A former Minister of Health in the Colombian government, Camilo González Posso has participated in various peace negotiations since 1984, including the coordination of the citizen’s forums for participation in the 1998–2002 negotiations with the FARC and the ELN. He is a university professor and President of the Institute of Peace and Development Studies (INDEPAZ).
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Charles Petrie is UN Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia.
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David Petrasek is Policy Director of the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue in Geneva. He previously worked for the Office of the UN High Commissioner on Human Rights, the International Council on Human Rights Policy and Amnesty International.
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Harim Peiris served as an advisor to the President of Sri Lanka (2001-05), as a member of the Government’s negotiation team with the LTTE after the tsunami and as Director General for Relief, Rehabilitation and Reconciliation in the conflict-affected North and East. He is currently attached to the Council for Public Policy in Colombo.
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Manuel J. Paulo is a junior research fellow for the Africa Programme at the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House), London, UK, where he is also involved in the British-Angola Forum.
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Imogen Parsons is a PhD candidate at the London School of Economics and Political Science. During her research she has lived and worked in Angola, and written and published on demobilisation and reintegration, post-conflict reconstruction and peacebuilding.
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Fernando Pacheco is an agronomist and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Angolan NGO ADRA (Action for Rural Development and the Environment).
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Vartan Oskanian is a graduate of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, as well as Harvard University. He has served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia since 1998.
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Quintin Oliver has worked in the Northern Ireland peace process as an NGO activist and latterly a political lobbyist. He ran the successful "YES" Campaign in the 1998 referendum on the Belfast Agreement. He now runs the political consultancy 'Stratagem', and an international referendum group 'Politicks'.
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Saodat Olimova is a political scientist and head of the sociology department at the Sharq Information and Analytical Centre, Dushanbe.
Saodat Olimova is a contributor to our Accord publication series and not a staff member of Conciliation Resources. The views expressed in the publication are their own and do not reflect the position of Conciliation Resources. We cannot share contributors' contact details.
