Second Pan-African Forum on Children: Mid-Term Review

List of Invitees

DRAFT

Second Pan-African Forum on Children: Mid-term Review

29th October – 2nd November 2007

SPECIAL GUESTS

First Lady of Egypt

/ H. E. Mrs. Suzan Mubarak
UNICEF / Ms Ann M. Veneman; Executive Director
Global Movement for Children / Ms Graça Machel
UN Goodwill Ambassador for Reproductive Health / Ms Leya Kebede
Nobel Peace Prize 1984 / Bishop Desmond Tutu
UN Deputy Secretary General / Dr. Asha-Rose Migiro,

AU ORGANS

African Commission on Human & Peoples’ Rights; The Secretary of the Commission / Dr. Marry Maboreke
Banjul
Tel: +220 39 07 64
NEPAD, Chief Executive / Prof. Firmino Mucavele
NEPAD Secretariat
P. O. Box 1234
Halfway House
Midrand 1 685
Johannesburg
Tel: +27 11 313 9716
Fax: +27 11 313 3684
Email:
African Court of Justice
African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM); Chairperson
PAP; President or Representative
ARI; Chairperson of Governing Board
ACARTSOD
Peace and Security Council; Chairperson
ECOSOC; President or Representative

Regional Economic Communities RECs

EAC / Amb. Juma Mwapachu
Secretary General
East African community secretariat (EAC)
Arusha International Conference Center (AICC) Building
Kilimanjaro Wing (5th Floor)
P. O. Box 1096
Arusha, Tanzania
Tel: +255 27 250 4253/4/6/7/8
Fax: +255 27 250 42 55/44 81
Email:

cc:
ECCAS / Mr. Louis Sylvain-Goma
Executive Secretary
Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) Secretariat
BP 10007-10008
Libreville, Gabon
Tel: +241 746664
Fax: +241 74 66 65/743499/44 47 32
Email:
ECOWAS / Mr. Lasana Kouyate
The Executive Secretary
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
60 Yakubu Gowon Aokoro District
P. M. B. 401 Abuja
Tel: +234 9 2347647/9
Fax: +234 9 234 7635/7646
Email:
CENSAD / Mr. Mohamed Al-Madani Azharie
Secretary General
Community of Sahel-Saharan StatesTripoli, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Tel: +218 21 334 22 08
Fax: +218 21 333 21 16
Email:
COMESA / Mr. Erastus O. Mwecha
The Secretary General
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, COMESA Centre
Ben Bella Road
P. O. Box 30051
10101 Lusaka Zambia
Tel: +260 1 22 97 25
Fax: +260 1 22 51 07/23 17 51
Email:
IGAD / Dr. Attalla Hamad Bashir
Executive Secretary
IGAD
P. O. Box 2653
Djibouti
Fax: 253 356994/356283
SADC / Dr. Tomas Salomao
The Secretary General
Souther Africa Development Community (SADC)
Private Bag 0095
Gaborone, Botswana
Tel: +267 39 51 863
Fax: +267 372 848/ 581 070/318 1070
Email:
UMA / Dr. Habib Boulares
Secrétaire Général de l’Union du Maghreb Arabe (UMA)
14 Rue Zalagh Agdal, Rabat
Royaume du Maroco
Rabat, Morocco
Fax: + 212 37 67 12 74/78
E-mail:

AFRICAN COMMITTEE OF EXPERTS ON THE RIGHTS AND WELFARE OF THE CHILD

ACERWC; Chairperson / Mr. Jean-Baptiste Zoungrana
01 BP 515
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Tel: +226 503 16903/35389/+226 702 67026
Fax: +226 503 16737/18530
Email:
ANPPCAN Nigeria Chapter; / Prof. Peter Ebigbo
Tel: +234 42255416/80334327/10
Fax: +234 42 450 112/557 566
Email:

CAEDBE; / Ms Nakpa Polo
BP 10048
Lomé, Togo
Tel: +228 222 1037/904 80 58
Fax: 228 22 13650/00774
Email:
Coalition Malienne des Droits de l’Enfant; President / Moussa Sissoko
P. O. Box 9003
Bamako, Mali
Tel: +223 2211906/2242201/6788687
Fax: +223 221 9809/1906
Email:

The African Child Policy Forum; Executive Director / Dr. Assefa Bequele
P. O. Box: 1179
A.A Ethiopia
Tel: 011 6 62 81 92/96/97/99
Fax: 011 6 62 82 00
Email:
Mrs. Dawlat Hassan
Egypt
Hon. Justice Martha Koome
High Court Building Nakuru
P. O. Box 61
Nakuru, Kenya
Tel: +254 221 6489/90/91
Fax: +254 051 2 210/206
Ms Seynabou Ndiaye Diakhate
P. O. Box 9037
Dakar Peytavin, Senegal
Tel: +221 867 20 37/637 04 39
Fax: +221 823 65 01/ 66 58
Email:
Ms Mamosebi T. Pholo
Maseru, Lesotho
Tel: +266 223 12449/58851057
Fax: +266 223 11270
Email:
Ms Boipelo Lucia Seitlhamo
P. O. Box : 3683
Gaborone, Botswana
Tel: +267 3971020/3951026/716278894
Fax: +267 3971020
Email:

Mr. Koffi Appoh Marie Chantal
B.P 1084
Abidjan
04 Cote d’Ivoire
Tel: +225 225 03152/225 07005/798
Fax: +225 22 52 74 36
Email:

Speakers and Moderators

Members of the Inter-Agency Task Force

Resource Persons

Hague Forum for Private International Law / Hague Forum for Private International Law
Permanent Bureau
Hague Conference on Private Law
Scheveningsweg 6
2 517 KT THE HAGUE
Netherlands
Fax: +31 (0) 70 360 4867
- Mr. Wiliam Ducan, Deputy Secretary General
African Child Policy Forum / Dr. Asefa Bequele

International Organizations:

African development Bank (HQ) / Mr. Donald Kaberuka
President
Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire
UNAIDS / Dr. Peter Piot
Executive Director
UNAIDS
20, Avenue Appia
CH-1211 Geneva 27
Switzerland
Fax: +41 22 7914187/79Dr.
CC:
Dr. Roger Salla Ntounga
Country Coordinator and Representative to AU
UNAIDS
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Fax: +251 11 5 51 10 21
UN Committee on the Rights of the Child / Ms Agnes Akosua Aidoo; Chairperson
UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
Tel: +41 22 917 93 01
Fax: +41 22 917 90 22
Email:
UNDP / Mr. Kemal Dervis
The Administrator
UNDP
1 UN Plaza, N.Y. 10017
New York, USA
Fax: +(212) 906 5778
CC:
Mr. Fidele sarrasoro
Resident Representative and UN Resident Coordinator
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Fax: +251 11 5 51 25 99
UNECA / H.E. Abdulaye Janneh
The Executive Secretary
Economic Commission for Africa
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Fax: +251 11 5 51 28 14
CC:
Ms Thokozile Ruzvidzo
African Center for Gender and Social Development (ACGS)
Fax: +251 11 5 51 27 85
UNESCO / Mr. Koichiro Matsuura
Director General
United Nations Education, Scientific and Culture Organization (UNESCO)
75007 Paris, France
Fax: + 331 45 68 1690/5595
CC:
Mr. Nureldine Satti
Director and Representative to AU
UNESCO
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Fax: +251 11 5 51 14 14
UNFPA / Mrs. Thoraya Obaida
Executive Director
United Nations Population Fund
220 East, 42nd Street
New York, NY 10017 U.S.A.
Fax: + 212 370-0202/279 4951
CC:
Mrs. Fama Hane Ba
Director, African Division
United Nations Population Fund
220 East, 42nd Street
New York, NY 10017
Ms Etta Tadesse
Addis Ababa
Fax: +251 11 51 71 33
UNHCR / Mr Antonio Guterrez
High Commissioner
United Nations High Commission for Refugees
Palalis des Nations
1211 Geneva 10
Switzerland
Fax: +41 22 7397346/7
CC:
Mr. Ilunga Ngandu
UNHCR Representative
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Fax: +251 11 6 61 16 66
UNICEF / Mr. Bjorn Ljungqvist
Special Representative to the AU & ECA Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Fax: +251 1 5 51 16 28/ 71 11
UNICEF – ESAR; Regional Director / Mr. Per Engebak
P. O. Box 44145
Nairobi, Kenya
Fax: +254 20 76 22 078
Email:
UNICEF- MENA ; Regional Director or Deputy Regional Director
UNICEF – WCAR; Regional Director / Esther Guluma
UNICEF Innocenti Research Center (UNIRC) / Ms Partizia Faustini
UNICEF Innocenti Research Center
Pazza SS. Annunziata
1250122 Florence
Italy
Tel: +39055 20330
Fax: +39055 2033220/ 39055 244817
Email:
Website:
ICRC / Mr. Jacob Kellenberger; President
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
19 Avenue de la Paix
CH 1202 Geneva
Tel: +41 22 734 60 01
Fax: +41 22 733 20 57
CC:
Mr. Jean-Paul Fallet
P. O. Box 5701
Addis Ababa
Tel: +251 11 5 51 83 66
Fax: +251 11 5 51 31 73
Email:
International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies / Mr. Fredy Mayer
President
Vienna
ILO / H.E. Ambassador Juan Somavia
Director General
International Labour Organization
4 Route des Morillons
CH-1211-Geneva 22, Switzerland
Fax: +41 22 7998944
CC:
Madame Regina Amadi-Njoku
ILO Regional Director for Africa
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Fax: +251 11 5 51 36 33/ 5113 95
IOM / Mr. Brunson Mckenley
Director General
International Organization for Migration
CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland
Fax: +41 22 7986150
CC:
Mr. Charles Kwenin
Head of Mission -IOM
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Fax: +251 11 5 51 49 00
IPEC / International Program on the Elimination of Child Labor (IPEC), ILO
4, route des Morillons CH-1211
Geneva 22, Switzerland
Tel: +41 22 799 8181
Fax: +41 22 799 8771
Email:
World Bank; Country Director / Ken Ohashi
Country Director for the World Bank Regional offices in Ethiopia and Sudan
P. O. Box 5515
Addis Ababa
Tel: +251 11 5 51 42 00/17 60 04/05/+251
11 6 62 77 00
Fax: +251 11 6 62 77 17
Email:
WFP / Ms. Josette Sheeran
Executive Director
World Food Program
Via Cesare Guiulio viola 68-70
Parco de’Medici 00148
Rome, Italy
Fax: +39-0665132834/2046
CC:
Mr. Mohammed Diab
Director, WFP Liaison Office to AU and ECA
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Fax: +251 11 5 51 49 88
WHO / Dr. Margaret Chan
The Director General
World Health Organization (WHO)
CH 1211, Geneve 27, Switzerland
Fax: +41 22 7913111
CC:
Mr. Gaëtan R. Ouédraogo
Director
WHO Office to AU & ECA
Fax: +251 11 5 51 55 22

International and African Continental NGOs

ANPPCAN; Executive Director / Mr. Peter Mwangosi
CCM Regional Building
P. O. Box 32021 Dar es Salaam
Tel: 007 51 15 22 43
Email:
ANPPCAN Head Office; Chairperson / Dr. Philista Onyango
P. O. Box 71420
Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: +254 20 387 3990/3861086
Fax: +254 20 721 999/576502/573990
Email:
Oxfam GB / - Horn, Central, and East Africa Region
Dr. Harriet Kivumbi Nkalubo
Regional HIV/AIDS Policy Coordinator
Oxfam International East and Central Africa
Oxfam GB, Tank Hill Road, Muyenga
Kampala, Uganda
Tel: +256 41 510242/3
Fax: +256 41 267485
Email:
- Southern Africa Office
Maren Lieberum
Regional HIV/AIDS Coordinator
Email:
- Ansuyah Maharaj
Regional HIV/AIDS Communication Officer Postnet Suite No. 183, Private Bag x15m Menlo Park 0102
1 Hatfield Square, 2nd Floor, Hilda Street, Hatfield, Pretoria South Africa
Tel: +27 12 362 2098
Fax: +27 12 362 2236
Email:
Website:
Plan International; Strategic Framework for Africa Representative, West Africa Regional Office / Dr. Abiola L. Thompson Tilley-Gyado
136 Sotrac Mermoz
B.P. 21121
Dakar – Ponty
Fax: +221 8602951
Email:
Plan International; Child Rights and Gender Advisor / Wilbert Muchunguzi
P. O. Box 3571
Plot 874 Mrikao street
Msasani Peninsula
Dar es Salaam
Tel: +255 22 260 1576/80
Fax: +255 22 260 1820
Email:
Save the Children; Director / Mr. Dumisani Minisi
Save the Children; Regional Program Officer, East and Central Africa / Mr. Thomas Chege
Kenya
Email: thechildren.s
Save the Children – Sweden; / Ms Sophie Mosok
Tel: +251 911 3214236/+251 911 25 54 53
Secretariat of African Decade for Disabled Persons / AK Dube
Pinnacle Building
8 Burg Street
Cape Town 8000
Tel: +27 21 426 5858
Fax: +27 21 422 0861
Email: AK Dube
Shuaib Chalklen

Green Belt Movement Kenya, Head and Nobel Peace Prize 2004 / Prof. Wangari Matthai
Handicap International / Waterman House 101-107 Chertsey Road
Woking Surrey GU21 5BW
United Kingdom
Fax: 0870 774 3737
Email:
Inter-African Committee on Traditional Practices Affecting The Health of Women and Children (IAC); President / Ms Berhane Ras-Work
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Permanent Mission to the AU and International Organizations in Africa; Head of Mission / Mr. Jean-Paul Fallet
P. O. Box 5701
Addis Ababa
Tel: +251 11 5 51 83 66
Fax: +251 11 5 51 31 73
Email:
World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts; Chairperson Africa Committee World Board / Ms Honorine Kiplagat
P. O. Box 63078- 00200 Nairobi
Tel: 0733705070
Fax: +44 207 4313764 (London)
Email:

World Vision; Child Rights Coordinator / Esther Mongi
P. O. Box 6070
Arusha
Tel: +255 27 250 8850/255 754 563037
Fax: +255 27 250 8248
Email:
Centre Panafricain de Prospective Sociale (CPSS); President / Prof. Albert K. Ekué
BP 1501, Porto Novo
Tel: 21 44 36
Fax: 21 44 36
Email:
ORBIS / Mr. Geoffrey Holland
Executive Director and CEO
ORBIS International
520 Eighth Avenue, Floor 11
New York, NY 10018
Fax: +1-646-674-5599

CC

Mr. Paul Hamilton
Chief of Program,
ORBIS International
520 Eighth Avenue, Floor 11
New York, NY 10018
Fax: +1-646-674-5599
AFUB / Dr. Elly Macha
Executive Director
AFRICAN UNION OF THE BLIND (AFUB)
North Airport Road
Embakasi
P. O. Box 72872 - 00200
Nairobi, KENYA
Tel: +254-20-823989
Cell: +254-735-421373
Fax: +254-20-823776
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Child Rights Network

Children NOW Network; / Suite 87
Private Bag X 12
Tokai
7966
Cape Town
South Africa
Tel: +27 712 2330
Fax: +27 21 712 2365
Email:
CRIN / Ms Isabelle Guitard
Child Rights Information Network (CRIN)
c/o Save the Children
1 St. John’s Lane London EC1M 4AR, UK
Tel: +44 207 012 6867
Fax: +44 207 012 6963
Email:
ECPAT
Global Movement For Children / United Kingdom
Childwatch International / Ms Irene Rizzini; International President
Childwatch International Norway
P. O. Box 1132
Blindern
N- 0317, Oslo
Tel: +47 22 85 43 50
Fax: +47 22 85 50 28
Email:
International Bureau for Children’s Rights / Guillaume Landry
Program Manager
International Bureau for Children’s Rights
2715 chemin Côte Sainte Catherine (côté Est du clocher/ Eastside of Bell tower)
Fax: (1) 514 932 9453
CONAFE

Development Organizations

CIDA / Mr. John Jackson
Acting Director
P. O. Box 1130
Tel: +251 11 3 71 30 22
Fax: +251 11 3 71 30 33
DANIDA / Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA)
Head Office
Royal Danish Ministry of foreign Affairs
2 Asiatisk Plads, DK- 1448
Copenhagen K
Denmark
Tel: +45 33 92 00 00
Fax: +45 32 54 05 33
Website:
DFID Ethiopia / Ms Bridget Dillon
Senior Pan-African/Social Development Advisor
P. O. Box 558
Addis Ababa
Tel: +251 11 6 18 06 01
Fax: +251 11 6 62 24 32
Email:
European Union Ethiopia / Ms Valentina Auricchio
Section Head AU & Regional Organizations
Tel: +251 11 6 61 25 11/ 62 16 55
Fax: +251 6 18 06 35
Email:
Finland Embassy / Ms Kirsti Aarnio
Ambassador
P. O. Box 1017
Addis Ababa
Tel: +251 11 3 20 59 20
Fax: +251 11 3 20 59 23
Email:
SIDA / Mr. Per Knutsson
Head Regional Affairs Office
P. O. Box 1142
Addis Ababa
Tel: +251 11 5 18 00 00/02
Fax: +251 11 5 18 00 30
Email: stry
USAID Ethiopia / Mr. Glenn Anders
Head of Mission
P. O. Box 1014
Tel: +251 11 5 51 00 88
Fax: +251 11 51 00 43

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