International Advisory Board
An International Advisory Board of African and global eminent personalities, chaired by the Egyptian Foreign Minister, acts as the brain trust of the Forum, providing strategic direction. Under the aegis of a National Coordination Committee, headed by the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Cairo International Center for Conflict Resolution, Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding (CCCPA)–an African Union Center of Excellence in training, capacity building and research–that acts as the Secretariat of the Forum. The Center works closely with a range of African and international think tanks and knowledge partners.

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Arab Republic of Egypt

H.E. Sameh Shoukry
(Arab Republic of Egypt)

Former President, The Central African Republic

H.E. Catherine Samba-Panza
(Central African Republic)

Chief of Staff and Chief Advisor, African Union Commission

H.E. Abdoulaye Diop
(Republic of Mali)

ASG, Special Advisor to the Administrator, UNDP

H.E. Abdoulaye Mar Dieye
(Republic of Senegal)

Former Nigerian Minister of External Affairs

H.E. Ibrahim Gambari
(Federal Republic of Nigeria)

African Union High Representative for Silencing the Guns in Africa

H.E. Ramtane Lamamra
(People's Democratic Republic of Algeria)

Ambassador of the Kigdom of Sweden, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

H.E. Annika Söder
(Kingdom of Sweden)

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Embassy of Japan in Egypt

H.E. Masaki Noke
(Japan)

Women, Peace, and Security Ambassador, the Canadian government

H.E. Jacqueline O'Neill
(Canada)

Special Envoy, Horn of Africa and Red Sea, United Kingdom

H.E. Julian Reilly
(United Kingdom)

H.E. Sameh Shoukry
(Arab Republic of Egypt)

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Arab Republic of Egypt

H.E. Catherine Samba-Panza
(Central African Republic)

Former President, The Central African Republic

H.E. Abdoulaye Diop
(Republic of Mali)

Chief of Staff and Chief Advisor, African Union Commission

H.E. Abdoulaye Mar Dieye
(Republic of Senegal)

ASG, Special Advisor to the Administrator, UNDP

H.E. Ibrahim Gambari
(Federal Republic of Nigeria)

Former Nigerian Minister of External Affairs

H.E. Ramtane Lamamra
(People's Democratic Republic of Algeria)

African Union High Representative for Silencing the Guns in Africa

H.E. Annika Söder
(Kingdom of Sweden)

Ambassador of the Kigdom of Sweden, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

H.E. Masaki Noke
(Japan)

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Embassy of Japan in Egypt

H.E. Jacqueline O'Neill
(Canada)

Women, Peace, and Security Ambassador, the Canadian government

H.E. Julian Reilly
(United Kingdom)

Special Envoy, Horn of Africa and Red Sea, United Kingdom
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