international commission

Bernardo Arévalo de León
Guatemala
President of the Republic of Guatemala
President of the Republic of Guatemala. Senior diplomat. Former Deputy Foreign Minister. Former Deputy Director General at Interpeace for Research and Development. Peacebuilding Expert and Practitioner.

Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad
Jordan
Chief Adviser for Religious and Cultural Affairs & Personal Envoy of HM
His Royal Highness Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad. Jordan. Chief Advisor for Religious and Cultural Affairs and Personal Envoy of King Abdullah II of Jordan. Professor of Philosophy. Active in interfaith dialogue. Former Advisor for Tribal Affairs and Cultural Secretary.

yves daccord
Switzerland
Yves Daccord is a renowned humanitarian leader, international strategist, influencer, and changemaker. With a deep understanding of real-world problems, he translates his personal insights into solution-oriented visions for our society. Currently, he is leading a special initiative at Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society on security, social contract, and the role of cities in the age of digital surveillance and pandemics.
For more than two decades, Yves held various posts in challenging contexts such as Israel and the Occupied Territories, Sudan, Yemen, Chechnya, and Georgia for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), where he served as Director-General from 2010 to March 2020.
Yves Daccord served as Co-Chair of the International Commission on Inclusive Peace (ICIP), spearheading the Principles for Peace initiative.

general ROMEO DALLAIRE
Canada
Lead Convener: Security Sector
Founder of the Dallaire Institute for Children, Peace and Security
Former Force Commander of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda.
Former Canadian Senator. Founder of the Dallaire Institute for Children, Peace and Security.

Ilwad Elman
Lead Convener: Youth, Peace and Security
Peace Activist & Co-founder of Elman Peace and Human Rights Center
Ms. Ilwad Elman. Somalia/Canada. Peace Activist and leader in Women, Peace and Security Programming in Somalia. Chief Operating Officer and Co-founder of Elman Peace and Human Rights Center. Expert Advisor on Youth, Peace and Security to the United Nations Secretary General.

Frederic Gateretse-Ngoga
Burundi
Head of Conflict Prevention and Early Warning Division at the African Union Commission (AUC).
Head of Conflict Prevention and Early Warning Division at the African Union Commission (AUC).

bert koenders
Netherlands
Co-Chair
World Bank Special Envoy on Fragility, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs & Former United Nations’ SRSG in Ivory Coast and Mali
Bert Koenders served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from October 2014 to October 2017. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 1997 to 2007 and served as Minister for Development Cooperation from 2007 until 2010. He was the Undersecretary General of the United Nations and served as the Secretary-General’s Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Operation in the Ivory Coast (2011–2013), and Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (2013–2014).
Bert Koenders has also served as President of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Parliamentary Assembly and was Founder of the Parliamentary Network on the World Bank/IMF. He has been a Visiting Professor at Johns Hopkins University SAIS. Bert Koenders was a Co-Chair of the International Commission on Inclusive Peace (ICIP), spearheading the Principles for Peace initiative.

Sanam Naraghi Anderlini
Iran / United Kingdom
Co-Chair
Founder and Executive Director of the International Civil Society Action Network (ICAN)
Ms. Sanam Naraghi Anderlini. Iran/United Kingdom. Founder and Executive Director of the International Civil Society Action Network (ICAN). Director of the Center of Women, Peace and Security at the London School of Economics.

teresita quintos deles
Philippines
Lead Convener: Local Ownership and Responsibility
Agreement on the Bangsamoro & Former Presidential Advisor on the
Peace Process in the Philippines
Teresita Quintos Deles, also known as Ging, has been at the forefront of peace initiatives in the Philippines, as a civil society activist for many years and, more recently, as a public servant. She was the first woman to be appointed as Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process, with Cabinet rank, serving a first term in 2003-2005 and a second term under the 2ndAquino government from July 2010 to June 2016. Under her watch the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB) was signed in 2014, marking the end of four decades of armed conflict between the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). Three other peace tables were brought to peaceful completion and a nation-wide peace-and-development program, specifically targeting conflict-affected areas, was successfully implemented.
She sat as an Expert-Member of the UN Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (UN CEDAW) in 1991-1994. She served as the Philippine Permanent Representative in the Advisory Board of the ASEAN Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) from its founding of 2013 to June 2016. Under her leadership, the Philippines became the first country in the Asia-Pacific to adopt and implement a National Action Plan (NAP) on UNSCR 1325 on Women, Peace, and Security (WPS). Teresita Quintos Deles was a member of the International Commission on Inclusive Peace (ICIP), spearheading the Principles for Peace initiative.

Naheed Sarabi
Afghanistan
Former Deputy Minister of Finance & Former Deputy for the Secretariat for Peace Loya Jirga in Afghanistan in 2019
Ms. Naheed Sarabi. Afghanistan. Former Deputy Minister of Finance. Former Deputy for the Secretariat for Peace Loya Jirga in Afghanistan in 2019. Former Director General for Analysis and Monitoring at Finance Ministry. Former Director of the Afghanistan National Development Strategy.

Annika Söder
Sweden
President of the Board of Governors European Institute of Peace & Former State Secretary for Foreign Affairs
Ms. Annika Söder. Sweden. Ambassador. President of the Board of Governors European Institute of Peace. Former State Secretary for Foreign Affairs of Sweden. Former State Secretary for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs.

Rory Stewart
United Kingdom
Senior Fellow at the Jackson Institute for Global Affairs at Yale University & Former Secretary of State for International Development
Mr. Rory Stewart. United Kingdom. Senior Fellow at the Jackson Institute, Yale University, focusing on contemporary politics in crisis and on international development and intervention. Former British diplomat. Development professional and politician. Former Minister of State in the Foreign Office and Former Secretary of State for International Development. Author of four books. Presentation of three documentaries focused on Foreign Policy.

hiba qasas
Executive Director of the Principles for Peace Foundation
Served at the United Nations for 17 years in various leadership and expert roles at head quarters and in Arab States. Former Chief of the Crisis Prevention and Response Office in Geneva. Former UN Women Country Representative in Iraq. Coordinated Crisis Prevention and Response with UNDP’s Crisis Bureau at headquarters and led programmes at UNDP office in Jerusalem.