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RIHF attendees and speakers

Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah bin Faisal Al Saud

Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Dr. Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Al-Rabeeah

Adviser to the Royal Court and Supervisor General of King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre

Mr. Martin Griffiths

Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator

Mr. Janez Lenarčič

The European Commissioner for Crisis Management

Fahad Abdulrahman AlJalajel

Minister of Health

Bandar Ibrahim Alkhorayef

Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources

Ahmed Suleiman AlRajhi

Minister of Human Resources and Social Development

Mr. Achim Steiner

Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme

Mr. Philippe Lazzarini

Commissioner-General (UNRWA)

Mr. Filippo Grandi

High Commissioner for Refugees

Mr.Andrew Mitchell

Minister of State (Development and Africa) at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.

Dr. Muhammad Sulaiman Al Jasser

Chairman, Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group

Mr. Hussein Ibrahim Taha

Secretary General of Organization of Islamic Cooperation

Dr. Hala Al-Tuwaijri

Chairman of Human Rights Commission (HRC)

Mr. Robert Mardini

Director-General of the International Committee of the Red Cross

HE Sultan Al Shamsi

Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation for International Development Affairs, United Arab Emirates Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation

Ambassador Dr. Abdulaziz bin Mohamed Al-Wasel

Ambassador & Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the United Nations NY

Hessa bint Khalifa bin Ahmed Al-Thani

The Envoy of the Secretary-General of the League of Arab States for Humanitarian Affairs

Deike Potzel

Director General of Crisis Prevention, Stabilization, Peace Building and Humanitarian Assistance at the Federal Foreign Office, Germany

Ms. Diana Janse

State Secretary for International Development Cooperation at the Swedish MFA

Mr.Micheal Kohler

Acting Director General of European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO)

Maimunah Mohmad Sharif

Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN‐Habitat)

Mr. António Vitorino

Director General of the International Organization for Migration

Dr. Ali Haji Adam Abubakar

Federal Minister of Health and Human Services

Mr. Mamadou Sow

ICRC’s Head of Regional Delegation Gulf Cooperation Council Countries

Dr. Abdulhakim Elwaer

Assistant Director General, and Regional Representative Middle East North-Africa -FAO

Ms. Adele Khodr

UNICEF Regional Director the Middle East and North Africa

Ms.Pramila Patten

Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict

Lisa Doughten

Director, Humanitarian Financing and Resource Mobilization-OCHA

Rein Paulson

Director Office of Emergency and Resilience (FAO)

Mr. Khaled Khalifa

Senior Advisor, Representative to the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

Laila Baker

Regional Director for Arab States in UNFPA

Eng. Mohammad Jamal AlSaati

Special Advisor to the President of Islamic Development Bank (IsDB)

Mr. Rizki Muhammad

Global Coordinator at International Organization for Migration (IOM)

Mr. Nicholas Bishop

Disaster Risk Reduction Unit Head International Organization for Migration (IOM)

Mr. Nestor OWOMUHANGI

UNFPA Representative to Yemen and Iraq

Manuel Marques Pereira

Head of Division Migration, Environment, Climate Change and Risk Reduction

Abdirahman Abdishakur

Special Presidential Envoy for Drought Response, Somalia

Mr. Ib Petersen

United Nations Assistant Secretary General, and Deputy Executive Director, Management, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

Dr. Rebecca Nadin

Director, Risk & Resilience at the Overseas Development Institute (ODI)

Mr. Benjamin webster

Head of Secretariat, Risk-informed Early Action Partnership

Allam Ahmed

Professor of Knowledge Management and Sustainable Development; Founding Director of SDGs Universities International Initiative (SDGsUNI)

Leith Baker

Disaster Data, Assessments, and Information Management Team lead

Benjamin Davis

Director Inclusive Rural Transformation and Gender Equality (FAO)

Oliver McTernan

Co-Founder and Director of forward thinking

Ambassador Mohamed Abdi Affey

UNHCR Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa

Juliette Foster

journalist

Giovanni Cassani

IOM Senior Advisor – Internal Displacement

Ms. Margarita Astralaga

Co-Chair of the Board of the Climate Smart Agriculture Youth Network

Mr. Abdulrahman M. Al-Zamil

General Manager for External Engagement for Sustainable Development, and Secretary General for the Sustainable Development Steering Committee at the Saudi Ministry Of Economy & Planning

Zena Ali Ahmad

Resident Representative, UNDP Yemen

Dr. Hanan Balkhy

Assistant Director-General for Antimicrobial Resistance for WHO

Adham Rashad Abdel Moneim

WHO Representative in Yemen

Liz Munro

Journalist

Giordano Segneri

Governance and Peacebuilding Regional Team Leader for UNDP Arab States

Ahmed Saad Al-Rumaihi

Director of External Affairs, Qatar Charity

Dr. Maria Neira

Director, Department of Environment, Climate Change and Health – WHO

Elke Mayrhofer

the UNFPA Regional Humanitarian Advisor for the Arab States Region

Dr. Valerie Nkamgang Bemo

Deputy Director, Emergency Response, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Balthasar Staehelin

Special Envoy for Foresight and, Techonomic, ICRC

Prof. Wafaa Saleh

Researcher at The University of Edinburgh- founded the TRI- Middle East Research Centre

Yannick Du Pont

Founder of SPARK and Board Member of DIHAD International Scientific Advisory

Jood Al-harthi

Political Affairs Officer at UN Executive Office of the Secretary-General

Mr. Jesse Mason

Global Coordinator for Anticipatory Action – WFP

Ms. Kit Dyer

Regional Humanitarian WASH Expert- UNICEF

lnas Hamad

Regional Adviser to the United Nations Volunteers Program for Arab Countries

Dr. Adel Alrushood

Chair of the Board at Albasar International Foundation

Dr. Adel Alzunaidi

Deputy Governor for training

Dr. Najla Aldawsari

Consultant dermatologist

Dr. AbdAllah Almatrafi

Chairman Board of Zamzam Association

Balthasar Staehelin

Special Envoy for ICRC

Suzanne Kianpour

Mr. Nasser Al-Kahtani

Executive Director of the Arab Gulf Programme for Development (AGFUND)

Dr. Ali Alqarni

Volunteer Programs Director-ksrelief

Mr. Matthew Wyatt

FCDO’s Humanitarian and Migration Division

Rafik Elouerchefani

Susanna Moorehead

Chair of the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee (DAC)

Ms. Rebecca Milner

Chief Advancement Officer at IMC

Faisal J. Abbas

Ms.Yara Sindi

General Manager of Monitoring and Reporting for Sustainable Development at the Ministry of Economy

Professor. Amen Bawazir

chairman of Community Medicine Unit at the College of Medicine, AlMaarefa University

Maha Hassan

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Heyla Abdullah Alselim

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Mohammad Millat-E-Mustafa

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Nazik Zakari

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Samer Aljetaily

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Mohamed Sadequle Islam

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Dr. Shaza Bint Jamil Taha Khasifan

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Dr. Moataz bin Shehata Al-Yanbaawi

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Dr. Hala Al-Sayed Al-Bishbishi

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Muhammad Babar Shahzad

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Dr Sandra Iman Pertek

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Kashif Siddiqi

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Dr Badreldin Abdalla Hassan Hamad

Medina university

Nazik Zakari

AlMaarefa University

Hana Omar

KSrelief

Khalid AlQumaizi

AlMaarefa University

Dr. Huwaida Al-Attas

A faculty member in the Department of Social Sciences, College of Arts and Humanities, Jazan University

Dr. Lawrence Hawamdeh

Professor of Criminal Law - Faculty of Law, Taibah University

صالح عويض المطيري

Ministry of Mdiea

Sherif Koaish

professor, Mostaganem University

Ali Hassan Alhaiti

AlMaarefa University

Khaldun Marwa

AlMaarefa University

Fatima Abdeen

Qatar Red Crescent Society