Martin Miriori was Secretary of the Bougainville Interim Government, based in the Solomon Islands and later in the Netherlands. He is currently the Secretary and International Representative of the Bougainville People's Congress.
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Roelf Meyer was the National Party government’s chief negotiator during the transition from apartheid. After 1994 he continued in the portfolio of Constitutional Affairs in the Cabinet of President Nelson Mandela. He is now a business person and a consultant on peace processes. This interview was conducted in November 2007.
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Christine Messiant is a sociologist at the Centre for African Studies of the School for Advanced Studies in Social Science (EHESS) in Paris. Her main research focus is the social and political history of the Lusophone countries in Africa, with special emphasis on Angola.
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Dr. Ken Menkhaus is professor of political science at Davidson College, USA. He is a specialist on the Horn of Africa with a focus on peacebuilding and state-building, conflict analysis, humanitarian response, and Islamic politics. His recent publications include “Somalia: Institution-Building and Aid Effectiveness” and “Governance without Government in Somalia.” He served as Special Political Advisor in the UN Operation in Somalia in 1993-94.
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Guus Meijer is a consultant and trainer in conflict transformation and peacebuilding and a former Co-Director of Conciliation Resources. He has been involved in development and civil society initiatives in Angola since the 1980s.
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Monica McWilliams is a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for South Belfast, and co-founder of the Northern Ireland Women’s Coalition and senior negotiator in the talks leading to the Belfast Agreement.
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Mike McGovern is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Yale University. From 2004-2006 he worked as the West Africa Project Director of the International Crisis Group.
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Meredith Preston McGhie is Senior Programme Manager for Africa at the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue and provided technical support to the UN Political Office for Somalia in the Djibouti peace process for Somalia, October 2008 to February 2009.
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Clem McCartney is an independent consultant on conflict and community issues from Northern Ireland, where he has worked with the main protagonists on the peace process. Recent involvements include the Sri Lankan and Georgian-Abkhaz conflicts.
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Accord Issue 8: Northern Ireland
Accord Issue 16: Engaging armed groups
Bernhard May is advisor to the Governor of Aceh and Team Leader of the EU-financed Aceh Local Governance Programme, implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ).
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