UNAOC High Level Group

Professor Pan Guang is the Director of the Shanghai Center for International Studies and the Institute of European & Asian Studies at the Shanghai

(November 4, 1932 - December 11, 2008) Mr. Ali Alatas was born in Jakarta, Indonesia and studied at the Academy for the Foreign Service and at the

Ms. Shobhana Bhartia is Vice-Chairperson and Editorial Director of HT Media Ltd., India’s second largest print media company, publisher of India’s

Dr. Nafis Sadik is Special Adviser to the UN Secretary-General, and Under-Secretary-General and Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Asia and the Pacific.

Dr. Candido Mendes has a Bachelor’s Degree in Law and Philosophy from Pontifícia Universidade Católica of Rio de Janeiro, and a Ph.D. in Law from

Born in Spain, Mr. Enrique Iglesias is a naturalized Uruguayan citizen. He graduated from Uruguay’s Universidad de la Republica in Economics and

Rabbi Arthur Schneier is internationally known for his leadership on behalf of religious freedom, human rights and inter-religious dialogue. Yeshiva

John L. Esposito is Professor of Religion and International Affairs and of Islamic Studies at Georgetown University. He is Founding Director of Prince

Professor Vitaly Naumkin was born in Russia, received training in Cairo, Egypt, and completed his doctoral studies in the subjects of Arab and Islamic

Ms. Karen Armstrong, a prominent scholar of the history of world religions, spent seven years as a Roman Catholic nun before leaving her teaching

Mr. Hubert Védrine was born in Saint-Silvain-Bellegarde, France. He holds a Diploma from the Paris Institut d'études politiques, in addition to his

Archbishop Desmond Tutu was born in Klerksdorp, South Africa. His father was a schoolteacher and his mother was a domestic worker. He taught theology