Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining

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The Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD) "works for the elimination of anti-personnel mines and for the reduction of the humanitarian impact of other landmines and explosive remnants of war." [1]

Council of Foundation [2]

Bureau of the Council

  • Cornelio Sommaruga, President of the Council of Foundation, Geneva
  • Raimund Kunz, Secretary of the Council of Foundation, Head of the Security Policy Directorate, Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport, Berne
  • Jurg Streuli, Treasurer of the Council of Foundation, Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the Conference of Disarmament, Geneva
  • Prince Mired bin Raad bin Zeid al-Hussein of Jordan, Chairman of the National Committee for Demining and Rehabilitation
  • Elisabet Borsiin Bonnier, Permanent Representative of Sweden to the UN and other International Organisations in Geneva
  • Carlo Trezza, Permanent Representative of Italy to the Conference of Disarmament, Geneva

Members of the Council

  • Nanguyalai Tarzi, Permanent Representative of Afghanistan to the UN and other International Organisations in Geneva
  • Paul Mahwera, Permanent Representative of Burundi to the UN and other International Organisations in Geneva
  • Paul Meyer, Permanent Representative of Canada to the Conference of Disarmament, Geneva
  • Clemencia Forero Ucros, Permanent Representative of Colombia to the UN and other International Organisations in Geneva
  • Dijana Plestina, Advisor on Mine Action to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Croatia
  • Kari Kahiluoto, Permanent Representative of Finland to the Conference of Disarmament, Geneva
  • Jean-François Dobelle, Permanent Representative of France to the Conference of Disarmament, Geneva
  • Claude Le Coultre, Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva
  • Bernhard Brasack, Permanent Representative of Germany to the Conference of Disarmament, Geneva
  • Carlo Trezza, Permanent Representative of Italy to the Conference of Disarmament, Geneva
  • Ichiro Fujisaki, Permanent Representative of Japan to the UN and other International Organisations in Geneva
  • Prince Mired bin Raad bin Zeid al-Hussein of Jordan, Chairman of the National Committee for Demining and Rehabilitation
  • Frances Victoria Velho Rodrigues, Permanent Representative of Mozambique to the UN and other International Organisations in Geneva
  • Johannes Landman, Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the Conference of Disarmament, Geneva
  • Susan Eckey, Deputy Director General, Department of UN, Peace and Humanitarian Affairs, Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • Elisabet Borsiin Bonnier, Permanent Representative of Sweden to the UN and other International Organisations in Geneva
  • Jürg Streuli, Treasurer of the Council of Foundation, Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the Conference of Disarmament, Geneva
  • Raimund Kunz, Secretary of the Council of Foundation, Head of the Security Policy Directorate, Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport, Berne
  • John Duncan, Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the Conference of Disarmament, Geneva
  • Warren W. Tichenor, Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the UN and other International Organisations in Geneva

Observers

  • UNMAS - Max Gaylard, Director, United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS), New York

Advisory Board [3]

  • Paula Claycomb, Senior Advisor, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
  • Steinar Essen, Deputy Director, Norwegian People's Aid (NPA)
  • John Flanagan, Deputy Director Operations, United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS)
  • Etsay Gebre Selassie, Director, Ethiopian Mine Action Office (EMAO), Ethiopia
  • Shohab Hakimi, Director, Mine Dog Centre, Afghanistan
  • David Hewitson, Director, European Land Solutions (ELS)
  • Oto Jungwirth, Director, Croatian Mine Action Centre (CROMAC), Croatia
  • Yasin Majali, Deputy to the Director General, National Committee for Demining and Rehabilitation (NCDR), Jordan
  • Heng Rattana, Deputy Director, Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC), Cambodia
  • Sara Sekkenes, Senior Programme Advisor, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
  • Steve Wilson, Director for International Relations, Mines Advisory Group (MAG)

Contact

Web: http://www.gichd.org

Resources and articles

References

  1. Overview, GICHD, accessed July 23, 2007.
  2. Council of Foundation, GICHD, accessed July 23, 2007.
  3. Members of the Board, GICHD, accessed July 23, 2007.