Prime Ministers, Cabinet Members,

Members of Parliament/Congress

 

Hon. Senator John Herron, Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs, Australia

Hon. Dr. Jaime Serra Puche, Secretario de Commercio y Fomento Industrial, Mexico

Hon. Ronald H. Brown, Secretary of Commerce, USA

Rt. Hon. Albert Reynolds, Former Prime Minister, Republic of Ireland

Rt. Hon. James Molyneaux, Member of Parliament and Head of UUP, U.K.

Rt.. Hon, Michael Ancram, Minister of State, Northern Ireland

Hon. Sherrod Brown, United States House of Representatives

Hon. Rod Grams, United States Senate

Hon. Keith Vaz, House of Commons, U. K.

Hon. Gerry Adams, Member of  Parliament and President Sinn Fein.

 

Government Officials

Evelyn Scott, Chair, Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation, Australia

Roger Maaka, Member, Waitangi Tribunal, New Zealand

John Crump, Nunavat Planning Commission, Canada

Dr. Ngatata Love, Chief Executive, Ministry for Maori Development, New Zealand

Bradley F. Smith, Director, Environmental Protection Agency, USA

Juan Manuel Quiroga, Conacex, Mexico

Richard D’Souza, Conservator of Forests, India

James Grant, Executive Director, UNICEF

Vernon L B Mendis, Director General, Bandarnaike Diplomatic Training Institute, Sri Lanka

 

Business Leaders

 

Paul Wand, Vice President, Aboriginal Relations, Rio Tinto Australia, Ltd, Australia

LeBarron Taylor, Senior Vice President, Sony Music Entertainment Inc., USA

V. Raghuraman, Director General, Associated Chamber of Commerce, India

Allan K. Petersen, Vice President, 3M

Clara M. Diek Assad, Director, CINTERMEX, Mexico

Mammen Mathew, Editor, Malayala Manorama, India

Zubeida Mustafa, Asst. Editor, Dawn, Pakistan

 

Nonprofit Organization Leaders

 

Mike DeGagne, Aboriginal Helaing Foundation, Canada

A. T. Ariyaratne, President, Sarvodaya Movemenr, Sri Lanka

Bertha E. Lujan, RMALC, Mexico

Sebasti L. Raj, Executive Director, Indian Social Institute, India

P. D. Mathew, Director, Program for Legal Aid, India

Dino Touthang, Director, EFICOR, India

Amita Kapur, President, Child Relief and You, India

Alok Mukhopadhyay, Executive Director, Voluntary Health Association of India

Ashok Kumar, Vice President, Wildlife Protection Society of India

 

Academic Leaders

 

G. Edward Schuh, Dean, Humphrey Institute for Public Affairs, USA

T. K. Oommen, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India

Maura Sheehan, Queen’s University, Belfast, Northern Ireland

Michael Wieviorka, Editor, Cahiers Internationaux de Sociologie, France

Rodolfo Stavenhagen, El Colegio de Mexico, Mexico

Colin J. Bourke, Dean, Faculty of Aboriginal and Islander Studies, Australia

Muhammad M. Haj-Yahia, Hebrew University, Israel