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Topic Discussion I
Politics of Hard Choices
Political Transition and Economic Restructuring
Room 2
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Marcron Wells: I'd like to start by -- my name is Marcron Wells (ph) and
I'm a staff of NDI, National Democratic Institute. We are expecting the Prime Minister any minute now, I would
start by introducing our moderator today, Mr. Larry Diamond, who I know many of you know pretty well. Mr. Diamond
is a Senior Research Follow Up Performance History Institution at Stratford University. He focuses primarily on
democratic development and he is the co-editor of the Journal of Democracy in Washington, D.C. He's also the co-director
for the International Forum for Democratic Studies at the National Endowment for Democracy in the United States.
Without further adieu, I'm going to turn over to him and just remind you that there are translations in Arabic
and French, obviously English is also available.
Larry Diamond: Marcron, I think I'll take it from here. Again, I'm Larry Diamond and I'd like to welcome
you to this session on the Politics of Hard Choices. Let me say what Marcron was trying to say to make sure everyone
understands it, it is requested that you press your microphone on so the red light comes on when you are speaking,
so that your remarks can be heard by the translators and then translated.
The way we're going to operate today is that we will first, if I can beg for your cooperation and indulgence, introduce
ourselves to one another, I think it's very important that we get to know one another a little bit personally.
Then I will introduce the two individuals who kindly agreed to help us get started by making some preliminary remarks
to our group, then I will try and structure our discussion into two or three segments that might help us get into
this topic in a little bit more of a structured way. So with again your cooperation, if I could ask each of you
just to briefly introduce yourselves, tell us which country you are from, and in a few words, tell us what you
do.
Baffour Agyema-Duah: My name is Baffour Agyema-Duah from Ghana. I was the chair for about 10 years and then
recently I decided to go into civil society work, so currently I am with the Center for Democracy and Development,
it's an [inaudible].
Bada Laminska: My name is Bada Laminska (ph), I'm from Sweden, and I'm working with C.E.D.A., [inaudible]
for democracy and I have been left here , but I was a member of [inaudible] approximately since two years ago,
but I'm still [inaudible].
Bill Rugh: My name is Bill Rugh. I'm President of AMIDEAST, it's an American NGO, we've been working in
the Middle-East and North Africa for 50 years. I'm a former American diplomat now in the private sector. Thank
you.
Heather Shasli: My name is Heather Shasli (ph), I'm the regional representative for the Middle-East and
North Africa for the American Labor Movement, the AFLCIO, and I'm based in Cairo.
Oda Aberdeen: My name is Oda Aberdeen (ph) and I'm an investment banker and I cover this region and I'm
here as an observer.
Judith Kipper: I'm Judith Kipper and I'm associated with the Council on Foreign Relations and the Center
for Strategic and International Studies. I run two different Middle-East programs and I'm a Middle-East specialist,
and I'm also a consultant for ABC News.
Frank Loy: I'm Frank Loy, I'm Under Secretary of State for the United States. My background is both in government,
this is my third time in the state department in the private industry and in the NGO sector.
Machatine Munguambe: My name is Machatine Munguambe, I'm from Mozambique. I am one of the note professors
at [inaudible] School. Now, I'm working as a member of the National Community Relations. Thank you.
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