[WSIS CS-Plenary] TR: Press release: UN appoints new members to the global alliance on ICT

[CONGO WSIS - Philippe Dam]

Dear all, 

 

Find below the nominations of the UN SG concerning the renewed membership of
the GAID Strategy Council and Steering Committee.

This renewed team will work in the perspective of the GAID Kuala Lumpur
meeting.

Civil Society is highlighted in bold in the Stereing Committee list.

 

Steering Committee (2008-2009)

 

 

1.	Mrs. Gloria Bonder, UNESCO Regional Chair on Women, Science and
Technology in Latin America, Argentina
2.	Mrs. Jennifer Corriero, TakingITGlobal, Canada
3.	Mr. Ramón A. Garza, Índigo Media, Mexico
4.	Mr. Mohsen A. Khalil, World Bank
5.	Mr. Abdul W. Khan, UNESCO
6.	Mr. Thierno Ousmane Sy, Senegal
7.	Mr. Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organization, Egypt
8.	Mr. Craig Barrett, Intel Corporation, United States - Chairman
9.	Mrs. Renate Bloem, Conference of NGOs (CONGO)
10.	Mr. Fust Walter, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation,
Switzerland
11.	H.E. Mr. Maximus Ongkili, Minister of Science, Technology &
Innovation,Malaysia
12.	Mr. Guy Sebban, International Chamber of Commerce
13.	Mr. Carl-Henric Svanberg, Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, Sweden
14.	Dr. Hamadoun Touré, International Telecommunications Union (ITU)
15.	Mr. Sha Zukang / Mr. Sarbuland Khan (ex officio)

 

Strategy Council (2008-2010)

 


Governments

Private Sector

Civil Society

International Organizations


1.	Afghanistan
2.	Armenia
3.	Azerbaijan
4.	Bahamas
5.	Brazil
6.	Canada
7.	China
8.	Croatia
9.	Cuba
10.	Dominican Republic
11.	Egypt
12.	Finland
13.	France
14.	Gambia
15.	Germany
16.	Ghana 
17.	India
18.	Italy 
19.	Jordan
20.	Lithuania
21.	Madagascar
22.	Mexico 
23.	Nigeria
24.	Pakistan
25.	Qatar
26.	Republic of Korea
27.	Russia
28.	Rwanda
29.	South Africa
30.	Syria
31.	Tunisia
32.	Vietnam

1.	Mr. Ibrahim Adel, Zain, Kuwait
2.	Mr. Roger Cochetti, Computing Technology Industry Association
(CompTIA), United States
3.	Mr. Peter Hellmonds, Nokia Siemens Networks, Germany
4.	Mr. Johan F. Khairuddin, Astro Entertainment SDN BHD, Malaysia
5.	Mr. Jeffrey M. Nick, EMC Corporation, United States
6.	Mr. Carlo Ottaviani, STMicroelectronics Foundation, Switzerland
7.	Mrs. Pamela Passman, Microsoft, United States
8.	Mr. Tom Phillips, GSM Association, United Kingdom
9.	Mr. Arthur Reilly, Cisco Systems, United States
10.	Mr. Peter R. Tinoco, Fundación Cisneros, Venezuela/United States
11.	Representative from IBM

1.	Ms. Rinalia Abdul Rahim, Global Knowledge Partnership, Malaysia
2.	Mr. Peter Bruck, World Summit Award, Austria
3.	Ms. Clotilde Fonseca, Fundacion Omar Dengo, Costa Rica
4.	Ms. Qiheng Hu, Internet Society of China
5.	Mr. Hiroshi Kawamura, The DAISY Consortium, Japan
6.	Ms. Viola Krebs, ICVolunteers, Switzerland
7.	Mrs. Janet Longmore, Digital Opportunity Trust (DOT), Canada
8.	Ms. Dorothy Okello, Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET), Uganda
9.	Mr. Bazlur Rahman, Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and
Communication (BNNRC), Bangladesh
10.	Mr. Abdulaziz Sager, Gulf Research Center, Dubai U.A.E.
11.	Mr. Asad U. Shah/Mr. Bradford Kane, International Commission on
Workforce Development, United States
12.	Mr. Parminder Jeet Singh, IT for Change, India

1.	European Commission
2.	Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
3.	International Labour Office (ILO)
4.	International Trade Centre
5.	NABE (International Observatory for Strategic Innovation)
6.	Organisation internationale de la Francophonie
7.	Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
8.	Special Unit for South-South Cooperation (SU/SSC) – UNDP
9.	United Nations: DESA, UNCTAD, DPI, OCHA, UNFIP, Regional Commissions
10.	World Health Organization