition, he was Director of the Argentinean-Brazilian Agency for the Account and Control of Nuclear Materials (ABACC) from 1992 to 1994. He worked as a Supervisor of the Argentinean Delegations in negotiations with the United Kingdom concerning the South Atlantic (1992-2000). Ambassador Pfirter was actively involved with drafting the legislation concerning Argentina’s adherence to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and Argentina’s Regime for Export of Sensitive Materials. He was also involved with the creation of the Argentine Space Agency ("Comisión Nacional de Actividades Espaciales"), of which he became Director in 1993. From 1995 to 2000, he served as Ambassador of the Argentine Republic to the United Kingdom. During this period he served as a Member of the UN Secretary General’s Advisory Board on International Security (1994-1996), and President of the General Assembly of the International Maritime Organisation (1995-1997). Since 2000, he has been involved with the River Plate Commission as President of the Argentine Delegation. He also held the posts of Under-Secretary for Foreign Policy (2002), and the Presidency of the Argentine Commission on the Continental Shelf (Law of the Sea Convention) concurrently. On 25 July 2002, the Conference of the States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention appointed Ambassador Pfirter by acclamation as OPCW Director-General for the period from 2002 to 2006. On 10 November 2005, the Tenth Session of the Conference of the States Parties unanimously approved the renewed appointment of Ambassador Rogelio Pfirter as OPCW Director General for a second mandate from 2006 to 2010. Together with the Pugwash Council, a highly distinguished group of 26 internationally-respected scientists and policy figures, the Pugwash leadership will continue to bring a diversity of disciplinary and cultural perspectives to bear on major international issues that has been the trademark of Pugwash for more than five decades.
 Ambassador Raphel is a practice leader for the Global Affairs and Trade Consultancy Group at Cassidy & Associates, providing counsel to multinational corporations, foreign countries and other organizations to advocate their U.S.-based interests in Washington, and U.S. corporations to meet business challenges abroad. Her many years of experience in the State Department, the Department of Defense, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), academia, and in the diplomatic arena allow her exceptional access to international and foreign policy decision makers across the board.
Prior to joining Cassidy & Associates in 2007, Ambassador Raphel served as Deputy Inspector General in the office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, an independent body established by Congress to oversee the expenditure of more than $20 billion in U.S. reconstruction assistance for Iraq. Before retiring from the State Department in late 2005 after 30 years of service, Ambassador Raphel was Coordinator for Iraq Reconstruction, a position she assumed after serving as Senior Advisor to the Ministry of Trade under the Coalition Provisional Authority in Baghdad. Prior to deploying to Iraq, she was Vice President of the National Defense University at Ft. McNair in Washington D.C.
In 1993, Ambassador Raphel launched the Congressionally-mandated South Asia Bureau at the State Department as the first Assistant Secretary of State for that new regional bureau. She served as U.S. ambassador to the Republic of Tunisia in the late 1990s.
Ambassador Raphel began her federal government career as an economic analyst for the CIA, focusing on the oil-rich state of Indonesia. She later joined the Department of State as a Foreign Service Officer, working on detail to USAID as an economic/financial analyst in Pakistan. Returning to the State Department, she worked on inward investment policy and efforts to set standards for conduct of U.S. investors abroad, and on economic assistance issues in Israel. She served as Staff Aide to the Assistant Secretary for Near East and South Asian Affairs, and as Special Assistant to the Undersecretary for Political Affairs for the Middle East, South Asia and Africa. She was posted to the U.S. Embassy in London where she covered regional issues involving the Middle East, South Asia, Africa, and East Asia, and served as Political Counselor in U.S. embassies in South Africa and India. She taught history at Damavand College in Tehran, Iran, before joining the Foreign Service.
Ambassador Raphel is a graduate of the University of Washington in history and economics. She did graduate studies at Newhall College in Cambridge, England in Modern European History. She holds a Master’s Degree in Economics from the University of Maryland.
 Sir Malcolm Rifkind was born in Edinburgh in 1946. He was educated at George Watson's College and Edinburgh University where he studied law before taking a postgraduate degree in political science. While at University he took part in an overland expedition to the Middle East and India. He, also, appeared on University Challenge. From 1967-69 he lived in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and taught at the local University. He travelled widely around southern Africa and wrote his postgraduate thesis on the Politics of Land in Rhodesia. While in Africa he met his wife, Edith, whose parents had emigrated there when he was a small child. On return to Britain he was called to the Bar and practised as an Advocate until 1979. He was appointed a Queen's Counsel in 1985. During his time at the Bar he appeared in both civil and criminal cases.In 1970 he fought his first Parliamentary campaign and from 1970-74 he was a local councillor in Edinburgh. In 1974 he was elected as MP for Pentlands and represented that constituency until 1997.Sir Malcolm was appointed to the Front Bench in 1975 but resigned over devolution in 1977. In 1979, when the Conservatives were returned to power under Margaret Thatcher, he was appointed a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, at first in the Scottish Office and then, at the time of the Falklands War, he was transferred to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, being promoted to Minister of State in 1983. He became a member of the Cabinet in 1986 as Secretary of State for Scotland. In 1990 he became Secretary of State for Transport and in 1992 Secretary of State for Defence. From 1995-97 he was Foreign Secretary. He was one of only four ministers to serve throughout the whole Prime Ministerships of both Margaret Thatcher and John Major. In 1997 he was knighted in recognition of his public service. He has also been active in a number of voluntary organisations. He is a member of the Dulverton Trust, a Vice President of Combat Stress and a Patron of Raleigh International. He has served on the Court of Edinburgh University and is an honorary colonel. He is a member of the Queen's Bodyguard, the Royal Company of Archers. Sir Malcolm was re-elected as a Member of Parliament in May 2005 for Kensington and Chelsea. He served as the Shadow Secretary of State for Work & Pensions and Welfare Reform until December 2005 when he chose to return to the backbenches. He has been selected to fight the new Kensington constituency at the next General Election. Malcolm and Edith Rifkind have a daughter, Caroline and a son, Hugo, both of whom live and work in London.
Tatsujiro Suzuki Profile Graduated from Faculty of Nuclear Engineering, University of Tokyo in 1975. Completed Master Course of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), US (Technology and Policy) in 1978. Boston Consulting Group: 1978-1980 International Energy Forum: 1981-1986 Visiting Researcher, Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, MIT:1986-1993 Doctor of Engineering, University of Tokyo: 1988 Senior Researcher, Center of International Studies, MIT:1993-1996 Senior Researcher, Socio-Economic Research Center, Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry:1996- Acting also as Visiting Professor, University of Tokyo: Oct 1997-Sep2000 Acting also as Professor, Graduate School of Keio University: Apr 2001- Mar2004 Acting also as Board Member, Institute of Energy Economics, Japan: Sep 2003- Acting also as Project Professor, Graduate School of Law and Politics, University of Tokyo: Apr 2004-now Research Areas Nuclear Policy, Energy Environmental Policy, Science Technology Policy Research Interests Use of Plutonium for peace and nuclear non-proliferation issue, Strategy for energy research and development, nuclear safety regulation and independent safety system, Social decision making process on introduction of energy technology, export control policy on dual use technology Selected Publications 1. J. Kang, P. Hayes, L. Bin, T. Suzuki and R. Tanter, "South Korea's Nuclear Surprise," Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, January/February 2005, pp. 40-49. 2. M. Bunn, J. Holdren, A. Macfarlane, S. Picektt, A. Suzuki, T. Suzuki, J. Weeks, "Interim Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel: A Safe, Flexible, and Cost-Effective Near Term Approach to Spent Fuel Management," A joint report from the Harvard University Project on Managing the Atom and the University of Tokyo Project on Sociotechnics of Nuclear Energy, June, 2001. Professional and Public Service Activities Auditor, NPO PI-Forum Founder, NPO Sustainable Energy Institute, US Co-founder and representative, Peace Pledge Japan
 Areas of Research of Murray Thompson
Biofuel Combustion
Advancing the development of new fuels from biomass feedstocks:
o Investigating the effect of biodiesel, bio-butanol, bio-oil, bio-kerosene and other biofuels on combustion processes;
o Measurement of species in biofuel flames;
o Development of detailed chemical kinetic models;
o Adaptation of engines for biofuel use;
o Applications in the automotive, train, aircraft and power generation sectors.
Combustion Generated Particulates
Advancing our understanding of the formation and oxidation of combustion generated particles (i.e. soot):
o Development of detailed models of soot formation including detailed aerosol dynamics;
o Experimental measurement of particulates in flames and engine exhaust;
o Development of soot models for engines (esp. gas turbine engines);
o Integration of radiation heat transfer into turbulent combustion models;
o Applications include gas turbine engines and diesel engines.
Optical Gas Sensors for Industrial Furnaces
Conserving energy and reducing pollutant emissions through process control:
o Development of non-intrusive optical sensors for pollutant measurement;
o UV, VIS, N-IR, M-IR Spectroscopy;
o Novel process control strategies;
o Applications in the steel, cement, and power generation.
Engine Models
The understanding and modeling of engine combustion processes:
o Development of engine models (esp. HCCI and gas turbine engines);
o Integration of radiation heat transfer into combustion models;
o Applications include gas turbine engines and diesel engines.
Recent Results
Bio-Fuels and their Effects on Engines, Emissions and Combustion Chemistry.
Biofuels show excellent promise as renewable fuels. However a fundamental understanding of their effect on combustion is missing. Studies of biodiesel and bio-butanol have focused on their effect on combustion chemistry and soot formation. Detailed chemical kinetic mechanisms have been developed. There are experimental and numerical components.
o P. Dagaut, S. M. Sarathy, and M. J. Thomson, "A Chemical Kinetic Study of n-Butanol Oxidation at Elevated Pressure in a Jet Stirred Reactor" accepted by Proc. Combust. Inst., 2008.
o S. Gail, S. M. Sarathy, M.J. Thomson, P. Dievart and P. Dagaut, "Experimental and Chemical Kinetic Modeling Study of Small Methyl Esters Oxidation: Methyl (E)-2-Butaenoate and Methyl Butanoate" accepted by Combustion and Flame, 2008.
o T. Tzanetakis, N. Ashgriz, D.F. James and M.J. Thomson "Liquid Fuel Properties of Hardwood Derived Bio-Oil", Energy and Fuels, 22:2725–2733, 2008..
o S.M. Sarathy, S. Gail, S.A. Syed, M.J. Thomson, and P. Dagaut "A comparison of saturated and unsaturated C4 fatty acid methyl esters in an opposed flow diffusion flame and a jet stirred reactor" Proc. Combust. Inst., 31: 1015-1022, 2007.
o S. Gail, M.J. Thomson, S.M. Sarathy, S.A. Syed, P. Dagaut, P. Dievart, A.J. Marchese and F.L. Dryer "A Wide-Ranging Kinetic Modeling Study Of Methyl Butanoate Combustion" Proc. Combust. Inst., 31: 305-311, 2007.
o Cathy K.W. Ng and Murray J. Thomson "Modeling of the Effect of Fuel Reforming and EGR on the Acceptable Operating Range of an Ethanol HCCI Engine" International Journal of Vehicle Design 44: 107-123, 2007.
o P. A. Glaude, W.J. Pitz and M. J. Thomson, "Chemical Kinetic Modeling of Dimethyl Carbonate in an Opposed-Flow Diffusion Flame" Proceedings Of The Combustion Institute 30: 1111-1118, 2005.
The Development of Optical Sensors for Combustion Measurement and Control.
Our research lab is developing new optical sensors that can reduce energy consumption and pollution emissions when combined with closed loop process control. One project has developed and patented an optical near-infrared process sensor to measure species concentrations and temperature of combustion systems. State-of-the-art lasers are being used to probe the absorption spectroscopy of high temperature molecules. The sensor's ability to non-intrusively measure CO, CO2, O2 and temperature in real time will allow for improved process control in this application. Full scale testing is currently underway. Our research laboratory has close partnerships with industrial companies and non-governmental organizations.
o Rego, S., and Thomson, M.J., “Particle effects on the emissivity and temperature of optically-thick, mixed media retrieved by mid-IR emission spectroscopy” Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 109:1325-1334, 2008.
o Rego, S., Saari, R., Mani, R., El-Batroukh, S. and Thomson, M.J., "Real time, non-intrusive measurement of particle emissivity and gas temperature in coal-fired power plants" Meas. Sci. Technol. Vol. 18, pp. 3479-3488, 2007.
o United States Patent 7,217,121: Thomson; Murray J., Nikkari; Jason J., Mackay; Gervase I., and Chanda; Alak, "Method and Apparatus for Improve Process Control in Combustion Applications", issued May 15, 2007. (click to download patent PDF)
o J.J. Nikkari, J.M. Di Iorio, and M.J. Thomson, "In situ combustion measurements of CO, H2O, and temperature with a 1.58-mm diode laser and two-tone frequency modulation" Applied Optics, Vol. 41, p. 446-452, 2002.
The Development of Fundamental Models of Soot and Carbon Nano-Particle Formation.
This research seeks to improve our understanding of the fundamental physical and chemical processes involved in the formation of carbon particles especially soot. Recent work has combined sophisticated aerosol dynamics models with detailed chemistry models to provide a state-of the-art model. This work provided a new model that accurately predicts the particle dynamics while maintaining fast convergence. This work also improved the soot modeling by including the addition of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) species to the particle surface. Aromatic hydrocarbons play a central role in the formation of soot. Current work has developed new models of soot formation that is applicable to fuels containing aromatics. This calculates the soot inception rate from the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) levels. We have worked closely with aircraft engine designers to transfer this fundamental research into more practical engine models. Soot emissions are an important problem for engine designers.
o Zhang, Q., Guo, H., Liu, F., Smallwood, G.J., and Thomson, M. J., "Modeling of soot aggregate formation and size distribution in a laminar ethylene/air coflow diffusion flame with detailed PAH chemistry and an advanced sectional aerosol dynamics model" accepted by Proc. Combust. Inst., 2008.
o Zhang, Q., Thomson, M.J., Guo, H., Liu, F., and Smallwood G. J. "Implementation of a fixed sectional aerosol dynamics model with soot aggregate formation in a laminar axisymmetric coflow methane/air diffusion flame" Combustion Theory and Modeling, 12: 621–641, 2008.
o Wen JZ, Thomson MJ, Lightstone MF "Numerical study of carbonaceous nanoparticle formation behind shock waves", Combustion Theory And Modelling 10: 257-272, 2006.
o Wen, J., M. J. Thomson, S. H. Park, S. N. Rogak and M. F. Lightstone, "Study Of Soot Growth In A Plug Flow Reactor Using A Moving Sectional Model" Proceedings Of The Combustion Institute 30: 1477-1484, 2005.
o Wen, Z., Yun, S., Thomson, M.J. and Lightstone, M.F. "Modeling Soot Formation in Turbulent Kerosene/Air Jet Diffusion Flames" Combustion and Flame, Volume 135, p. 323-340, 2003.
 Ambassador Tibor Tóth assumed the function of Executive Secretary of the Preparatory Commission of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) on 1 August 2005. Mr Tóth is a Hungarian career diplomat with a long experience in the field of arms control and disarmament. Before taking up the position as Executive Secretary of the CTBTO Preparatory Commission, Mr Tóth served as Permanent Representative of Hungary to the United Nations and other International Organizations in Geneva and the Conference on Disarmament since 2003, a position he had also held from 1990 to 1993. In the years from 2001 to 2003, he was Ambassador-at-Large for Non-proliferation and Critical Technologies with the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From 1997 to 2001, Mr Tóth was the Permanent Representative of Hungary to the United Nations and other International Organizations in Vienna. Prior to that, he served as Ambassador-at-Large for Non-proliferation. From 1994 to 1996, Mr Tóth was the Hungarian Deputy State Secretary of Defense in charge of international affairs. Prior to that, he served as Permanent Representative of Hungary to the Preparatory Commission of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in The Hague. Throughout his diplomatic career, Mr Tóth has been actively involved in a number of organizations, conferences and fora dealing with arms control and disarmament. He was an active participant in the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva during his two terms in Geneva as the Hungarian Permanent Representative. In the period from 1997 to 2001, Mr Tóth served as Governor on the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency. He participated in all follow-up conferences of the Biological Weapons Convention and in Review Conferences of the Non-Proliferation Treaty in the years 1980, 1985, 1990 and 2005. From 1982 to 1992, Mr Tóth took part in the negotiations of the Chemical Weapons Convention and played a crucial role in the Preparatory Commission for the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons from 1993 to 1997. Mr Tóth's involvement with the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) dates back to 1982 and 1983, when he participated in the Conference on Disarmament Ad Hoc Committee on a CTBT. Since the establishment of the Preparatory Commission for the CTBT in November 1996 and through 2004, Mr Tóth was the Chairperson of Working Group A, the subsidiary body of the Commission responsible for budgetary and administrative matters. In this function, he has been leading efforts of States Signatories to build-up the budgetary, financial, administrative and legal infrastructure of the organization. Mr Tóth holds a degree from the University of International Relations in Moscow. He is married and has two daughters from a previous marriage.
 Minister Maxime Jacques Marcel Verhagen was born in Maastricht on 14 September 1956. After completing his secondary education, he studied history at the University of Leiden, graduating in 1986. From 1984 to 1987, Mr Verhagen worked as assistant to an MP for the Christian Democratic Alliance (CDA). Later on, he joined the parliamentary staff for the CDA, where he was given responsibility for European Affairs, Development Cooperation and Trade Policy. Up to 1989, he represented the CDA on the Oegstgeest municipal council, becoming leader of the council’s CDA faction in 1986. He was a member of the European Parliament from 1989 to 1994. He was then elected to the House of Representatives, becoming leader of the CDA parliamentary party in 2002. Mr Verhagen has also been vice-chair of the ACP-EU Joint Assembly and of the permanent parliamentary committee on foreign affairs, and a board member of the Eduardo Frei Foundation, the Netherlands Atlantic Association, the European Movement and Nijmegen University’s Parliamentary History Foundation. He has also been a member of the supervisory board of Free Voice, a media organisation that lobbies for freedom of the press in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and Eastern Europe. On 22 February 2007, Mr Verhagen was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs in the fourth Balkenende government.
Joris Voorhoeve is former Dutch Minister of Defence (1994-1998); Member Council of State; Chair Oxfam-Novib Netherlands since 2007.
Ambassador Hu Xiaodi (China)
Mirwaiz Yasini, Deputy Speaker of the Wolesi Jirga (Parliament) (Islamic Republic of Afghanistan)
 Moeed Yusuf is a PhD student and Teaching Fellow at Boston University’s Political Science Department and a Research Fellow at the Boston University Pardee Center. He is also a Research Fellow at Strategic and Economic Policy Research, Pakistan and a Visiting Associate at the Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI), Pakistan. Most recently, he was based at the Brookings Institution as a Special Guest researcher.
Moeed Yusuf has taught courses on political economy and defense economics at the Department of Defence and Strategic Studies at Quaid-e-Azam University, Pakistan. He writes a weekly column in The Friday Times, Pakistan’s leading English weekly paper. He has served as a member of a number of advisory groups in Pakistan including the working group on poverty for Pakistan’s Medium Term Development Framework.
Moeed Yusuf's research focuses on strategic concerns related to South Asia, especially those falling within the ambit of Pakistan and India’s security policy, the political economy of democratic transitions in Pakistan, as well as developmental issues related to South Asian trade and poverty. He is currently engaged in authoring a compilation on Pakistan’s security and political environment.
Ambassador Ali. B. Ziaran (Iran)
 Bob van der Zwaan is a senior scientist at the Energy research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN). Until 2005 he was research associate at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government Belfer Center for Science and international Affairs). He received graduate degrees in economics (MPhil, 1997, University of Cambridge, King’s College), physics (Ph D, 1995, CERN and University of Nijmegen; MSc, 1991, Utrecht University) and international relations (Certificate, 1994, IUHEI, Geneva). He has held various research positions, among which at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (IVM), Stanford University (CISAC) and the Institut Français des Relations Internationales (Paris). He has been visiting scholar at IIASA (Laxenburg) and CNRS (Paris), as well as scientific consultant to the OECD (Paris). His research interest covers various subjects related to energy economics, global warming, technological innovation, and science and international affairs. He is (co-)author of over 80 articles in refereed scientific journals, as well as author of two books and co-editor of two peer-reviewed volumes on the future of nuclear energy and, respectively, the interrelations between consumption, population and the global loss of biodiversity. He possesses a broad experience in leading international projects, organising multinational workshops and analysing the science and politics of energy and climate change.
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