AUSTRALIA
GARETH EVANS (Convenor) 
Foreign Minister of Australia (1988-1996), Leader of the Government in the Senate (1993-1996), previously Attorney General, Minister for Resources & Energy and Transport & Communications. After leaving Parliament, President of the International Crisis Group (2000-2009); Professorial Fellow at the University of Melbourne since 2009, Chancellor of the Australian National University since 2010. Member, inter alia, of the Blix Commission on Weapons of Mass Destruction (2006), Zedillo Commission on IAEA (2008), UN High Level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change (2004); Co-Chair of the International Commission on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament (2008-2010).
MALCOLM FRASER 
Prime Minister of Australia (1975-1983); Minister for Education & Science (1972), and Defence (1969-1971). After parliament, Co-Chairman of the Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group against Apartheid (1985-1986), Chairman of the United Nations Committee on African Commodity Problems (1990), President of CARE International (1990-1995), and Professorial Fellow, Asia Pacific Centre for Military Law, University of Melbourne (2007). Privy Councillor (1976), Companion of Honour (1977), Companion of Order of Australia (1988). Signatory of Australian ‘Group of Statesmen’ statement on nuclear disarmament, (April 2009).
ROBERT HILL 
Defence Minister of Australia (2001-2006), Leader of the Government in the Senate (1996-2006); Minister for the Environment and Heritage (1996-2001). After leaving Parliament, Permanent Representative to the United Nations (2006-2009); Adjunct Professor of Sustainability at the US Studies Centre at the University of Sydney, and head of the Carbon Trust. Chancellor of the University of South Australia from 2010.
CHINA
CUI LIRU
Currently President of the China Institute of Contemporary International Relations [CICIR] (2005-); Director General and Research Professor at the Institute of World Information at the State Information Center in Beijing (1996-2004); Counselor for China’s Representation to the United Nations, New York (1992-1994); Director and Associate Research Professor of the Division of International Exchanges (1990-1991).
LI BIN 
Currently Professor of International Relations and Director of the Arms Control Program, Tsinghua University (2000-). Founder of the Institute of Science and Public Affairs (1999); Director of the Arms Control Division and Executive Deputy Director of Program for Science and National Security Studies at the Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, Beijing (1996-1999); Post-Doctoral Fellow at the MacArthur Foundation (1994-1996).
MA ZHENGANG 
President of China Arms Control and Disarmament Association. President of the China Institute of International Studies (2004-09).Ambassador to the United Kingdom (1997-2002), Vice-Minister of the Foreign Office of the State Council (1995-1996), and Director-General of the Department of North American and Oceanian Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1985-1990).
PAN ZHENQIANG
Major General (Retired). Research fellow, deputy director, and director, Institute of Strategic Studies, National Defense University (1986-2001). Research fellow at U.S. National Defense University (1987), Stanford University (1988-1989), and Harvard University (1999, 2000). Current positions include Senior Adviser to China Reform Forum (CRF) and Member of the Executive Committee of the Council of Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs.
INDIA
LALIT MANSINGH 
Foreign Secretary (1999-2001). Ambassador to the United States (2001-2004) and UAE; High Commissioner to UK (1998-1999) and Nigeria; also served in Geneva, Kabul and Brussels. Currently on Board of Trustees of International Crisis Group, Executive Committee of the Institute of Peace and Conflict, and Professor Emeritus at the Foreign Service Institute of India.
JASWANT SINGH 
Minister of External Affairs (1998-2002), Minister of Defence (2001), Minister of Finance (2002-2004). Eight term member of Parliament: Previously Leader of the Opposition, currently MP for Bharatiya Janata Party in the Lok Sabha (Lower House).
INDONESIA
KUSMAYANTO KADIMAN 
State Minister for Research and Technology (2004-2009). Previously Director of the Bandung Institute (2001-2004), and corporate director in science, engineering, and technology areas. He is a prominent expert on Indonesia’s proposed nuclear energy programmes, and active in BATAN, Indonesia’s atomic energy agency.
NUR HASSAN WIRAJUDA 
Minister for Foreign Affairs (2001-2009). Previously Director-General of Political Affairs (2000-2001), Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva (1998-2000), and widely published on nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament.
WIRYONO SASTROHANDOYO 
Indonesia’s Ambassador to Australia (1996-1999), France (1993-1996), Director General for Political Affairs (1990-1993). Permanent Representative to the UN in Vienna (1988-1989). Member of the International Commission on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament.
JAPAN
NOBUYASU ABE 
UN Under-Secretary for Disarmament Affairs (2003-2006); Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (2001-2003), Vienna (1999-2001) and Switzerland (2006-2008). Previously Director-General for Arms Control and Science Affairs (1997-1999).
YASUO FUKUDA 
Prime Minister of Japan (2007-2008), Chief Cabinet Secretary (2000-2004). Elected to the Diet in 1996, and remains an incumbent member. In 2008, co-initiated with Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd the International Commission on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament (ICNND).
YORIKO KAWAGUCHI 
Minister for Foreign Affairs (2002-2004), Minister for the Environment (2000-2002). Special adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs (2004-05), and since 2005 Member of the House of Councillors for the Liberal Democratic Party. Previously, senior positions at Suntory Ltd, Ministry of International Trade and Industry, and World Bank. Co-chair of the International Commission on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament.
YOHEI KONO 
Minister for Foreign Affairs (1994-1996) and (1999-2001), Speaker of the House (2003-2009). Previously President of the Liberal Democratic Party (1993-1995), Chief Cabinet Secretary (1991-1992), and Secretary of the Science and Technology Agency 1985.
KATSUYA OKADA
Minister for Foreign Affairs (2009-2010), Secretary General of the Democratic Party of Japan (2010-2011 & 2009-2010), President of Democratic Party of Japan (2004-2005) and Vice-President (2006-2009). Elected to the Diet since 1990.
MALAYSIA
TAN SRI HASMY AGAM 
Ambassador to the United Nations (1998-2003), serving as President of the Security Council in 1999 and 2000. Previously served as Ambassador to France, Portugal, Libya and Malta. Currently Chairman of the Malaysian Commission of Human Rights (SUHAKAM).
MONGOLIA
NYAMOSOR TUYA
Minister for External Relations (1998-2000) and Minister-Counsellor to the United Nations (2010-11). Lecturer, Academy of Political Education (2007) and Part-Time Fellow (2003-2005); Director of Policy Planning, Foreign Ministry (1996-1998).
NEW ZEALAND
Prime Minister of New Zealand (1990-1997); Ambassador to the United States (1998-2001). Chairman of Ian Axford Fellowship in Public Policy; Chairman International Board of World Agricultural Forum; Chancellor of University of Waikato; Distinguished Fellow of the Institute of Directors and Chair of various Boards. Privy Councillor (1991), Order of New Zealand (1998).
GEOFFREY PALMER 
Prime Minister of New Zealand (1989-1990), Deputy Prime-Minister (1984-1989). Professor of Law at Victoria, and Iowa Universities, co-founder of Chen Palmer & Partners, and current barrister for Harbour Chambers law firm. In 2010 appointed head of the United Nations Panel investigating the Israeli Flotilla Incident.
PAKISTAN
PERVEZ HOODBHOY
Current Professor of Nuclear and High-Energy Physics and Head of Physics Department at Quaid-e-Azam University; Current Chairman of Mashal Books, a publication on feminism, education, and environmental issues. Pervez Hoodboy holds a PhD in Particle Physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
MUSHAHID HUSSAIN 
Minister for Information (1997-1999). Current Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee in the Pakistani Senate. Previously editor of “The Muslim” newspaper; lectured at the State Department’s Foreign Service Institute, Harvard University, MIT, the Middle East Institute, the Stimson Centre, Oxford University and Georgetown University’s Centre for Christian-Muslim Understanding.
JEHANGIR KARAMAT 
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Chief of Army Staff (1995-1998); Ambassador to the United States (2004-06). Visiting Fellow at Stanford 1999 and Brookings Institution 2000. Currently Director of Spearhead Research. Member of the International Commission on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament.
HUMAYUN KHAN 
Foreign Secretary (1988-1989). Previously Ambassador to India (1984-1988), High Commissioner to UK (1990-1992), Head of the Commonwealth Foundation in London, (1993-2000).Also served in Bangladesh, Moscow and at UN in Geneva.
PHILIPPINES
DOMINGO SIAZON 
Secretary of Foreign Affairs (1995-2001); Director General, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (1985-1993); Ambassador to Japan (1993-1995 & 2001-2010), Austria (1980-1995); President, IAEA General Conference (1982), Co-Chairman of Working Group III Assurances of Supply (1979-1981), International Nuclear Fuel Cycle Evaluation (INFCE). Currently Senior Advisor to Metrobank .
REPUBLIC OF KOREA
HAN SUNG-JOO 
Ambassador to the United States (2003-2005), Minister of Foreign Affairs (1993-1994). UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Cyprus (1996-1997), and member of the UN Inquiry Commission on the 1994 Rwanda Genocide 1999. Former academic: PhD University of California Berkeley, professor at City University of New York (1970-1979), Columbia (1986-1987) and Stanford (1992 & 1995), and Korea University (1995-2002). Signatory of Korean ‘Group of Statesmen’ statement on nuclear disarmament, June 2010.
LEE HONG-KOO 
Prime Minister (1994-1995); Deputy Prime Minister for Reunification (1988-1991), Ambassador to the United States (1998-2000), and United Kingdom (1991-1993). Former academic: PhD Yale and professor at Seoul National University serving as president of the Korean Political Science Association, and member of the Executive Committee of the International Political Science Association. Member of the Commission on Global Governance, 1995. Signatory of Korean ‘Group of Statesmen’ statement on nuclear disarmament, June 2010.
SINGAPORE
KISHORE MAHBUBANI 
Dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore. Permanent Representative to UN, serving as President of Security Council (January 2001 and May 2002), Permanent Secretary at the Foreign Ministry (1993-1998). Previously served in Cambodia, Malaysia, and the United States.
SRI LANKA
JAYANTHA DHANAPALA 
United Nations Under-Secretary General for Disarmament (1998-2003); Ambassador to the United States (1995-1997), and UN, Geneva (1984-1987). President of the 1995 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review and Extension Conference; Director of the UN Institute for Disarmament Research (1987-1992). Member of Canberra Commission on the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons (1996), and Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission (2006). Currently, President of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs. Member, inter alia, of boards of Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) and James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies.
VIETNAM
TON NU THI NINH 
Ambassador to European Union (2000-2003); Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs (1996-2000), Director General for International Organizations (1993-1996). Vice-Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, 11th National Assembly of Viet Nam (2002-2007). Currently President of Tri Viet International University, due to open 2013.
