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1 Regional Consultative Meeting on Migration and in the Arab Region Cairo, 4-5 June 2013 List of Participants Member States s Name Title 1 2 Mr. Rasem Hashem Mr. Mutasem Al-Basheer Ambassador Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs Third Secretary Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Jordan Jordanian Permanent Mission to the League of 3 Mr. Ali Al Shamili Third Secretary United Arab Emirates Permanent Mission to States 4 Ms. Rasha Assem Abdel Haq Expert s Ministy of Labor United Arab Emirates 5 Mr. Ali Al Kohaji Vice President Operations Labour Market Regulatory Authority Bahrain Mr. Khalil Amiri Mr. Samir Messelmani Mr. Belhassen Masmoudi Chief, Advisor Central Director Head of Secretariat of the State for Migration and Tunisians Abroad Tunisia Office for Migration and Tunisians Abroad Tunisia Ministry of Foreign Affairs Tunisia 1

2 9 10 Mr. Ahmed Djellal Ms. Lilia Ferial Dali Diplomatic Secretary Office of the Secretary of State for the Nationals Abroad Algeria Embassy of Algeria 11 Mr. Karar El Tohami Secretary General Secretariat of Sudanese Working Abroad Sudan 12 Mr. Hasan Babiker Ahmed General Director of Immigration, s and Communities Secretariat of Sudanese Working Abroad - Sudan 13 Mr. Mohamed Osman Head of Activities and Conferences Secretariat of Sudanese Working Abroad- Sudan 14 Mr. Sattar Nawrooz Khan Baghdad Deputy DirectorGeneral of Immigration Ministry of Displacement and Migration - Iraq 15 Mr. Sabah Sultan Saleh Legal Rights Ministry of Displacement and Migration - Iraq Ms. Zeina Al Khatib Ms. Nuha Al Harthia Mr. Seif Al Bulushi Second Secretary Deputy Director of Statistics Deputy Director of the of s and External Relations Iraqi Permanent Mission to League of Directorate General of Planning and Ministry of manpower- Oman Ministry of manpower- Oman Mr. Ali Abu Hilal Ms. Jumana Al Ghoul Director General Expatriates Affairs Dept. First Secretary Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation - Palestine Palestinian Permanent Mission to League of 2

3 21 Mr. Abdalla Al Hammadi Director of Technical Office Permanent Population Committee General Secretariat for Planning Qatar Ms. Khawla Al-Abddullah Mr. Abdulla Al-Ragib Mr. Eissa Al-Zayadi Population Researcher Permanent Population Committee General Directorate for Immigration Investigation General Directorate for Immigration Investigation General Secretariat for Planning Qatar Ministry of Interior Kuwait Ministry of Interior Kuwait 25 Mr. Ayyad Al Tayyari Counselor Libyan Permanent Mission to League of 26 Ms. Nahed Hassan Al Eshary Head of Immigration Affairs and ians Abroad Ministry of Manpower and Immigration Mr. Mohamed Shokry Mr. Mohamed El Fishawy Researcher Researcher Ministry of Manpower and Immigration Ministry of Manpower and Immigration 29 Mr. Haitham Juma Director General General Directorate of Migrants Lebanon Mr. Jaafar Debbarh Rabat Mr. AbdulKader Hamam Ms. Eshraq Hammad Director of Cooperation, Studies and Prospectives Assistant Under- Secretary Expatriate Affairs Ministry for Diaspora Second Secretary Ministry Delegate to the Prime Minister in Charge of Moroccans Residing Abroad- Morocco Ministry of Expatriate Affairs - Yemen Yemeni Permanent Mission to League of 3

4 Participants s Name Ms. Francesca Perucci Mr. Hassan Yousif Mr. Abdallah Zoubi Mr. Kharoufi Mostafa Mr. Renu Chahil-Graf Mr. Renauld Detalle Ms. Pia Oberoi Mr. Zane Preston Ms. Rana Korayem Title Chief, Demographic Analysis Branch Population Division Population Affairs Officer Human and Section Population and Adviser Policy Adviser Regional Office Director Regional Support Team for the Midde East and North Africa Acting Regional Representative Migration Advisor Intern Programme Associate United Nations for Affairs (UNDESA) New York, USA Economic Africa (ECA) Addis Ababa, Ethiopia United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Cairo, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Cairo, The Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) Cairo, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Geneva, Switzerland Crime Prevention Expert (Human Trafficking), United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC),Regional Office for the Middle East and North Africa, UN Women Cairo, 4

5 Mr. Luca Fedi Ms. Eva Åkerman Börje Mr. Mr. Heidar Abshar Mr. Moustaf Abd El Satar Mr. Ibrahim Awad Mr. Mohamed Dito Mr. Samir Farid Mr. Ashley William Gois Mr. Rajai Ray Jureidini Ms. Salwa Karam Mr. Mohamed Khachani General Secretary Mr. George Naufal Assistant Professor of Economics Senior Administrator Ambassador and Secretariat for the Swedish Global Forum on Migration and (GFMD) Assistant Director General Head of Labor Migrants Unit Professor of Public Policies Policy Consultant Chief Technical Advisor Regional Coordinator Adviser Qatar Foundation Dr. State and a Sociology Researcher General Secretary Assistant Professor of Economics 5 Labour (ILO) Swedish Government Stockholm, Sweden Arab Labor (ALO) Arab Labor (ALO) The American University in Cairo Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA), Bahrain Mediterranean Household Migration Survey Programme (MED- HIMS) London, United Kingdom Migrant Forum in Asia Manilla,Philippines Qatar Foundation Doha, Qatar Lebanese Diaspora Studies Center (LERC) University of Notre Dame (NDU) Moroccan Association of Studies and Researchers on Migration Rabat, Morocco American University of Sharjah (AUS) Sharjah, UAE

6 Ms. Heba Nassar Mr. Muhammad Al- Ramadhan Mr. Wael El-Delaimy Mr. Abdel Mawla El Solh Professor of Economcis Program Manager Private Sector President of Society for Advancement of Science and Technology in the Arab World Regional Representative to the Middle East American University in Cairo Kuwait Institute for Sceintific Research Kuwait Society of Advancement of Science and Technology in the Arab World (SASTA) San Diego, U.S.A. Center for Migration Policy (ICMPD) 6

7 s Name Mr. Frederico Neto Ms. Karima El- Korri Mr. Khaled Hussien Mr. Paul Tacon Organizing Bodies Title Director Division Chief Population and Section Division Head, Globalization and Financing for Unit Associate Affarirs Officer Population and Section Mr. Jose Antonio Pedrosa Garcia Ms. Therese Breir Mr. Pasquale Lupoli Mr. Mathieu Luciano Mr. Michael Newson Economic Affairs Officer Globalization and Financing for Unit Economic and Globalization Division Administrative Assistance Population and Section Division Director regional office Africa and Middle east Regional Liaison and Policy Officer Regional Labour Migration / Migration and Specialist 7 Migration (IOM) Cairo, Migration (IOM) Cairo,

8 Mr. Donato Colucci Mr. Harry Cook Ms. Lara Fakhoury Ms. Sara Sadek Ms. Karoline Popp Ms. Lorena Lando Ambassador Faeqa Said Al-Saleh Ms. Enas El Fergany Mr. Ayman Zohry Ms. Lobna Azzam Ms. Amina ElShibany Mr. Tarek Al Naboulsi Ms. Choaa Dassouki Immigration & Border Management Specialist Regional office Africa and Middle east Regional office Africa and Middle east Regional office Africa and Middle east Migration Policy Officer Chief of Mission IOM Tunisia Assistant Secretary-General, Sector Director Migration and Arab Expatriates Expert on Migration Studies Migration and Arab Expatriates Migration and Arab Expatriates Migration and Arab Expatriates Head of Coordination and Follow up Unit- social sector Adviser Population Policies and Cooperation Geneva, Switzerland Tunisia 8

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