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Commission Co-Chairs

The Commission will be steered by a council of twenty to thirty Co-Chairs and a council of several hundred Commissioners. Together, these stakeholders will be an active deliberative body and will be part of a global network of diverse leaders drawn from civil society constituencies, government and business.

As of September 5, 2001, the following persons have confirmed their commitment to serve as Co-Chairs on the Commission:



Mahnaz Afkhami
Minister of Women's Affairs, Iran (1976-1978)

Lloyd Axworthy
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Canada (1996-2000)

Georges Berthoin
European Chairman, The Trilateral Commission (1975-1992)

Jane Goodall
The Jane Goodall Institute, Primatologist

Mikhail Gorbachev
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate (1990)

Noeleen Heyzer
Executive Director, United Nations Development Fund for Women

Craig Kielburger
Founder, Free the Children

Maria Livanos Cattaui
Secretary General, International Chamber of Commerce

Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo
Prime Minister, Portugal (1979)

Mark Malloch Brown
Administrator, United Nations Development Programme

Koichiro Matsuura
Director General, United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization

Thoraya Obaid
Executive Director, United Nations Population Fund

Jose Ramos-Horta
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate (1996)

Shridath Ramphal
Co-Chairman, The Commission on Global Governance

Mary Robinson
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Secretary General, World Conference Against Racism

John Ruggie
Assistant Secretary General, United Nations (1997-2001)

Vandana Shiva
Director, Research Foundation for Science, Technology, and National Research Policy

Juan Somavia
Director General, International Labor Organization

George Soros
Chairman, Soros Fund Management

Sigmund Sternberg
Co-Founder, The Three Faiths Forum

Joseph Stiglitz
Chief Economist, World Bank (1997-2000)
Chairman, U.S. Council of Economic Advisors (1995-1997)

Desmond Tutu
Chairman, Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate (1984)

Lori Wallach
Director, Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch

William White
President, Charles Stewart Mott Foundation

Muhammad Yunus
Managing Director, Grameen Bank



 
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