Enhancing the Effectiveness of Humanitarian Action
A Dialogue Between UN and Non-UN Humanitarian Organizations

Geneva, Switzerland
12-13 July 2006

List of Participants

1. ACFAction Contre la Faim - Mr. Benoît Miribel - Executive Director

2. ACT Action of Churches Together - Mr. John Nduna - Director, ACT International

3. ActionAid - Mr. Richard Miller - Executive Director, ActionAid UK

4. Aga Khan Foundation represented by Focus Humanitarian Assistance - Mr. Gulam Juma - Chief Executive Officer, Focus Humanitarian Assistance USA; Executive Officer, Focus International Coordinating Committee

5. AHA Africa Humanitarian Action - Dr. Dawit Zawde - President / Chief Executive Officer

6. AIDMI All India Disaster Mitigation Institute - Mr. Mihir R. Bhatt - Honorary Director

7. CARE International - Mr. Denis Caillaux - Secretary General

8. Caritas Internationalis - Mr. Duncan MacLaren - Secretary General

9. Concern Worldwide - Mr. Tom Arnold - Chief Executive Officer

10. Deutsche Welthungerhilfe / German Agro Action - Dr. Hans-Joachim Preuß - Secretary General 1

11. FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - Mr. David Harcharik - Deputy Director -General

12. ICRC International Committee of the Red Cross - Mr. Angelo Gnaedinger - Director-General

13. ICVA International Council of Voluntary Agencies - Mr. Tom Getman - Chair of the ICVA Executive Committee

14. IFRC International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies - Mr. Markku Niskala - Secretary General

15. IMC International Medical Corps - Ms. Nancy Aossey - President / Chief Executive Officer

16. InterAction - Mr. Charles MacCormack - Board Chair

17. IOM International Organization for Migration - Mr. Brunson McKinley - Director General

18. IRC International Rescue Committee - Mr. John Keys - Vice President for International Programs

19. Islamic Relief Worldwide - Dr. Hany El Banna - President

20. LWF Lutheran World Federation - Rev. Eberhard Hitzler - Director of the Department for World Service

21. MDM Médecins du Monde / Réseau International - Dr. Eric Chevallier - Director, International Operations and Programmes, MDM France

22. Mercy Corps - Ms. Nancy Lindborg - President

23. MERCY Malaysia - Dr. Jemilah Mahmood - President

24. NRC Norwegian Refugee Council - Mr. Tomas Colin Archer - Secretary General

25. OCHA Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs - Mr. Jan Egeland - United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator

26. OHCHR Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights - Ms. Louise Arbour - United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

27. Oxfam International - Ms. Barbara Stocking - Director, OXFAM Great Britain

28. Representative of the Secretary General on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons - Prof. Walter Kälin - Representative of the Secretary-General

29. Save the Children Alliance - Ms. Jasmine Whitbread - Chief Executive, Save the Children UK

30. SCHR Steering Committee for Humanitarian Response - Dr. Elizabeth Ferris - Programme Executive/Team Coordinator, Solidarity & Diakonia, World Council of Churches

31. UNDP United Nations Development Programme - Ms. Kathleen Cravero - Assistant Administrator and Director, Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery (BCPR)

32. UNFPA United Nations Population Fund - Ms. Thoraya Obaid - Executive Director

33. UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees - Mr. António Guterres - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

34. UNICEF United Nations Children's Fund - Ms. Ann M. Veneman - Executive Director

35. VOICE Voluntary Organisations in Cooperation in Emergencies - Mr. Paul Grossrieder - President

36. WFP United Nations World Food Programme - Mr. James T. Morris - Executive Director

37. WHO World Health Organization - Dr. Ala Din Alwan - Representative of the Director-General

38. World Bank - Mr. Joseph Ingram - Special Representative of the World Bank to the United Nations and World Trade Organization

39. Guest Speaker - Mr. James Darcy - Group Coordinator and Research Fellow, Humanitarian Policy Group, Overseas Development Institute, UK