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The Council of Foundation is the governing body of the GICHD. It defines the general orientation of the Centre, supervises its activities and decides on how to allocate its resources. Under the chairmanship of Dr. Barbara Haering, there are 24 members. PresidentHonorary PresidentBUREAU OF THE COUNCILDr. Barbara Haering, President of the Council of Foundation, Geneva Ambassador Alicia Arango, Permanent Representative of Colombia in Geneva Ambassador Alexandre Fasel, Treasurer of the Council of Foundation, Permanent Representative of Switzerland in Geneva Ambassador Hellmut Hoffmann, Permanent Representative of Germany to the Conference on Disarmament Ambassador Peter Woolcott, Permanent Representative of Australia in Geneva MEMBERS OF THE COUNCILAfghanistanAmbassador Nanguyalai Tarzi, Permament Representative of Afghanistan in Geneva AlbaniaAmbassador Gazmend Turdiu, Secretary General of the Minstry of Foreign Affairs of Albania AustraliaAmbassador Peter Woolcott, Permanent Representative of Australia in Geneva CambodiaH.E. Prak Sokhonn, Minister Attached to the Prime Minister and Vice-Chair of the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority, Cambodia CanadaAmbassador Elissa Golberg, Permanent Representative of Canada in Geneva ColombiaAmbassador Alicia Arango, Permanent Representative of Colombia in Geneva European UnionMr Andras Kos, Head of Disarmament Section, European Union delegation to the United Nations in Geneva FinlandAmbassador Päivi Kairamo-Hella, Permanent Representative of Finland in Geneva FranceAmbassador Jean-Hugues Simon-Michel, Permanent Representative of France to the Conference on Disarmament GermanyAmbassador Hellmut Hoffmann, Permanent Representative of Germany to the Conference on Disarmament ItalyAmbassador Cosimo Risi, Permanent Representative of Italy to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva JapanAmbassador Takashi Okada, Deputy Permanent Representative of Japan in Geneva LebanonAmbassador Najla Riachi Assaker, Permanent Representative of Lebanon in Geneva MozambiqueAmbassador Pedro Comissario, Permanent Representative of Mozambique in Geneva NetherlandsAmbassador Paul Van den Ijssel, Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva SenegalAmbassador Fodé Seck, Permanent Representative of Senegal in Geneva SwedenAmbassador Jan Knutsson, Permanent Representative of Sweden in Geneva SwitzerlandAmbassador Alexandre Fasel, Treasurer of the Council of Foundation, Permanent Representative of Switzerland in Geneva TajikistanAmbassador Salohiddin Nasriddinov, Permanent Representative of Tajikistan in Geneva United Nations Mine Action ServiceMs Agnès Marcaillou, Director of the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS), New York United States of AmericaAmbassador Laura Kennedy, Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the Conference on Disarmament VietnamAmbassador Trung Thanh Nguyen, Permanant Representative of Vietnam in Geneva |
