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H.E. Amb. Prof. Abdulsalam AlMadani<\/h4>\n

Chairman of DIHAD Sustainable Organisation and Chairman of DISAB; Roving Ambassador of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (PAM) for the GCC Region<\/p>\n

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Mr. Amin
\nAwad<\/h4>\n

President of the Foundation Council, DCAF Gen\u00e8ve Center for Security Governance; Former United Nations Assistant Secretary-General and Crisis Coordinator for Ukraine; Senior Fellow, Advanced Leadership Initiative, Harvard University<\/p>\n

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Ms. B\u00e9rang\u00e8re
\nB\u00f6ell<\/h4>\n

United Nations Resident Coordinator for the UAE<\/p>\n

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Ms. Clare
\nDalton<\/h4>\n

Advisor, Policy Planning Department, United Arab Emirates Ministry of Foreign Affairs<\/p>\n

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Mr. Claus
\nSorensen<\/h4>\n

Senior Adviser on Resilience, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response, Norwegian Refugee Council<\/p>\n

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Mr. Giuseppe
\nSaba<\/h4>\n

CEO of Dubai Humanitarian; Founder of the United Nations Humanitarian Response Depot Network (UNHRD)<\/p>\n

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H.E. Dr. Hanan
\nBalkhy<\/h4>\n

Regional Director, WHO Eastern Mediterranean RegionEng.<\/p>\n

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Eng. Khaled
\nAl Attar<\/h4>\n

Director General, DIHAD Sustainable Organisation<\/p>\n

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Dr. Khaled
\nKhalifa<\/h4>\n

Senior Advisor and Representative to the GCC Countries, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)<\/p>\n

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Mr. Iori
\nKato<\/h4>\n

Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific, International Organization for Migration (IOM)<\/p>\n

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Dr. Manal
\nTaryam<\/h4>\n

CEO and Board Member of Noor Dubai Foundation<\/p>\n

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Prof. Dr. Michael
\nA. Koehler<\/h4>\n

Grand Bargain Ambassador; Professor at the College of Europe, Bruges, and LUISS Guio Carli, Rome;\u00a0Acting Director-General, European Commission (ret.)<\/p>\n

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Mr. Mohammed
\nAl Yammahi<\/h4>\n

Director, UAE Red Crescent Authority, Dubai<\/p>\n

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Mr. Mohammed
\nAl Zarouni<\/h4>\n

Advisor, UAE Red Crescent Authority, Dubai<\/p>\n

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Dr. Mukesh
\nKapila<\/h4>\n

Professor Emeritus, Global Health & Humanitarian Affairs, University of Manchester<\/p>\n

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Ms. Sajeda
\nShawa<\/h4>\n

Head of United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA) Office in the UAE<\/p>\n

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H.E. Amb. Sergio
\nPiazzi<\/h4>\n

Secretary-General, Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (PAM)<\/p>\n

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H.E. Mr.\u00a0Sultan Mohammed
\nAl Shamsi<\/h4>\n

Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs for Development Affairs and International Organizations, Vice Chairman of the UAE Aid Agency, Member of The International Humanitarian and Philanthropic Council<\/p>\n

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Ms. Valentina
\nBernasconi<\/h4>\n

Head of the International Committee of the Red Cross Delegation in the UAE<\/p>\n

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Drs. Yannick
\ndu Pont<\/h4>\n

Member of the Development Cooperation Committee at the Dutch Advisory Council on International Affairs; Founder of Spark, Amsterdam<\/p>\n

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H.E. Mr. Xavier
\nCastellanos Mosquera<\/h4>\n

Under Secretary General for National Society Development and Coordination,\u2028The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/12″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section]<\/p>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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