A/AC.265/2006/INF/2 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 16 August 2006 Original: English Ad Hoc Committee on a Comprehensive and Integral International Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities Eighth session New York, 14-25 August 2006 List of participants* Afghanistan Mr. Ravan A. G. Farhadi Mr. M. Yunusu Bazel Mr. Mohammad Ali Mr. Abdul Madjied Danishyar Albania Algeria Mr. Youcef Yousfi Mr. Ali Nabaoui Zarougui Ms. Salima Abdelhak Mrs. Yousria Sendid-Berrah Andorra Ms. Jelena Pià-Comella Ms. Sabrina Pujol-Elmergui Angola Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Mr. César Mayoral Mr. Martín García Moritán Mr. Marcelo Suárez Salvia Ms. María Luz Melon Mrs. María Verónica Reina Mrs. Elena Dal Bo Mrs. Rosa Romero Mr. Enrique Sarfati * The cut-off date for issuance of the present document was 15 August 2006. Information on participants received thereafter will be issued in addenda. 06-47130 (E) *0647130* 180806 A/AC.265/2006/INF/2 Armenia Australia Mr. Matt Minogue Ms. Kelisiana Thynne Mr. Ben Wallace Mr. Graeme Innes Ms. Rosemary Kayess Ms. Joan Kneen Mr. Lyndon Kayess Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Mr. Salman Mansoor Darbass Mr. Abdulla Janahi Bangladesh Mr. Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury Mr. Muhammad Ali Sorcar Mr. Tareq Md. Ariful Islam Ms. Ishrat Jahan Ahmed Mr. Monsur Ahmed Choudhuri Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Mrs. Janine Coye-Felson Ms. Dina S. Shoman Ms. Gianni Avila Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Mr. Miloš Prica Mrs. Mirsada Čolaković Miss Maja Ramljak Mr. Željko Vukobratović Mr. Plamenko Priganica Mrs. Nerina Čevra Botswana Brazil 2 Mrs. Lúcia Maria Maierá Ms. Izabel Maria Madeira de Loureiro Maior Mr. Pedro Cardoso 06-47130 A/AC.265/2006/INF/2 Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burkina Faso Mr. Michel Kafando Mr. Macaire Kaboré Mr. Inoussa Balbone Mrs. Jacqueline Oubida Mr. Antoine Somdah Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Mr. Martin Belinga-Eboutou Mr. Iya Tidjani Mrs. Cathérine Mahouve Same Canada Mr. John Hannaford Mr. Henri-Paul Normandin Ms. Jeanette Sautner Ms. Marthe St-Louis Ms. Nell Stewart Ms. Erin Brady Mr. Paul Sadler Mr. Vangelis Nikias Mr. Joseph Laberge Ms. Maya Bhusari Mr. Steve Estey Ms. Dulcie McCallum Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad 06-47130 Chile Mr. Alfredo Labbé Mr. Álvaro Arévalo Mrs. Leonor Cifuentes Mrs. María Soledad Cisternas China Ms. Zhang Dan Mr. Zhang Guozhong Mr. Qiao Huijun Ms. Li Xiaomei Mr. Guo Xiaofeng Mr. Wang Zhijiang Ms. Wang Dan 3 A/AC.265/2006/INF/2 Colombia Mrs. Ana Carlina Plazas Mrs. Martha Lucía Moreno Fajardo Mr. Carlos Alberto Parra Dussan Mr. Enrique Efrain King Garcés Mrs. Diana Gutiérrez de Piñeres Comoros Congo Costa Rica Mrs. María Elena Chassoul Mr. Raúl Weisleder Mr. Jorge Ballestero Mrs. Roxana Stupp Mr. Rodrigo Jiménez Côte d’Ivoire Croatia Mr. Amir Muharemi Ms. Vesna Škulić Ms. Tatjana Kralj Mr. Ivan Mutavdžić Ms. Martina Grubiša Cuba Cyprus Ms. Penelope Erotokritou Czech Republic Ms. Janina Hřebíčková Ms. Stanislava Makovcová Ms. Dagmar Novohradská Mr. Pavel Ptáčník Ms. Petra Ali Doláková Mr. Jan Ptáčník Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador 4 Mr. Diego Cordovez Mr. Rodrigo Riofrío Ms. Silvia Espíndola Ms. Jacqueline Silva Paredes 06-47130 A/AC.265/2006/INF/2 Egypt Mr. Maged A. Abdelaziz Mr. Khaled Elbakly Mr. Mohamed Elbadri Ms. Namira Negm El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Mr. Mohammed Mealin Ali Mr. Asefa Ashenengo Agago Mr. Kasahun Yibeltal Sahilu Mr. Haileselassie Getachew Fiji Finland Ms. Kirsti Lintonen Ms. Heli Kanerva Ms. Ritva Vuorento Ms. Riitta-Maija Jouttimäki Ms. Viveca Arrhenius Ms. Satu Kaskinen Ms. Leena Leikas Mr. Janne Jokinen Ms. Kirsti Pohjankukka Ms. Pirkko Mahlamäki Ms. Mikaela Dahlblom Ms. Heidi-Maria Helenius Ms. Erna Osara Ms. Jaana Mikkola France Mr. François Vandeville Mr. Philippe Bertoux Mr. Fabien Fieschi Mr. Guillaume Delvallée Mr. Patrick Monod-Gayraud Mrs. Hélène Leyland Ms. Alexia Verdier Gabon Gambia Georgia 06-47130 5 A/AC.265/2006/INF/2 Germany Mr. Thomas Matussek Ms. Karin Evers-Meyer Mr. Franz Thoennes Mr. Torsten Einstmann Ms. Theresia Degener Mr. Matthis Plettendorf Ms. Eva Ullrich Mr. Karl Hermann Haack Mr. Martin Frick Ms. Sonja Kreibich Mr. Jochen von Bernstorff Mr. Alexander Quegwer Ms. Stefanie Pagel Ms. Heike Schwier Ms. Martina Niessen Ms. Sonja Braun Mr. Farid El Kholy Ghana Nana Effah-Apenteng Mr. Paul Yaw Essel Ms. Divina Adjoa Seanedzu Greece Grenada Guatemala Mr. Jorge Skinner-Klée Mr. José Alberto Briz Gutiérrez Ms. Connie Taracena Ms. Silvia Quan Mr. Ronaldo Galeano Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Mr. George Wilfred Talbot Mr. Troy Torrington Ms. Bibi Ally Haiti 6 06-47130 A/AC.265/2006/INF/2 Honduras Ms. Dayana Martínez Burke Mrs. Olga Manuela Zelaya Mr. Reinaldo Muñoz Mr. Ángel Antonio Lainez Murillo Mrs. Sofía Cerna Mr. Jesús Humberto Márquez Valenzuela Mrs. Ana Rita Bulnes Soleno Hungary Mr. Gábor Bródi Mr. György Könczei Ms. Krisztina Aranyi Iceland Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Hjálmar W. Hannesson Ragnar G. Kristjansson Oskar Pall Oskarsson Helgi Hjorvar India Indonesia Mr. Rezlan Ishar Jenie Mrs. Adiyatwide Adiwoso Asmady Mr. Jonny Sinaga Mr. Dicky Komar Mr. Bonanza Taihitu Iran (Islamic Republic of) Mr. Mehdi Danesh-Yazdi Mr. Seyed Hassan Mirfakhraie Ms. Paimaneh Hastaie Mr. Mahmoud Khani Jooyabad Mr. Mohammad Alipour Mokhtar Mr. Houssein Vafaieboroumand Iraq Ireland 06-47130 Mr. David J. Cooney Mr. Seán McDonald Mr. Alan Gibbons Mr. Gavan O’Leary Mr. James McCaffrey Mr. James Kingston Ms. Sandra Smith Mr. Nigel Brander Mrs. Bridget Mary Brander 7 A/AC.265/2006/INF/2 8 Israel Ms. Dina Feldman Ms. Dina Loebel Ms. Henia Schwartz Ms. Meirav Eilon Shahar Ms. Ady Schonmann Italy Mr. Aldo Mantovani Mr. Stefano Gatti Mr. Urbano Stenta Mrs. Ida Collu Mrs. Serena Corazza Mr. Giampiero Griffo Mr. Pietro Barbieri Mr. Ilario Stocchero Mr. Aaron Rudner Mrs. Yaroslava Khanas Mr. Giuliano Giovinazzo Ms. Claudia Giovinazzo Jamaica Mr. Floyd Morris Mrs. Faith Innerarity Ms. Netricia Miller Mrs. Ariel Bowen Japan Mr. Shinichi Kitaoka Mr. Yasushi Takase Ms. Yoriko Suzuki Ms. Shoko Haruki Ms. Tomoko Nakamura Mr. Tsuyoshi Yukawa Ms. Megue Nakazawa Mr. Yoshiyuki Ebina Mr. Norimitsu Matsuura Mr. Tetsuya Kusano Ms. Akitsu Kida Mr. Toshihiro Higashi Mr. Takashi Okubo Ms. Satomi Okagaki Mr. Makoto Hashizume Jordan Mr. Hussein Abu el Ruz H.R.H. 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