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New Board Members for International Crisis Group

Oslo, 28 April 2008: The International Crisis Group is pleased to announce that 13 new members will join Crisis Group’s Board of Trustees from 1 July 2008, following their election at the Board meeting held in Oslo at the weekend:

Ali Alatas Foreign Minister of Indonesia (1988-1998)

HRH Prince Turki al-Faisal Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the United States of America (2005-2007)

Kofi Annan Secretary-General of the United Nations (1997-2007); Nobel Peace Prize (2001)

Louise Arbour UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (2004-2008); Chief Prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and for Rwanda (1996-1999), Canada

Richard Armitage U.S. Deputy Secretary of State (2001-2005)

Lord (Paddy) Ashdown High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina (2002-2006); Leader of the Liberal Democrats, UK (1988-1999)

Emma Bonino Minister of International Trade and European Affairs, Italy (2006-2008); European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid (1994-1999)

Yegor Gaidar Prime Minister of Russia (1992)

Alexander Kwaśniewski President of Poland (1995-2005)

Moisés Naím Editor-in-chief, Foreign Policy magazine; Minister of Trade and Industry, Venezuela (1989-1990)

Güler Sabancı Chairperson, Sabancı Holding, Turkey

Larry Summers President, Harvard University (2001-2006); U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (1999-2001)

Jessica Tuchman Matthews President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, U.S.

The newly constituted 54-member Board (full list attached) includes 21 members from North and South America, 17 from Western and Eastern Europe, nine from Africa and the Middle East and seven from Asia and Australasia. It meets twice a year.

Crisis Group President Gareth Evans said, “Crisis Group continues to have one of the strongest boards of any non-governmental organisation in the world, and our new members will contribute an even more extraordinary range of expertise and experience.”

Crisis Group, with nearly 140 fu ll-time staff members on five continents, works through field-based analysis and high-level advocacy to prevent and resolve deadly conflict. Its approach is grounded in field research, with teams of political analysts located within or close by countries at risk of outbreak, escalation or recurrence of violent conflict. Based on information and assessments from the field, Crisis Group produces regular analytical reports containing practical recommendations targeted at key international decision-takers.

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INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP BOARD OF TRUSTEES
FROM 1 JULY 2008

Co-Chairs
Lord (Christopher) Patten
Former European Commissioner for External Relations, Governor of Hong Kong and UK Cabinet Minister; Chancellor of Oxford University

Thomas Pickering
Former U.S. Ambassador to the UN, Russia, India, Israel, Jordan, El Salvador and Nigeria; Senior Vice-President, International Relations, Boeing


President & CEO
Gareth Evans
Former Foreign Minister of Australia


Executive Committee

Morton Abramowitz
Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State and Ambassador to Turkey

Emma Bonino* (Vice-Chair)
Former Minister of International Trade and European Affairs, Italy; Former European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid


Cheryl Carolus
Former South African High Commissioner to the UK and Secretary General of the ANC

Maria Livanos Cattaui
Former Secretary-General, International Chamber of Commerce

Yoichi Funabashi
Editor-in-Chief & Columnist, The Asahi Shimbun, Japan

Frank Giustra
Chairman, Endeavour Financial, Canada

Stephen Solarz
Former U.S . Congressman

George Soros
Chairman, Open Society Institute

Pär Stenbäck
Former Foreign Minister of Finland


Other Board Members

Adnan Abu-Odeh
Former Political Adviser to King Abdullah II and to King Hussein, and Jordan Permanent Representative to the UN

Kenneth Adelman
Former U.S. Ambassador and Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency

Ali Alatas*
Former Foreign Minister of Indonesia

HRH Prince Turki al-Faisal*
Former Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the United States of America

Kofi Annan*
Former Secretary-General of the United Nations; Nobel Peace Prize (2001)

Louise Arbour*
Former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights; Former Chief Prosecutor for the= 0International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and for Rwanda

Richard Armitage*
Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State

Lord (Paddy) Ashdown*
Former High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina and the European Union Special Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina; Former leader of the Liberal Democrats, UK

Shlomo Ben-Ami
Former Foreign Minister of Israel

Lakhdar Brahimi
Former Special Adviser to the UN Secretary-General and Algerian Foreign Minister

Zbigniew Brzezinski
Former U.S. National Security Advisor to the President

Kim Campbell
Former Prime Minister of Canada; Secretary General, Club of Madrid

Naresh Chandra
Former Indian Cabinet Secretary and Ambassador of India to the U.S.

Joaquim Alberto Chissano
Former President of Mozambique

Wesley Clark
Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander, Europe

Pat Cox
Former President of European Parliament

Uffe Ellemann-Jensen
Former Foreign Minister of Denmark

Mark Eyskens
Former Prime Minister of Belgium

Joschka Fischer
Former Foreign Minister of Germany

Yegor Gaidar*
Former Prime Minister of Russia

Leslie H. Gelb
President Emeritus of Council on Foreign Relations, U.S.

Carla Hills
Former Secretary of Housing and U.S. Trade Representative

Lena Hjelm-Wallén
Former Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Sweden

Swanee Hunt
Chair of Inclusive Security: Women Waging Peace; former U.S. Ambassador to Austria

Anwar Ibrahim
Former Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia

Asma Jahangir
UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions; former Chair Human Rights Commission of Pakistan

James V. Kimsey
Founder and Chairman Emeritus of America Online, Inc.

Wim Kok
Former Prime Minister of the Netherlands

Alexander Kwaśniewski*
Former President of Poland

Ricardo Lagos
Former President of Chile

Joanne Leedom-Ackerman
Novelist and journalist, U.S.

Moisés Naím*
Editor-in-chief, Foreign Policy magazine

Ayo Obe
Chair of Steering Committee of World Movement for Democracy, Nigeria

Christine Ockrent
Journalist and author, France

Victor Pinchuk
Founder of Interpipe Scientific and Industrial Production Group

Samantha Power
Author and Professor, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Fidel V. Ramos
Former President of Philippines

Güler Sabancı*
Chairperson, Sabancı Holding, Turkey

Ghassan Salamé
Former Minister, Lebanon; Professor of International Relations, Paris

Thorvald Stoltenberg
Former Foreign Minister of Norway

Larry Summers*
Former President, Harvard University; Former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury; Former Chief Economist, World Bank

Jessica Tuchman Matthews*
President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Ernesto Zedillo
Former President of Mexico; Director, Yale Center for the Study of Globalization

* New Members July 2008