CL 115/INF/21


Council


Hundred-and-fifteenth Session

Rome, 23 - 28 November 1998

COMPOSITION OF HIGH LEVEL PANELS
OF EXTERNAL EXPERTS

 

Table of Contents


 

Appendix A: Panel for Fisheries Department

Appendix B: Panel for Forestry Department

Appendix C: Panel for Economic and Social Department

Appendix D: Panel for Sustainable Development Department

Appendix E: Panel for Special Programme on Food Security

Appendix F: Panel for Civil Society Involvement in WFS Follow-up.

 


1. Since 1994, the Director-General has established, under Article VI-4 of the FAO Constitution, High Level Panels of External Experts on matters of particular interest to the Organization and convened sessions of these panels.

2. The composition of the panels and the dates on which they met are provided for the information of FAO Members in the following Appendices:

  • Appendix A: Panel for Fisheries Department
  • Appendix B: Panel for Forestry Department
  • Appendix C: Panel for Economic and Social Department
  • Appendix D: Panel for Sustainable Development Department
  • Appendix E: Panel for Special Programme on Food Security
  • Appendix F: Panel for Civil Society Involvement in WFS Follow-up.

 


APPENDIX A

PANEL FOR FISHERIES DEPARTMENT


17-20 January 1995 26-27 January 1998
 

K. YONEZAWA (Japan)
Senior Managing Director
Nippon Siusan Kaisha Ltd

 

Meryl J. WILLIAMS (Australia)
Director-General
International Centre for Living Aquatic Resources Management (ICLARM)

 

Ang Kok JEE (Malaysia)
Professor
Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Science
University Pertanian

 

Alain LAUREC (France)
Director, Directorate C
Directorate-General for Fisheries (DG XIV)
European Commission
Clara JUSIDMAN (Mexico)
Member of the Directorate and Adviser of several Governmental and Non-Governmental institutions for development and social affairs

 

H.P.C. SHETTY (India)
"Manorama", Mangalore

 

D.A. Philipp MULLER (Fiji)
Director, South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission
Mohammed TANGI (Morocco)
Director of International Relations, Training and Legal Affairs
Ministry of Marine Fisheries and Shipping

 

Nasser Othman AL SALEH (Saudi Arabia)
General Manager, Saudi Fisheries Company
Edgardo GOMEZ (Philippines)
Director, Marine Science Institute
University of the Philippines

 

Joseph WARIOBA (Tanzania)
Member of Parliament
John BEDDINGTON (United Kingdom)
Director, Marine Resources Assessment Group
Centre for Environmental Technology
Imperial College of Science and Technology

 

C.C.E. HOPKINS (United Kingdom)
Secretary General
International Council for the Exploration
of the Sea
Lee WEDDIG (USA)
Rockville
Retired Fisheries Industry Representative

 

James JOSEPH (USA)
Director
Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission

 


APPENDIX B

PANEL FOR FORESTRY DEPARTMENT


19-21 October 1994 26-27 January 1998
 

José GOLDEMBERG (Brazil)
Member of the Earth Council; Former Minister of Education, Environment, Health, Science and Technology

 

Yvan HARDY (Canada)
Assistant Deputy Minister
Head of Canadian Forest Service
Chairman of COFO

 

Jag MAINI (Canada)
Special Adviser for Sustainable Development, Canadian Forestry Service; Former Minister for Forestry,
Jaime TOHA (Chile)
Special Adviser to the President
Former Minister of Energy and Former Minister of Economics

 

Wolfgang GRÖBL (Germany)
Member of Parliament
Parliamentary Secretary of State, Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Forestry, Former Parliamentary Secretary of State, Ministry of Environment
Wolfgang GRÖBL (Germany)
Member of Parliament
Parliamentary Secretary of State
Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Forestry
Former Parliamentary Secretary of State, Ministry of Environment

 

A.K. MUKERG (India)
Chairperson of the Forestry Forum for Developing Countries
Mohd Nour SALLEH (Malaysia)
Executive Director, TROPBIO Research
Former President of International Union of Forestry Research Organizations(IUFRO)
Former Director of Forest Research Institute of Malaysia

 

Marwan KAMAL (Jordan)
President of Yarmuk University; Former Minister of Agriculture
Mounkaila GOUMANDAKOYE (Niger)
Regional Coordinator, UNDP/UNSO Office to Combat Desertification and Drought
Former Head of Forestry in CILSS

 

Arvids OZOLS (Latvia)
Secretary of State, Ministry of Forests

 

Björn HÄGGLUND (Sweden)
President,Storra Forest and Timber, (a major forest industry)
Former Head of Swedish Forestry Commission

 

Raphael RABE (Madagascar)
Forester, Counsellor and Chargé d’affaires a.i.
of the Permanent Representation of Madagascar to FAO

 

Thomas H. FOX (USA)
Director, Center for International Development and Environment, World Resources Institute

 


APPENDIX C

PANEL FOR ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEPARTMENT


11-14 September 1995 26-27 January 1998
 

Justin Yifu LIN (China)
Head of Department
Department of Economics
School of Business Management
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

 

 

Alberto VALDES (Chile)
Senior Adviser
World Bank

Alain de JANVRY (France)
Professor
Department of Agricultural and Economic Resources
University of California at Berkeley

 

Ke BINGSHENG (China)
Director-General
Research Centre for Rural Economy
Ministry of Agriculture
Csaba CSAKI (Hungary)
Senior Adviser on Eastern Europe
World Bank
Per PINSTRUP-ANDERSEN (Denmark)
Director-General
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

 

Vernon W. RUTTAN (USA)
Regents Professor
Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics
University of Minnesota
Ruth K. ONIANG’O (Kenya)
Professor of Food Science and Nutrition
Department of Food Science and Postharvest Technology
Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

 

Assia Bensalah ALAOUI (Morocco)
Professor of International Law and Director of Studies
Centre for Strategic Studies, Faculty of Law
University Mohamed V

 

Benjamin H.SENAUER (USA)
Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics
University of Minnesota

 


APPENDIX D

PANEL FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT


22-24 November 1995 26-27 January 1998
 

Alvaro UMAÑA QUESADA (Costa Rica)
Central American Institute for Business Administration (INCAE)
Former Minister of Natural Resources

 

Li XIAOFEN (China)
Deputy Director-General
Department of International Cooperation
Ministry of Agriculture

 

Mostafa Kamal TOLBA (Egypt)
Chairman, Central Egyptian Society for Consumer Protection
President, International Centre for Environment and Development (ICED)
Former Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme

 

Mostafa Kamal TOLBA (Egypt)
Chairman, Central Egyptian Society for Consumer Protection
President, International Centre for Environment and Development (ICED)
Former Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme
M.S. SWAMINATHAN (India)
Director, Center for Research on Sustainable Agricultural and Rural Development
Swaminathan Research Institute

 

Lars KRISTOFERSON (Sweden)
Secretary-General
Ministry of Environment
Lars KRISTOFERSON (Sweden)
Director
Stockholm Environment Institute
Mandivamba RUKUNI (Zimbabwe)
Professor
Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension
University of Zimbabwe

 

Mandivamba RUKUNI (Zimbabwe)
Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension
University of Zimbabwe

 


APPENDIX E

PANEL FOR THE SPECIAL PROGRAMME FOR FOOD SECURITY


23-27 January 1995
18-21 March 1996
26-27 January 1998
 

W.D. HOPPER (Canada)
Former Vice-President, World Bank

 

 

W.D. HOPPER (Canada)
Former Vice President, World Bank

G.T. SCARASCIA-MUGNOZZA (Italy)
Rector, University of Tuscia
M.S. SWAMINATHAN (India)
Chairman, Swaminathan Research Institute

 

Bukar SHAIB (Nigeria)
Chairman, National Advisory Committee on Agricultural Research
Former Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture

 

G.T. SCARASCIA-MUGNOZZA (Italy)
Rector, University of Tuscia
D. HILLEL (USA)
Professor
Soil Physics Centre for Environmental Studies
University of Massachusetts
Bassam Ahmed SNOBAR (Jordan)
Professor of Agricultural Engineering
Faculty of Agriculture
University of Jordan

 

B. ROITMAN (Mexico)
Consultant Economist
Former Expert with ECLAC, FAO and ILO

 

Bukar SHAIB (Nigeria)
Chairman National Advisory Committee on Agricultural Research
Former Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture

 

B. BENGTSSON (Sweden)
Professor
Department of Crop Production Science
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

 

N.E. BORLAUG (USA)
President, Sasakawa Africa Association
Nobel Laureate

 

E.V.K. JAYCOX (USA)
Former Vice President, World Bank

 

 


APPENDIX F

PANEL FOR CIVIL SOCIETY INVOLVEMENT IN WFS FOLLOW-UP


26-27 January 1998
 

Luiz Alberto GOMEZ DE SOUZA (Brazil)
Executive Director, Centro de Estatistica Religiosa a Investigacoes Sociais (CERIS)

 

 

 

May Demashkieh SERHAL (Lebanon)
Director, Research Department
General Union of Chambers of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture for Arab Countries

 

Elin ENGE (Norway)
Director, Norwegian Development Fund

 

Mamadou CISSOKHO (Senegal)
President, Conseil national de Concertation (CNCR)

 

Abdus SABUR (Thailand)
Head, Asian Resource Foundation

 

Clive ROBINSON (United Kingdom)
Head of Development, Policy Team, Christian Aid

 

Patricia YOUNG (USA)
National Coordinator, US National Committee for the World Food Day