With transition and revolution, you think you are going to change

the world. The reality is that we have a long way to go before

we can talk of democratisation - it does not end with the fall of a
regime; it merely begins.
Sally Moore,
Member of the Youth Coalition of
Egyptian Revolution, Egypt

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WANA Forum 2011:

Region in Transition
9 - 10 May 2011
Amman, Jordan

Table of Contents

Foreword

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Annual Forum 2011

Opening Remarks by Prince El Hassan bin Talal

Region in Transition






Political Identities






Lessons in Transition






Economic Responsibiltiies





Towards Social Cohesion





Closing Remarks by Prince El Hassan bin Talal

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WANA Vision



Concept Paper



WANA Forum 2011 Agenda

Participants




Acknowledgements

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WANA Vision
Diverse Humanity, United in Dignity
WE AS INDIVIDUALS FROM THE WEST - ASIA NORTH AFRICA (WANA) REGION, IN AFFIRMING
OUR RESPECT FOR HUMAN DIGNITY AND EMBRACING SOCIAL COHESION FOR THE COLLECTIVE
GOOD, ASPIRE TO:
ACHIEVE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY AS A MEANS TO HELP PEOPLE REALISE THEIR BASIC HUMAN
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FOSTER CITIZENSHIP AND GOOD GOVERNANCE;
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RECOGNISING THE SUFFERING OF OTHERS AS OUR OWN, WE SUBSCRIBE TO A VISION FOR
COOPERATION BASED ON HUMAN DIGNITY AND WITH THE AIM OF SECURING A DECENT LIVING
AND A PEACEFUL AND PROSPEROUS FUTURE FOR US AND FOR GENERATIONS TO COME;
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Soubhi Abdulkarim,K^KhdZ'^h
Kamel Abu Jaber,Z//^Z//&^:
Mansour Abu Rashid,WW:
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Lara AyoubWD'E:
Khalid Aziz/WZdW
Azyumardi AzraW,'^^,^
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Adnan BadranE,ZE,Z&
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Liu BaolaiDW/&^Z
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Sultan BarakathzWZh
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Sana BardawilZDEh
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El Hassan bin Talal, WANA Forum Chairman
Raghda Butros&,t:&
Rosy Cave, Head of Asia Programme, Saferworld, UK
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Janusz DaneckiW/^htW
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Margot Ellis'hEZt:
Caroline FarajEE
Haider Fraihat, ^:
Giuma el-Gamatyh<>/dE
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Salah Ghazali, Chairman of Kuwait Transparency Society
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Aleksander GudzowatyK&d
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Sara Gustafsson^WKEd&^tt
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Lily HabashdW/^
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Talat Halman, &,>h&D
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Mukhtar Hashemi, ZE/^
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George Hawatmeh, President, AWAN, Arab Media Consultants, Jordan
Baker al-Hiyari, ,t::
Han Hongcai, >
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Odeh Al-Jayyousi, Z/hE/hE:
Musa Keilani, h:
Mongi Khammassi, ^''Wd
Jauad El-Kharraz/DdhD/
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Fayez Khasawneh^'d&d&:
Nayim KhemaieW/&d
Samar KildaniE,z:
Michael Kingsley-NyinahKhEZt
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Ahmad MangotE&D,Z,W,d:
Rama Mani, Councilor, World Future Council and Senior Research Associate, Centre for
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Simona Marinescu^WZhEW/
Said Masri, Former Minister of Agriculture, Jordan
Munqeth Mehyar, Chairperson, Friends of the Earth Middle East, Jordan
Sally Moore, D^WDz
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Octavia Nasr&D&EE^D

Mutsuyoshi Nishimura, Special Advisor to the Cabinet of the government of Japan and former
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Khairaldin Al-NsourKdzd
Abdul Aziz Al NuaimiK/hDtE&
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Leena Al Olaimy&D>d>
Mohammad Al-Oun^Zt&^EZ
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Anna Paolini,KZ:hE^
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Yasar Qatarneh^WDD/D/,
Ilari Rantakari,W'D&
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Nadia Al-Sakkafdzd
Walid SalehZhEh/Et
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Walid Salem:
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Yohei SasakawadE&:DtE&
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Mohammad ShahbazEZ:
Hamza Shareef'ZE^/
Nadim Shehadi, Associate Fellow, Middle East and North Africa Programme, Chatham House, UK
Mohammad Siddiqi, WW
Rehman SobhanWD
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Krzysztof Strachota
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Yuji Takagis^W&:
Tatsuya Tanami, dE&:DtE
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Mohammad Said Al-Touraihi,<dE/
Keiichi TsunekawasWE'/W^:
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With transition and revolution, you think you are going to change
the world. The reality is that we have a long way to go before
we can talk of democratisation - it does not end with the fall of a
regime; it merely begins.
Sally Moore,
Member of the Youth Coalition of
Egyptian Revolution, Egypt

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