List of Participants
Conference on "How to Stop the Use of Children as Soldiers"
April 8-10, 2001

Government Participants:

Algeria

Dr. Hamid Boukrif
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Algeria
Tel: 213 21 692525/504545
Fax: 213 21504141
Email: hamidboukrif@yahoo.fr

Dr. Thouraya Ben Mokrane
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Algeria
Tel: 213 21300850/504545
Fax: 213 21504141
Email: thourayab@usa.net

Bahrain

Mrs. Amal Salman Al-Dossari 
General Organization for Youth & Sports
Bahrain
Tel: 973 725400
Fax: 973 728341
Email: adossari84@hotmail.com

Mr. Fouad Darwish
Embassy of Bahrain
Amman- Jordan
Tel: 9626 5664148/9
Fax: 9626 5664190

Egypt

Mr. Mohamed Hussein El-Sadr 
National Council for Childhood 
& Motherhood
Egypt
Tel: 202 5240277
Fax: 202 5240701
Email: nccm2@intouch.com.eg

Mr. Amr Hassan Osman 
National Council for Childhood 
& Motherhood 
Egypt
Tel: 202 5240277
Fax: 202 5240701
Email: nccm2@intouch.com.eg

European Union

Ms. Famea Cristiana 
EU Delegation, Amman
Jordan
Tel: 962 65668191
Fax: 962 65686746

Jordan

Mr. Hashem Nayel Al-Majali 
Office of HRH Prince Ra'd Bin Zeid
Jordan
Fax: 962 65931391

Col. Mohammed Al-Raggad 
Public Security Directorate
Amman-Jordan
Tel: 196, ext.2271
Fax: 962 64637773

Lt. Col. Fadel M. Hamoud
Public Security Directorate 
Amman-Jordan
Tel: 962 65623345
Fax: 962 65623349

Mr. Mohammed Harahsheh
Ministry of Interior
Amman- Jordan
Tel: 962 79 735082
Fax : 962 6 5606908

Mr. Bassem Issa Bader
Public Security Directorate
Jordan
Tel: 962 6 5157108
Fax: 962 6 5623349

Mr. Khaled Ma'ayta
Ministry of Interior
Amman- Jordan
Tel: 962 77 872790
Fax : 962 6 5606908

Mr. Musa Safi 
Ministry of Social Development 
Jordan
Tel: 962 6 5931391
Fax: 962 6 5931518

Mr. Khaled Takhayneh 
Ministry of Foreign Affairs 
Jordan
Tel: 962 6 4644361
Fax: 962 6 4646218
Email: khalid10k@yahoo.com

Morocco

Ms. Laila Fala 
Ministry of Foreign Affairs 
Morocco
Tel: 212 37760668
Fax: 212 37765508
Email: lailafala@hotmail.com

Palestinian National Authority

Mr. Ahmad Al-Yazigi
Deputy Minister 
Ministry of Youth & Health 
Palestine
Tel: 972 82822743/2827655
Fax: 972 82822736

Mr. Riyadh Fayed
Ministry of Youth & Sport
Palestine
Tel: 972 2985983/ 2298898
Fax: 972 2985991/ 2985991
Email: rmfayed@hotmail.com

Mr. Khaled Mismar
Political and Moral Guidance- 
Ramalla
Palestine
Tel: 972 2980391
Fax: 972 2987619

Qatar

Sheikh Jabor Yousef Ben Jasem Al-
Thani
Head of International Organizations
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Qatar
Tel: 974 4334334
Fax: 974 44244279

Ms. Noor Abdulla Al-Malki
Supreme Council for Family Affairs
Qatar
Tel: 974 4676608/8628475
Fax: 974 4676639
Email: nalmalki@scfa.gov.qa

Mr. Jasem Ali Obeidly
Legal Affairs Administration
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Qatar
Fax: 974 4325759

Saudi Arabia

Mr. Mohamad F. Sha'lan
Embassy of Saudi Arabia
Amman- Jordan
Tel: 962 6 5924154
Fax: 962 6 5921154

Sudan

Mr. Kuol Alor
Ambassador
Ministry of Foreign Affairs/Sudan
C/o Embassy of Sudan
Amman, Jordan
Fax: 962 65854501

Switzerland

Ms. Gabriele Schreier 
Federal Dept. of Foreign Affairs 
Switzerland
Tel: 413 13232096
Fax: 413 13249066
Email:Gabriele.schreier@eda.admin.ch

Syria

Mr. Mohamed Onfouan Naeb
Third Secretary 
Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs 
Syria
Tel: 963 3331200/4
Fax: 963 3320686

Tunisia

Mr. Rached Ben Hamida
MJES
Tunisia
Tel: 2161800066
Fax: 2161844097

Mr. Bechir Msakni
MOFA
Tunisia
Tel: 2161847500
Fax: 2161785074

Turkey

Maj. Bulent Cakar
Turkish Armed Forces
C/o Turkish Embassy/Amman/Jordan
Fax:0096264612353


Mr. S. Babur Girgin
Turkish Embassy-Amman
Jordan
Tel: 9626 4641251/2
Fax: 9626 4612353

REGIONAL NGO PARTICIPANTS

Afghanistan/Pakistan

Dr. Amir Shah Hassanyar 
Cooperation Center for Afghanistan 
Pakistan, Afghanistan 
Tel: 929 1816386
Fax: 929 1816386
Email:"amir"amir@pes.comsats.net.pk

Algeria 

Mr. Abdelkrim Abidat
Organisation et Conseil National des Associations
Pour le Sauvegarde de la Jeunesse (National Coulcil to Save the Young)
Algeria
Tel: 213 21634545/634646
Fax: 213 21634955


Jordan

Dr. Ibrahim Badran
Philadelphia University
Jordan
Tel: 962 6374444
Fax: 962 6374440

Mrs. Rafeef Barakat
Arab Thought Forum
Jordan
Tel: 962 65678707
Fax: 962 65675325
Email: atf@nic.net.jo

Mrs. Samar Haj-Hasan
Jordan River Foundation
Jordan
Tel: 9626 5933211
Fax: 9626 5933210
Email: samar@jrf.org.jo

Ms. Asma Khader
Mizan-Law Group for Human Rights
Jordan
Tel: 9626 5518923/5663793
Fax: 9626 5532574
Email: asma@nol.com.jo


Mrs. Nuha Ma'ayta
GFJW
Jordan
Tel: 9626 5412660/ 5670325
Fax: 9626 5694810
Email: nuham@hotmail.com


Ms. Lamia Ra'ai 
National Task Force for Children
Jordan
Tel: 962 65606431/ 5605844
Fax: 962 65606686 

Dr. Ahmed Rkhbat 
Esra University
Jordan
Tel: 962 6 4440710
Fax: 962 6 4440505

Ms. Manal Sharif 
Horizon Cultural Center
Jordan

Mrs. Hayat Yaghi 
National Task Force for Children 
Jordan 
Tel: 962 65606431/ 5605844
Fax: 962 65606686 
Email: int.desk@ntfc.org.jo

Lebanon

Prof. Ghassan Khalil 
Beirut Centre on Human Rights 
Lebanon
Tel: 961 3446694
Fax: 961 5460296
Email: gkhalil@cyberia.net.lb

Palestinian National Authority

Mr. Nader Abu Amsha 
YMCA East Jerusalem
Palestine
Tel: 972 22772713
Fax: 972 22772203
Email: nader@shepherdsfieldymca.org

Mr. George Abu Al-Zulof 
Defence for Children International
Palestine
Tel: 970 22407530
Fax: 970 22407018
Email: dcipal@palnet.com

Mr. Amar Arouri
Law Society
Palestine
Tel: 972 5833430
Fax: 972 5833317
Email: amer@lawsociety.org

Prof. Ahmad Baker 
Birzeit University
Palestine
Tel: 972 2982915
Fax: 972 22810656
Email: abaker@admin.birzeit.edu

Ms. Jehan Helou 
Tamer Institute for Community Education
Palestine
Tel: 972 2 2986121/2
Fax: 972 2 2986121/2
Email: tamer@palnet.com

Dr. Nadera Shalhoub Kevorkian
Nablus Center for Women/ Family Defense Society
Palestine
Tel: 972 26260984/ 9 2330333
Fax: 972 25881725
Email: msnadera@mscc.huji.ac.il


Philippines

Mr. Datu Haj Ansari Alonto
Mindanao War Victims
Philippines
Tel: 632 9246511/ 9353577
Fax: 632 9246510 
Email: firstcosmo@pacific.net.ph


Sudan

Dr. Hussein Elobeid 
CHARM 
Sudan
Tel: 249 11475961
Fax: 249 11475990
Email: charm@sudanmail.net


Mr. Hassan S. Taha 
Benevolence International Foundation 
Sudan
Tel: 249 11 228865/2359298
Fax: 249 11 225989
Email: bifint@hotmail.com/

Yemen

Mr. Fadel Ali Abdullah 
Organization for the Defense of 
Human Rights & Democratic Freedom
Yemen
Tel: 967 2246812
Fax: 967 2246812/244211

Mr. Yahya Saleh Al-Koufily
National Coalition for Child Care
Yemen
Tel: 967 1413317
Fax: 967 1206263
Email: yngoc@y.net.ye/yncoc@y.net.ye

Mr. Eiz Edin Saeed Ahmed Alasbahi 
Human Rights, Information & Training Center 
Yemen
Tel: 967 4216277
Fax: 967 4216279
Email: hritc@y.net.ye


INTERNATIONAL NGOS, AGENCIES AND INSTITUTES

Mr. Soufiane Adjali
UNHCR- Amman
Jordan
Email: adjali@unhcr.ch
Fax: 962 65691915

Ms. Eva Ahlen 
Save the Children, Sweden
Sweden 
Tel: 468 6989000
Fax: 468 6989010
Email: eva.ahlen@rb.se

Mr. Mubarak Awad 
Youth Advocate National
USA
Tel: 1 202 2441986
Fax: 1 202 2446396
Email: yapi@igc.org


Mr. Bertrand Bainvel 
UNICEF, Jerusalem
Palestine
Tel: 972 25830013/4
Fax: 972 25830806
Email: bbainvel@unicef.org

Ms. Jo Becker
Human Rights Watch
New York, USA
Tel: 1 212 2161236
Fax: 1 212 7361300
Email: beckerj@hrw.org

Ms. Rachel Brett 
Quaker UN Office
Geneva, Switzerland
Tel: 41 22 7484800
Fax: 41 22 7484819
Email: quno@mbox.unicc.org

Mr. Dario Carminati
UNHCR, Amman
Jordan
Tel: 962 65691261
Fax: 962 65691915

Mr. Olivier Castaing
Enfants du Monde 
Iraq
C/o Enfants de Monde/Jordan
Fax:962 64648498

Ms. Zeina Choucair 
Student
Canada

Mr. Pascal Cuttat
ICRC
Jordan
Tel: 9626 5688645
Fax: 9626 5688649
Email: pcuttat.amm@icrc.org

Ms. Silvia Danailov 
UNICEF, New York
USA

Ms. Laetitia Dumas 
International Labour Office
Switzerland
Tel: 412 27997353
Fax: 412 27998771
Email: dumas@ilo.org

Mr. Lars Gill 
Save the Children, Sweden 
Pakistan, Afghanistan
Tel: 929 1840987
Fax: 929 1840349
Email: radda@brain.net.pk

Ms. Guhn Godani
Save the Children, Sweden
Sweden
Tel: 468 6989009
Fax: 468 6989016
Email: guhn.godani@rb.se

Dr. Felipe Gomez 
University of Deusto-Institute of Human Rights 
Spain
Tel: 349 44139102
Fax: 349 44139282
Email: fegomez@der.deusto.es

Ms. Gro Hasselknippe
Fafo
Jordan
Tel: 9626 5516401
Fax: 9626 5516402
Email: fafo@joinnet.com.jo

Ms. Sylvia Ladame 
International Red Cross Committee 
Switzerland
Tel: 412 27346001
Fax: 412 27332057
Email: sladame.gva@icrc.org 

Mr. William Lee 
UNRWA 
Jordan
Tel: 962 65660456
Fax: 962 65685476
Email: w.lee@unrwa.org

Mr. Jolyon Leslie 
UNICEF, Erbil 
Northern Iraq
Tel: 873 761473272/ 1 212 9634792
Fax: 873 761473274
Email: jleslie@unicef.org

Mr. Martin Macpherson
International Secretariat 
Amnesty International 
UK
Tel: 44 20 74135605
Fax: 44 20 79561157
Email: mmacpher@amnesty.org

Dr. Amin Makki Medani
OHCHR
Croatia 
Fax: 385 51 3712625

Dr. Issam Miqdadi 
UNRWA, Amman 
Jordan
Tel: 962 65826171
Fax: 962 65812549
Email: I-miqdadi@unrwa.org

Ms. Christina Nelke 
Save the Children, Sweden 
Lebanon
Tel: 961 1738654/5
Fax: 961 1739023
Email: rbliban@cyberia.net.lb

Ms. Nancy Nye 
Youth Advocate International 
USA
Tel: 1 202 2441986
Fax: 1 202 2446396
Email: yapi@igc.org

Ms. Shirin Persson
Save the Children, Sweden
Sweden
Tel: 46 86989288
Fax: 46 86989013
Email: shirin.person@rb.se


Ms. Julia Pinter
Search For Common Ground/Middle East
Jordan
Tel: 962 6 5684659/79
Fax: 962 6 5684709
Email: jpinter@go.com.jo

Ms. Mervat Rishmawi
Amnesty International
UK
Tel: 44 207 4135739
Fax: 44 207 4135719
Email: mrishmaw@amnesty.org

Ms. Aisha Saed 
Save the Children, Sweden 
Yemen
Tel: 967 2231602
Fax: 967 2232035
Email: rbyemcacd@y.net.ye

Dr. Ulrich Vogt 
Friedrich Naumann Foundation 
Jordan
Tel: 962 65529377
Fax: 962 65510690
Email: naumann.jorleb@amman.fnet.org

Ms. Elke Wisch
UNICEF
Bosnia

Ms. Ghada Yassin
Save the Children, Sweden
Palestine
Tel: 072 2 5326326
Fax: 972 2 5326469
Email: rb.meast@palnet.com


CONFERENCE ORGANISERS


HRH Princess Dr. Wijdan Ali
Jordan Institute of Diplomacy
Amman- Jordan
Tel: 962 65934400
Fax: 962 65934408

Prof. Kamel Abu Jaber
Jordan Institute of Diplomacy
Jordan
Tel: 9626 5934400
Fax: 9626 5934408

Mr. Ibrahima D. Fall 
UNICEF 
Jordan
Tel: 9626 5539977
Fax: 9626 5518102
Email: ifall@unicef.org


Mr. Ibrahim Al-Marashi
Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers
Oxford University
UK

Mr. Hasan Anbari
Jordan Institute of Diplomacy
Amman- Jordan
Tel: 962 65934400
Fax: 962 65934408

Ms. Judit Arenas
Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers
Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers
PO Box 22696 London N4 3ZJ, UK
Tel: 44 20 7226 0606
Fax: 44 20 7226 0208
Email: info@child-soldiers.org

Ms. Veronica Avati
UNICEF- Amman
Jordan
Tel: 962 6553997
Fax: 962 6 5538880
Email: vavati@unicef.org

Ms. Lucia Elmi
UNICEF MENARO
Jordan
Tel: 9626 5539977
Fax: 9626 5538880
Email: lelmi@unicef.org

Dr. Mazen Gharaibeh
Jordan Institute of Diplomacy
Amman- Jordan
Tel: 962 65934400
Fax: 962 65934408

Dr. Zina Haj Hasan
Jordan Institute of Diplomacy
Jordan
Tel: 962 65934400
Fax: 962 65934408

Mr. Rory Mungoven
Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers
PO Box 22696 London N4 3ZJ, UK
Tel: 44 20 7226 0606
Fax: 44 20 7226 0208
Email: info@child-soldiers.org

Dr. Mustafa Nawaiseh
Jordan Institute of Diplomacy
Amman- Jordan
Tel: 962 65934400
Fax: 962 65934408

Dr. Atef Odeibat
Jordan Institute of Diplomacy
Amman- Jordan
Tel: 962 65934400
Fax: 962 65934408

Ms. Lilian Peters
Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers
American Friends Service Committee
Jordan
Tel: 962 6 4644033
Fax: 962 6 4644033

Mr. Anis Salem
UNICEF
Jordan
Tel: 9626 5339977
Fax: 9626 5338880
Email: anis@unicef.org

Mr. Kamal Samari
Press Officer, Coalition to Stop the Use of 
Child Soldiers
Amnesty International, International 
Secretariat
Tel: 44 20 7413 5500
Fax: 44 20 79561157
Email: ksamari@amnesty.org

Dr. Rateb Sweis
Jordan Institute of Diplomacy
Amman- Jordan
Tel: 962 65934400
Fax: 962 65934408
Email: rsweis@id.gov.jo

Ms. Haifa Theodori
UNICEF- MENA Regional Office
Jordan
Tel: 9626 5339977
Fax: 9626 5338880

Mr. Jan Van Manen
UNICEF- MENA Regional Office
Tel: 962 6 5339977
Fax: 962 6 5338880