​The Qatar Mediation Forum attempts to create an environment with frank discussions on some of the most intractable problems confronting mediators and humanitarian diplomats in today's rapidly changing world order. Thus, CHS works on  creating a on point conversations by involving group of experts and decision makers in the field of humanitarian action and mediation. They are devided by sessions into the following:

Session 1 - The Changing Landscape of Global Conflict and Mediation

  • Moderator: Mr. Mouin Rabbani, Non-Resident fellow at the Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies
  • Professor Tarek Mitri, Former Special Representative of the UN Secretary General
  • Dr. Sara Hellmuller, Senior Researcher at the Center for Security Studies
  • Mr. Asif Khan, Director, Policy and Mediation Division, UN Department of Political & Peacebuilding Affairs
  • Mr. Dan Smith, Director of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute

    Session 2 - Technological Innovation and Conflict Mediation

    • Moderator: Mr. Hafed Al Ghwell, Non-Resident fellow at the Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies
    • Dr. Evelyne Tauchnitz, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Social Ethics, University of Lucern
    • Mr. Alessandro Accorsi, Senior Analyst, Technology and Conflict, International Crisis Group
    • Ms. Megan Grazier, Director of Project Operations · Busara Center for Behavioral Economics
    • Mr. Shamil Idriss, Chief Executive Officer, Search for Common Ground

    Session 3 - Half the Sky: Innovation in Response to Resistance

    • Moderator: Ms. Christina Buchhold, Manager, Mediation Support and Policy Unit, Oslo Forum
    • Dr. Nofe Khalid Al-Suwaidi, Acting Director of International Cooperation Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Qatar
    • Ms. Hind Aboud Kabawat, President, Tastakel
    • Ms. Meredith Preston McGhie, Secretary General, Global Centre for Pluralism
    • Mr. Jonathan Cohen, Executive Director, Conciliation Resources

    Session 4: Diversity in Mediation: A Matter of Approaches and Interests?

    • Moderator: Ms. Anna Hess, Senior Peace and Security Advisor
    • Dr. Khalid Abdulaziz Al-Khulaifi, Office of the Special Envoy to the Foreign Minister, Qatar.
    • Ms. Yun Sun, Director of the Stimson Center China Program
    • Dr. Esra Çuhadar, Head of Research at the Ottawa Dialogue
    • Dr. Vasu Gounden, Executive Director of the African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes

    Session 5: Humanitarian Diplomacy and the Frontiers of Conflict Mediation

    • Moderator: Dr‭. ‬Randa Slim, Director of the Conflict Resolution and Track II Dialogues Program at the Middle East Institute
    • Dr. Majed bin Mohammad Al Ansari, Advisor to the Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Qatar, Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
    • Mr. Martin Griffiths, Former United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator
    • Ms. Hasmik Egian , Former Chief of Staff, Office of the UN Special Envoy for Syria


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