
Conference Host, Ms Zeina Yaziji, Sky News Arabia
His Highness Sheikh Dr Sultan Bin Mohammed Al Qasimi | Member of Supreme Council, Ruler of Sharjah |
Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah | Queen of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan |
MrAntónioGuterres | Previous United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) |
HE Sheikh Nahyan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan | Minister of Culture, Youth and Community Development, United Arab Emirates |
Dr. Nabil ElAraby | Previous Secretary-General, League of Arab States
Rt. Hon. Gordon Brown, UN Special Envoy for Education (Video Message) |
Mr. Amin Awad | Director, MENA Bureau, UNHCR- Introductory remarks |
HE DrGhadaWali | Minister of Social Affairs, Egypt |
Ms. Zainab Hawa Bangura | Under-Secretary-General and Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict |
Ms. Margot Ellis | Deputy Commissioner General, United Nations Relief Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East |
Ms. Anne C. Richard | Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, United States of America |
Ms. Louise Aubin | Deputy Director, Division of International Protection, UNHCR- Introductory remarks |
HE Mr. Rashid Derbas | Minister of Social Affairs, Lebanon |
HE Ms. Reem Abu Hassan | Minister of Social Affairs, Jordan |
Ms. Maria Calivis | Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa, UNICEF |
Dr. AblaAmawi | Country Director, UN Women, Egypt- Introductory remarks |
Ms. Maria Semaan | Child Protection Program Coordinator, KAFA Association, Lebanon |
Dr Manal Tahtamouni | Director, Noor Al Hussein Foundation, Jordan |
Ms. Karen Whiting | Senior Protection Officer (SGBV/Child Protection), UNHCR Jordan |
Ms. Katharina Lumpp | Head of Protection Service, MENA Bureau, UNHCR- Introductory Remarks |
Ms Leila Zerrougui | Under Secretary-General and Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict (Video Message) |
Mr. Claude Bruderlein | Strategic Advisor to the President, International Committee of the Red Cross |
Mr. Alec Wargo | Program Officer, Office of the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Children and Armed Conflict |
Mr. Laurent Chapuis | Regional Child Protection Advisor, Regional Office for Middle East and North Africa, UNICEF |
Ms. Lena Karlsson | Director, Child Protection Initiative, Save the Children- Introductory remarks |
Ms. Samar Muhareb | Director, Arab Renaissance for Democracy and Development (ARDD)-Legal Aid, Jordan |
Ms. Mala Roche | Project Manager, Information, Counselling and Legal Assistance (ICLA), Norwegian Refugee Council, Lebanon |
Mr. Amit Sen | Regional Protection Officer, UNHCR |
Ms. Amanda Melville | Senior Regional Child Protection Officer, UNHCR- Introductory remarks |
Dr. Ibrahim Draji | Professor of International Law, Expert in Protection and Trafficking in Persons |
Ms. JumanahZabaneh | Regional Officer, Save the Children, Lebanon |
Mr. Nick Grisewood | Child Labour expert |
Mr. Tariq Mohammed Al Gurg | Chief Executive Officer, Dubai Cares |
Ms. Elizabeth Tan | Deputy Regional Representative (Protection), UNHCR Egypt |
Dr. Roger Hearn | Regional Director for the Middle East and Eurasia, Save the Children |
Mr. Michael Niconchuk | Emergency Response Coordinator, Questscope, Jordan |
Ms. Lynne Featherstone | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for International Development (DFID), United Kingdom |
Ms. Preeta Law | Senior Protection Coordinator, UNHCR- Introductory Remarks |
HE Ms. Najla Al Kaabi | Assistant Undersecretary, International Organizations, Ministry of International Coordination and Development (MICAD), United Arab Emirates |
Mr. Mervyn Lee | Senior Global Counsellor, Mercy Corps |
Ms. Rym Ghazal | Journalist and Writer |
Mr. Miroslav Dusek | Senior Director, Head of Middle East and North Africa, World Economic Forum |
Mr. EJ Jacobs | Progam Director, Nduna Foundation |
Mr. Badr Jafar | Managing Director, Crescent Group |
Ms. Carol Tan | Kennedy School of Government, Harard University |
Mr. Oisin Walton | Programme Manager, Vodafone Foundation |