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(#) In the past 25 years, in 90 lists sent to foreign ministers and other nominating bodies, lists downloadable from www.shequality.org,
the writer has proposed some 5000 able women of the calibre to head international agencies with distinction. The women come from the
following 131 democracies. National lists exist for the 37 countries marked by an asterisk *, while 51 countries marked # are included
in regional lists for Africa, Asia, Caribbean, Pacific or E Europe. The 9 countries between brackets ( ) are no longer considered democracies.
#Albania 15 (Cent Afr Rep 4) Ghana 13 (#Kyrgyzstan 15) #Mongolia 11 *Poland 38 #Sri Lanka 23
Andorra 10 Chile 13 *Greece 47 *Latvia 35 Mozambique 3 *Portugal 62 (Sudan 3)
Antigua & B 9 Colombia 72 #Grenada 21 Lesotho 11 #Namibia 15 *Romania 25 Suriname 3
Argentina 38 Costa Rica 46 Guatemala 34 (Liberia 3) #Nauru 1 *Russia 38 *Sweden 127
#Armenia 2 #Croatia 10 Guinea-B 13 Liechtenstein 6 #Nepal 13 #St Kitts-Nevis 3 *Switzerland 34
*Australia 88 Cyprus 5 #Guyana 9 #Lithuania 24 *Netherlands 87 #Saint Lucia 14 Taiwan 2
*Austria 48 *Czech Rep 38 (Haiti 16) *Luxembourg 17 *New Zealand 59 #St Vincent & G 19 #Thailand 10
#Bahamas 24 *Denmark 87 Honduras 34 #Macedonia 16 Nicaragua 17 #Samoa 3 Timor Leste 7
#Bangladesh 15 Djibouti 1 *Hungary 34 #Madagascar 27 Niger 6 San Marino 14 (#Tonga 9)
#Barbados 13 #Dominica 11 *Iceland 22 #Malawi 12 Nigeria 16 #Sao Tome & Pr 16 #Trinidad & Tob 39
*Belgium 50 Dominican Rep 34 *India 127 #Mali 23 *Norway 106 Seychelles 3 #Tuvalu 2
#Belize 12 Ecuador 33 Indonesia 6 Malta 7 (#Pakistan 21) #Senegal 33 Turkey 41
#Benin 17 El Salvador 26 *Ireland 59 #Marshalls 1 Palau 3 Serbia & Mgro 8 #Ukraine 11
Bolivia 18 *Estonia 23 *Israel 24 #Mauritius 7 (Palestine 2) Sierra Leone 2 *United Kingdom 461
#Botswana 17 #Fiji 17 *Italy 118 *Mexico 32 Panama 25 #Slovakia 20 *United States 435
*Brazil 47 *Finland 105 #Jamaica 31 #Micronesia 3 #Papua N G 10 #Slovenia 35 Uruguay 9
*Bulgaria 39 *France 172 *Japan 79 #Moldova 21 Paraguay 12 #Solomons 2 #Vanuatu 3
*Canada 215 #Georgia 12 #Kiribati 7 Monaco 1 Peru 36 *South Africa 53 Venezuela 62
#Cape Verde 17 *Germany 229 #Korea 26 *Philippines 58 *Spain 99 (#Zambia 20)
These lists, and special ones for the *agencies, have named the women to fill some 102 top UN and other posts, as follows:
Caricom 62 IPU 82 *UN 226 ESCWA 4 UNEP 169 Unitar 9 *ICJ:15 384 *ITU 55 WIPO 8 *IBRD 60
CoE 73 *Nato 35 ECA 129 Habitat 141 UNFPA 21 UNRWA 12 *FAO 211 Unesco 476 WMO 2 IFC 113
*EBRD 125 OAS 125 ECE 133 Unctad 7 UNHCR 65 UNU 90 *ICAO 59 *Unido 108 IAEA 18 IDA 15
*EU:25 270 *OECD 21 ECLAC 156 UNDCP 13 *UNHCHR 65 WFP 5 *ILO 248 *UPU 36 WTO 54 *IMF 88
EP 12 PIF 52 ESCAP 135 UNDP 41 Unicef 147 ICC:18 5 *IMO 34 *WHO 273 WTOU 129 *IFAD 24
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Madagascar Lala Henriette Ratsiharovola Minister of Justice, Keeper of the Seals ICJ 2009-16
Malawi Joyce Banda Minister of Women, Children & Community Services Unicef 2008-13
Netherlands Renee Bergkamp Director-General Ministry of Agriculture & Food FAO 2006-11
New Zealand Kati Kasca Founder & CEO Evolu natural cosmetics IFC 2005-10
Nigeria Saudatu Shehu Mahdi Secretary General Womens Rights Advancement ICJ 2009-16
Portugal Maria Amelia Paiva President Commission for Equality & Women UN 2006-11
Senegal Bineta Diop Executive Director Femmes Africa Solidarite ECA 2009-11
Slovenia Zdenka Cerar Minister of Justice ICJ 2009-16
Zdenka Kovac Minister of Regional Development EU 2009-14
Tanya Salecl Director Office for Equal Opportunities UN 2006-11
South Africa Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula Minister of Home Affairs ICJ 2009-16
Helen Lieberman Founder-President Ikamva Labantu (Future of Nation) UN 2006-11
Naledi Pandor Minister of Education Unesco 2005-11
Buyelma Patience Sonjica Minister of Water Affairs & Forestry FAO 2006-11
Spain Consuelo Rumi Deputy Minister for Immigration UNHCR 2005-08
Elena Salgado Minister of Health & Consumer Affairs WHO 2008-13
Maria Jesus San Segundo Minister of Education & Science Unesco 2005-11
Maria Antonia Trujillo Minister of Housing Habitat 2008-12
United Kingdom Rowena Bird Co-founder & CEO Lush handmade cosmetics IFC 2005-10
Sally Howes Dir-Gen Society of British Aerospace Companies ICAO 2006-09
Janet Morgan Chair Nuclear Generation Decommissioning Fund IAEA 2005-09
Mary Perkins Founder & CEO Specsavers International IFC 2005-10
Alison Reed Chief Financial Officer Marks & Spencer IDA 2005-10
Barbara Stocking Director OXFAM UK UNDP 2007-11
United States Susan Hockfield President Massachusetts Institute of Technology Unesco 2011-17
Dolores Huerta Co-Founder United Farm Workers FAO 2006-11
Cathy Hughes Broadcaster & radio executive Unesco 2005-11
Shelly Lazarus Chair & CEO Ogilvy & Mather advertising Unesco 2005-11
Marilyn Carlson Nelson President & CEO Carlson Group WTOU 2005-09
A. European Organizations
CoE 1/9/2009-14 (5) Secretary-General Council of Europe Strasbourg EBRD 1/6/2008-12 (4) President European Bank (EBRD) London
EP 19/7/2009-14 (5) President European Parliament Strasbourg etc *ECB 1/6/2005-13 (8) Governors (6) European Central Bank Frankfurt
*EU 15/9/2009-14 (5) Commissioners (20) European Union Brussels *ECJ 1/1/2005-14 (9) Judges (15) European Court Justice Luxembourg
1: ECA 1/1/2005-08 (4) Economic Commission for Africa Addis Ababa 19: FAO 1/1/2006-11 (6) Food and Agriculture Organization of UN Rome
: Unitar 1/1/2005-08 (4) UN Institute for Training & Research New York 20: ICAO 1/8/2006-09 (3) International Civil Aviation Organiz Montreal
: IMO 1/1/2008-11 (4) International Maritime Organization London 21: UN 1/1/2007-11 (5) United Nations Secretary General New York
:*ESCWA 1/1/2005-08 (4) Econ & Soc Commission for Western Asia Beirut 22: WFP 5/4/2007-11 (5) UN/FAO World Food Programme Rome
:*UNFPA 1/1/2005-08 (4) UN Population Fund New York 23: UNDP 1/7/2007-11 (4) United Nations Development Programme New York
: UNHCR 1/1/2005-08 (4) UN High Commissioner for Refugees Geneva 24: UNU 1/9/2007-12 (5) Rector United Nations University Tokyo
: UPU 1/1/2005-09 (5) Universal Postal Union Berne 25: WMO 1/1/2008-11 (4) World Meteorological Organization Geneva
8: IFAD 1/4/2005-09 (4) Interntl Fund for Agricultural Developmt Rome 26:*UNHCHR /3/2008-12 (4) UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Geneva
9: IBRD 1/6/2005-10 (5) World Bank Washington 27:*ECE 1/6/2008-12 (4) Economic Commission for Europe Geneva
: IDA 1/6/2005-10 (5) Interntl Development Association Washington : ESCAP 1/6/2008-12 (4) Econ & Soc Commission for Asia & Pacific Bangkok
: IFC 1/6/2005-10 (5) International Finance Corporation Washington 29: WHO 21/7/2008-13 (5) World Health Organization Geneva
12: WTO 1/9/2005-09 (4) World Trade Organization Geneva 30:*Habitat 1/9/2008-12 (4) UN Centre for Human Settlements Nairobi
: Unido 1/9/2005-09 (4) UN Industrial Development Organization Vienna 31:*Unicef 13/9/2008-13 (5) United Nations Children's Fund New York
: WTOU 1/9/2005-09 (4) World Tourism Organization Madrid 32: UNRWA 20/1/2009-13 (4) UN Relief & Works Agcy Palestine Refugees Vienna
15: Unesco 15/11/2005-11 (6) UN Educational Scientific & Cultural Org Paris 33: ILO 4/3/2009-14 (5) International Labour Organisation Geneva
16: IAEA 1/12/2005-09 (4) International Atomic Energy Agency Vienna 34: IMF 19/4/2009-14 (5) International Monetary Fund Washington
17: ECLAC 1/1/2006-09 (4) Econ Commission for L America & Carib Santiago 35: ITU 19/9/2009-14 (5) International Telecommunication Union Geneva
: UNEP 1/1/2006-09 (4) United Nations Environment Programme Nairobi 36: WIPO 1/12/2009-15 (6) World Intellectual Property Organiz Geneva
*ICJ 6/2/2006-16 (9) Judges (5 of 15):International Court of Justice *ICC 1/5/2006-16 (9) Judges (6 of 18):International Criminal Court
ICJ 6/2/2009-19 (9) Judges (5 of 15): " " " *ICC 1/5/2009-19 (9) Judges (6 of 18): " " "
ICJ 6/2/2012-22 (9) Judges (5 of 15): " " " *ICC 1/5/2012-22 (9) Judges (6 of 18): " " "
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List 89 51 names 30 democracies 11 July 2004
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List 88 51 names 40 democracies 8 March 2004
Czech Republic Lenka Loudova Director General Ministry of Finance EBRD 2008-12
Denmark Augusta Sailing Vice Premier of Greenland ECE 2008-12
Dominican Rep Miguelina Ortiz de Subervi Minister of Tourism WTOU 2005-09
France Pia Faatomo Minister of Family & Solidarity French Polynesia PIF 2009-14
Pascal Haiti Minister of Artisans & Handicrafts French Polynesia ILO 2009-16
Brigitte Vanizette Minister of Tourism & Environment French Polynesia UNEP 2006-09
Georgia Tamar Beruchashvili Deputy Prime Minister; Relations with the EU CoE 2009-14
Tamar Lebanidze Minister of Environment & Natural Resources UNEP 2006-09
Germany Ute Erdsieck-Rave Minister of Education & Culture Schleswig-Holstein Unesco 2005-11
Guatemala Antonieta del Cid de Bonilla Minister of Public Finance ECLAC 2006-09
India Mamata Banerjee Minister of Coal & Mines Unido 2005-09
Indonesia Sri Mulyani Indrawati Executive Director International Monetary Fund ESCAP 2008-12
Italy Isabella Imperato Director Department of the Treasury EBRD 2008-12
Maria Sacconi General Manager Alitalia London ICAO 2006-09
Jamaica Sharon Weber Alternate Executive Director World Bank ECLAC 2006-09
Korea Jae-Eun Chae Deputy Director Ministry of Education Unesco 2005-11
Latvia Dagnija Stake Minister of Welfare Unicef 2008-13
Inta Vasaraudze Deputy State Secretary Ministry of Finance EBRD 2008-12
Lesotho Moliehi Matabane Deputy Principal Secretary for Planning ECA 2005-08
Malijane Norah Maqelepo Deputy Minister Education & Training ILO 2009-16
Peru Ana Maria Romero Minister of Women's Advancement, Social Development ECLAC 2006-09
St Kitts-Nevis Jean Nisbett-Harris Minister of Health, Culture, Women & Sports Nevis Caricom 2009-14
Saint Lucia Vera Lacoeuilhe Chair World Heritage Committee Unesco 2005-11
San Marino Valeria Ciavatta Captain-Regent CoE 2009-14
Sweden Karin Rudebeck State Secretary Ministry of Finance IMF 2009-14
Thailand Sirikorn Maneerin Minister of Education Unesco 2005-11
Trinidad & Tob Christine Sahadeo Minister of Office Ministry of Finance Caricom 2009-14
Cynthia Alfrey Minister of Health, Social & Environment Tobago UNEP 2006-09
United Kingdom Margaret Salmon Chair Sector Skills Development Agency ILO 2009-16
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List 87 51 names 25 democracies 27 January 2004
Ecuador Martha Vallejo Minister of Labour & Human Resources ILO 2009-16
Maria Fuentes Secretary for Social Dialogue & Planning ECLAC 2006-09
Yolanda Torres Secretary of Communications ITU 2009-14
France Corinne Foluhea Minister of Vocational Training New Caledonia ILO 2009-16
Armelle Merceron Minister of Health French Polynesia ESCAP 2008-12
Georgia Nino Burdzhanadze Acting President CoE 2009-14
Grenada Ann David Antoine Minister of Health, Social Security & Environment WHO 2008-13
Emmalin Pierre Minister of State Youth Development Unicef 2008-13
Guinea-Bissau Mariama Ba Biague Minister of Public Health WHO 2008-13
Tomasia Manjuba State Secretary Treasury, Budget & Fiscal Issues ECA 2005-08
India Umar Bharti Chief Minister Madhya Pradesh UN 2007-11
Chandana Khan Secretary of Tourism Andra Pradesh WTOU 2005-09
Japan Harumi Sakamoto Vice Chair Expo 2005 Aichi Nagoya WTOU 2005-09
Yuriko Koike Minister of Environment UNEP 2006-09
Kiyoko Ono State Secretary National Public Safety, Food Safety FAO 2006-11
Serbia & M Ljubica Milojevic Director National Tourism Organization WTOU 2005-09
Spain Esperanza Aguirre President of Government Madrid UN 2007-11
Maria Jesus Fernandez Alternate Executive Director World Bank EBRD 2008-12
United Kingdom Cynthia Astwood Chief Secretary Turks & Caicos Islands Caricom 2009-14
Carol Black President Royal College of Physicians WHO 2008-13
Nethela Honey Butterfield Minister of Environment Bermuda UNEP 2006-09
Isabelle Mende Minister of Health, Education & Community Montserrat Caricom 2009-14
Mary Mulligan Deputy Minister of Communities Scotland UNHCHR 2008-12
Karen Sinclair Minister of Assembly Business; Chief Whip Wales IPU 2005-08
United States Pamela Conover President & COO Cunard Line IMO 2005-08
Elizabeth K Lanier Exec Vice President Corporate Affairs US Airways ICAO 2006-09
Venezuela Marlene Yadira Cordova Minister of Science & Technology Unesco 2005-11
Dalila Montserratt Deputy Minister of Tourism WTOU 2005-09
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List 86 53 names 27 democracies 16 November 2003
Barbados Lynette Eastmond Minister of Consumer Affairs, Business Development IFC 2005-10
Belgium Sabine Laruelle Minister of Middle Classes & Agriculture FAO 2006-11
Isabelle Simonis Deputy Minister Families and the Disabled WHO 2008-13
Benin Rafiatou Karimou Minister of Primary & Secondary Education Unesco 2005-11
Massiatou Latoundji Minister of Social Welfare & Solidarity ECA 2005-08
Bulgaria Stanislava Nikolova Blagoeva President European Travel Trade Fairs Association WTOU 2005-09
Canada Helene Chaliflour Scherrer Minister of Canadian Heritage Unesco 2005-11
Judy Sgro Minister of Citizenship & Immigration UNHCR 2005-08
Albina Guanieri Minister of Civil Preparedness; Associate Min Defence Nato 2008-12
Cape Verde Celina Ma de Carvalho Cruz Director General of the Treasury ECA 2005-08
Colombia Sandra Suarez Minister of Environment and Development FAO 2006-11
Maria Ines Agudelo Valencia Vice Minister of Finance ECLAC 2006-09
Croatia Marina Matulovic Minister of Environment, Planning & Construction UNEP 2006-09
Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic Minister of European Integration CoE 2009-14
Vesna Skare Ozbolt Minister of Justice ICJ 2006-16
Denmark Ruth Thomsen Heilman Minister of Health & Family Greenland WHO 2008-13
Ecuador Gladys Eljuri Minister of Tourism WTOU 2005-09
Finland Satu Huber Director of Finance State Treasury Office EBRD 2008-12
Ritva Sarin-Grufberg Minister of Industry & Trade Aaland Unido 2005-09
France Dewe Gorodey Vice-Premier of New Caledonia PIF 2009-14
Nina Vernaudon Minister of Fisheries; Small Business Fr Polynesia ESCAP 2008-12
Paraguay Maria Jose Argana de Mateu State Secretary Women ECLAC 2006-09
Maria Evangelista Troche State Secretary Tourism WTOU 2005-09
South Africa Thandi Lujabe-Rankoe High Commissioner in Mozambique ECA 2005-08
Spain Yolanda Kakabadse Navarro President World Conservation Union UNEP 2006-09
Elvira Rodriguez Minister of Environment FAO 2006-11
Julia Garcia Valdecasas Minister of Public Administration EU 2005-10
Sweden Carim Jaemtin Minister of Development Cooperation FAO 2006-11
Barbro Holmberg Minister of Migration & Asylum Policy UNHCR 2005-08
United Kingdom Charlotte di Vita Founder Trade Plus Aid IDA 2005-10
Margaret Curran Minister of Communities Scotland UNHCHR 2008-12
Patricia Ferguson Minister of Parliamentary Business Scotland IPU 2005-08
Pamela Crowe Minister of Local Govt & Environment Isle of Man UNEP 2006-09
Sarah Wilson Managing Director Manifest share transparency group IFC 2005-10
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List 85 51 names 27 democracies 12 July 2003
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List 84 51 names 32 democracies 16 May 2003
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List 83 54 names 28 democracies 22 January 2003
Austria Renate Winter Judge UN Special Court for Sierra Leone ICJ 2006-16
Brazil Emilia Fernandez State Secretary Women's Rights UN 2007-11
Colombia Maria Araujo Minister of Culture Unesco 2005-11
Cecilia Rodriguez Minister of Environment; Development UNEP 2006-09
Czech Rep Petra Smolikova Deputy Minister of Culture Unesco 2005-11
Germany Brigitte Zypries Minister of Justice ICJ 2006-16
Renate Schmidt Minister of Family, Senior Citizens, Women & Youth Unicef 2004-09
Christine Weiss State Secretary Culture Unesco 2005-11
Guinea-Bissau Filomena Lopes Minister of Education Unesco 2005-11
Honduras Leila Odeth de Scott Ambassador to Spain OAS 2004-09
Hungary Hajnalka Karpati Candidate Judge International Criminal Court ICJ 2006-16
India Rathi Vinay Jha Secretary Department of Tourism WTOU 2005-09
Ireland Martina King Managing Director Yahoo UK & Ireland IFC 2005-10
Jamaica Carole Guntley-Brady Director General Ministry of Tourism & Sport WTOU 2005-09
Aloun Assamba Minister of Industry & Tourism Unido 2005-09
Macedonia Radmila Secerinska Deputy Prime Minister CoE 2004-09
Ilinka Mitreva Minister of Foreign Affairs UN 2007-11
Mali Keita Rokiatou N'Diaye Minister of Health WHO 2003-08
Niger Karim Fatouma Zara State Secretary Endemic Diseases WHO 2003-08
Panama Vincentina Rodriguez Figares Ambassador to Spain OAS 2004-09
Philippines Elisea Gozun Minister of Environment & Natural Resources UNEP 2006-09
Evelyn B Pantig Under-Secretary for Tourism WTOU 2005-09
Poland Eleonora Zielinska Candidate Judge International Criminal Court ICJ 2006-16
Russia Nina Davidovich President Druzhba (Friendship) association UNHCHR 2006-10
Olga Pleshakova President Transaero airline ICAO 2006-09
Anna Politkovskaia Courageous Journalist Novaya Gazeta Unesco 2005-11
Sao Tome & Pr Claudina Augusto Cruz Minister of Health WHO 2003-08
Fernanda Pontefice Bonfim Minister of Education & Culture Unesco 2005-11
Elsa Teixeiro Pinto State Secretary State & Administrative Reform ECA 2005-08
Senegal Maimouna Sourang Ndir Minister of Social Development UN 2007-11
Serbia & Mtgro Vesna Kilibarda Minister of Culture Montenegro Unesco 2005-11
South Africa M Mabudafhasi Deputy Minister of Environment & Tourism UNEP 2006-09
Spain Teresa Carame Director General of Tourism Madrid Region WTOU 2005-09
Sweden Sinikka Bohlin Member General Council Sveriges Riksbank EBRD 2004-08
Ann-Christin Nyqvist Minister of Agriculture, Food & Fisheries; Consumers FAO 2006-11
Berit Andnor Minister of Children & Families Unicef 2004-09
Leni Bjoerklund Minister of Defence UN 2007-11
Lena Hallengren Deputy Minister of Education & Science Unesco 2005-11
Switzerland Barbara Ott Candidate Judge International Criminal Court ICJ 2006-16
Micheline Calmy-Rey Minister of Foreign Affairs UN 2007-11
Trinidad & Tob Christine Kangaloo Minister Office of Prime Minister Caricom 2004-09
United Kingdom Sue Atkinson Medical Director London NHS Executive WHO 2003-08
Carol Borghesi Director London Region British Telecom ITU 2004-09
Honor Chapman Chair London Offices Review Panel EU 2004-09
Elizabeth Crowther-Hunt Executive Director Prince's Trust Unicef 2004-09
Amelia Fawcett Managing Director Morgan Stanley IMF 2005-10
Liz Meek Regional Director Government Office for London Habitat 2004-08
Isabella Moore President British Chambers of Commerce WTO 2005-09
Lucy Neville-Rolfe Director Corporate Affairs Tesco Supermarkets FAO 2006-11
Susie Wong Director Chinese Cultural Centre Unesco 2005-11
United States Sylvia Corujo Chair Tourism Committee Puerto Rico WTOU 2005-09
Mavis Nicholson Leno Chair End Gender Apartheid Campaign UNHCHR 2006-10
Julie Meyer Chief Executive Ariadne Capital IFC 2005-10
Elyse Wander Senior VP Marketing Travel Industry of America WTOU 2005-09
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List 82 53 names 31 democracies 24 September 2002
Bosnia-H: Rep Azra Hadziahmetovic Minister of Foreign Trade & Economic Relations ECE 2004-08
Brazil Carla Cico Chief Executive Officer Brasil Telecom ITU 2004-09
Canada Vinita Watson Assistant Deputy Minister Department of Finance IMF 2005-10
Colombia Carolina Barco Minister of Foreign Affairs UN 2007-11
Marta Pinto de De Hart Minister of Communications ITU 2004-09
Cecilia Maria Velez White Minister of National Education Unesco 2005-11
Czech Rep Petra Buzkova Minister of Education, Youth & Sport Unesco 2005-11
Marie Souckova Minister of Health WHO 2003-08
Denmark Annelise Fenger Deputy Director-General Consumer Agency FAO 2006-11
Eva Janson Ambassador to Lithuania EU 2004-09
East Timor Aicha Bassarewan Deputy Minister of Planning & Finance ESCAP 2004-08
El Salvador Luz Maria Serpas de Portillo President Banco Central de Reserva de El Salvador ECLAC 2006-09
Guatemala Patricia Ramirez Minister of Economy ECLAC 2006-09
Flora Escobar Gordilla Minister of Communications, Transport & Public Works ITU 2004-09
Honduras Maria Elena Mondragon President Banco Central de Honduras ECLAC 2006-09
India Mehbooba Sayeed Kashmiri human rights activist UNHCHR 2006-10
Japan Midori Ashida Founder Women's Coalition for Health WHO 2003-08
Luxembourg Andree Billon-Jacquemart Executive Director Banque Central de Luxembourg EBRD 2004-08
Madagascar Meline Rasoanirina State Secretary Women & Children ECA 2005-08
Moldova Mariana Durlesteanu Deputy Minister of Finance EBRD 2004-08
Netherlands Maria van der Hoeven Minister of Education, Culture & Science Unesco 2005-11
Agnes van Ardenne State Secretary Development Cooperation UNDP 2003-07
Annette Nijs State Secretary Education, Culture & Science Unesco 2005-11
Melanie Schultz van Haegen State Secretary Transport, Public Works & Water IMO 2005-08
Clemence Ross-Van Dorp State Secretary Health, Welfare & Sport WHO 2003-08
Ersilia Delannoy Minister of Finance Netherlands Antilles ECLAC 2006-09
Papua NGuinea Lady Carol Kidu Minister of Welfare & Social Development ESCAP 2004-08
Peru Dina Rodriguez Montero Director UN University for Peace Costa Rica UNU 2007-12
Ana Maria Romero Minister of Women's Advancement, Social Development OAS 2004-09
Poland Wanda Rapaczynski President Agora International media conglomerate Unesco 2005-11
Russia Klavdia Tchigarina General Director Svoboda cosmetics & toiletries IFC 2005-10
Olga Vdovichenko General Director Machinoimport Unido 2005-09
Sao Tome & Pr Maria Do Carmo Trovoada Governor Banco Central de Sao Tome e Principe ECA 2005-08
Sweden Kristina Persson Member Executive Board Sveriges Riksbank EBRD 2004-08
Tonga Aho Seneti Deputy Governor National Reserve Bank Tonga ESCAP 2004-08
Turkey Melda Bayer Minister of Social Services UN 2007-11
Ionna Kucuradi Professor Philosophy of Human Rights Ankara UNHCHR 2006-10
United States Judy Bishop Vice President Europe United Airlines ICAO 2003-06
Elouise Cobell Founder Blackfeet National Bank IDA 2005-10
Gail Evans Executive Vice President Cable News Network (CNN) Unesco 2005-11
Janet Hanson Founder Milestone Capital Management IBRD 2005-10
Elizabeth Martinez Director Unstitute for MultiRacial Justice UNHCHR 2006-10
Rose Marie Robertson Professor of Medicine Vanderbilt University WHO 2003-08
Joanna Shields Managing Director for Europe Real Networks Unesco 2005-11
Susan Sifuentes-Trigueros President Hispanas Organized for Political Equality OAS 2004-09
Elyse Wander Senior VP Govt Affairs Travel Industry of America WTOU 2005-09
Yugoslavia Vesna Arsic Vice Governor National Bank of Yugoslavia EBRD 2004-08
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List 81 54 names 26 democracies 16 July 2002
Bahamas Cynthia Pratt Deputy Prime Minister; National Security OAS 2004-09
Melanie Griffin Minister of Social Services & Community Development Caricom 2004-09
Allyson Maynard-Gibson Minister of Financial Resources & Investments ECLAC 2006-09
Glenys Hanna-Martin Minister of Transport & Aviation ICAO 2003-06
Belize Lisa Shoman Ambassador to the US Caricom 2004-09
Bulgaria Meglena Kuneva Minister of European Affairs ECE 2004-08
Lubka Katchakova Member Supervisory Booard DSK Bank EBRD 2004-08
Elena Poptodorova Ambassador to the US EU 2007-10
Kyrgyzstan Ishengul Boldjurova Minister of Education, Science & Culture Unesco 2005-11
Lesotho Mpeo Mahase Asst Minister Justice, Human Rights, Constitution ICJ 2003-13
Madagascar Odette Rahaingosoa Minister of Culture Unesco 2005-11
Monique Esoavelomandroso State Sec Decentralization, Autonomous Provinces ECA 2005-08
Victorine Rahelivololona State Secretary Women & Children Unicef 2004-09
Mali N'diaye Fatoumata Coulibaly Minister of Social Development, Solidarity & Elderly ECA 2005-08
Bah Odette Yattara Minister of Women's Advancement, Children & Family Unicef 2004-09
St Vincent &G Monica Dacon Acting Governor-General OAS 2004-09
Sierra Leone Kadi Sesay Minister of Trade & Industry Unido 2005-09
Agnes Taylor-Lewis Minister of Health & Sanitation WHO 2003-08
Spain Ana de Palacio Minister of Foreign Affairs UN 2007-11
Turkey Ioanna Kucuradi President Int Federation of Philosophical Societies Unesco 2005-11
Ceyla Pazarbasioglu Vice-Pres Banking Regulation & Supervision Agency EBRD 2004-08
United Kingdom Fiona Caldicott Pro-Vice Chancellor Oxford University UNU 2007-12
Val Gooding Director British Airports Authority ICAO 2003-06
Diana Green Vice Chancellor Hallam University Sheffield UNU 2007-12
Cathy Jamieson Minister of Education Scotland Unesco 2005-11
Teresa May Chair Conservative Party EU 2004-09
Alison Ritchie Chief Executive British Telecom Openworld ITU 2004-09
Janet Smith Judge High Court ICC 2002-13
United States Susan Schmidt Bies Member Board of Governors Federal Reserve IBRD 2005-10
Venezuela Maria Cristina Iglesias Minister of Labour ILO 2004-09
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List 80 51 names 34 democracies 25 May 2002
Argentina Graciela Camano Secretary of Labour, Employment & Human Resources ILO 2004-09
Australia Margaret Adamson Ambassador to Poland UN 2007-11
Brazil Mary Dayse Kinzo Secretary of National Integration UNHCHR 2002-06
Canada Catherine Bragg Dir Gen Canadian International Development Agency IMF 2005-10
Angela Carlson Director Treasury Operations Canadian Wheat Board FAO 2006-11
Czech Republic Hana Heidlerova Managing Director Ministry of Finance EBRD 2004-08
Denmark Lene Vestergaard Hau Physicist Unesco 2005-11
Anne Holm Debt Manager DSB Danish State Railways IFC 2005-10
East Timor Emilia Maria Valeria Pires Secretary Planning Commission ESCAP 2004-08
Finland Kirsti Lintonen Under Secretary of State Development Cooperation UNDP 2003-07
Greece Paraskevi Protopappa Head International Financial Orgs Min of Economy ECE 2004-08
Grenada Yolande Joseph Parliamentary Secretary Gender & Family OAS 2004-09
Guatemala Telma Quan Secretary of Tourism WTOU 2005-09
Guyana Dale Ramnauth Bisnauth Minister of Human Service, Social Security & Labour ILO 2004-09
Honduras Juliette Handal Minister of Industry & Commerce Unido 2005-09
Patricia Panting Minister of Natural Resources & Environment UNEP 2006-09
India Nirupama Rao Spokesperson Ministry of Foreign Affairs UN 2007-11
Italy Anna Blefari Melazzi Ambassador to Romania UN 2007-11
Lithuania Asta Ungulaitiene Secretary of State Finance EBRD 2004-08
Madagascar Yvon Randriasandratriniony Minister of Agriculture & Fisheries FAO 2006-11
Alice Rajaonah Minister of Justice, Keeper of the Seals ICJ 2003-13
Mongolia Tserendagva Odongua Director International Department Bank of Mongolia ESCAP 2004-08
Nicaragua Edna Balladares Director Social Security Institute ECLAC 2006-09
Natalia Barillas Minister of Family Unicef 2004-09
Nigeria Arunma Oteh Treasurer African Development Bank ECA 2005-08
Norway Ingrid Glad Asst Dir Gen Global Affairs Ministry Foreign Affairs UN 2007-11
Helle Hammer Secretary of State Trade & Industry Unido 2005-09
Ingierd Schou Minister of Social Affairs UN 2007-11
Torild Skogsholm Minister of Transport & Communication UPU 2005-09
Erna Solberg Minister of Local Government & Regional Development Habitat 2004-08
Panama Liriola Pitti de Cordoba Director General Institute of Tourism WTOU 2005-09
Peru Ana Maria Deustua Caravedo Ambassador in Rome FAO 2006-11
Portugal Maria C Ferreira Lopes C Minister of Justice ICJ 2003-13
Filomena Oliveira Head of Capital Markets Caixa Geral de Depositos IMF 2005-10
Russia Natela Shenguella Chief Tourism Department WTOU 2005-09
Sao Tome & Pr Armanda das Veves Coelho Minister of Education, Culture, Youth & Sport Unesco 2005-11
Alda Meol Santos Minister of Justice; State & Administrative Reform ICJ 2003-13
Maria das Neves de Sousa Minister of Commerce, Industry & Tourism Unido 2005-09
Slovakia Maria Kompisova General Director Ministry of Finance ECE 2004-08
Slovenia Emilija Placer Tusar Secretary of State Transport & Communication UPU 2005-09
Irena Sodin Secretary of State Finance EBRD 2004-08
Stanka Zadravec-Caprirolo Secretary of State Finance EBRD 2004-08
South Africa Lindiwe Sisulu-Guma Minister of Intelligence Service ECA 2005-08
Mantombazana Tshabala-Msimang Minister of Health WHO 2003-08
Spain Maria Perez-Ribes Senior Adviser Ministry of Economy IMF 2005-10
Switzerland Nelly Wenger Chair National Expo 02 Unesco 2005-11
Trinidad & T Penelope Beckles Minister of Social Development ECLAC 2006-09
Donna Carter Minister of State Ecclesiatical Affairs Caricom 2004-09
Eulalie James Minister of State Community Development & Gender ECLAC 2006-09
Turkey Mine Bulum Head Treasury Secretariat ECE 2004-08
United States Louise Herrle Vice President & Treasurer Freddie Mac housing Habitat 2004-08
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List 79 51 names 27 democracies 22 March 2002
Argentina Hilda C Gonzalez de Duhalde Acting Minister of Social Development ECLAC 2006-09
Graciela Marcia Giannetasio Minister of Education Unesco 2005-11
Australia Kay Patterson Minister of Health & Aged Care WHO 2003-08
Helen Coonan Assistant Treasurer IMF 2005-10
Danna Vale Minister of Veterans Affairs ESCAP 2004-08
Bangladesh Rokia Afzal Rahman Minister of Women & Children, Social Welfare, Labour ILO 2004-09
Botswana Pelonomi Venson Minister of Works, Transport & Communications UPU 2005-09
Canada Susan Whelan Minister of International Cooperation UNDP 2007-11
Chile Cecilia Perez Minister of Planning ECLAC 2006-09
Colombia Angela Maria Orozco Minister of Foreign Trade WTO 2005-09
Luisa F Lafaurie Rivera Minister of Health WHO 2003-08
Angela Montoya Minister of Communications UPU 2005-09
Denmark Lene Espersen Minister of Justice ICC 2003-13
Mariann Fischer Boel Minister of Food, Agriculture & Fisheries FAO 2006-11
Ulla Tornaes Minister of Education Unesco 2005-11
Henriette Kjaer Minister of Social Affairs & Equality UN 2007-11
Tove Fergo Minister of Ecclesiastical Affairs EU 2004-09
East Timor Fernanda Mesquita Borges Minister of Finance ESCAP 2004-08
Ilda da Costa Ferreira Deputy Minister Advisor on Human Rights UNHCHR 2007-11
Estonia Kristiina Ojuland Minister of Foreign Affairs UN 2007-11
Mailis Rand Minister of Education Unesco 2005-11
Fiji Losena Salabula Assistant Minister Women & Poverty Alleviation ESCAP 2004-08
Georgia Sesili Gogiberidze Minister of Culture Unesco 2005-11
Honduras Mireya Batres Minister of Culture, Arts & Sports Unesco 2005-11
Armida De Lopez Second Vice-President of Republic UN 2007-11
Italy Maria Grazia Siliquini State Secretary Education Unesco 2005-11
Grazia Sestini State Secretary Labour ILO 2004-09
Japan Hiroshi Oki Minister of Environment UNEP 2006-09
Micronesia Beauleen C Worswick Public Defender ICJ 2003-13
Nepal Sushila Swanr Minister of State Women, Children & Social Welfare Unicef 2004-09
Peru Cecilia Blondet Minister of Women's Advancement, Human Development OAS 2004-09
Romania Maria Crivineanu State Secretary European Integration CoE 2004-2009
Maria Manolescu State Secretary Finance EBRD 2004-2008
Simona Mirela Miculescu Presidential Advisor on International Affairs UN 2007-11
Dorina Mihaelescu State Secretary Prime Minister's Office EU 2009-14
Mihnea Motoc State Secretary Foreign Affairs UN 2007-11
Spain Anna Birules y Bertran Minister of Innovation & Technology Unesco 2005-11
Pilar del Castillo Vera Minister of Education & Culture UNU 2002-07
Maria Dolores de Cospedal Under Secretary Public Administration Unitar 2005-08
Maria Jesus Fraile Fabra Under Secretary Environment UNEP 2006-09
Ana Maria Pastor Julian Under Secretary Prime Minister's Office EU 2004-09
Sri Lanka Amara Piyasiri Ratnayake Minister of Women UN 2007-11
Sweden Lena Sommestad Acting Minister of Environment UNEP 2006-09
Taiwan-China Christine Tsung Chair Council for Economic Planning & Development WTO 2005-09
Trinidad & Tob Glenda Morean Attorney General ICC 2003-13
Hazel Anne Marie Manning Minister of Education Unesco 2005-11
Eudine Job-Davis Minister of Culture & Tourism WTOU 2005-09
Turkey Nilufer Gole Professor of Sociology Istanbul Unesco 2005-11
United States Shirley Franklin Mayor of Atlanta Habitat 2004-08
Jane Swift Acting Governor Massachusetts IBRD 2005-10
Zambia Inonge Mbikusita-Lewanika President African Women's Peace Networks UNHCR 2005-08
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List 78 53 names 32 democracies 21 November 2001
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List 77 52 names 30 democracies 14 July 2001
C African Rep Francoise Ibrahim N'doma Minister of Social Affairs, Women, Children, Disabled ECA 2005-08
Czech Rep Alexandra Wunchova Deputy Minister of Culture Unesco 2005-11
Dominica Loreen Bannis-Robert Minister of State Education Caricom 2004-09
Ecuador Lourdes Luque Minister of Tourism & Environment WTOU 2005-09
France Paulette Guinchard-Kunstler State Secretary Elderly & Disabled WHO 2003-08
Marie-Noelle Lienemann State Secretary Housing Habitat 2004-08
Guatemala Fanny De Estrada Exec Dir Non-Traditional Products Exporters Assn WTO 2005-09
Guinea-Bissau Antonieta Rosa Gomes Minister of Foreign Affairs ECA 2005-08
Guyana Carolyn Rodrigues Minister of Amerindian Affairs UNHCHR 2002-06
Jennifer Westford Minister of Public Service Management Caricom 2004-09
Haiti Ginette Lubin Minister of Women ECLAC 2002-05
Honduras Xiomara Gomez de Caballero Minister of Natural Resources & Environment UNEP 2002-05
Glenda Gallardo Minister of Technical & International Cooperation OAS 2004-09
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List 76 52 names 24 democracies 21 March 2001
United States Lucy Nielsen Minister of Finance North Marianas PIF 2004-09
Bernadita T Palacios Acting Minister of Commerce North Marianas ESCAP 2004-08
Y'Asela Pereira Treasurer Guam ESCAP 2004-08
Christine Todd Whitman Administrator Environmental Protection Agency UNEP 2002-05
Venezuela Ana Elisa Osorio Minister of Environment & Renewable Natural Resources UNEP 2002-05
Blancanieves Portocarrero Minister of Labour ILO 2004-09
Luisa Romero Minister of Industry & Commerce Unido 2001-05
Yugoslavia Gordana Matkovic Minister of Labour, Veterans & Social Welfare Serbia ECE 2004-08
Marija Vukosavljevic Minister of Transport & Telecommunications Serbia ITU 2004-09
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List 75 56 names 30 democracies 22 January 2001
Albania Esmeralda Uruci Minister of Culture, Youth & Sport Unesco 2005-11
Costa Rica Gloria Valerin Minister of Women UN 2007-11
Denmark Lotte Bundesgaard Minister of Urban Affairs & Housing; Gender Equality UN 2007-11
Dominica Jacqueline Theodore Parlt Secretary Health & Social Security WHO 2003-08
East Timor Melina Perez Vice-President National Council UN 2007-11
Finland Satu Hassi Minister of Environment UNEP 2002-05
France Anne d'Ornano Mayor Deauville Habitat 2004-08
Annie Beustes Minister of Economic Affairs New Caledonia PIF 2004-09
Anne-Marie Comparini President Regional Council Rhone-Alpes EU 2004-09
Dewe Gorodey Minister of Culture, Youth & Sport New Caledonia Unesco 2005-11
Bernadette Papilio Minister of South Pacific Community Wallis & Futuna PIF 2004-09
Germany Annette Fugmann-Heesing Deputy Mayor Berlin 1998-99 Habitat 2004-08
Beatrice Holling Qatar Airways Airbus pilot ICAO 2006-09
Renate Kuenast Minister of Food, Agriculture & Consumer Protection FAO 2006-11
Ulla Schmidt Minister of Health WHO 2003-08
Ghana Patience Addow Minister of Eastern Region ECA 2005-08
Honduras Victoria Asfura de Diaz President Banco Central de Honduras ECLAC 2002-05
Israel Naomi Chazan Deputy Speaker Knesset IPU 2003-06
Japan Yoriko Kawaguchi Director General Environment Agency UNEP 2002-05
Kyrgyzstan Kanysh Sharshekeeva Deputy Chair National Bank EBRD 2004-08
Latvia Inta Vasaraudze Secretary of State Finance EBRD 2004-08
Macedonia Ganka Samoilovska-Cvetanov Minister of Culture Unesco 2005-11
Malawi Alice Sumani Minister of State Poverty Alleviation ECA 2005-08
Mexico Josefina Vazquez Mota Secretary of Social Development ECLAC 2002-05
Maria Teresa Herrera Tello Secretary of Agrarian Reform FAO 2006-11
Leticia Navarro Secretary of Tourism WTOU 2001-2005
Pakistan Shahida Jamil Minister of Justice, Human Rights & Parlt Affairs ICJ 2003-13
Palau Sandra Pierantozzi Vice-President; Minister of Administration PIF 2004-09
Paraguay Cristina Munoz Minister of Women ECLAC 2002-05
Peru Susana Villaran de la Puente Minister of Women's Advancement, Human Development ECLAC 2002-05
Philippines Dulce Saquisag Secretary of Social Welfare & Development ESCAP 2004-08
Romania Rodica Stanoiu Minister of Justice ICJ 2003-13
Ecaterina Andronescu Minister of Education & Research Unesco 2005-11
Daniela Bartos Minister of Health & Family WHO 2003-08
Senegal Awa Gueye Kebe Minister Delegate Family & Infants Unicef 2004-09
Slovenia Romana Logar Secretary of State Finance EBRD 2004-08
Metka Zevnik Secretary of State Youth & Sport Unesco 2005-11
Tomanic Vidovic Secretary of State Small Business & Tourism WTOU 2001-2005
Margareta Strebotnjak Borsel Secretary of State Environment & Physical Planning UNEP 2002-05
Sri Lanka Sumedha Jayasena Minister of Women UN 2007-11
Pavithra Wanniarachchi Minister of Plan Implementation ESCAP 2004-08
Sumithra Priyangani Abeweera Deputy Minister of Commerce & Food FAO 2006-11
Sweden Eva Zetterberg Deputy Speaker of Parliament IPU 2003-06
United Kingdom Rhoda Brankin Deputy Minister Culture & Sport Scotland Unesco 2005-11
United States Sila Calderon Governor Puerto Rico OAS 2004-09
Martha Garnett President American Bar Association ICJ 2003-13
Maya Kara Acting Attorney General North Marianas ESCAP 2004-08
Isabel Lujan Minister of Economic Affairs Guam PIF 2004-09
Marie Ma'o Minister of Health & Social Services American Samoa ESCAP 2004-08
Peggy A Quince Justice Florida Supreme Court ICJ 2003-13
Ann M Veneman Secretary of Agriculture FAO 2006-11
Elaine Chao Secretary of Labor ILO 2004-09
Venezuela Adina Bastidas Vice-President UN 2007-11
Marisol Plaza Attorney General ICJ 2003-13
Maria Eugenia Loriente Deputy Minister of Tourism WTOU 2001-2005
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List 74 56 names 39 democracies 17 November 2000
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List 73 55 names 36 democracies 18 July 2000
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List 72 52 names 29 democracies 24 May 2000
Australia Rosemary Follet Chief Minister Australian Capital Territory 1989-95 Habitat 2001-04
Joan Sheldon Deputy Premier Queensland 1995-98 UN 2002-06
Sue Napier Deputy Premier Tasmania 1996-98 IMO 2001-04
Austria Elisabeth Sickl Minister of Labour, Health, Youth & Family ILO 2004-09
Mares Rossmann Minister of State Economic Affairs ECE 2001-04
Belize Sylvia Flores Speaker House of Representatives Caricom 2004-09
Canada Lois Hale Lieutenant-Governor Alberta UN 2002-06
Lynda Haverstock Lieutenant-Governor Saskatchewan OAS 2004-09
Chile Mariana Aylwin Minister of Education Unesco 2005-11
Michelle Bachelet Minister of Health WHO 2003-08
Alejandra Krauss Minister of Planning ECLAC 2002-05
Adriana Delpiano Director National Women's Secretariat OAS 2004-09
Croatia Zeljka Antunovic Deputy Prime Minister; Minister of Social Issues ECE 2001-04
Maja Stavljevic-Rukavina Minister of Health WHO 2003-08
Czech Rep Anna Stanclova Deputy Minister of Interior ICJ 2009-19
Bela Hejna Deputy Minister Labour & Social Policy ILO 2004-09
Daniela Kovacikova Deputy Minister Transport & Communications UPU 2005-09
New Zealand Marie Arkiri President Assembly Cook Islands PIF 2004-09
Niger Nana Aicha Foumakoye Minister of Population, Women & Children UNFPA 2003-07
Mireille Ossey Minister of Higher Education, Research & Technology UNU 2002-07
Nigeria Kenna Chikwe Minister of Transport ICAO 2003-06
Aisha Ismaila Minister of Women & Youth ECA 2001-04
Norway Berit Brorby Larsen Vice President Nordic Council 1994-9 UN 2002-06
Portugal Maria do Ceu Baptista Ramos State Secretary Youth Unesco 2005-11
South Africa Naledi G M Pandor Chairperson Council of Provinces UN 2002-06
Spain Ana Larranaga Director Spanish Travel Fair (FITUR) 2001 WTOU 2001-05
Idoia Zenarruzabeitia Vice-President of Government Basque Country UNHCHR 2001-05
Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko Deputy Prime Minister; Minister of Fuel & Energy IMO 2001-04
United Kingdom Marjory Connor President Legislature Anguilla Caricom 2004-09
United States Suze Orman Financial adviser IBRD 2000-05
Vicki Tillman CEO Standard & Poor's rating agency IBRD 2000-05
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List 71 52 names 26 democracies 21 February 2000
Argentina Hebe de Bonafini President Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo Unicef 2004-09
Australia Helen Corbett Gen Sec Unrepresented Nations & Peoples Organization UNHCHR 2001-05
Austria Angelika Liedler Head International Tourism Policy WTOU 2001-05
Brigit Oeppinger-Walchshofer Acting Ambassador London EU 2004-09
Ursula Plassnik Ambassador Head Office of Vice-Chancellor EU 2004-09
Bangladesh Shelley S H Zaman Ambassador to Spain UN 2002-06
Canada Irene Drolet Teacher Nominee Unesco Peace Education Prize 1999 Unesco 2005-11
Colombia Paulina Espinosa de Lopez Deputy Minister of Tourism WTOU 2001-05
Czech Republic Terezia Hrncirova Deputy Minister Industry & Construction Unido 2001-05
Marcela Gurlichova Deputy Minister Transport & Communications ICAO 2003-06
Yvonne Streckova Deputy Minister of Interior ICJ 2009-19
Grenada Claris Charles Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, Lands & Fisheries FAO 2006-11
Brenda Hood Minister of Tourism, Aviation, Social Security, Women WTOU 2001-05
Hungary Zsuzsanna Rahoi Foreign Policy Adviser Office of Prime Minister EU 2004-09
India Mamata Banerjee Minister of Railways WTOU 2001-05
Rita Verma Minister of State Mines & Minerals Unido 2001-05
Jayawanti Mehta Minister of State Power ESCAP 2001-04
Japan Shizuko Kamei Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Transport IMO 2001-04
Fusae Ota Governor Osaka Prefecture UN 2002-06
Kyrgyzstan Roza Uchkempirova Chair State Social Fund ESCAP 2001-04
Latvia Liga Krapane Government Spokesperson CoE 2004-09
Inese Vaidere Minister of State Environment UNEP 2002-05
Lithuania Violeta Gaibauskaite Spokesperson Office of the President EU 2004-09
New Zealand Margaret Wilson Attorney-General; Minister of Labour ICJ 2003-13
Sandra Lee Minister of Conservation; Local Government UNEP 2002-05
Marian Hobbs Minister of Environment; Biosecurity; Broadcasting Unesco 2005-11
Laila Harre Minister of Women & Youth UN 2002-06
Judith Tizard Minister of State ESCAP 2001-04
Phillida Bunkle Minister of Customs; Consumer Affairs WTO 2005-09
Portugal Maria Cecilia Antolin European Affairs Adviser Office of Prime Minister EU 2004-09
Teresa Taveira da Silva State Secretary Natural Resources UNEP 2002-05
Teresa Ricou State Secretary Internal Trade & Tourism WTOU 2001-05
Maria Jose Constancio State Secretary Regional Development CoE 2004-09
Josefina Carvalho Deputy Director General European Union Affairs EU 2004-09
Slovenia Dragoljuba Bencina Ambassador to Finland EU 2004-09
Vojka Ravbar State Secretary Economic Cooperation & Development ECE 2001-04
Spain Yolanda Aguilar Director Spanish Travel Fair (FITUR) 2000 WTOU 2001-05
Sweden Maria Curman Managing Director Sveriges Television (SVT) Unesco 2005-11
Ingrid Hjelt af Trolle Director Office of Prime Minister CoE 2004-09
United Kingdom Ann Pettifer Director Jubilee 2000 debt relief campaign IMF 2005-10
United States Carolyn Aldige President Cancer Federatiion of America WHO 2003-08
Meg Whitman President & CEO eBay internet auctioneers IFC 2000-05
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List 70 53 names 37 democracies 13 November 1999
Albania Makbule Ceco Deputy PM; Minister of Labour & Social Affairs ECE 2001-04
Andorra Monica Codina Tort General Technical Secretary Civil Service CoE 2004-09
Belgium Marcia De Wachter Vice-Governor Banque Nationale de Belgique EBRD 2002-06
Botswana Unity Dow Judge High Court of Botswana ICJ 2003-13
Tebeleko Seretse Assistant Minister Office of President ECA 2001-04
Gladys Kokorwe Assistant Minister Local Govt, Lands & Housing Habitat 2001-04
Brazil Benedita Souza da Silva S Vice Governor State of Rio de Janeiro OAS 2004-09
Emilia de Salles Belinatti Vice Governor State of Parana ECLAC 2002-05
Bulgaria Svetlana Pinzari Deputy Governor Bulgarian National Bank EBRD 2002-06
Canada Denise Boudrias Assistant Deputy Minister Agriculture & Agri-Food FAO 2006-11
Marilyn Byfield Chair Int Federation of Women's Travel Organizations WTOU 2001-05
Maria Minna Minister of International Cooperation UNDP 2003-07
Colombia Gina Magnolia Riano Minister of Labour & Social Welfare ILO 2004-09
Costa Rica Victoria Guardia Alvasrado Ambassador to FAO Rome FAO 2006-11
Czech Republic Eliska Wagnerova Chief Justice Supreme Court ICJ 2003-13
Estonia Signe Kivi Minister of Culture Unesco 2005-11
Fiji Nazhat Shameen Judge High Court ICJ 2003-13
Finland Lea Lastikka Dep Dir-Gen Finnish Food & Drink Industries Fedn FAO 2006-11
Suvi Linden Minister of Culture Unesco 2005-11
Moldova Jana Costachi Deputy Minister of Labour & Social Protection ILO 2004-09
Olga Poalelungi Deputy Minister of Justice ICJ 2003-13
Svetlana Misticci Deputy Minister of Urban Development & Construction ECE 2004-07
Namibia Beatha Nambundunga Chief Economist Ministry of Agriculture & Water ECA 2000-03
Nepal Bhawany Devi Sharma General Manager Nepal Bank Limited ESCAP 2000-03
Netherlands Ingrid M Blaauw Vice Pres District Court Zwolle & Flevoland ICJ 2003-13
J van Lis Donata Antilles Plenipotentiary in The Hague Caricom 2000-04
New Zealand Sian Elias Chief Justice High Court ICJ 2003-13
Jeanette Fitzsimmons Co-Leader Green Party UNEP 2002-05
Theresa Gattung Chief Executive New Zealand Telecom ITU 2004-09
Panama Rossana Luigia Ameglio Ambassador to FAO FAO 2006-11
Philippines Maria Celia Fernandez Assistant Minister of Agriculture FAO 2006-11
Poland Agnieszka Rudniak Deputy Director Foreign Assistance Ministry Finance EBRD 2002-06
Portugal Maria M Marques da Costa Minister of Health WHO 2003-08
Sao Tome & Pr Maria Pires de Carvalho S Governor Bank Central de Sao Tome e Principe ECA 2004-07
Sweden Eva Schreiber Second Deputy Governor Sveriges Riksbank IMF 2000-04
Kerstin Hessius Member Governing Council Sveriges Riksbank EBRD 2002-06
United Kingdom Kay Coleman Chief Executive Harveys & Co textile manufacturing Unido 2001-05
Anne Lennard Director of Tourism British Virgin Islands WTOU 2001-05
United States Esther Dyson Chair EDVenture Holdings venture capital IFC 2000-05
Carol Hallett President & CEO Air Transport Association ICAO 2000-03
Mina Gouran European Managing Dir Korn/Ferry executive search EBRD 2002-06
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List 69 56 names 39 democracies 25 October 1999
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List 68 55 names 29 democracies 31 August 1999
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List 67 54 names 27 democracies 22 May 1999
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List 66 50 names 22 democracies 29 January 1999
Germany Gila Altmann Secretary of State Environment & Nuclear Safety IAEA 2001-05
Petra Bless Vice-President Bundestag IPU 2000-03
Edelgard Bulmahn Minister of Education & Research Unesco 1999-2005
Ursula Eid Secretary of State Cooperation & Development UNDP 2002-06
Barbara Hendricks Secretary of State Finance IMF 2001-05
Ulrike Mascher Secretary of State Labour & Social Affairs ILO 2004-09
Edda Mueller Deputy Director European Environment Agency UNEP 2002-05
Christa Nickels Secretary of State Health WHO 2003-08
Edith Niehuis Secretary of State Family, Seniors, Women & Youth EU 2000-04
Simone Probst Secretary of State Environment & Nuclear Safety UNEP 2002-05
Brigitte Schulte Secretary of State Defence WEU 2000-03
Cornelie Sonntag-Wolgast Secretary of State Interior ICJ 2000-10
Saint Lucia Sonia Merlyn Johnny Ambassador to the United States Caricom 2000-04
Spain Elena Pisonero Secretary of State Tourism, Small & Medium Business WTOU 2001-05
Switzerland Yvette Jaggi Mayor of Lausanne Habitat 2003-07
Trinidad & Tob Carolyn Seepersad-Bachan Chair National Petroleum Marketing Company IFC 2000-05
Turkey Aydin Tumen Minister of State CoE 1999-2004
United Kingdom Alyson Bailes Political Director Western European Union Nato 2000-04
Caroline Elmes Ambassador to Angola UNDP 2002-06
Glynne Evans Ambassador to Chile WTO 1999-2003
United States Barbara Bodine Ambassador to Oman UNRWA 2000-04
Prudence Bushnell Ambassador to Kenya UNDP 2002-06
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List 65 64 names 37 democracies 21 November 1998
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List 64 55 names 38 democracies 18 July 1998
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List 63 53 names 29 democracies 15 April 1998
Albania Ermelinda Meksi Minister of State Economic Cooperation & Development ECE 1999-2003
Argentina Graziella Fenandez Medina Leader Alliance Party UN 2002-06
Austria Eva Nowotny Ambassador to Britain EU 1999-2004
Botswana Tuelonyana Ditlhabi-Olipant High Commissioner in London UN 2002-06
Brazil Beth Carmona Programme Director TV Cultura Sao Paulo Unesco 1999-2005
Bulgaria Vera Moutafchieva Chair Agency for Expatriate Bulgarians CoE 1999-2004
Zlatka Rousseva Deputy Minister Justice & Legal Euro-Integration ICJ 2000-10
Cape Verde Paula Almeida Secretary of State Public Administration ECA 1999-2003
Manuela Teresa Silva Secretary of State Social Promotion ECA 1999-2003
Czech Rep Zuzana Roithova Minister of Health WHO 2003-09
Ecuador Edith Frias Minister of Social Welfare ECLAC 1998-2001
Finland Irma Peiponen President Euro-Regions Education Commission Unesco 1999-2005
France Anne-Claire Taittinger President Societe du Louvre Unesco 1999-2005
Germany Heike Sistig Executive Editor ARD/WDR Children's Television Unicef 2000-05
Grenada Marcelle Gairy High Commissioner in London Caricom 2000-04
Hungary Ester Farkas-Laki Editor-in-Chief Hungarian Children's TV Unicef 2000-05
Korea Rep SHIN Nak Kyun Minister of Culture & Tourism WTOU 2001-05
JOO Yang Ja Minister of Health & Public Welfare WHO 2003-08
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List 62 53 names 28 democracies 20 November 1997 @ Raymond Lloyd
France Lucette Taero Minister of Employment & Women French Polynesia ESCAP 1999-2003
Angelino Bonno Minister of Culture & Handicrafts French Polynesia PC 1999-2004
India Savitri Kunadi Additional Secretary UN Division Min Ext Affairs UN 2002-06
Italy Celestina Ceruti President Regional Assembly Emilia Romagna EU 2000-04
Silvana Amati President Regional Assembly Marche IPU 2000-03
Amalia Sartori President Regional Assembly Veneto EP 1999-2004
Marialina Marcucci Vice President Regional Board Tuscany EU 2000-04
Kiribati Kokeaki Koae Assistant Secretary for Foreign Affairs PC 1999-2004
Luxembourg Astrid Lulling Member European Parliament EU 2000-04
Martine Schommer Diplomatic Adviser Office of Prime Minister CoE 1999-2004
Netherlands Beatrice Doran-Scoop Minister of Labour & Social Affairs Neth Antilles ECLAC 1998-2001
Norway Anne Enger Lahnstein Minister of Cultural Affairs Unesco 1999-2005
Valgerd Svarstad Haugland Minister of Children & Family Unicef 2000-05
Gudmund Restad Minister of Finance IMF 2001-05
Ragnhild Queseth Minister of Local Government & Labour ILO 1999-2005
Aud Inge Aure Minister of Justice & Police ICJ 2000-10
Eldbjoerg Loewe Minister of National Planning & Coordination Habitat 1998-2002
Magnhild Melteveit Kleppa Minister of Social Affairs UN 2002-06
Marit Arnstad Minister of Oil & Energy Unido 2001-05
Hilde Frafjord Johnson Minister of Development Cooperation & Human Rights UNHCHR 2001-05
Papua New G Tracy Doherty Justice Supreme Court ICJ 2000-10
Aivu Tauvasa Managing Director Investment Promotion Authority ESCAP 1999-2003
Peru Susana Seto Miyamoto Deputy Minister of Education Unesco 1999-2005
Philippines Josefina Cortez Acting President University of the East UNU 2002-07
Poland Joanna Wnuk-Nazarowa Minister of Culture & Arts Unesco 1999-2005
Teresa Kaminska Minister of Social Affairs CoE 1999-2004
Romania Maria Constantinescu First Deputy Chair Romanian Bank for Foreign Trade Unctad 1999-2003
Elena Petculescu President Bank Post SA EBRD 2002-06
Russia Natalia Dementieva Minister of Culture Unesco 1999-2005
St Kitts-Nevis Dorothea Hector Permanent Secretary Ministry of Foreign Affairs Caricom 2000-04
South Africa Khorshed N Ginwala Ambassador to FAO Rome FAO 2000-06
Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri Premier Free State ECA 1999-2003
Sri Lanka C Wagiswara Deputy High Commissioner London UN 2002-06
Sweden Dorrit Alopaeus-Stahl Permanent Representative to FAO Rome FAO 2000-06
Tonga A Fineanganopo High Commissioner London PC 1999-2004
Tuvalu Naama M Latasi Minister of Health, Education & Human Resources Devt PC 1999-2004
Ukraine Valentyna Dovshenko Minister of Family & Youth CoE 1999-2004
Syuzanna Stanik Minister of Justice ICJ 2000-10
United Kingdom Cynthia Astwood Chief Secretary Government of Guernsey ECE 1998-2001
Alison Baldwin Chair International Steel Trade Association WTO 1999-2003
Eileen Parsons Minister of Health, Education & Welfare Br Virgin Is Caricom 2000-04
United States Kate McGinty Chair White House Council on Environmental Policy UNEP 1998-2001
Laurie J Tracy Permanent Representative to FAO Rome FAO 2000-06
Zambia Sylvia Masebo Dep Nat Treasurer Movement for Multiparty Democracy ECA 1999-2003
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List 61 58 names 39 democracies 30 September 1997
Mexico Maria Teresa Franco Director General National Institute of Anthropology Unesco 1999-2005
Mongolia Horloogin Oyuntsetseg Permanent Representative to the UN Geneva ESCAP 1999-2003
Namibia Eline Nghitwikwa Chief Higher Education Officer Unesco 1999-2005
Netherlands Rita Kohn Stamm Science Member Council for Culture Unesco 1999-2005
Tonny van de Vondervoort Secretary of State Interior EU 2000-04
Pakistan Tahmina Daultana Minister of Women, Social Welfare & Special Education ESCAP 1999-2003
Philippines Marinela R Castillo Assistant Secretary Ministry of Agriculture FAO 2000-06
Crescencia Gonzaga President Leyte Northern University UNU 2002-07
Portugal Ana Barata Dep Dir Gen Multilateral Affairs Foreign Ministry UN 2002-06
Romania Elena Petcelescu President Bank Post Bucharest EBRD 1998-2002
Russia Irina Khaleva Rector Moscow Language University Unesco 1999-2005
Elvira Nabiullina Deputy Minister of Economy EBRD 1998-2002
Tatiana Novikova President State Youth Commission Unesco 1999-2005
Solomons Hilda Kari Minister of Forests, Environment & Conservation UNEP 1998-2001
South Africa Cheryl Carolus High Commissioner in London ECA 1999-2003
Bongiwe Njobe-Mbuli Director General Department of Agriculture FAO 2000-06
Zola Skweyiya Minister of Public Service & Administration ECA 1999-2003
Manto Tshabala-Msimang Deputy Minister of Justice ICJ 2000-10
A T Didiza Deputy Minister of Agriculture FAO 2000-06
Spain Concepcion Dancausa Director General Instituto de la Mujer UN 2002-06
Pilar Ayuso Director General Food Policy Min of Agriculture FAO 2000-06
Sweden Madelaine Emmervall State Secretary Ministry of Agriculture FAO 2000-06
Switzerland Doris Morf Member Unesco Executive Board Paris Unesco 1999-2005
Thailand TANYA Sirivedhin Assistant Governor Bank of Thailand ESCAP 1999-2003
United Kingdom Christine King Vice Chancellor Staffordshire University UNU 2002-07
United States Sarah Sayles Belton Mayor of Minneapolis Habitat 1998-2002
Mary Ann Keefe Deputy Under Secretary Department of Agriculture FAO 2000-06
Zambia A Banda Chief Conservator of Forests Ministry of Agriculture FAO 2000-06
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List 60 60 names 29 democracies 11 August 1997
Australia Katherine Carnell Chief Minister Australian Capital Territory Habitat 1998-2002
Bulgaria Nadezhda Miakhaylova Minister of Foreign Affairs CoE 1999-2004
Ema Moskova Minister of Culture Unesco 1999-2005
Evdokiya Maneva Minister of Environment & Water UNEP 1998-2001
Canada Gwen Boniface Chief Superintendent Ontario Provincial Police Nato 2000-04
T Brettel Dawson Chair Dept of Law Carleton University Ottawa ICJ 2000-10
Marilyn Counsell Lieutenant-Governor New Brunswick OAS 1999-2004
Nathalie Des Rosiers Member Law Commission of Canada ICJ 2000-10
Isabelle McKee-Allain Dean of Social Sciences University of Monkton UNU 2002-07
Hilary M Weston Lieutenant-Governor Ontario UN 2002-06
Chile Adriana Hoffmann Head Defence of Chile's Forests movement UNEP 1998-2001
Czech Republic Dana Hunatova Ambassador to Finland CoE 1999-2004
El Salvador Victoria Marina de Avilez Ombud for Human Rights UNHCHR 2001-05
Estonia Ludmilla Gans Director Estonian-Russian Chamber of Enterprise ECE 1998-2001
Marika Valk Director Estonian Museum of Art Unesco 1999-2005
Finland Leila Rantanen Senior Investment Manager Finnfund OECD 2000-05
Sirkka Tuononen Senior Manager Postipankki EBRD 1998-2003
France Marie-George Buffet Minister of Youth & Sport Unesco 1999-2005
Marylise Lebranchu Minister of State Small Enterprise, Trade, Artisans Unido 2001-05
Michele Demessine Minister of State Tourism WTOU 1998-2001
Germany Barbera Speck Senior Vice President Baden-Wuerttemburg Bank EBRD 1998-2003
Hungary Julia Kiraly Deputy Director Intl Training Centre for Bankers EBRD 1998-2003
India Jayanthi Natarajan Minister of State Civil Aviation; Parlt Affairs ICAO 2000-03
Renuka Chaudhary Minister of State Health & Family Welfare WHO 1998-2003
Ireland Sile De Valera Minister of Arts, Culture & Gaeltacht Unesco 1999-2005
Lithuania Nadiezda Novickiene Chair Executive Committee Bankas Hermis Vilnius EBRD 1998-2003
Macedonia Zlatka Popovski Vice-President; Minister without Portfolio CoE 1999-2004
Moldova Irina Podvisotskaia Chair Universal Bank ECE 1998-2001
Nepal Vidya Devi Bhandari Minister of Population & Environment UNEP 1998-2001
Netherlands Elizabeth Merica Senior Vice President Rabobank Nederland EBRD 1998-2003
Tineke Netelenbos Secretary of State Education, Culture & Science Unesco 1999-2005
Joan Pieters Deputy Mayor Groningen UNEP 1998-2001
Elizabeth Schmitz Secretary of State Justice ICJ 2003-13
Romania Anna Maria Mihaescu President Eximbank of Romania EBRD 1998-2003
Russia Irina Gaaze Senior Vice President CITY Joint Stock Society Moscow EBRD 1998-2003
Saint Lucia Sarah Flood Minister of Health, Human Services, Family & Women WHO 1998-2003
Menissa Rambally Parlt Secretary Civil Aviation & Financial Services ICAO 2000-03
Slovakia Zdenka Kramplova Minister of Foreign Affairs CoE 1999-2004
South Africa Cornelia Margaretha Swart Ambassador to Finland ECA 1999-2003
Sri Lanka Hema Ratnayake Minister for Women UN 2002-06
Switzerland Christina Krug Director Roma Foundation Zurich UNHCHR 2001-05
Ukraine Tetiana Kysiljova Chair State Cte Standards, Metrology & Certification ECE 1998-2001
United Kingdom Elizabeth Frann Data Protection Registrar IFC 1998-2003
Audrey Mandela Senior Vice-President Yankee Group telecoms research ITU 2001-04
Anne Middleton Vice President Scottish Trade Union Congress ILO 1999-2005
Joan Ruddock Minister for Women EU 2000-04
Sue Robertson Chief Executive London Arts Board Unesco 1999-2005
Rosalind Wright Director Serious Fraud Office EU 2000-04
United States Susan Blumenthal Deputy Assistant Secretary Women's Health WHO 1998-2003
Henrietta Holsman Fox President Las Vegas Building Contractors Habitat 1998-2002
Ann Fudge President Maxwell House Coffee FAO 2000-06
Jamie Gorelick Deputy Attorney General Federal Government ICJ 2000-10
Christine Gregoire Attorney General Washington State ICJ 2000-10
Eleanor Hill Inspector General Department of Defense Nato 2000-04
Elaine La Roche Managing Director Morgan Stanley IBRD 1998-2003
Jill Long-Thompson Under Secretary Rural Development FAO 2000-06
Margaret Richardson Commissioner Internal Revenue Service IBRD 1998-2003
Thomasina Rogers Chair Administrative Conference of the United States OAS 1999-2004
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List 58 58 names 31 democracies 26 March 1997
Albania Roza Pati State Secretary Culture, Youth & Women Unesco 1999-2005
Australia Margaret Elizabeth Reid Speaker Senate IPU 1997-2000
Austria Eleonora Hostasch Minister of Labour, Health & Social Affairs ILO 1999-2005
Barbara Prammer Minister of Women, Consumer Protection CoE 1999-2004
Bangladesh Sajeda Choudhry Minister of Forestry & Environment UNEP 1998-2001
Zinnatunnessa Talukdan State Secretary Primary Education Unesco 1999-2005
Bolivia Remedios Loza Presidential Candidate Conciencia de Patria OAS 1999-2004
Bulgaria Daniela Bobeva Minister of Trade & Foreign Economic Cooperation ECE 1998-2001
Czech Rep Vlasta Parkanova Minister of Justice ICJ 2000-10
Ecuador Flor Maria Valverde Minister of Environment UNEP 1998-2001
France Jacqueline Laufer Professor Hautes Etudes de Commerce WTO 1999-2003
Germany Ute-Henriette Ohoven Unesco Special Ambassador for Children in Need Unicef 2000-05
Hungary Katalin Szili Deputy Minister of Environment UNEP 1998-2001
Ildiko T Asztalos Deputy Minister of Trade ECE 1998-2001
Maria Korodi Vice President National Assembly IPU 1997-2000
India Veena Nayyar President Women's Political Watch UN 2002-06
V S Rama Devi Secretary General Rajya Sabha (Council of States) IPU 1997-2000
Lata Reddy Deputy Ambassador Vienna IAEA 1997-2001
S P Sargunapandian Minister for Social Welfare Tamil Nadu ESCAP 1999-2003
Kamla Sinha Trade union leader Bihar ILO 1999-2005
Krishna Lekha Sood Chief Secretary Arunachal Pradesh ESCAP 1999-2003
K K Usha Judge High Court Kerala ICJ 2000-10
Ireland Frances Fitzgerald MP, former head National Women's Council UN 2002-06
Israel Limor Livnat Minister of Communications ITU 1999-2004
Jamaica S Marshall-Burnett Speaker Senate Caricom 2000-04
Japan Kiyoko Kusakabe Deputy Minister for Education Unesco 1999-2005
Katsuko Makino Professor of Pediatrics Ochanomizu University Unicef 2000-05
Kii Nakamura President Housewives Association FAO 2000-06
Latvia I Kreituse President Saeima (Parliament) CoE 1999-2004
Madagascar Lina Andriamifidimanana Minister of Youth & Sports Unesco 1999-2005
Henriette Rahantalalao Minister of Health WHO 1998-2003
Juliette Raharisoa Minister of Energy & Mines Unido 1997-2001
Lila Ratsifandriamanana Minister of Scientific Research Unesco 1999-2005
Vaohita Minister of Environment UNEP 1998-2001
Malawi Lilian Kapana-Phiri First Deputy Speaker National Assembly ECA 1999-2003
Malta M Spiteri Debono Speaker House of Representatives IPU 1997-2000
Mexico Ana Maria Cetto Physicist Unesco Scientific Advisory Board Unesco 1999-2005
Moldova Valentina Apostolov Deputy Minister Education, Youth & Sport ECE 1998-2001
Valentina Gherman-Tozlovan Deputy Minister of Culture Unesco 1999-2005
Raisa Golovaci Deputy Minister Industry & Commerce Unido 1997-2001
Zinaida Gratchin Deputy Minister Privatization & State Property EBRD 2001-05
Maria Savin Deputy Minister Employment & Social Protection ILO 1999-2005
Stela Scola Deputy Minister Communications & Info Technology ITU 1999-2004
Namibia Michaela Elizabeth Hubschela Deputy Minister Prisons & Correctional Services ICJ 2000-10
Norway Gerd-Liv Valla Minister of Justice & Police ICJ 2000-10
Peru Martha Chavez Cossio President Congress OAS 1999-2004
Susana de la Puente Senior Banker J P Morgan New York IFC 1998-2003
Philippines Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Economist & Senator UN 2002-06
South Africa Barbara Masakela Ambassador to Unesco Paris Unesco 1999-2005
S D Mthembie-Mahanyele Minister of Housing Habitat 1998-2002
Switzerland Judith Stamm President National Council IPU 1997-2000
Ukraine Suzanna Stanik Minister of Family & Youth UN 2002-06
United Kingdom Mary Arden Chair Law Commission ICJ 2000-10
Marion Arnott-Job Lord Mayor Birmingham Habitat 1998-2002
Janice Hong Managing Director Gatwick Airport ICAO 2000-03
Marion Fraser Chair Christian Aid UNDP 1998-2002
United States Linda Knight Senior VP Federal National Mortgage Association Habitat 1998-2002
Janet L Yellin Chair Council of Economic Advisors IBRD 1998-2003
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List 57 57 names 28 democracies 23 January 1997
Argentina Maria Matilda Lorenzo Alcala Ambassador to Trinidad & Tobago OAS 1999-2004
Austria Waltraud Klasnic Head of Government Styria EU 2000-04
Brazil Sueli Cristina Bonaparte Executive Director Brazil/US Chamber of Commerce NY WTO 1999-2003
Canada Louise Beaudouin Minister of Culture & Communications Quebec Unesco 1999-2005
Lise Thibeault Lieutenant-Governor Quebec UN 2002-06
Costa Rica Laura Chinchilla Minister of Security ICJ 2000-10
Czech Republic Kamila Mouskova Ambassador to Australia EU 2005-09
Jaroslava Ostrova Candidate-Speaker of Senate IPU 1997-2000
Estonia Tiiu Aro Minister of Social Affairs ILO 1999-2005
Andra Veidemann Minister of European Affairs ECE 1998-2001
Finland Maria Kaisa Aula Vice President Keskusta Centre Party EU 2000-04
Germany Leni Fischer President Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly CoE 1999-2004
Cornelia Vorwart Director Leipzig Trade Fair WTO 1999-2003
Greece Gianna Angelopoulos President Athens 2004 Olympic Committee WTOU 1998-2003
Guatemala Nineth Montenegro MP New Guatemala Democratic Front UNHCHR 1998-2002
India Renuka Devi Barkataki Trade union leader Assam ILO 1999-2005
Shobhana Bhartia Chair Press Trust of India Unesco 1999-2005
Jenifer Chandran Minister for Fisheries Tamil Nadu FAO 2000-06
Sushama Dande Mayor New Mumbai (Bombay) Habitat 1998-2002
D M De Ribello Chair Central Board of Secondary Education Unesco 1999-2005
Armaity Desai Chair University Grants Commission UNU 1997-2002
Shobha Dixit Judge Supreme Court 1993- ICJ 2000-10
Arundhati Ghose Ambassador Permanent Mission to UN Geneva UN 2002-06
Susheela Gopalan Minister of Industry Tamil Nadu Unido 1997-2001
Brinda Karat Gen Sec All India Democratic Women's Association ESCAP 1999-2003
Ireland Liz McManus Minister of State Department of the Environment UNEP 2001-04
Mary Redmond Founder Chair Irish Hospice Foundation WHO 1998-2003
Mary Wallace MP; Chair Women's Rights Committee UN 2002-06
Italy Maria Rosa Vittadini Director General Evaluation Ministry of Environment UNEP 1998-2001
Japan Michiko Ishii Director General of Environment Agency UNEP 1998-2001
Mizuho Ishida President Seismological Society UNU 1997-2001
Yasu Kano Deputy Minister Environment Agency UNEP 1998-2001
Lithuania Laima Andrikiene Minister of European Affairs ECE 1998-2001
Irena Degutiene Minister of Social Security & Labour ILO 1999-2005
Mexico Gloria Ramirez Director General Mexican Human Rights Academy UNHCHR 1998-2002
Namibia Bianca Gawans Ombud ICJ 2000-10
Netherlands Nel Van Dijk Chair Women's Rights Committee European Parliament EU 2005-09
New Zealand Christine Fletcher Minister of Women, Culture, Local Government Unesco 1999-2005
Deborah Morris Deputy Minister of Youth, Environment UNEP 1998-2001
Norway Ranveig Froeiland Minister of Oil & Energy UNEP 1998-2001
Philippines Rosa Linda Miranda Exec Dir Center for Asia-Pacific Women in Politics UN 2002-06
Romania Zoe Petre Political Counseller to the President UN 2002-06
Elena Zamfirescu Ambassador to Ireland EU 2005-09
Russia Galina Yermoshina Trade union leader ILO 1999-2005
Spain Maria Dolores Carrillo Director General Evaluation Ministry of Environment UNEP 1998-2001
Carmen Fraga Estevez Chair Fisheries Committee European Parliament FAO 2000-06
Thailand Supatra Masdit Convenor World Women's Forum Beijing 1995 UN 2002-06
United Kingdom Janet Anderson Labour Shadow Minister for Women EU 2000-04
Lisa Jardine Professor of English London University UNU 1997-2002
Margaret Schwartz Chief Economist Abbey National Building Society ECE 1998-2001
Margaret Seward President General Dental Council WHO 1998-2003
Anne Weyman Chief Executive Officer Family Planning Association UNFPA 1999-2003
United States Mary Guinan Head Urban Health Research Centers CDC WHO 1998-2003
Shirley Jackson Chair Nuclear Regulatory Commission IAEA 1997-2001
Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky President Women's Campaign Fund UNDP 1998-2002
Flossie Wong-Staal Head Center for AIDS Research UCal San Diego WHO 1998-2003
Zambia Gladys Mutukwa President National Women's Lobby Group ECA 1999-2003
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List 56 56 names 33 democracies 21 November 1996
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List 55 54 names 31 democracies 28 September 1996
Albania Arlinda Keci Minister of Labour & Social Issues 1996- ECE 1998-2001
Brazil Lidice Da Mata Mayor of Salvador Bahia Habitat 1998-2002
Colombia Maria Luisa CHIAPPE de Villa Superintendent of Banking Central Bank ECLAC 2001-04
Gloria Isabel Cuartas Montoya Mayor of Apartado Unesco 1996 Peace laureate Habitat 1998-2002
Olga Duque de Ospina Minister of Education 1996- Unesco 1999-2005
Dominican Rep Ligia Amada Melo de Cordova Minister of Education 1996- Unesco 1999-2005
Ecuador Rosalia Arteaga Vice-President of Republic 1996- UN 2002-06
Sandra Correo Leon Minister of Education & Culture 1996- Unesco 1999-2005
Guadelupe Leon Minister of Labour & Human Resources 1996- ILO 1999-2005
Mariana Ordonez de Larrea Minister of State Communication 1996- OAS 1999-2004
Maria del Carmen De Morla Vice President International Division Filanbanco SA ECLAC 2001-04
El Salvador Victoria Marina de Aviles Ombud ICJ 2000-10
Yolanda De Gavidia Coordinator Modernization of the Public Sector ECLAC 2001-04
Finland Kerstin M Heinonen Advisor to Executive Director IMF ECE 1998-2001
Germany Gudrun Doll-Tepper Professor Sport Science Free University Berlin Unesco 1999-2005
Italy Carla Rocchi Under Secretary Education Unesco 1999-2005
Michela Sironi Mariotti Mayor of Verona Habitat 1998-2002
Albertina Soliani Under Secretary Education Unesco 1999-2005
Emma Marcegaglia Chair Confindustria Young Industrialists Unido 2001-05
Federica Gasparrini Under Secretary Labour & Social Security ILO 1999-2005
Japan Keiko Kishi Actress UNFPA goodwill ambassador UNFPA 1999-2003
Kiribati Reina Timau Chief Planning Officer Ministry of Finance SPC 1999-2004
Kyrgyzstan Bachtygul Jeenbaeva Head Foreign Exchange National Bank ESCAP 1999-2003
Lithuania Violeta Latviene Secretary Ministry of Finance ECE 1998-2001
Dalia Grybauskaite Minister Washington Embassy CoE 1999-2004
Madagascar Mariette Andriambelo Director General of the Treasury ECA 1999-2003
Malawi Colleen Zamba Principal Treasury Economist Ministry of Finance ECA 1999-2003
Netherlands Alida Van Ee Coordinator Foreign Debts Ministry of Finance IMF 2001-05
Nicaragua Mirna Somarriba Deputy Minister of Finance ECLAC 2001-04
Russia Tatyana Dimitriyeva Minister of Health 1996- WHO 1998-2003
Saint Lucia Juliet Phillip Counsellor Washington Embassy Caricom 2000-04
St Vincent & G Cecily Norris Minister Counsellor Washington Embassy Caricom 2000-04
San Marino Roberta Mularoni Coordinator Ministry of Finance & Budget ECE 1998-2001
Slovakia Iveta Lukacikova Executive Director National Bank of Slovakia EBRD 1997-2001
Tatiana Silhankova State Secretary Ministry of Finance ECE 1998-2001
Slovenia Stanislava Ostanek State Under-Secretary Ministry of Finance EBRD 1997-2001
Sri Lanka M N G De Silva Minister Washington Embassy ESCAP 1999-2003
Thailand CHUSRI Daengprapai Assistant Governor Bank of Thailand ESCAP 1999-2003
Tonga Marieta Tukuafu Senior Economist Ministry of Finance SPC 1999-2004
Turkey B Sen Akman Head Foreign Economic Relations ECE 1998-2001
Ukraine Ludmila Beletskaya Head International Finance Cooperation EBRD 1997-2001
United Kingdom Elizabeth Filkin Inland Revenue Adjudicator EU 2000-004
Deborah Lavin Principal-Elect New College Durham University UNU 2002-07
Maureen MacGlashan Ambassador to the Holy See CoE 1999-2004
Jean Robertson Former Matron-in-Chief Quenn Alexandra's Nurses WHO 1998-2003
Meg Rothwell Ambassador to Cote d'Ivoire UNHCHR 1998-2002
United States J Veronica Biggins Director of Personnel The White House UNDP 1998-2002
Phyllis Dichter-Forbes Deputy Assistant Administrator AID UNDP 1998-2002
Ricki Helfer Chair Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation IBRD 1998-2003
Meg Lundsager Deputy Assistant Secretary Trade & Investment Policy WTO 1999-2003
Marjorie Scardino CEO Pearson PLC media conglomerate London IBRD 1998-2003
Deen Day Smith Chair Days Inns of America WTOU 1996-2000
Jackie Ward President-elect Atlanta Chamber of Commerce WTO 1999-2003
Zambia Scholastica Naoma Dep Minister Community Development & Social Welfare ECA 1999-2003
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List 54 56 names 27 democracies 24 July 1996
United States Noreen Doyle Deputy Vice-President European Bank (EBRD) IBRD 1998-2003
Janet Napolitano Attorney General Arizona ICJ 1997-2007
Marilyn Carlson Nelson Head Carlson Travel conglomerate WTOU 1996-2000
Debra Poritz Attorney General New Jersey ICJ 1997-2007
Rita Rodriguez Member Board of Directors Export-Import Bank WTO 1999-2003
Mary Schiavo Inspector General Department of Transportation ICAO 1997-2000
Vanuatu Jephlyn Nase Alt Governor Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency SPC 1999-2004
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List 53 58 names 31 democracies 18 May 1996
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List 52 59 names 31 democracies 15 March 1996
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List 51 60 names 33 democracies 31 January 1996
Argentina Amalia Martinez Under Secretary Finance Ministry of Economy ECLAC 1997-2000
Bahamas Sheila Carey Deputy Chief of Mission Washington Embassy OAS 1999-2004
Ruth Millar Financial Secretary Ministry of Finance & Planning Caricom 2000-04
Barbados Marion Williams Deputy Governor Central Bank of Barbados Caricom 2000-04
Belgium Hiliana Coessens Auditor General Debt Department Ministry of Finance EU 2000-004
Benin Grace d'Almeida Adamon Minister of Justice & Legislation; Keeper of Seals ICJ 1997-2007
Felicienne S Guinikoukou Minister of Culture & Communications ITU 1999-2004
Sikirath Aguemon Minister of Trade & Tourism WTOU 1997-2001
Brazil Eliana A Cardoso Secretary International Affairs Ministry of Finance ECLAC 1997-2000
Bulgaria Irina Bokova Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs UN 1997-2001
Cape Verde Maria A Silva ROCHA Director Economic Studies Banco de Cabo Verde ECA 1999-2003
Czech Rep Helena Bambasova Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs EU 2000-004
Lumira Kafkova General Manager International Finance Min Finance EBRD 1997-2001
Dominican Rep Clarissa DeLaRocha De Torres Director International Dept Central Bank ECLAC 1997-2000
Ecuador Maria del Carmen DE MORLA Vice President International Division Filanbanca SA IFC 1998-2003
Finland Pirkko-Liisa Harmannn Judge Supreme Court ICJ 1997-2007
Anja I Tulenheimo-Takki Judge Supreme Court ICJ 1997-2007
France Dominique Heriard-Dubreuil President Remy Martin International EU 2000-004
Odile Jacob Publisher Unesco 1999-2005
Stella Lagarde Minister of Agriculture French Polynesia SPC 1999-2004
Haiti Therese Guilloteau Minister for Women's Rights OAS 1999-2004
Myrtho Celeston Minister of Education ECLAC 1996-99
Farah Juste Minister for Haitian Affairs Abroad OAS 1999-2004
India Rani Jadhav Joint Secretary Economic Affairs Ministry Finance ESCAP 1999-2003
Rita Bahuguna Joshi Mayor of Allahabad Habitat 1998-2002
Narendra Kanwar Minister of Tourism Rajasthan WTOU 1997-2001
Laxmi Parvati President Telegu Desam Party ESCAP 1999-2003
Medha Patker Environmentalist Narmada River Basin UNEP 1997-2000
Bashava Rajeshwari Former Minister of State Women & Children Unicef 2000-05
Vimla Verma Minister of State Women & Children Unicef 2000-05
Japan Naoko Ishii Dep Director Development Institutions Min Finance IDA 1998-2003
Kyrgyzstan Elena Bit-Avrahim Chief Legal Adviser National Bank ESCAP 1999-2003
Latvia Sarmite Jegere Minister of State Investments & Credit Policy ECE 1998-2001
Madagascar Mireille Rakotomalala Minister of Culture & Communications ITU 1999-2004
Therese Ravao Minister of State Population UNFPA 1999-2003
Michele Ratsivalaka Minister of State Housing & Fight against Poverty ECA 1999-2003
Mauritius Marie-Therese J Minerve Minister of Social Security & National Solidarity ECA 1999-2003
Indira Savitree T Sidaya Minister of Women, Family Welfare & Child Development ECA 1999-2003
Moldova Evgenia Mihailova Deputy Minister of Employment & Family ILO 1999-2005
Valentina Badrajan Deputy Minister of Finance EBRD 1997-2001
Lidia Gutu Deputy Minister of Finance IFC 1998-2003
Mongolia Ayush Buyandelger Economist Foreign Dept Ministry of Finance ESCAP 1999-2003
Namibia Saara Kuugongelwa Director General National Planning Commission ECA 1999-2003
Nepal Vila Koirala Minister of Women & Social Service UN 1997-2001
Netherlands Marta Dijkhof Minister of Education Netherlands Antilles Caricom 2000-04
Nicaragua Aida Maria Herdocia Secretary General Ministry of Finance IFC 1998-2003
Julia de la Cruz MENA Rivera Vice-President of Republic 1995-96 UN 1997-2001
Papua New G Fiu Williame-Igara First Assistant Secretary Ministry of Finance SPC 1999-2004
Portugal Maria Joao Rodrigues Minister of Employment ILO 1999-2005
Maria Belem Roseira Minister of Health WHO 1998-2003
Elisa Ferreira Minister of Environment UNEP 1997-2000
Slovakia Elena Kohutikova Chief Executive Director National Bank EBRD 1997-2001
South Africa Navi Pillay Judge International Tribunal for Rwanda ICJ 1997-2007
Switzerland Doris Schopper President Medecins sans Frontieres (MSF) WHO 1998-2003
Trinidad Kamla Persad-Bissessar Attorney General; Minister of Legal Affairs ICJ 1997-2007
& Tobago Pamela Nicholson Minister of Youth & Sport ECLAC 1997-2000
Daphne Phillips Minister of Health WHO 1998-2003
United Kingdom Presiley Baxendale Queens Counsel Scott Inquiry into Govt Arms Sales ICJ 2000-10
CHEUNG Man-yee Director of Broadcasting Radio & TV Hong Kong Unesco 1999-2005
Jessica Pearce Ambassador to Belarus ECE 1998-01
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List 50 59 names 36 democracies 1 December 1995
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List 49 55 names 36 democracies 1 October 1995
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List 48 55 names 25 democracies 12 September 1995
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List 47 54 names 26 democracies 31 May 1995
Austria Elisabeth Gehrer Minister of Education & Culture 1995- Unesco 1999-2005
Benita Maria Ferrero-Waldner Minister of State Foreign Affairs EU 2000-04
Brazil Heloisa Vilhena de ARAUJO Minister International Affairs Education Ministry Unesco 1999-2005
Bulgaria Snejana Botoucharova Ambassador to the US Washington UN 1997-2001
Canada Darilea Dorey Vice-President Congress of Aboriginal Peoples UNHCHR 1998-2002
Catherine Holt Assistant Dep Minister Intergovernmental Affairs BC UN 1997-2001
Nancy Riche Vice-President Canadian Labour Congress ILO 1999-2005
Johanne Totta Vice-President Workplace Equality Bank of Montreal IFC 1998-2003
Colombia Adelina Cobo de Guerrero Deputy Minister for Youth Ministry of Education Unesco 1999-2005
Monica Lanzetta Mutis Director General Ministry of External Relations UN 1997-2001
Costa Rica Clotilda Fonseca Executive President Social Assistance Institute ECLAC 1996-1999
Sonia Picado Vice-Pres Inter-American Court of Human Rights 1991- ICJ 1997-2007
Estonia Siiri Oviir Minister of Social Affairs 1995- CoE 1999-2004
Liina Tonisson Minister of Economy & Privatization 1995- EBRD 1997-2001
Finland Liisa Jaakonsaari Minister of Labour 1995- ILO 1999-2005
Sinikka Moenkare Minister of Social Affairs 1995- EU 2000-04
Tuula Linnainmaa Minister of Transport 1995- ECE 1998-2001
Terttu Huttu Minister of Health & Sports 1995- WHO 1998-2003
France Chantal Boudet Dep Sec Gen Parlt Assn for Euro-Arab Cooperation IPU 1997-2000
Elisabeth Hubert Minister of Public Health & Health Insurance 1995- WHO 1998-2003
Corinne Lepage Minister of Environment 1995- UNEP 1997-2000
Francoise de Panafieu Minister of Tourism 1995- WTOU 1997-2001
Colette Codaccioni Minister of Solidarity between Generations 1995- UN 1997-2001
Nicole Catala Vice President National Assembly IPU 1997-2000
Anne-Marie Couderc Minister of State Employment 1995- ILO 1999-2005
Elisabeth Dufourcq Minister of State Research 1995- UNU 1997-2002
Francoise Hostalier Minister of State Schools 1995- Unesco 1999-2005
Germany Claudia Roth Chair Green Group European Parliament UNEP 1997-2000
Honduras Celia Francisca de Cabanas Ambassador to the UK London OAS 1999-2004
Adilia Zelaya Chief Clerk National Congress IPU 1997-2000
Iceland Ingibjorg Palmadottir Minister of Health 1995- WHO 1998-2003
India Savitri Kunadi Joint Secretary Ministry of External Affairs UN 1997-2001
Sujata Mehta Director Prime Minister's Office ESCAP 1999-2003
Ireland Jody Blake Deputy Secretary General Irish Senate IPU 1997-2000
Israel Hagit Hovav Director Project Renewal Dept Ministry of Housing Habitat 1998-2002
Italy Anna Bartolini President Consumer Association Milan EU 2000-04
Mexico Rosario Robles Chair Social Dev Commission Chamber of Deputies ECLAC 1996-1999
New Zealand Priscilla Williams Director UN & Commonwealth Div Min Foreign Affairs UN 1997-2001
Norway Anne Marie Stoltz Judge International Tribunal for Rwanda ICJ 1997-2007
Pakistan Shahnaz Shidi Secretary Sheedi (Black) Women's Association UNHCHR 1998-2002
Poland Olga Krzyzanowska Vice President Sejm IPU 1997-2000
Switzerland Claudia Kaufmann Deputy Secretary General Ministry of Interior CoE 1999-2004
Trinidad & T Norma Cox Acting Clerk House of Representatives IPU 1997-2000
Turkey Lale Aytaman Provincial Governor 1991- ESCWA 1999-2003
United Kingdom Kate Ashbrook President Ramblers Association UNEP 1997-2000
Zerbanoo Gifford Anglo-Asian community leader UNHCHR 1998-2002
Monica Hale Director Environment Centre London Guildhall Univ UNEP 1997-2000
Jennifer Lang Chief Executive Saatchi & Saatchi Advertizing IFC 1998-2003
Janette Rutterford Professor of Finance Open University ECE 1998-2001
Helena Shovelton Chair National Association Citizens' Advice Bureaux EU 2000-04
Barbara Young Chief Executive Royal Society Protection of Birds UNEP 1997-2000
United States Elizabeth Frawley Bagley Ambassador to Portugal OECD 1996-2000
Cate Jenkins Chemist, ascertained Agent Orange damage UNEP 1997-2000
Sandra Vogelgesang Ambassador to Nepal UNDP 1998-2002
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List 46 54 names 30 democracies 23 April 1995
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List 45 53 names 28 democracies 28 February 1995
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List 44 56 names 29 democracies 18 December 1994
Albania Pandora Ketri Secretary General Albanian Red Cross WHO 1998-2003
Antigua & B Brigitte Harris Speaker House of Representatives IPU 1997-2000
Austria Sonja Moser Minister of Youth & Family Affairs Unesco 2005-11
Bolivia Monica Medina Mayor of La Paz Habitat 1998-2002
Brazil Marina Silva History professor; Senator from Acre State UNHCHR 1998-2002
Canada Louise Bergeron-de Villiers Coordinator Status of Women Canada UN 1997-2001
Lorna de Blicquy Pilot; (first woman) flight test inspector ICAO 1997-2000
Mary Ellen Turbel Aboriginal rights advocate UNHCHR 1998-2002
El Salvador Gloria Salguero Gross Speaker Legislative Assembly IPU 1997-2000
Fiji Susan Douglas Director General Fiji Red Cross ESCAP 1996-2000
Sereana Hong Tiy Minister of Social Services SPC 1999-2004
Finland Anneli Jaatteenmaki Minister of Justice ICJ 1997-2007
Germany Ilse Brusis Minister for Housing North-Rhine/Westphalia Habitat 1998-2002
Gertrud Dempwolf Secretary of State Families & Senior Citizens ECE 1998-2001
Ingeborg Friebe President North-Rhine/Westphalia Assembly EP 1999-2004
Christiane Gatz Professor Plant Molecular Genetics Bielefeld Unesco 2005-11
Annette Jaeger Mayor of Essen EU 2000-04
Claudia Nolte Minister of Families, Senior Citizens, Women & Youth UN 1997-2001
Cornelia Yzer Secretary of State Education, Research, Technology Unesco 199-2005
Grenada Margaret Dowe Secretary General Red Cross Society ECLAC 1999-2002
India Rita Panicker Founder Butterfly schools for child labourers Unicef 2001-05
Ireland Nora Owen Minister of Justice ICJ 1997-2007
Korea KIM Jin Ai Architect Sanbon New Town Habitat 1998-2002
Macedonia Gorana Siljanovska-Davkova Minister without Portfolio UNHCR 1999-2003
Netherlands E Borst-Eilers Minister of Welfare, Public Health & Sport WHO 1998-2003
Margaretha de Boer Minister of Housing, Spatial Planning & Environment UNEP 2001-04
Princess Margriet Vice-President Netherlands Red Cross Unicef 2001-05
New Zealand Lianne Dalziel Trade union leader, welfare reformer ILO 1999-2005
Panama Balbina HERRERA ARAUZ Speaker Legislative Assembly IPU 1997-2000
Papua New G Flora Carruthers Chief Manager Bank of Papua New Guinea SPC 1999-2004
Paraguay Maria Cynthia Prieto Conti Minister of Health WHO 1998-2003
Peru Lourdes Flores Nano Leader Popular Christian Party OAS 1999-2004
Poland Ewa Freyberg Under Secretary of State Ministry of Privatization EBRD 1997-2001
Russia Aleftina Fedulova Vice-President State Duma IPU 1997-2000
Irina Khakamada Economist, businesswoman, independent MP ECE 1998-2001
Senegal Aminata Toure Economist, population control leader UNFPA 1999-2005
Spain Cristina Narbona Secretary of State Environment & Housing Habitat 1998-2002
Sweden Britmari Brax Managing Director (125-yr-old) Gota Canal WTOO 1997-2001
Trinidad & Tob Occah Seapaul Speaker House of Representatives IPU 1997-2000
United Kingdom Angela Coulter Director Kings Fund (for Medical Research) WHO 1998-2003
Dorothy Dalton Director Chief Execs of Nat Voluntary Organizations UNHCR 1999-2003
Mary Goodyear President Euro Society for Marketing Research-ESOMAR IFC 1996-2000
Elizabeth Jeffreys Chair Art Cities in Europe 1994-97 WTOO 1997-2001
Jennifer Page Chief Executive English Heritage UNEP 2001-04
Lesley Roberts Director Anti-Slavery International UNHCHR 1998-2002
Brid Ruddy Director PlayBoard Northern Ireland Unicef 2001-05
Joan Walley Shadow Shipping Minister IMO 1997-2000
Linda Ward Founder Zillwood Trust for women returning to work ILO 1999-2005
United States Nancy Birdsall Executive VP Inter-American Development Bank IBRD 1996-2001
Kathryn Fuller President World Wildlife Fund USA 1989- UNEP 2001-04
Wendy Kopp Founder Teach for America Unesco 2005-11
Suzanne Oparil President American Heart Association WHO 1998-2003
Anita Rankin Vice-Chair International Services American Red Cross Unicef 1996-2000
Condoleezza Rice Provost Stanford University UNU 1997-2002
Susan S Wiener Mayor of Savannah Georgia Habitat 1998-2002
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List 43 56 names 31 democracies 3 November 1994
Australia Lois O'Donoghue Chair Aboriginal Hotels Ltd; Australian of Year'85 WTOO 1997-2001
Austria Irmgard Schmidleithner Vice-President Trade Unions Federation ILO 1999-2005
Madeleine Petrovic Leader Green Party UNEP 2001-4
Barbados Mia Motley Minister of Education, Culture, Youth Unesco 1999-2005
Elizabeth Thompson Minister of Health WHO 1998-2003
Brazil Angela Guttierrez Secretary of Culture Minas Gerais State Unesco 1999-2005
Bulgaria Christina Vutcheva First Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance EBRD 1997-2001
Canada Deanna Rosenswig Executive Vice President Bank of Montreal IMF 1997-2001
Colombia Maria Sol Navia de Calderon Minister of Labour ILO 1999-2005
Cecilia Lopez Montano Minister of Environment UNEP 2001-4
Costa Rica Rebecca Crynspan Second Vice-President 1994- OAS 1999-2004
Czech Rep Jirina Vonkova Deputy Minister of Labour & Social Affairs ILO 1999-2005
Denmark Karen Jespersen Minister of Social Affairs Unicef 2000-05
Ellen Margrethe Loej Under-Secretary Ministry of Foreign Affairs UN 1997-2001
Guyana Gail Texeira Senior Minister of Health WHO 1998-2003
Indra Chandarpal Minister of Labour, Human Services & Social Security Caricom 1995-99
Iceland Ingibjorg Solrun Gisladottir Mayor of Reykyavik 1994- Habitat 1998-2002
India Shabnam Ramaswamy Founder schools for child labourers Unicef 1995-99
Ireland Mary Henry Physician Senator WHO 1998-2003
Paulyn Marrinan Quinn Insurance Ombud IFC 1996-2001
Italy Ombretta Fumagalli Carulli Under Secretary Civil Defence Nato 1998-2002
Marianna Li Calzi Under Secretary Interior ICJ 1997-2007
Marina Bedoni Under Secretary Treasury EBRD 1997-2001
Mariella Mazzetto Under Secretary Education Unesco 1999-2005
Latvia Vita Terauds Minister of State Reform CoE 1999-2004
Indra Salmite Minister of State Issues of Foreign Resources ECE 1998-2002
Lithuania Birute Grikinyte Board Member Bank of Lithuania EBRD 1997-2001
Madagascar Therese Ravao Minister of Population, Youth & Sports UNFPA 1995-99
Marshalls Evelyn Konou Minister of Education SPC 1994-99
Mauritius Shirin Aumeeruddy-Cziffra President Conseil Permanent de la Francophonie UN 1997-2001
Netherlands Winnie Sorgdrager Minister of Justice ICJ 1997-2007
Annemarie Jorritsma-Lebbink Minister of Transport, Public Works, Water Management Unido 1997-2001
Panama Aida de Rivera Minister of Health WHO 1998-2003
Nitza Villareal Minister of Industry & Commerce Unido 1997-2001
Portugal Isabel Corte Real Secretary of State Modernization of Administration EU 2000-2004
Isabel Mota Secretary of State Planning & Regional Development ECE 1998-2002
Eduarda Azevedo Secretary of State Justice ICJ 1997-2007
Maria de Ceu Ramos Secretary of State Youth Unesco 1999-2005
Russia Tatiana V Paramonova Acting Chair Central Bank of Russia EBRD 1997-2001
South Africa Ivy Matsepi-Casseburi Chair South Africa Broadcasting Corporation Unesco 1999-2005
Sri Lanka Srimani Athulathmudali Minister of Transport ESCAP 1996-2000
Sweden Anna Hedborg Deputy Minister of Health & Social Affairs WHO 1998-2003
Ines Uusmann Minister of Transport & Communications ITU 1999-2004
Ylva Johansson Minister of Schools & Adult Education Unesco 1999-2005
Margareta Winberg Minister of Agriculture FAO 2000-05
Marita Ulvskog Minister of Public Administration EU 2000-2004
Anna Lindh Minister of Environment & Physical Planning UNEP 2001-04
Turkey Onay Alpago Minister of State CoE 1999-2004
Ayla Ozer Managing Director Toprak Bank Istanbul ECE 1998-2002
United Kingdom Diane Clements Assistant Director Baring Brothers EBRD 1997-2001
United States Ellen Futter Lawyer; President Barnard College 1981- Unesco 1999-2005
Ruth Harkin President Overseas Private Investment Corporation IFC 1996-2001
Julia Mattingly Senior Vice-President Philadelphia National Bank IBRD 1996-2001
Helen Newman Senior Vice President Gulfsteam Aerospace Corprtn ICAO 1997-2000
Virginia Trimble Professor of Astronomy University of Maryland UNU 1997-2002
Zambia Kabunda Kayongo Minister of Community Development & Social Welfare ECA 1996-2000
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List 42 58 names 35 democracies 24 August 1994
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List 41 52 names 34 democracies 30 April 1994
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List 40 52 names 31 democracies 14 February 1994
Australia Beryl Raufer Secretary General Australian Red Cross WHO 1998-2003
Benin Kapuoe Koumourath Osseni Minister of Labour, Employment & Social Welfare ECA 1996-2000
Bolivia Moira Paz Estenssoro Ambassador to Italy OAS 1994-99
Brazil Marga Coimbra do Nascimento Minister of Communication & Transport 1994 ICAO 1997-2000
Canada Nancy Hughes Anthony Director Federal Business Development Bank UNDP 1998-2002
Janet Davidson Vice-President Canadian Red Cross WHO 1998-2003
Abby Hoffman Executive Director Women's Health Bureau WHO 1998-2003
Carol Anne Letheren President Canadian Olympic Association Unesco 1999-2005
Ecuador Rosalia Arteaga Minister of Education & Culture 1994 Unesco 1999-2005
Estonia Heike Arike Minister of Interior 1994 ICJ 1997-2007
France Marie-Christine Blandin Chair Regional Council Nord - Pas de Calais Habitat 1998-2002
Denise Flouzat Member Monetary Policy Committee Bank of France IMF 1997-2001
Marie-Therese Hermange Deputy Mayor of Paris Habitat 1998-2002
Germany Soscha zu Eulenburg Vice-President German Red Cross WHO 1998-2003
Christine Lieberknecht Minister for European Affairs Thuringia EU 1995-99
Ulrike Riedel State Secretary Environment & Energy Hesse UNEP 1997-2000
Guatemala Marithza Ruiz de Vielman Minister of Foreign Affairs 1994 OAS 1999-2004
Ana Ordonez de Molina Minister of Public Finance 1994 ECLAC 1995-98
Honduras Guadalupe Jerezano Vice-President of Republic 1994 OAS 1999-2004
Xenobia Rodas de Leon Gomez Minister of Education 1994 UNU 1997-2002
Rosa Esther de Suarez Vice-President Honduran Red Cross WHO 1998-2003
Iceland Gudrun Erlendsdottir Judge Supreme Court 1986- ICJ 1997-2007
Ireland Una McGurk Chair Irish Red Cross WHO 1998-2003
Susan Meagher Chair Tipperary County Council Habitat 1998-2002
Italy Monica Marcolini Chair Province of Gorizia Habitat 1998-2002
Japan Chiaki Mukai Astronaut ICAO 1997-2000
Korea Rep KIM Sook Hee Minister of Education 1994 ESCAP 1996-2000
Liechtenstein Princess Marie President Liechtenstein Red Cross WHO 1998-2003
Andrea Willi Minister of Foreign Affairs, Culture, Youth & Sport Unesco 1999-2005
Mauritius Valerie Bouie Chief Nursing Officer WHO 1998-2003
Netherlands J G Kraaijeveld-Wouters Mayor of Hilversum Habitat 1998-2002
New Zealand Lynette Jones National President New Zealand Red Cross WHO 1998-2003
Katherine O'Regan Minister of Consumer Affairs 1994 ESCAP 1996-2000
Norway Hill Marta Solberg Minister of Social Affairs 1994 Unicef 1995-99
Panama Ivonne Young Minister to the Presidency 1994 OAS 1999-2004
Poland Teresa Wiczynska-Gibka Judge District of Poznan ICJ 1997-2007
United Kingdom Caroline Banszky Chief Financial Officer N M Rothschild IMF 1997-2001
Marilyn Butler Rector Exeter College Oxford UNU 1997-2002
Gay Evans Managing Director Bankers Trust Company EBRD 1997-2001
Penny Hughes President Coca-Cola Great Britain Unicef 1995-99
Nasreen Pearce (first Asian woman) Circuit Judge ICJ 1997-2007
Ann Wilson Finance Director European Motor Holdings IFC 1995-2000
United States June Daly Astronomer; Professor of Physics Princeton UNU 1997-2002
Deborah Seymour Chair International Services Cte American Red Cross WHO 1998-2003
Uruguay Hilda Martinez Camusso President Uruguayan Red Cross WHO 1998-2003
Venezuela Pilarica IRIBARREN De Romero Minister of Youth 1994 Unicef 1995-99
Zambia Wendy Membe Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs 1993 ECA 1996-2000
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List 39 55 names 34 democracies 17 December 1993
United Kingdom Hazel Aronson Judge Scottish Supreme Court ICJ 1997-2007
Helen Bamber Director Medical Foundation for Torture Victims WHO 1998-2003
Jose Farrington Vice-Chair Association of County Councils EU 2000-04
Jean McFadden Leader Glasgow City Council Habitat 1998-2001
Averil Mansfield Professor of Surgery St Marys Hospital London WHO 1998-2003
United States Earlene Causey President American Society of Travel Agents (ASTA) WTO 1994-97
Jennifer Lynn Dorn Senior Vice-President American Red Cross WHO 1998-2003
Sue Eckert Assistant Secretary Department of Commerce Gatt/WTO 1996-99
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List 38 56 names 38 democracies 29 October 1993
Bahamas Wendy Craigg Manager Research Dept Central Bank Caricom 1995-99
Bolivia Jeannette Mercado Advisor to Executive Director World Bank Washington ECLAC 1994-97
Canada Lesley Boucher Advisor to Executive Director World Bank Washington ECLAC 1994-97
Huguette Labelle President Canadian Intl Development Agency (CIDA) IDA 1996-2001
Nicole Senecal Vice President Multilateral Programs Branch CIDA UNDP 1998-2002
Cape Verde Ondina Ferreira Minister of Culture & Communication 1993- ECA 1996-2000
Colombia Monica Aparicio Advisor to Executive Director World Bank Washington ECLAC 1994-97
Dominican Rep Gladys Santana Director International Dept Central Bank ECLAC 1994-97
Ecuador Marcela Cartagena Alternate Executive Director World Bank Washington ECLAC 1994-97
El Salvador Lourdes De Sandoval Deputy Director General Ministry of Planning ECLAC 1994-97
Estonia Katrine Kvell Head International Office Bank of Estonia ECE 1994-97
Finland Kirsti Eskelinen Dep Director General Finnish Intl Development Agency IDA 1996-2001
France Mireille Ballestrassi Chief of Police Corsica IAEA 1997-2000
Catherine Garreta Deputy Assistant Secretary Ministry of Cooperation UNDP 1998-2002
Germany Gertrud Hoehler Poet; Former Adviser Deutsche Bank IMF 1997-2001
Krista Sager Leader Green Party Hamburg UNEP 1998-2002
Erika Wagenhoefer Alternate Executive Director IMF Washington EBRD 1997-2000
Guatemala Antonieta De Bonilla Vice President Central Bank ECLAC 1994-97
Fanny de Estrada Minister of External Commerce ECLAC 1994-97
India Tarjani Vakil Chair Industrial Credit & Investment Corporation Ltd Unido 1997-2001
Israel Ora Namir Minister of Labour & Social Development ILO 1994-99
Italy Ada Becchi MP; Professor Urban & Regional Economics Venice ECE 1994-97
Japan Mariko Fujiwara Director of Research Hakahuro Institute ESCAP 1996-2000
Latvia Danuta Giga Assistant to Minister Ministry of Finance ECE 1994-97
Lithuania Laima Andrikiene Deputy Speaker of Parliament 1992- IPU 1994-97
Macedonia Ljubica Acevska Representative of the Republic Washington CoE 1995-2000
Micronesia Anna Mendiola Economist Ministry of Finance SPC 1994-99
Netherlands Annette Deckers Deputy Head Intntl Monetary Affairs Finance Ministry EBRD 1998-2002
Nicaragua Maria Amalia Chamorro Principal Adviser Ministry of External Cooperation OAS 1994-99
Norway Marianne Heiberg Peace facilitator Israel-Palestine agreement UNRWA 1994-96
Philippines Maria Cecilia Soriano Advisor to Executive Director World Bank Washington ESCAP 1996-2000
Poland Maria Celarska Dep Dir Intntl Financial Institutions National Bank EBRD 1998-2002
Portugal Maria Helena Cordeiro Alternate Executive Director World Bank Washington ECE 1994-97
Saint Lucia Zenith James Director of Finance Caricom 1995-99
Sao Tome & Pr Elsa Cardoso Director Ministry of Finance & Economy ECA 1996-2000
Spain Soledad Abad-Rico President Export Insurance Corporation SA Gatt 1996-99
Pilar MORAN Reyero Dep Dir Gen Foreign Investments Ministry of Trade Gatt 1996-99
Sri Lanka Manel Abeysekera Ambassador to Germany, Austria & Switzerland UN 1997-2001
Tonga Ofa Ketu'u Advisor to Executive Director World Bank Washington SPC 1994-99
Trinidad & Tob Joyce Alcantara Permanent Secretary Ministry of Finance ECLAC 1994-97
Amoy CHANG FONG Advisor to Executive Director IMF Washington Caricom 1995-99
Turkey Ayfer Yilmaz Director General Public Finance ECE 1994-97
United Kingdom Margaret Booth Candidate-Judge War Crimes Tribunal ex-Yugoslavia ICJ 1997-2007
Jocelyn Bell Burnell Astronomer; Professor of Physics Open University UNU 1997-2002
Anne Clywd Heritage spokesperson Labour Party UNHCR 1994-97
Ros Hepplewhite Chief Executive Child Support Agency Unicef 1995-99
Veronica Palmer Director-General Bus & Coach Council WTO 1994-97
Adele Zeiss Chair British Tourist Authority WTO 1994-97
UK: Hong Kong Anson Chan Chief Secretary Hong Kong Government ESCAP 1996-2000
United States Anne Baddour Pilot; Regional Chair Fed Aviation Administration ICAO 1994-97
Jean S Hanson General Counsel Dept of Treasury IBRD 1996-2001
Karin Lissakers Executive Director International Monetary Fund IBRD 1996-2001
Rita M Rodriguez Member Board of Directors Export-Import Bank Gatt 1996-99
Rosaria Salerno Councillor Candidate Mayor Boston Habitat 1994-97
Martha Staniford Managing Director Emerging Markets Bankers Trust Gatt 1996-99
Western Samoa Hinauri Petana Deputy Financial Secretary SPC 1994-99
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List 37 57 names 35 democracies 31 August 1993
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List 36 53 names 37 democracies 30 June 1993
Argentina Alicia Pierini Under Secretary Human Rights Ministry of Interior ICJ 1997-2007
Australia Penelope Anne Wensley Ambassador United Nations Geneva ESCAP 1996-2000
Austria Heidi Schmidt Leader Liberal Forum Party EC 1995-99
Belgium Magda De Galan Minister of Health WHO 1998-2003
Brazil Thereza Maria M Quintella Ambassador United Nations Vienna ECLAC 1997-2001
Herilda Balduino de Souza President National Council of Women's Rights UN 1997-2001
Bulgaria Rozalina Natzeva Board Member Bulgarian National Bank EBRD 1997-2001
Canada Barbara Sparrow Energy, Mines & Resources, Forestry FAO 2000-06
Colombia Wilma Zafra Turbay Deputy Foreign Minister OAS 1994-99
Cyprus Thalia Petrides Minister Plenipotentiary to CSCE Vienna ESCWA 1997-2000
Denmark Charlotte Ammundsen Deputy Mayor Environment Copenhagen UNEP 1997-2000
Inger Boriis Chair Centre Democrats Habitat 1997-2000
Grethe Erichsen Chair Social-Liberal Party EC 1995-99
Winnie Larsen-Jensen Deputy Mayor Social Services Copenhagen Unicef 1995-99
Pia Kjaersgaard Leader Progress Party EC 1995-99
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List 35 54 names 28 democracies 12 May 1993
Andorra Bibiana Rossa Torres Minister of Labour & Social Security WTO 1994-97
Australia Rosemary Crowley Junior Minister Family Services, Women ESCAP 1996-2000
Meredith Hellicar Director (NSW) Australian Coal Association Unido 1997-2001
Mary Hiscock Chair Asian Law Centre University of Melbourne ICJ 1995-2005
Austria Edith Kitzmantel Deputy Director General Ministry of Finance EBRD 1995-98
Bulgaria Nadeja A Apostolova Vice President & Chief Executive Officer Balkan Bank IFC 1996-2001
Mariana Todorova Commissioner for External Debt Council of Ministers ECE 1997-2001
Antonina Zheljazkava Presidential Adviser on Minorities UNHCR 1994-97
Canada Agnes J Bishop Member Atomic Energy Control Board IAEA 1993-97
Catherine Anne Fraser Chief Justice of Alberta ICJ 1995-2005
Donna C McGillis Judge Federal Court of Canada ICJ 1995-2005
Cape Verde Helena Semedo Minister of Fisheries, Agriculture, Rural Development IFAD 1997-2001
Colombia Maruja Pachon de Villanizar Minister of Education Unesco 1999-2005
Cyprus Claire Angelidhou Minister of Education Unesco 1999-2005
Denmark Erling Olsen Minister of Justice ICJ 1995-2005
Suzanne Arup Veltze Managing Director Waste Management Association UNEP 1997-2000
France Michele Alliot-Marie Minister of Youth & Sports Unesco 1999-2005
Marie Alice Lallemand-Flucher Director-General Credit Local International Conseil IFC 1996-2001
Lucette Michaux-Chevry Minister Delegate Humanitarian Action & Human Rights UNHCR 1994-97
Germany Rose Goette Minister of Culture Rhineland-Palatinate Unesco 1999-2005
Hungary Anna Majoros Chair & Managing Dir Bank of Savings Cooperatives IFC 1996-2001
Bella Ronaszeki Chief Economist Hungarian Banking Association ECE 1997-2001
Eva Tarjan General Manager National Bank of Hungary EBRD 1995-98
India Nina Sibal Permanent Representative to Unesco Paris Unesco 1999-2005
Japan Haruko Fukuda Board Director Nikko Europe IMF 1997-2001
Korea Rep SONG Jeong Sook Minister of Health & Social Affairs WHO 1998-2003
HWANG San Sung Minister of Environment UNEP 1997-2000
KWON Young Ja Second Minister of Political Affairs ESCAP 1996-2000
Latvia Ilze Jurkane President Investment Bank of Latvia EBRD 1995-98
Lithuania Ruta Skyriene Head State Debt Management Ministry of Finance ECE 1997-2001
Mexico Cecilia Ramos Director Financial Affairs Ministry of Finance ECLAC 1997-2001
Pakistan Maleeha Lodhi Editor The News Unesco 1999-2004
Papua N G Josephine Abaijah Mayor of Port Moresby Habitat 1997-2001
Poland Maria J Zwolinska Deputy Minister Agriculture & Food Economy FAO 2000-06
Slovenia Vida Hocevar Director of Cabinet Ministry of Finance ECE 1997-2001
Cvetka Selsek Executive Vice-President SKB Bank IMF 1997-2001
Spain Belen Cristino Alternate Director European Bank (EBRD) EBRD 1995-98
Reyes Fernandez Duran General Manager Tecnologia Ferroviaria Unido 1997-2001
Silvia Iranzo Deputy Dir-Gen International Economy Min of Finance IMF 1997-2001
Sweden Gunilla Olofsson Director General Technical Assistance Agency (BITS) UNDP 1994-97
Switzerland Ruth Dreifuss Minister of Interior UNHCR 1994-97
Josi Meier President Council of State 1992 IPU 1994-97
Turkey Turkan Akyol Minister of Labour ILO 1994-99
United Kingdom Christine Booth Deputy Director East European Trade Council GATT 1996-99
Caroline Bradley Group Treasurer Anglian Water plc IFC 1996-2001
Moira Constable Chief Executive Rural Housing Trust Habitat 1997-2001
Barbara Harmer (first woman) Concorde supersonic pilot ICAO 1997-2000
Linda McGoldrick Managing Director Financial Health Associates EBRD 1995-98
Jennifer Tanfield Librarian-designate House of Commons Unesco 1999-2005
Cynthia Valianti-Corbett Vice-President Bankers Trust International IFC 1996-2001
Alison Wright Director General British Invisibles GATT 1993-96
United States Margaret Mathews Vice President J P Morgan & Co IBRD 1996-2001
Margaret F Mudd Managing Director Eastern Europe Chemical Banking IBRD 1996-2001
Roberta J Puschel Executive VP International Banking Fed Reserve NY IBRD 1996-2001
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List 34 57 names 27 democracies 21 March 1993
United States Lynn Davis Arms control expert; Vice President Rand Corporation Nato 1996-2000
Sharon Pratt Dixon Mayor Washington DC Habitat 1997-2001
Janet Reno Attorney General ICJ 1997-2007
Sheila Widnall Aeronautics Professor; Secretary Air Force 1993- ICAO 1994-97
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List 33 52 names 32 democracies 30 January 1993
Denmark:Faroes Marita Petersen Minister of Justice, Culture, Science, Education ICJ 1997-2007
Estonia Lagle Parek Minister of Interior ICJ 1997-2007
France Sylvie Brunel President International Committee against Hunger IFAD 1997-2001
Nicole Notat Secretary-General Trade Union Federation (CFDT) ILO 1994-99
Germany Gabriele Eick General Manager Business Development Corp Frankfurt IFC 1996-2001
Baerbel Kleendehn Minister of Finance Mecklenburg-Vorpommern EBRD 1995-98
Erika Korner Assistant Vice-President Deutsche Bank IMF 1997-2001
Christa Randzio-Plath Chair Sub Cte on Monetary Problems Euro Parliament IFC 1996-2001
Greece A Trichopoulou Physician; Dean Athens School of Public Health WHO 1993-98
India Sneh Gadhoke Cardiologist WHO 1993-98
Ireland Kay Barry Founder Bosnian Relief Fund; Woman of Europe 1993 UNRWA 1994-96
Israel Shulamit Aloni Minister of Education 1992- Unesco 1993-99
Shoshana Netanyahu Justice Supreme Court 1982- ICJ 1997-2007
Italy A Ferro-Luzzi Vice-Chair EC Scientific Committee for Food WFC 1993-95
Augusta Restelli Sec Gen Clothing Workers Trade Union (FILTA-CISL) ILO 1994-99
United Kingdom Lillian Bennett Executive Director Manpower employment agency ILO 1994-99
Rhiannen Chapman Director Industrial Society Unido 1993-97
Janet Fookes Deputy Speaker House of Commons IPU 1994-97
Ruth Lea Chief economist Mitsubishi Bank London ECE 1993-96
Morag Macdonald Company Secretary Post Office UPU 1995-99
Elizabeth Hawkins Nelson Chief Executive Princess Royal Trust for Carers WHO 1993-98
Janet Ritterman Director-Designate Royal College of Music Unesco 1999-2005
United States Hope M Babcock Environmentalist; Law Professor Georgetown Univ ICJ 1997-2007
Faye Wattleton Nurse; President Planned Parenthood Federation 1978- WHO 1993-98
Venezuela Flor Isava-Fonseca Member Executive Board International Olympic Ctte Unesco 1993-99
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List 32 57 names 38 democracies 2 October 1992
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List 31 53 names 26 democracies 10 September 1992
Germany Michaela Geigar Parlt State Secretary Ministry Economic Cooperation IMF 1997-2001
Guatemala Eunice Luisa Shaul Minister of Culture & Sport Unesco 1993-99
Hungary Etelka Pataky-Barsi High Commissioner 1996 World Expo Budapest WTO 1997-2000
Ireland Brigid Laffan Professor European Studies University College Dublin EC 1993-95
Israel Miriam Ben-Porat National Ombudsman ICJ 1994-2003
Italy Liliana Ferraro Director-General Penal Affairs Ministry of Justice ICJ 1994-2003
Nicaragua Gladys Ramirez de Espinoza Minister; Director Culture Institute Unesco 1993-99
Philippines Maria Nieves Confesor Minister of Labour & Employment ILO 1994-99
Elena Lim President Solid (seafood & electronics) Corporation IFC 1996-2001
Miriam Defensor Santiago Land reform commissioner;'92 Presidential candidate IFAD 1993-97
Russia Maria Cherkasova Chair Socio-Ecological Union UNEP 1996-2000
Ella Pamfilova Minister of Social Welfare ECE 1996-2000
San Marino Memma Rossi Minister of Education & Culture Unesco 1993-99
Slovenia Jozica Puhar Minister of Labour ILO 1994-99
South Africa Mamphela Ramphele Physician; Deputy Vice-Chancellor University Capetown WHO 1993-98
Spain Merce Sala President RENFE National Railways ECE 1996-2000
Elena Salgado President Posts & Telegraphs Administration UPU 1995-99
Sweden Antonia Axson Johnson Chair Axel Johnson (multinational shipping) Group IMO 1994-97
Malin Kaerre Dep Asst Under-Secretary Ministry Foreign Affairs OECD 1994-99
Turkey Tansu Ciller Minister Ministry of State OECD 1994-99
Sumru Noyan Director International Econ Orgs Foreign Affairs ECE 1996-2000
United Kingdom P M Aldred Director Defence Policy Ministry of Defence Nato 1993-97
Julia Cleverdon Director Business in the Community IFC 1996-2001
Rosemary Cooper Lord Mayor Liverpool 1992-93 Habitat 1993-96
Baroness Cumberlege Undersecretary of State Health WHO 1993-98
Lady Denton of Wakefield Undersecretary of State Trade & Industry Unido 1993-97
Juliet Lodge Politics Professor; Woman of Europe 1992 EC 1993-95
Sheila Nicoll Head International Affairs London Stock Exchange IFC 1996-2001
Frances Stewart Economist; Member UN University Council ECE 1996-2000
Valerie Strachan Deputy Chair Customs & Excise GATT 1993-96
Rosemary Thorne Finance director Sainsburys food supermarkets IFAD 1993-97
United States Charlotte Beers Chair & CEO Ogilvy & Mather Advertizing IFC 1996-2001
Beverly B Byron Senior Member House Armed Services Committee Nato 1993-97
Linda Griego Deputy Mayor Los Angeles Habitat 1993-96
June Osborn Director US AIDS Commission WHO 1993-98
Dorothy Owen Chair Owen Steel Company Columbia SC Unido 1993-97
Joan Spero Former Ambassador to UN; Exec VP American Express IFC 1996-2001
Nadine Strossen President American Civil Liberties Union ICJ 1997-2007
Barbara Spyridon Pope Assistant Secretary for the Navy Dept of Defense Nato 1993-97
Venezuela Teresa Alvanes Minister of Family ECLAC 1996-2000
Evangelina Garcia Prince Minister of Women's Advancement OAS 1994-99
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List 30 54 names 36 democracies 8 March 1992 - International Women's Day
Argentina Liliana Gurdulich de Correa Engineer; National Senator for Santa Fe Province Unido 1993-97
Australia Wendy Fatin Junior Minister Arts & Territories, Women Unesco 1993-99
Bangladesh Salma Khan Joint Chief Planning Commission ESCAP 1996-2000
Benin Veronique Ahoyo Minister of Labour & Employment, Social Welfare ILO 1994-99
Veronique Lawson Minister of Health WHO 1993-98
Botswana B S Rathedi Deputy Director Political & Economic Affairs ECA 1996-2000
Bulgaria Blaga Dimitrova Vice-President of Republic UN 1997-2001
Canada Alice Munro Novelist Unesco 1993-99
Cape Verde Maria Helena Semedo Secretary of State Fisheries WFC 1992-95
Colombia Maria Lanzetta de Pardo Representative to IMO London IMO 1994-97
Costa Rica Marta NUNEZ MADRIZ Ambassador Ministry of External Relations OAS 1994-99
Dominican Rep Rosa de los Ang MOTA DELER Ambassador Alternate Representative to UN New York ECLAC 1996-2000
El Salvador Ana Christina Sol Ambassador to France OAS 1994-99
India Jayaram Jayalalitha Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu 1991- UN 1997-2001
Japan Mihoko Ejiri Alternate Representative to UN New York UN 1997-2001
Korea KIM Kap-Hyun Second Minister of State Political Affairs ESCAP 1996-2000
Malta Lorraine Schembri Orland Advocate; Vice-Chair Commission Women's Advancement ICJ 2000-2010
Mexico Beatriz Paredes Governor of Tlaxcala 1987- ECLAC 1996-2000
Dulce Maria Sauri Governor of Yucatan 1991- OAS 1994-99
Mongolia Choyjamtsyn Badamhaamb Minister of Labour ESCAP 1996-2000
Namibia Ulitala Hiveluah Permanent Sec Lands, Resettlement & Rehabilitation Habitat 1996-2000
New Zealand Silvia Rose Cartwright Chief District Court Judge of New Zealand ICJ 1994-2004
Nicaragua Cecil Saborio Dep Director General International Organizations OAS 1994-99
Norway Birgit Schjerven Division Head Dev Cooperation; Alt Governor to IFAD IFAD 1993-97
Philippines Ernestina Kodikara Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN New York ESCAP 1996-2000
Portugal Maria Manuela Ferreira-Leite State Secretary for the Budget EC 1993-95
Russia Yelena Bonner Pediatrician; MP; civil rights activist Unicef 1995-99
Galina Staravoitova MP; Presidential Adviser Ethnic Affairs UNHCR 1994-97
Sao Tome & Pr Alda Bandeira Minister of Foreign Affairs ECA 1996-2000
Slovenia Katja Boh Minister of Health & Social Care WHO 1993-98
Spain Pilar Casal Scientific & Technical Adviser PM's Office Unido 1993-97
Lucia Merino Director Internat'l Organizations Min For Affairs UN 1997-2001
Sweden Desiree Edmar Assistant Under-Secretary Ministry Foreign Affairs UN 1997-2001
Turkey Gul Aykor Director General Women's Advancement PM's Office CoE 1995-2000
Trinidad & T Linda Baboolai Minister of Consumer Affairs & Social Services Caricom 1995-99
Joan Yuille Williams Minister of Community Development, Culture & Women ECLAC 1996-2000
United Kingdom Sarah Hogg Economics Adviser Prime Minister's Office ECE 1996-2000
Margaret Jay Director National AIDS Trust WHO 1993-98
Tessa Solesby Ambassador UN Conference on Disarmament Nato 1993-97
United States Barbara Bryant Director Bureau of the Census UNFPA 1995-99
Susan J Crawford Inspector General Department of Defense Nato 1993-97
Barbara Franklin Secretary of Commerce GATT 1992-95
Karen L Henderson Judge US Court of Appeals ICJ 1997-2007
Ming Hsu Federal Maritime Commissioner IMO 1994-97
Anna Kondratas Asst Sec Community Planning Department of Housing Habitat 1996-2000
Antonia Coello Novello Pediatrician; Surgeon General 1990- Unicef 1995-99
Janice Obuchowski Asst Sec National Telecommunications Administration ITU 1994-99
Mary Sterling Inspector General Department of Transportation ICAO 1994-97
Annice M Wagner Judge DC Court of Appeals ICJ 1997-2007
Vanuatu Hilda Lini Minister of Health & Rural Water Supply SPC 1994-99
Venezuela Mabelys de Leon Aponte Minister of Family Unicef 1995-99
Evangelina Garcia-Prince Minister of State Women's Advancement ECLAC 1996-2000
Rosario Orellana Yepez Director General Ministry External Relations OAS 1994-99
Zambia Irene B Fundafunda Director Internat'l Organizations Min For Affairs UN 1997-2001
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List 29 52 names 23 countries 31 December 1991
Argentina Sara Sosa de Guarinoni National Director of Trade Unions ILO 1994-99
Bangladesh Jahanara Begum Minister of State Cultural Affairs Unesco 1993-99
Sarwari Begum Minister of State Social Welfare & Women's Affairs ESCAP 1996-2000
Belgium Mia de Vits Secretary General Trade Union Federation (FGTB) EC 1993-94
Brazil Odacir Soares Deputy Leader Federal Senate IPU 1994-97
Colombia Nohemi Sanin Posada Minister of Foreign Affairs OAS 1994-99
Costa Rica Aida Faingezicht de Fishman Minister of Culture Unesco 1993-99
Dominican Rep Martha Brown Minister of Public Works & Communications ECLAC 1996-2000
Carmen Semiramis Olivo Attorney General ICJ 1994-2004
Jacqueline Mercedes Malagon Minister of Education & Culture Unesco 1993-99
Finland Riitta-Maija Jouttimaki Government Secretary Ministry of Labour ILO 1994-99
France Martine Aubry Minister of Labour, Employment & Vocational Training ILO 1994-99
Isabelle Bouillot Treasurer Ministry of Economics & Finance IMF 1997-2001
Joelle Bourgeois Ambassador to South Africa UN 1997-2001
Frederique Bredin Minister of Youth & Sports Unicef 1995-99
Jacqueline Cochard President Tribunal de Grande Instance Paris ICJ 2000-10
Germany Ursula Engelen-Kefer Vice-President Confederation of Trade Unions (DGB) ILO 1994-99
Michaela Geiger State Secretary Development UNDP 1994-98
Waltraud Schoppe Minister for Women's Advancement Lower Saxony EC 1993-94
Ursula Seiler-Albring State Secretary Foreign Affairs UN 1997-2001
Susanne Tiemann Lawyer; Vice-President EC Ecomic & Social Committee EC 1993-94
Roswitha Verhuelsdonk State Secretary Family & Senior Citizens WHO 1993-98
Maria Wasna Rector Wilhelms University Munster UNU 1982-97
Greece Georgia Leloussi Secretary General Union of Judges ICJ 1994-2004
Anna Pasrouda-Banaki Minister of Culture Unesco 1993-99
India Mamta Banerjee Minister of State Women & Child Development Unicef 1995-99
D K Tara Devi Minister of State Health & Family Welfare WHO 1993-98
K Kamala Kumari Deputy Minister Welfare ESCAP 1996-2000
Girja Vyas Deputy Minister Information & Broadcasting Unesco 1993-99
Ireland Emer Coleran Professor of Microbiology University College Galway UNU 1982-97
Patricia O'Donovan Asst Secretary Gen Irish Congress of Trade Unions ILO 1994-99
Rosemarie Smith Farmer; Member Commission on Status of Women FAO 1994-99
Italy Gabriella Luccioli Counsel Court of Cassation ICJ 1994-2004
Nepal Sailja Acharya Minister of Forests, Soil Conservation & Agriculture FAO 1994-99
Netherlands H Th M de Maat-Kolen Sec Gen Ministry for Social Affairs & Employment ILO 1994-99
New Zealand Rosanne Meo Vice-President NZ Employers Federation ESCAP 1996-2000
Nicaragua Fanny Montenegro Director International Relations Ministry of Labour ILO 1994-99
Poland Henryka Bochniarz Minister of Industry Unido 1993-97
Irena Woycicka Under-Secretary of State Ministry of Labour ILO 1994-99
Hanna Gronkiewicz Waltz Governor Central Bank EBRD 1995-98
Spain Cristina Barrios Almanzor Director of Protocol Ministry of Foreign Affairs UN 1997-2001
Sweden Beatrice Ask Minister without Portfolio Education Unesco 1993-99
Inger Davidsson Minister of Public Administration ECE 1996-2000
Birgit Friggebo Minister of Immigration & Cultural Affairs UNHCR 1994-97
Gun Hellsvik Minister of Justice ICJ 1994-2004
Reidunn Lauren Minister without Portfolio Justice ICJ 1994-2004
Margaretha af Ugglas Minister of Foreign Affairs UN 1997-2001
Anna Wibble Minister of Finance IMF 1997-2001
United Kingdom Fung-ying LI Vice-Chair Federation of Hong Kong Labour Unions ESCAP 1996-2000
Sushawa Sadik Physicist; Governor British Broadcasting Corporation Unesco 1993-99
Helen Sharman Scientist; astronaut ICAO 2000-03
United States Bella Abzug Chair Women's Environment & Development Organization UNEP 1992-97
Shellyn McCaffrey Dep Under-Sec International Affairs Dept of Labor ILO 1994-99
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List 28 51 names 28 countries 24 October 1991
Argentina Monica Merlo Head International Organizations Dept Central Bank ECLAC 1992-95
Austria Maria Schaumayer Governor Austrian National Bank EBRD 1995-98
Bolivia Susana Bruckner Ministerial Advisor Ministry of Finance ECLAC 1992-95
Brazil Vania Mendonca Head of Secretariat Ministry of Economy ECLAC 1992-95
Canada Helen Sinclair President Canadian Bankers Association IMF 1997-2001
Melanie Watt Zoologist; Director Jaguar Reserve Belize UNEP 1996-99
Denmark Bodil Nyboe Andersen Member Board of Governors National Bank EC 1993-96
Estonia Marju Lauristin Deputy Speaker of Parliament IPU 1994-97
Siiri Oviir Minister of Social Welfare UNDRO 1995-98
Finland Anna-Liisa Korhonen Deputy Dir-Gen International Development Cooperation UN 1997-2001
Margaretha Mickwitz Member Unesco Executive Board Paris Unesco 1993-99
Annikki Saarela General Manager Postpankki IMF 1997-2001
Marja-Liisa Swantz Professor Development Studies Helsinki University UNU 1992-97
France Anne Gazeau-Secret President UN Trusteeship Council UN 1997-2001
Anne Lauvergeon Mining engineer; Dep Sec-Gen Office of President Unido 1997-2001
Anne Le Lorier Deputy Assistant Secretary Ministry of Treasury IMF 1997-2001
Isabelle Martel Alternative Executive Director IMF Washington EC 1993-96
Latvia Valda Birzina Deputy Minister Commerce and Trade Gatt 1995-97
Nellija Janaus Deputy Minister Culture Unesco 1993-99
Sandra Kalniete Deputy Foreign Minister UN 1997-2001
Lithuania Halida Kobeckaite Minister of Nationalities UNHCR 1994-97
Elvyra Kuneviciene Minister of Finance EBRD 1995-98
Netherlands Eveline Herkens Executive Director World Bank Washington IMF 1997-2001
New Zealand Naomi James Writer; round-the-world yachtswoman IMO 1994-97
Norway Mette Kongshem Deputy Director General Ministry of Foreign Affairs UN 1997-2001
Pakistan Nusrat Jameel Managing Editor Frontier Post ESCAP 1996-99
Philippines Flerida Ruth Romero Judge Supreme Court ICJ 1994-2004
Senegal Awa Thiongane Director of Statistics Ministry of Economy ECA 1995-99
Spain Patricia Botin Board Member & Director Banco de Santander IFC 1995-2000
Sweden Ingemar Sjoquist Executive Vice-President AB Spintab IMF 1997-2001
Ingegerd Troedsson (first woman) Speaker of Parliament IPU 1994-97
United Kingdom Matti Alderson Director General Advertising Standards Authority Unesco 1993-99
Rosalind Gilmore Chair Building Societies Council IDA 1996-2001
Fiona Harrison Chemist; Chief Executive Jaeger fashion chain IFC 1996-2001
Kathy O'Donovan Accountant; Finance Director BTR conglomerate IFC 1996-2001
Gail Redwood Company Secretary British Airways ICAO 1994-97
Shelagh Roberts Chair London Tourist Board WTO 1994-97
United States Joyce P Fox Executive Director American Express Bank New York WTO 1994-97
Quincy M Krosby Alternate Executive Director IMF Washington IBRD 1996-2001
W Ann Reynolds Chancellor City University of New York UNU 1992-97
Emily Walker Executive Secretary Dept of Treasury IBRD 1996-2001
Venezuela Amelia CRESPO Taibo Coordinator Internat'l Institutions Cen Plan Office ECLAC 1992-9
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List 27 52 names 27 countries 15 May 1991
Australia Valerie Claire Fisher President Associated Countrywomen of the World FAO 1994-99
Alice E S Tay President International Assn for Philosophy of Law ICJ 1994-2004
Austria Ruth Feldgrill-Zankel Minister of Environment, Youth & Family Affairs UNEP 1992-95
Maria Fekter Minister of State Construction & Tourism Habitat 1992-95
Yolanda Offenbeck Lawyer; Representative to Council of Europe ICJ 1994-2004
Maria Schaumayer President Austrian National Bank 1990- EBRD 1995-98
Belgium Rita De Landtsheer-De Waele Secretary Euro Confederation of Conference Towns WTO 1994-97
Jacqueline Hamesse Secretary International Society Medieval Philosophy UNU 1992-97
Marie Louise van Herreweghe Sec Gen World Association for Educational Research Unesco 1993-99
Botswana Margaret Nasha High Commissioner in London ECA 1995-99
Chile Soledad Alvear Minister of Women's Advancement ECLAC 1992-95
Costa Rica Eugenia M Zamora Director Gen OAS Inter-American Children's Institute Unicef 1995-99
Denmark Else Winther Andersen Minister of Social Affairs EC 1993-96
Grethe Rostboell Minister of Culture Unesco 1993-99
Ireland Mary V Mullin Sec Gen Intntl Council Graphic Design Associations ILO 1994-99
Italy Maria Sofia Corciulo Sec Gen Intntl Commission Parliamentary Institutions IPU 1991-94
Jamaica Ellen Gray Bogle High Commissioner in London Caricom 1995-99
Adeline Patterson Director Caribbean Food & Nutrition Institute FAO 1994-99
Japan Akiko Santo Minister of State Director-Gen Science & Technology IAEA 1993-97
Namibia Pendukini Ithana Minister of Youth & Sports ECA 1995-99
Nicaragua Thelma O'Con-Solorzano Director UN Information Centre South Pacific ECLAC 1992-95
Panama Cecilia Chung Ambassador to France OAS 1994-99
Papua New G Margaret Taylor Ambassador to the US SPC 1994-99
Philippines Felicidad Bengzon-Gonzales Ambassador to France Unesco 1993-99
Perla Santos-Ocampo President International Pedriatric Association WHO 1993-98
Poland Izabela Barlinska Executive Secretary International Sociological Assn CoE 1995-2000
Portugal Maria Belo Psychoanalyst; Member European Parliament EC 1993-96
Maria Amelia Mota SANTOS Co-Chair Greens Group European Parliament UNEP 1992-95
Sri Lanka Ranuka Herath Minister of Heath, Women's Affairs WHO 1993-98
Switzerland Marga Buehrig Member Presidium World Council of Churches UNHCR 1994-97
United Kingdom Baroness Blatch Under Secretary of State Environment UNEP 1992-95
Dorothy Irene Davies Sec Gen Intntl Federation of University Women UNU 1992-97
Maeve Geraldine Fort Defence expert; Ambassador to Mozambique 1989- Nato 1992-96
Ann Widdecombe Under Secretary of State Social Security EC 1993-96
UK: Bermuda Yvette V A Swan President Intnl Fedn Business & Professional Women IFC 1996-200
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List 26 64 names 22 countries 8 March 1991
Argentina Maria Luisa Ageitos Pediatrician; (first woman) President Pediatric Assn WHO 1993-98
Canada Louise Arbour Judge Ontario Court of Appeal ICJ 1994-2004
Marie-Andree Bertrand Professor of Criminology University of Montreal ICJ 1994-2004
Rosalie Bertell Specialist in nuclear medicine IAEA 1993-97
Helene Connor-Lajambe Economist; Environmentalist UNEP 1992-95
Michele Jean Historian; Exec Dir Canada Employment Service ILO 1994-99
Joanne de Laurentiis Vice President Canadian Bankers Association IMF 1997-2001
Audrey McLaughlin Leader New Democratic Party 1990- UN 1992-96
Lois Wilson (Joint) President World Council of Churches UN 1992-96
Colombia Juanita Castano Minister Plenipotentiary United Nations New York OAS 1994-99
Maria del R Sintes Ulloa Minister of Agriculture 1990- FAO 1994-99
Denmark Aase Oleson Minister of Social Affairs EC 1993-96
Dominican Rep Adanela Cedeno Judge Court of Appeal ICJ 1994-2004
Carmen Rosa HERNANDEZ Balaguer Administrative Secretary to the Presidency 1991- OAS 1994-99
Licelott MARTE de Barrios Secretary of State for Finance 1990- ECLAC 1996-2000
Josefina PIMENTEL Boves Judge Lands High Court ICJ 1994-2004
Altagracia GUZMAN Marcelino Pediatrician; (first woman) President Medical Assn WHO 1993-98
Luisa VICIOSO Chiqui Poet educator Unesco 1993-99
Finland Marjatta Rasi Ambassador; Chair UN Sanctions Committee UN 1992-96
France Josette Dall'Ava-Santucci President Association of Women Physicians WHO 1993-98
Monique Vuaillat Secretary General National Teachers Union Unesco 1993-99
Germany Baerbel Bohley Mother of the (DDR) Revolution EC 1993-96
Haiti Marie-Michele Rey Minister of Economy & Finance 1991- ECLAC 1996-2000
India Wadia Avabai President Family Planning Association of India UNFPA 1995-99
Jaya Kothai Pillai Educator; Vice Chancellor Mother Teresa Women's Univ Unesco 1993-99
Ireland Jane Liddy Member European Commission of Human Rights ICJ 1994-2004
Jamaica Maxine Roberts Minister United Nations New York Caricom 1995-2000
Liechtenstein Claudia Fritsche Ambassador to the United Nations New York WTO 1994-97
New Zealand Ruth Richardson Minister of Finance 1990- IMF 1997-2001
Jenny Shipley Minister of Social Welfare & Women's Advancement'90- ESCAP 1992-95
Hilary Willberg Minister United Nations New York SPC 1994-99
Norway Grete Faremo Minister of Development Cooperation 1990- FAO 1994-99
Kari Gjesteby Minister of Justice & Police 1990- ICJ 1994-2004
Aase Kleveland Minister of Cultural Affairs 1990- Unesco 1993-99
Eldrid Nordboe Minister of Trade 1990- Gatt 1993-95
Oddrunn Pettersen Minister of Fisheries 1990- FAO 1994-99
Gro Hillestad THUNE Member European Commission of Human Rights ICJ 1994-2004
Panama Isabel Cecilia Saint Malo Minister United Nations New York ECLAC 1992-95
Senegal Absa Claude Diallo Ambassador; Chair UN Committee on Palestinian Rights UNRWA 1994-96
Sweden Elizabeth Palm Judge European Court of Human Rights ICJ 1994-2004
Trinidad & T Marjorie Thorpe Educator; Ambassador United Nations New York Unesco 1993-99
United Kingdom Margaret Beckett Shadow Chief Secretary to Treasury IMF 1997-2001
Sarah Dale Chair Tour Operators Association WTO 1994-97
Margaret Ewing Candidate Leader Scottish National Party EC 1993-96
Clare Hollingsworth Manager Caledonian Airways Gatwick Airport ICAO 1994-97
Daphne Jackson Professor of Physics University of Surrey UNU 1992-97
Jennifer Jenkins Chair National Trust UNEP 1992-95
Christina Lyon Professor of Law Keele University ICJ 2000-10
Sheila McKechnie Director Shelter Habitat 1992-95
Barbara Mills Director Serious Fraud Office EC 1993-96
Marjorie Mowlam Shadow Trade Minister Gatt 1995-97
Jane Reed Director Corporate Relations News International IFC 1996-2001
Ann Robinson Head of Policy Institute of Directors IFC 1991-96
Anita Roddick Founder Body Shop IFC 1991-96
Janet Street-Porter Head Youth Programmes BBC Unesco 1993-99
Ann Taylor Shadow Environment Minister UNEP 1996-99
United States Joan Campbell General Secretary National Council of Churches Unicef 1995-99
Wilhelmina Cole Holliday Founder Nat Museum of Women in the Arts Washington Unesco 1993-99
Holly Coors Ambassador to the Dominican Republic OAS 1994-99
Regina Phelps Chair Chamber of Commerce San Francisco IFC 1991-96
Irma Vidal Santaella Judge State Supreme Court New York ICJ 2000-2010
Gretchen Minyard Williams Chair Minyard Food Stores Texas FAO 1994-99
Venezuela Lolita ANIYAR de Castro Senator; Director Criminology Institute Zulia Univ ICJ 1994-2004
Arminda Zerpa-Pulido Educator; Professor of French Literature Unesco 1993-99
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List 25 58 names 25 countries 8 September 1990
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List 24 30 June 1990
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List 23 10 June 1990
Argentina Emma Perez Ferreira Director Atomic Energy Commission (CENA) IAEA 1993-97
Ines Perez Suarez Director of Museums Buenos Aires Unesco 1993-99
Belgium Anne-Marie Delvaux Director General Ministry of Justice ICJ 1991-2000
Anne-Marie Pernot Chair Committee on Female Labour
Johanna Walgrave Chair National Labour Board EC 1993-96
Brazil Zelia Cardoso de Mello Minister of Economy IMF 1997-2001
Canada Marie Bernard-Meunier Deputy Representative to Unesco UN 1997-2001
Chile Carmen Frei de Ortega Former Women's Director Christian Democratic Party
Carmen Saenz de Phillips Nurse; former President National Party OAS 1994-97
Czecho- Dagmar Beresova Minister of Justice ICJ 1991-2000
slovakia Vera Caslavastra Presidential Advisor Social Affairs Unicef 1995-99
Rita Klimova Ambassador to the US
Denmark Inge Kemp Genefke Director Rehabilitation Centre for Torture Victims
Finland Pirjo Ala Kapee Mayor of Vantaa Habitat 1992-95
France Helene Ahrweiler President Pompidou Centre Paris Unesco 1993-99
Elisabeth Fabre Sec Gen Int'l Cte Women into Public Life Habitat 1992-95
Françoise Heritier-Auge Chair National AIDS Council WHO 1993-98
Jeanne Mazel Deputy Mayor of Marseilles EC 1993-96
Jacqueline de Romilly Professor of Greek literature Unesco
Germany Adrienne Göhler President Arts University Hamburg Unesco 1993-99
Gerda Hasselfeldt Minister of Town Planning & Construction 1989- Habitat 1992-95
Jutta Limbach Minister of Justice Berlin 1989- ICJ 1994-2003
Hanke Martiny Minister of Culture Berlin 1989- Unesco 1993-99
Ingrid Matthäus-Meier Financial spokesperson Federal Parliament IMF 1992-96
Barbara Riedmüller Minister of Science Berlin 1989- Unesco 1993-99
Michaele Schreyer Economist; Minister of Environment Berlin 1989- UNEP 1992-95
Ingrid Stahmer Deputy Mayor; Minister of Health Berlin 1989- WHO 1993-98
Sybille Vallcholz Minister of Schools & Sport Berlin 1989-
Heike Wilms-Kegel Chair Parlt Committee on Youth, Family & Health Unicef 1995-99
Greece Maria Damanaki Deputy Speaker of Parliament 1989 EP 1994-99
Martha Handrinou-Mathiopoulou Secretary General Ministry of Justice ICJ 1991-2000
Theodora Ntoulia Secretary General Equality Council
Athena Petraki-Kottis Professor of Political Economy Athens ECE 1991-95
Hungary Eniko Bollobas Academic; Minister-designate Washington Embassy UN 1997-2001
Iceland Berglind Asgeirsdottir Secretary General Ministry of Social Affairs Unicef 1995-99
Ireland Niamh Breathnach Deputy Chair Labour Party
Dervla Donnelly (first woman) President Royal Dublin Society UNU 1992-97
Carmel Foley Chief Executive Council for the Status of Women EC 1993-96
Italy Maria Gabriella Luccioli (first woman) Judge Supreme Court of Appeal ICJ 1994-2003
Beatrice Medi Deputy Mayor of Rome Habitat 1992-95
Maria Grazia Randi Gatti Chair World Association of Women Business Leaders IFC 1991-96
Japan Sumiko Takahara Director General Economic Planning Agency 1989 ESCAP 1993-97
Luxembourg Mady Delvaux-Stehres State Secretary 1989- EC 1993-98
Viviane Reding Chair Petitions Committee European Parliament ICJ 1994-2003
Peru Ana Chang Deputy Minister of Economy & Finance ECLAC 1992-95
Ruth Rojas de Villasis Deputy Minister of Interior
Poland Izabella Cywinska Minister of Culture 1989- Unesco 1993-99
Portugal Assuncao Esteves (first woman) Member Constitutional Court ICJ 1991-2000
Maria Motas Santos Co-Chair Greens Group European Parliament 1989- EC 1993-96
Spain Isabel Alberdi Director General Community of Madrid Habitat 1992-95
Josefina Castellvi Biologist; leader Antarctic scientific expedition
Carmen Martinez Ten Gynaecologist; head National Women's Institute EC 1993-96
Turkey Bilge Erol Deputy Chair New Democratic Party
United Valerie Amos Chief Executive Equal Opportunities Commission
Kingdom Tracy Edwards 1989 Yachts(wo)man of the Year IMO 1998-2001
Barbara Lloyd President National Union of Teachers Unesco 1993-99
Eleanor McLaughlin (first woman) Lord Provost (Mayor) of Edinburgh Habitat 1992-95
Margaret Turner-Warwick (first woman) President Royal College of Physicians WHO 1993-98
Dorothy Ward President Int'l Ass'n of Women Physicians 1992-95 WHO 1993-98
United States Loni Hancock Mayor of Berkeley California Habitat 1992-95
Vicki McNeill Mayor of Spokane Washington
Sophie Masloff Mayor of Pittsburgh
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List 22 22 April 1989
Democracy Minister, Scientist Some Recent Experience Potential Nomination
or Administrator as Executive Head of:
Australia Pamela Anne Beggs Minister of Housing & Tourism Western Australia WTO 1990-93
Leisha Teresa Harvey Minister of Health Queensland WHO 1992-95
Yvonne Henderson Minister of Lands & Arts Western Australia
Carmen Lawrence Minister of Education Western Australia Unesco 1993-99
Susan Lenihan Minister of Water Resources & Lands S Australia FAO 1994-99
Maureen Leyster Parlt Secretary to Cabinet Victoria
Brazil Dorothea Werneck Minister of Labour ILO 1994-99
Canada Lise Bacon Vice-Premier; Minister of Environment Quebec UNEP 1992-95
Nancy Betkowski Minister of Housing Alberta Habitat 1992-95
Mary Collins Associate Minister National Defence Nato 1992-96
Nellie Cournoyea Minister of Health, Energy, Mines & Highways NWT
Shirley Cripps Associate Minister of Agriculture Alberta FAO 1994-99
Shirley Dysart Minister of Education New Brunswick Unesco 1993-99
Jeanine Marie-Jewell Minister of Social Services & Personnel NWT
Elaine McCoy Minister of Consumer & Corporate Affairs Alberta
Bonnie Elizabeth Mitchelson Minister of Culture & Recreation Manitoba Unesco 1993-99
Charlotte Loise Oleson Minister Community Services & Employment Manitoba ILO 1994-99
Connie Osterman Minister of Social Services Alberta
Colombia L Priscila Ceballos Ordonez Minister of Works & Transport IMO 1990-93
Clemencia Forero Ucros Deputy Minister External Relations UNHCR 1992-94
Clara Villalba de Sandoval Dir Gen Nat Vocational Training Service (SENA) ILO 1994-99
Ecuador Teresa de Minuche-Mera Superindentent of Corporations
El Salvador Luisa R ACEVEDO de Pena Deputy Minister Foreign Trade Gatt 1996-99
Rossirmina MOLINA de Toche Deputy Minister Education
Carmen Perez Governor of San Salvador Habitat 1992-95
Miriam TREJO de Portillo Deputy Minister Social Development ECLAC 1992-95
Germany Barbara Bludau-Krebs State Secretary Interior Hamburg
Heide Dörrhöfer-Tucholski State Sec Federal Affairs N Rhine-Westphalia EC 1993-96
Ulla Giersch State Secretary Environment Saarland UNEP 1992-95
Maria Herr-Beck State Sec Family & Soc Affairs Rhine-Palatinate
Hedda Meseke State Sec Food, Agriculture & Forestry L Saxony WFP 1992-97
Irmgard Reichhardt Min of Agriculture, Forestry & Conservation Hessen FAO 1994-99
Elisabeth Rickel State Secretary Culture Rhine-Palatinate Unesco 1993-99
Marianne Schultz-Hector State Sec Culture & Sport Baden-Württemburg
Barbara Stamm State Sec Labour & Social Security Bavaria ILO 1994-99
Greece Irene Lambraki State Secretary Culture & Sciences Unesco 1993-99
India K R Gouri Minister of Finance Kerala State
Vidya Stokes Speaker Legislative Assembly Himachal Pradesh IPU 1991-94
Ireland Susan McKenna Lawlor Professor of Astronomy St Patrick's Coll Dublin UNU 1992-97
Jamaica Lucille Mair Minister of State Foreign Affairs OAS 1989-94
Violet Nielson Parliamentary Secretary Health WHO 1993-98
Portia Simpson Minister of Labour, Welfare & Sport ILO 1994-99
Marjorie Taylor Parliamentary Secretary Local Government Habitat 1992-95
Mexico Maria MORENO Uriega Minister of Fisheries 1988- FAO 1994-99
Olga Pellicer Ambassador at the UN New York OAS 1989-94
Maria Lena VAZQUEZ Nava Comptroller General ECLAC 1992-95
Portugal Isabel Corte-Real Under Secretary Administrative Modernization EC 1993-96
Teresa Gouveia State Secretary Cultural Affairs Unesco 1993-99
Isabel Mota State Secretary Regional Development & Planning ECE 1991-95
Spain Carlotta Bustelo Under Secretary Social Welfare EC 1993-96
Sudan Rashida Ahmed ABD al-KAREM Minister of State Education Unesco 1993-99
United Eleanor Holmes Norton Former Chair Equal Employment Opport Commission ILO 1994-99
States Mary W Roberts Labor Commissioner Oregon
Laska Schoenfelder Public Utilities Commissioner South Dakota Habitat 1992-95
Sarah Vogel Commissioner of Agriculture North Dakota FAO 1994-99
Turkey Filiz Dincmen Dir Gen Multilateral Relations Foreifn Affairs CoE 1990-94
Venezuela Dulce ARNAO de Uzategui Minister of State Science & Technology Unesco 1993-99
Fanny Bello Minister of Agriculture FAO 1994-99
Senta Essenfeld Minister of Family WHO 1993-98
Eglee ITURBE de Blanco Minister of Revenue IFAD 1992-96
Aura LORETO de Rangel Minister of State Women's Advancement
Manuela Padrun Minister of Labour ILO 1994-99
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List 21 31 January 1989
Argentina Susana Ruiz Cerutti State Secretary Foreign Affairs OAS 1989-94
Australia Carol Jenkins Medical anthropologist Habitat 1992-95
Ros Kelly Parlt Secretary Defence, Science & Personnel
Margaret Reynolds Minister for Local Govt, Status of Women
Brazil Sandra Cavalcanti Educator; Congresswoman Unesco 1993-99
Luiza Erundina Mayor Sao Paolo Habitat 1992-95
Canada Claire L'Heureux-Daube Puisne Judge Supreme Court ICJ 1991-2000
Shirley Martin Minister for Transport IMO 1990-93
Barbara J Reed Trial Division Judge Federal Court ICJ 1991-2000
Colombia Maria Mercedes Cuellar Director-General National Planning Office ECLAC 1992-95
Maria Cecilia Guerrero Director-General National Tourism Corporation WTO 1990-93
Maria Uribe de Eusse Minister of Education Unesco 1993-99
Maria Cristina Palau Director-General Arts & Crafts of Colombia
Fiji Irene Narayan Minister for Indian Affairs ESCAP 1992-95
Finau Tabakaucoro Minister for Women & Social Welfare SPC 1989-94
Germany Ursula Lucas-Bachert President top public relations agency Frankfurt IFC 1991-96
Gabriele Wiechatzek Board Chair Radio Berlin Unesco 1993-99
Grenada Grace Duncan State Secretary Women & Community Development ECLAC 1992-95
Guatemala Sara Mishaan Rossell Minister for Specific Affairs ECLAC 1992-95
India Sheila Dikshit Minister of State Parliamentary Affairs IPU 1991-94
Sumatri Oraon Deputy Minister Welfare
Jamaica Olivia Grange Minister of State Information OAS 1989-94
Korea CHO Kyung-Hee Minister of State Political Affairs ESCAP 1992-95
Mauritius France Roussety Minister for Civil Service & Employment
Netherlands Virginie Korte-van Hemel State Secretary Justice EC 1993-96
Marjanne Sint Chair Labour (PvdA) Party 1988
New Zealand Helen Clark Minister for Conservation, Housing Habitat 1992-95
Ruth Dyson President Labour Party 1988 ESCAP 1992-95
Annette F King Under Secretary Employment, Youth, Tourism WTO 1990-93
Judith Trotter Ambassador; Permanent Representative to OECD OECD 1989-94
Fran H Wilde Minister of State Foreign Affairs ESCAP 1992-95
Norway Einfrid Halvorsen Minister for Consumer Affairs & Administration
Mary Kvidal Minister for Religious Affairs & Education Unesco 1993-99
Pakistan Asma Jahangir Secretary Human Rights Commission UNHCR 1992-94
Senegal Theresa King Minister for Public Health WHO 1993-98
Ndiouro N'Diaye Minister for Social Development
Sweden Laila Freivalds Minister for Justice ICJ 1991-2000
Margot Wallström Minister for Church, Equality & Youth Unesco 1993-99
Switzerland Eva SegmÜller-Weber Chair Christian Democrat (CVP) Party
Trinidad & T Gloria Henry Minister for Community Devt, Welfare & Women ECLAC 1992-95
Pamela Nicholson Minister for Public Utilities, Settlements Habitat 1992-95
United Tessa Blackstone Master Birkbeck College London University UNU 1992-97
Kingdom Jennifer Jenkins Chair National Trust of England & Wales UNEP 1993-96
Corrie Stein President Jersey Postal Committee UPU 1990-94
Baroness Trumpington Parlt Secretary Agriculture, Fisheries & Food WFC 1992-95
United States Katherine Bonniwell Publisher Life Time Inc IFC 1991-96
Gertrude Elion Nobel Laureate Medicine 1988 WHO 1993-98
Dorcas R Hardy Commissioner Social Security Administration Unicef 1990-94
Marybeth Russell Group President Family Media Inc
June Scobee Chair Challenger Center Space Science Education UNU 1992-97
Venezuela Laura Castillo de Gurfinkel Minister for Education Unesco 1993-99
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List 20 4 October 1988
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List 19 14 July 1988
Australia Julia Fellows Deputy Secretary Dept of Industrial Relations ILO 1994-99
Bahamas Rowena Bethel Sec/Treasurer Bahamas Employers Confederation ILO 1989-94
Belgium Huberte Hanquet Senator; Chair National Women's Council (CNFB) EC 1989-92
Monique Rood Head Anesthiology Dept Erasmus Hospital Brussels WHO 1993-98
Canada Elinor Caplan Minister of Health Ontario Province WHO 1993-98
Barbara Eastman Director-General Toronto Summit Secretariat'88 UN 1997-2001
Chaviva Hosek Minister of Housing Ontario Province Habitat 1990-94
Lyn McLeod Minister of Universities Ontario Province UNU 1992-97
Diane Peters Senior Vice-Pres Farmers Cooperative Diary FAO 1994-99
Joan Smith Solicitor General Ontario Province ICJ 1994-2003
Mavis Wilson Minister for Senior Citizens Ontario Province
Colombia Luz Amparo Patiño Commission Vice-Pres House of Representatives ILO 1989-94
Costa Rica Margarita Macaya President OAS Inter-American Commission on Women OAS 1989-94
Denmark Inge Kemp Genefke Physician; Founder Research Centre on Torture WHO 1993-98
Dominican R Altagracia Bautista Suarez Former Secretary of Education; Labour ILO 1989-94
Liselotte Marte de Barros Former Assistant Secretary of State OAS 1989-94
Melida Marmolejas Director Dominican Liberation Party (PLD)
Colombia Moya Castellanos Banker ECLAC 1992-95
Para Nuñez Perez Attorney General ICJ 1194-2003
Olga Seijas Judge; Member National Electoral Board
Finland Päivikki Lindroos Secretary Intnl Affairs Confed Salaried Employees ILO 1989-94
Tuuli Raivio Sec International Affairs Ministry of Health WHO 1993-98
France Catharine Tasca Minister for Communications 1988- ITU 1989-94
Catherine Trautmann State Secretary Elderly & Disabled Persons 1988- Habitat 1990-94
Germany Christine Maring Minister of Health Hamburg State WHO 1993-98
Lianne Paulina-MÜrl President Schleswig-Holstein Regional Assembly IPU 1989-93
Rosemarie Raab Minister of Education Hamburg State Unesco 1993-99
Ellen Ratschneider-Lehnee Member Bundesbank Executive Committee IMF 1992-96
Vera RÜdiger Minister for Federal Affairs Bremen State EC 1993-96
Wilma Simon State Secretary for Labour Hamburg State ILO 1994-99
Helga Stoedter Economist; Head Women in Leadership Foundation EC 1989-92
Greece Sylvia Acrita Under Secretary Social Security
Guatemala Florencia Castañeda Delegate Trade Union Confederation ILO 1994-99
India Kusum Prasad Dir-Gen Employees State Insurance Corporation ILO 1994-99
Ireland Catherine McGuinness Chair Employment Equality Agency ILO 1989-94
Italy Clara Maglietta Secretary Union of Italian Diplomats ILO 1994-99
Maria Fida Moro Member Chamber of Deputies EC 1993-96
Korea Sookja Hong President International Council of Women 1986-88
Netherlands Theresia Snelders Secretary Federation of Netherlands Industry ILO 1994-99
Norway Mari Holmboe Ruge ILO Adviser Ministry of Local Govt & Labour ILO 1989-94
Philippines Maria Leonora V De Jesus Assistant Secretary of Labor & Employment ILO 1989-94
Carmelita Pineda Executive Director National Wages Council
Portugal Candida Machada de Oliveira Deputy Governor Oporto EC 1993-96
Spain Rosa Conde Government Spokesperson 1988- UN 1997-2001
Matilde Fernandez Trade unionist; Minister of Social Affairs 1988- ILO 1994-99
Sweden Ingela Thalen Minister of Labour ILO 1989-94
Kerstin Wiklund Substitute Govt Representative ILO Governing Body
Turkey Imren Akyut Minister of Employment & Social Security 1987- ILO 1989-94
United Joanna Foster Chair Equal Opportunity Commission ILO 1989-94
Kingdom Margaret Hodge Chair Association of London Authorities Habitat 1990-94
Pauline Perry University head South Bank Polytechnic London UNU 1992-97
United Roxanne Conlin Former Attorney General Iowa
States Judy Heuman Founder Disabled People's Movement Unicef 1990-94
Marion Houston Director International Organizations Dept of Labor ILO 1989-93
Jean Toal Judge South Carolina Supreme Court
Carolyn Warner Former Superintendent Public Instruction Arizona Unesco 1993-
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List 18 14 February 1988
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List 17 9 October 1987
Argentina Olga Riutort de Flores President Parlt Commission on Minors & the Family Unicef 1990-94
Maria Rosa de Martini Founder Conciencia civic education movement
Australia Eva Burrows World General Salvation Army Habitat 1990-94
Helen Ware Asst Director General Development Assistance Bureau ESCAP 1989-92
Barbados Maizie Barker-Welch Parliamentary Secretary Ministry of Employment ILO 1989-94
Botswana Kebatshabile Disele Executive Secretary Botswana Democratic Party ECA 1989-92
Brazil Maria Louisa Fontinele Sociologist; Mayor of Fortaleza Habitat 1990-94
Canada Anne Chippendale Member of the Board Canada Posts UPU 1990-94
Wendy Dobson Associate Deputy Minister Department of Finance IMF 1992-96
Colombia Maria Mercedes De Martinez Chief National Planning Department ECLAC 1988-91
Costa Rica Miriam Calvo Quesada Chief Auditor Posts & Telegraphs (Cortel) ITU 1989-94
Denmark Bodil Nyboe Andersen Managing Director Andelsbanken IMF 1992-96
Dominica J Clementine Josephs Postmaster-General UPU 1990-94
El Salvador Blanca J de Martinez Director General Ministry of Development ECLAC 1988-91
Finland Lisa Kaupinnen Secretary General World Federation of the Deaf Unicef 1990-94
France Helene Ploix Executive Director IMF & World Bank ECE 1991-95
Grenada Molly Hinds Postmaster-General UPU 1990-94
Guatemala Raquel Sandoval de Cerezo Public administrator; Professor Agrarian Law FAO 1994-99
Eugenia Mijangos Professor; Int Sec Democratic Socialist Party OAS 1989-94
Ana Catalina Soberanis Minister of Labour & Social Security ECLAC 1988-91
Honduras Marta Julia Cox Alt Executive Director Inter-American Dev Bank ECLAC 1988-91
Iceland Johanna Sigurdardottir Minister of Social Affairs Unicef 1990-94
India Jayanthi Nataranjan M P; Lawyer; Gen Secretary Indian Youth Congress
Veena Nayyar Business leader; educator; broadcaster Unesco 1993-99
Ireland Mary Harney Deputy Leader Progressive Democrats Party
Jamaica Dorothy Lightbourne Senator; Observer 1986 Philippine elections IPU 1991-94
Masie Plummer Deputy Financial Secretary P M's Office Caricom 1990-94
Portia Simpson President Peoples National Party Women's Movement
New Zealand Sue Wood Past President National Party IPU 1991-94
Norway Grete Knudsen M P; ex-State Secretary Ministry of Education WHO 1993-98
Jorunn Maehlum Deputy Director General Ministry of Development OECD 1989-94
Peru Bertha Arroyo de Alva Senator; ex-Governor Provincial Council of Lima Habitat 1990-94
Mercedes Cabanillas Minister of Education Unesco 1993-99
Ilda Vrizar Physician; State Secretary for Health WHO 1993-98
Portugal Isabel Pinto Correia Director External Financing Ministry of Finance EC 1989-92
Saint Lucia Loretta I Charlemagne Postmaster-General UPU 1990-94
St Vincent-G Venice Haynes Permanent Secretary Ministry for Communications ITU 1989-94
San Marino Clara Boscaglia Minister of Finance
Senegal Fatou Diagne Director Money & Credit Ministry of Economy ECA 1989-92
Maimouana Kane Supreme Court Magistrate; ex-Min Soc Development UN 1992-96
Sudan Mahasin Abd al-Al Pioneer in Primary Education Unesco 1993-99
Khalda Zahir Director Mother & Child Care WHO 1988-93
Trinidad & T Jennifer Ursula Johnson Minister of Culture & Creative Arts Unesco 1993-99
United Terry Marsland National Organizer TASS engineering union ILO 1989-94
Kingdom Brid Rogers Linguist; Past Chair Soc Dem & Labour Party EC 1993-96
United States Sherry Atkinson Chief Economist Burns Fry Brokers
Asia Bennett Executive Secretary American Friends Service Ctte UNHCR 1989-91
Cardiss Collins Chair House Subcommittee on Transportation IMO 1990-93
Dolores Huerta First Vice-Pres United Farm Workers of America FAO 1994-99
Marge Roukema Member House Subcommittee on Interntl Development IDA 1991-96
Rosemary S J Schraer Chancellor University of California-Riverside UNU 1992-97
Jackie A Strange Deputy Postmaster-General UPU 1990-94
Margaret Tutwiler Treasury Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Unicef 1990-94
Barbara S Uehling Chancellor University of California-Santa Barbara UNU 1992-97
Uruguay Alba Osores de Lanza Urban renovator; Colorado Party leader Habitat 1990-94
Ofelia Murguia Maritime trade unionist; Blanco Party leader IMO 1990-93
Venezuela Rosa Font Coordinator Multilateral Orgs Ministry of Finance ECLAC 1988-91
Ixora Roja Lawyer; President Women Social Democrats
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List 16 5 July 1987
Austria Marilies Flemming Minister Environment, Youth & Family UNEP 1989-92
E Fritz Director Public Health Federal Chancellery WHO 1988-93
Hilde Hawlicek Minister Education, Arts & Sport Unesco 1993-99
Belgium M De Vits Nat Secretary General Labour Federation (FGTB) ILO 1989-94
Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroek President Flemish Liberal Party (VDD)
Canada H Evans President Canadian Nurses Association WHO 1988-93
Brenda Makeechak Vice-President Public Service Alliance of Canada ILO 1989-94
M B Tardif Parlt Secretary Ministry of Health WHO 1993-98
Dom Rep Loris Consuelo Torres Mejia Administation Secretary Presidency
Finland Tarja Halonen Minister Social & Health Services (2) WHO 1993-98
Helena Pesola Minister Social & Health Services (1)
Anna-Liisa Piipari Minister Cultural Affairs Unesco 1993-99
Ulla Puolanne Minister of Finance (2) IMF 1991-96
France Francine Demichel Law lecturer; President Paris University VII UNU 1992-97
Elisabeth Zoller Professor Public International Law Rutgers Univ ICJ 1991-2000
Germany Christiane Albrecht President Education & Science Workers Union (GEW) ILO 1989-94
Lieselotte Berger Parlt Sec of State Federal Chancellor's Office
Jutta Ditfurth Spokesperson Green Party UNEP 1989-92
Agnes Huerland Parliamentary Secretary of State for Defence Nato 1996-2000
Beate Klarsfeld Lawyer; investigator of war crimes ICJ 1991-2000
Iceland I R Magnusdottir Chief Nursing Officer Ministry of Health WHO 1998-93
India Rhoda Mehta Director Media & Research Ogilvie Advertising Unicef 1995-99
Ireland Mary O'Rourke Minister of Education 1987- Unesco 1993-99
Israel Amira Andrianow Secretary-General Textile,Clothing & Leather Union ILO 1994-99
S Arbeli-Almozlino Minister of Health WHO 1993-98
Italy Margherita Hack Astronomer; Director Trieste Observatory 1964- UNU 1992-97
Franca Sciuto Lawyer; President Amnesty International London UNHCR 1899-91
Jamaica Carmen E Bowen-Wright Principal Medical Officer Ministry of Health WHO 1988-93
Netherlands Nelly Speerstra (World's first woman) Fighter pilot Nato 2000-2004
Norway Henriette Munkebye Deputy Director Ministry of Local Govt & Labour UNEP 1989-92
T Strand Gerhardsen Minister of Social Affairs WHO 1993-98
Philippines Irene R Cortes Professor of Law University of the Philippines ICJ 1991-2000
Rosalinda De Perio Santos Ambassador to the UN Agencies in Geneva ESCAP 1989-92
Felicidad Pimentel Governor Surigao del Sur Province
United Dr Swee Chai Ang Founder Medical Aid for Palestinians UNRWA 1990-94
Kingdom Elizabeth Esteve-Coll Director Victoria & Albert Museum London 1988- Unesco 1993-99
Valerie Hammond President European Women's Management Network IFC 1996-2000
Ruth Lister Director Child Action Poverty Group Unicef 1995-99
A Mackie Chair Int'l Labour Ctte Confed'n British Industry ILO 1989-94
Laurie Mars Editor Evening News London
Jean Martin Co-Chair Green Party UNEP 1993-96
Marion Roe Parlt Secretary of State Dept of Environment
Susan Thompson Former Managing Director Octopus Publishing Group IFC 1991-96
United Debi Coleman Vice President Operations Apple Computer IFC 1991-96
States Mary del Brady President National Ass'n of Women Business Owners
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List 15 24 April 1987
Argentina Ethel Susana Diaz President Argentinian Assn of Women Lawyers ICJ 1988-97
Ernestina Herrera de Noble Publisher Clarin newspaper 1969- Unesco 1993-99
France Christiane Blanchard Sauton President French Association of Women Lawyers ICJ 1991-2000
Greece Elena Hadjipetrou President Greek Association of Women Lawyers ICJ 1988-97
Elizabeth Papazoi Ambassador to Cuba
Xanthe Pegrinioti Economics Profesor Pantheos Social Science School ECE 1987-91
Anna Psarouda-Benaki MP; Professor of Penal Law ICJ 1989-94
Ireland Margaret Downes Chartered accountant; Director Bank of Ireland IMF 1992-96
Ita Meehan Director Bank of Ireland; Dep Sec Telegraphs ITU 1989-94
Peru Carmen Meza Ingar President Peru Association of Women Lawyers ICJ 1988-97
St Vincent Anselma Soso Permanent Secretary Prime Minister's Office OAS 1989-94
Spain Pilar Miro Film producer; Head Spanish Television Unesco 1993-99
Alicia de la Pena Plant geneticist Complutense University Madrid FAO 1994-99
United Ann Burdus Clinical psychologist; Head AIDS info campaign WHO 1988-93
Kingdom Pauline Cutting Surgeon Palestinian refugee camps UNRWA 1990-94
Pamela Gray Chief executive Sphinx computer software IFC 1991-96
Alice Stewart Physician; pioneer in radiation epidemiology IAEA 1990-93
Lesley Watts Board Director Kleinwort Benson merchant bank IMF 1992-96
United Barbara Black Dean Columbia University School of Law 1986- ICJ 1988-97
States Mary Frances Berry Former member US Commission on Civil Rights UNHCR 1989-91
Vicki Frankovich President Independent Fedn Flight Attendants ILO 1989-94
Connie Morella Educator; Congresswoman (R) Maryland Unicef 1990-94
Darlene Nicgorski Sanctuary organizer Central American refugees UNHCR 1989-91
Elizabeth Patterson SC State Senator 1979-86; Congresswoman (D) 1987-
Adrienne Rich Poet Unesco 1993-99
Pat Saiki Educator; Congresswoman (R) Hawaii ESCAP 1990-94
Linda Wachner President Warnaco textile conglomerate IFC 1991-96
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List 14 28 December 1986
Canada Mary J Batten Chief Justice Court of Queen's Bench Saskatchewan ICJ 1988-97
Joan Duncan Minister of Consumer Affairs Saskatchewan
Maureen Hemphill Minister of Education Manitoba Unesco 1987-93
Helen Hunley Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta 1985-
Monique Landry Minister of State External Relations UN 1992-96
Therese Lavoie-Roux Minister of Health & Social Services Quebec WHO 1988-93
Aimee Lefebvre-Anglen Assistant Deputy Minister Dept of Environment UNEP 1989-92
Caroline McAskie Director-General Multilateral Cooperation CIDA UNDP 1990-93
Pearl McGonigal Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba 1981-
Judith Maxwell Chair Economic Council of Canada IMF 1992-6
Lily Munro Minister of Citizenship & Culture Ontario
Hazel R Newhook Minister of Communications Newfoundland UPU 1990-94
Louise Robic Minister Cultural Communities & Immigration Quebec UNHCR 1989-91
Genevieve Ste Marie Deputy Minister of Environment UNEP 1989-92
Kay Stanley Coordinator Status of Women Canada 1986- UN 1992-96
Costa Rica Emilia Castro de Barish Ambassador Alternate Representative to the UN OAS 1989-94
Dominica Judith Pestaina Permanent Secretary Ministry of External Affairs OAS 1989-94
Dominican Ana Esther De La Maza Ambassador Alternate Representative to the OAS OAS 1989-94
Republic Julia Tavares de Alvarez Ambassador Alternate Representative to the UN
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List 14 (cont) 28 December 1986
Germany Felicitas Fertig Judge Federal Administrative Court Kassel ICJ 1988-97
Marita Haibach Secretary of State Hesse Land Government EC 1989-92
Irmgard Reichhardt President Association of Women Farmers FAO 1988-93
Eva Ruehmkorf Director Women's Advancement Hamburg
Elisabeth Steup Chief Justice Federal Patent Court Munich ICJ 1988-97
Japan Takako Doi Lecturer; Leader Japanese Socialist Party 1986- UNU 1990-94
Netherlands E A de Gaaf-van Mederen Leader Liberal (VDD) Group Lower House EC 1989-92
New Zealand Alison Quentin-Baxter Law Lecturer; Candidate I'nat'l Law Commission'85 ICJ 1988-97
Norway Anne-Lise Bakken Minister of Consumer Affairs & Govt Admin 1986-
Helen Bosterud Minister of Justice 1986-
Tove Strand Gerhardsen Hospital administrator; Minister of Health 1986- WHO 1988-93
Kirsti Kolle Grondahl Teacher; Minister of Church & Education 1986- Unesco 1987-93
Gunhild Oyangen Farmer; Minister of Agriculture 1986- FAO 1988-93
Inge Pedersen Chair Parliamentary Justice Committee
Sissel Ronbeck Minister of Environment 1986- UNEP 1989-92
Brita Westergaard Head Equal Status Council
Philippines Solita Monsod Minister National Economic Development Authority ESCAP 1990-4
Cecilia Munoz Palma Chair Constitutional Commission ICJ 1991-2000
Mita Pardo de Tavera Minister of Social Services & Development
Nelia Sancho Secretary General GABRIELA Women's Reform Assembly ILO 1994-99
Portugal Maria do Carmo Romao Secretary General Portuguese Parliament IPU 1988-91
Teresa da Costa Macedo Chair International Union of Family Organizations Unicef 1990-94
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List 13 29 July 1986
Papua NG Rose Kekedo Secretary for Labour & Employment ILO 1989-94
Nahau Rooney Minister of Tourism & Culture 1985 WTO 1991-96
Philippines Nieves R Confesor Chief International Labor Affairs Service ILO 1989-94
Noemi Saludo Vice President Employers Confederation
Sweden Desiree Edmar Asst Under-Secretary Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Switzerland Ursula Cridazzi Secretary Swiss Employees Federation (CSE)
Trinidad & Angela Cropper Director of Cooperatives Caricom 1986-
Tobago Muriel Donawa-McDavidson Minister of Sport Culture & Youth Affairs Unesco 1987-82
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List 12 9 May 1986
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Norway Ronnaug Aaberg Andresen Division Chief Ministry of Health; ILO delegate ILO 1989-94
A N Heiberg State Secretary Ministry of Social Affairs WHO 1988-93
Esther Kostoel Secretary Federation of Unions of State Employees
Eldri Langaker President Federation of Occupational Organizations
Philippines Lourdes Quisumbing Minister of Education 1986- Unesco 1987-92
Portugal Maria Leonor Beleza Minister of Health 1985- WHO 1988-93
Manuela Pardel Director Health Services Nat Health Institute WHO 1988-93
St Kitts-Nevis Constance V Mitcham Minister of Women's Affairs
St Vincent & G Sylvia Bertrand Chief Justice
San Marino Fausta Simona Morganti Minister of State Education Culture & Justice Unesco 1987-92
Gloriana Ranocchini Captain-Regent (Head of State) 1984
Emma Rossi Minister of State Health & Social Security WHO 1988-93
Switzerland Ruth Dreifuss Secretary Swiss Trade Unions ILO 1989-94
Sweden May-Britt Carlsson Ombudsman Central Organization Salaried Employees ILO 1989-94
Marianne Ersson International Secretary Trade Union Confederation
Karin Lund Secretary Swedish Trade Union Confederation
Veronica Nordberg International Secretary Metal Workers Union Unido 1989-93
Margareta Regnell Director Swedish Employers Confederation
Berit Rollen Under Secretary of State Ministry of Labour ILO 1989-94
United Margaret Bryan Ambassador to Panama
Kingdom Stella Brumell Chair Benford concrete mixer manufacturers Unido 1989-93
Carmen Callil Managing Director Chatto & Windus publishers WIPO 1993-8
Alice Coleman Director Land Utilization Survey FAO 1988-93
Jennifer Coutts Clay Controller Corporate Identity British Airways ICAO 1988-91
Jill Currie Commercial Director Bass Mitchells brewers FAO 1988-93
Jennifer D'abo Managing Director Rymans office equipment group Unido 1989-93
Judith Davenport Financial Director Channel Foods FAO 1988-93
Jane Deknatel Film producer business executive ex-VSO volunteer Unicef 1990-94
Brenda Dean General Secretary Sogat Printing Union ILO 1989-94
Jean Denton Managing Director Herondrive; Governor LSE ECE 1986-90
Rosalind Gilmore Director of Personal Banking Girobank IFC 1986-91
Pamela Gordon Chief Executive Hackney Borough Authority London
Jean Graham Hall Juvenile law expert; Circuit Judge 1971- Unicef 1990-4
Marian Hicks University professor; leading cancer researcher WHO 1988-93
Brenda Hoggett (first woman) Law Commissioner ICJ 1991-2000
Gloria Hooper Govt Spokesperson House of Lords; M E P 1979-84 EC 1989-92
Barbara Hosking Controller Info Services Ind Broadcasting Authrty
Suzanne Hunter Engineering Manager British Oxygen Unido 1989-93
Margery Hurst Founder Brook Street Bureau secretarial services ILO 1989-94
Anne Joy Managing Director Challoners Recruitment EC 1989-92
Nicky Joyce Sec Gen Femmes Chefs D'Entreprises Mondiales IFC 1986-91
Verity Lambert Production Director Thorn EMI Screen Entertainment
Anna Mann Managing Director Whitehead Mann Executive Search ILO 1989-94
Helen Matthews Investment banker City of London IMF 1988-93
Mary Moore Principal St Hilda's College Oxford UNU 1986-90
Pamela Murphy Dairy farmer businesswoman inventor FAO 1988-93
Sheila Needham Founder & Managing Director Needham Printers Unido 1989-93
Alison Newell President Computing Services Association ILO 1989-94
Shirley Porter Leader Westminster City Council Habitat 1986-90
Angela Rumbold Under Secretary of State Dept of Environment UNEP 1989-92
Jo Sandilands Controller Capital Radio; former Editor of Woman
Steve Shirley Founder F International computing consultancy ILO 1989-94
Muriel Turner Labour Peer; ex Asst Sec Gen Sci Tech Manag Staffs ILO 1989-94
United Orna Ni Chionna Engineer; Management consultant McKinsey & Co Unido 1989-93
States Kathleen Cooper President Nat Association of Business Economists IFC 1986-91
Gertrude Crain Chair Crain Communications Chicago UNDP 1986-90
Mary Cunningham Business exec; former Vice Pres Bendix Corp IFC 1986-91
Meredith Fernstrom Senior Vice President American Express IFC 1986-91
Elinor Guggenheimer Executive Director Child Care Action New York Unicef 1990-4
Eugenia Kemble Executive Director Free Trade Union Institute ILO 1989-94
Jean Ingrao Executive Sec-Treas AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Dept IMO 1986-90
Nancy Clark Reynolds Journalist, business exec; Rep UN Comm Status Women UNDP 1986-90
Lynn Rippelmeyer Boeing 747 pilot ICAO 1988-91
Donna E Shalala President Hunter College N Y; ex-Peace Corps UNU 1986-90
Marcia Smith Executive Director National Commission on Space ICAO 1988-91
Patricia B Soliman Vice President Simon & Schuster publishers IFC 1986-91
Barbara S Thomas Investment banker; former SEC Commissioner IBRD 1991-6
Marna Tucker President Washington DC Bar Association ICJ 1988-97
Julia Walsh Business exec; Chair Julia Walsh & Sons Inc IFC 1986-91
Anne Wexler Founder & Chair Wexler, Reynolds, Harrison & Schule
Venezuela Haydee Deutsch Martinez Secretary General CODESA trade unions ILO 1989-94
Mercedes Fermin Gomez Ambassador to UN food agencies Rome IFAD 1988-90
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List 11 28 November 1985
Switzerland Denise Bindschedler-Robert Prof Grad Inst for International Studies Geneva ICJ
USA Barbara B Blum Pres Manpower Research Demonstration Corp NY ILO
Mary K Bush Alternate Executive Director IMF Washington Gatt
Patricia Byrne US Ambassador to UN Security Council UNDRO
Elinor G Constable Dep Asst Sec Int'l Fin & Develm't Dept of State Unido
Matina Horner Psychologist; President Radcliffe College WHO
Jean Lipman-Blumen Professor Public Policy Claremont Grad School Unesco
Karen Nussbaum Founder 9 to 5 National Assn of Working Women ILO
Paula Stern Chair International Trade Commission Washington Gatt
Donna Tuttle Under Secretary for Tourism Dept of Commerce WTO
Roberta Wohlstetter Non-proliferation expert; 1985 Medal of Freedom Nato
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List 10 16 September 1985
Argentina M-T Merciadri de Morini Deputy Minister for Culture Unesco 1987-92
Elva Barreiro de Roulet Deputy Governor Buenos Aires Province Habitat 1990-5
Australia Franca Arena Senator New South Wales Parliament UNHCR 1986-90
Mary Beasley Ombudsman South Australia; Director Qantas ICAO 1985-88
Austria Gertrude Sandner Minister for Family & Youth Unicef 1990-94
Barbados Billie A Miller Minister of Education & Culture Unesco 1987-92
Belgium Leona Detiege Senator Member Commission on Women's Work Unicef 1990-94
Miet Smet Lawyer MP President Commission on Women's Work ILO 1989-94
Lise Thiry Professor Microbiology Brussels Free University WHO 1988-93
Canada Susan Fish Minister of Environment Ontario 1985- UNEP 1989-92
E Margaret Fulton President Mount Saint Vincent University UNU 1986-90
Margaret Joe Minister of Health & Human Resources Yukon WHO 1988-93
Maureen O'Neil Coordinator Status of Women in Canada UN 1987-91
Japan Ryoko Akamatsu Director General Women's Bureau Ministry Labour ILO 1989-94
Hiroko Hara Professor Education Ochanomizu University Unesco 1987-92
Tomoko Hisatome President Tokyo College of Commerce 1984- GATT 1986-90
Ichiko Ishihare Managing Director Takashimaya Department Stores IFC 1986-91
Kikuko Ishii President Int'l Women's Education Association Unesco 1987-92
Shigeru Ishimoto Nurse; Minister for the Environment 1984- UNEP 1989-92
Tetsuko Kuroyanagi TV Programmer; Unicef Goodwill Ambassador Unicef 1990-94
Mayumi Moriyama Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs UN 1987-91
Chie Nakane Professor Social Anthropology Tokyo University UNU 1986-90
Tomoko Ohta Professor National Institute of Genetics WHO 1988-93
Jun Takahashi Director Home-Life Improvement Min of Agriculture FAO 1988-93
Nobuko Takahashi Ambassador to Denmark 1980-4 UN 1987-91
Mauritius Sheilabai Bappoo Minister for Family Welfare UNDRO 1990-5
Mexico Victoria Adato de Ibarra Procurator-General Mexican Federal District ICJ 1988-97
Idolina Moguel Contreras Deputy Minister for Primary Education Unesco 1987-92
Maria Moreno Uriega Deputy Minister Social & Rural Development FAO 1988-93
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List 9 15 June 1985
Belgium Irene Petry (only woman) Member Court of Arbitration ICJ 1988-97
Anne Vandenbrouke Physician; prize-winning cancer researcher WHO 1988-93
Canada Dorothy Armstrong Ambassador to Hungary 1979-83
Irene Johnson High Commissioner to New Zealand 1978-81
Costa Rica Maria-Eu Dengo Obregon Minister of Education 1982-4 Unesco 1987-92
Carmen Naranjo Coto Minister of Culture 1980
Denmark Jonqerd Purkhus Minister of Finance Faroe Islands ECE 1991-5
Finland Kaisa Raatikainen Minister of Interior 1984-
France Liliane Dusserre (only woman) Member French Medical Council WHO 1988-93
Germany Renate Damm President Women Lawyers Federation ICJ 1988-97
Hedda Heuser President Women Doctors Federation WHO 1988-93
Ursula Huffmann President University Women Teachers UNU 1986-90
Anne-Rose Iber-Schade President Women Managers Association IFC 1986-91
Rosel Lessner President Jewish Women's Federation UNHCR 1986-90
Irmgard Narwatski State Secretary Ministry of Health 1982- WHO 1988-93
Ellen Wolf Director Women's Advancement Min Health Unitar 1989-92
Gisela Waldersee President Women Artists Federation Unesco 1987-92
Honduras Leticia Matay Minister of Economics & Commerce ECLAC 1986-90
Alma Rodas de Fiallos Minister of Education Unesco 1987-92
India Margaret Alva Minister State Parliamentary Affairs 1984- UN 1992-6
Otima Bordia Addit Secretary Econ Affairs Min Finance ESCAP 1986-90
Sarala Grewal Permanent Secretary Ministry of Health WHO 1988-93
Italy Maria V Ballestero Professor Labour Law Genoa University ILO 1989-94
Maria Bellisario Managing Director Italtel ITU 1987-90
Giuliana Benetton Co-founder worldwide casual wear business IFC 1986-91
Elena Marinucci Senator; Chair PM's Equality Council
Japan Mitsuko Terasawa Chief Judge Tokushima District Court 1983- ICJ 1991-2000
Saint Lucia Suzie d'Auvergne Director of Public Prosecutions 1982- ICJ 1988-97
Charmaine Carasco-Gardner President Chamber of Commerce 1982- ECLAC 1986-90
Spain Margarita Gonzalez Liebman Director General Tourism Min Transport WTO 1986-90
Blanca Guelbenzu Valdes Director General Basic Education Unesco 1987-92
Maria Las Heras Pinilla Director General Social Action Min Labour ILO 1989-94
Cristina Martin-Bustamante Civil Governor of Segovia
Petra Mateos-Aparicio Director Exec Office Minister of Finance ECE 1991-5
Carmen Mestre Vergara Director General Energy Min of Industry Unido 1989-92
Soledad Navarro Pratsavall First Vice-Pres Aragon Regional Parlt
Aurora Ruiz Gonzalez Director General Education Madrid Council Unesco 1987-92
Concepcion Saenz Lain Director General Environment Min of Works UNEP 1986-90
Carmen Vigili Rodon State Secretary for Universities UNU 1986-90
Sri Lanka Wimala Kannangara Minister of Rural Development 1980- WFP 1987-91
Sunethra Ranasinghe Minister of Teaching Hospitals 1983- WHO 1988-93
Trinidad & Marilyn Gordon Minister of Culture & Youth Unesco 1987-92
Tobago Muriel Green Minister of Information
United Kingdom Mary Warnock Philosopher; Head Girton College Cambridge UNU 1986-90
United States Mary Mochary Senate Republican candidate 1984 New Jersey
Sylvia H Williams Director Museum African Arts Washington DC Unesco 1993-98
Uruguay Adela Reta Minister of Education & Culture,Justice'85- Unesco 1987-92
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List 8 15 December 1984
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List 7 28 July 1984
Australia Janice Crosio Minister for Natural Resources NSW 1984- UNEP 1989-92
Germaine Greer Educator feminist art historian Unesco 1987-92
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List 7 (cont) 28 July 1984
United States Anne Armstrong Business director Ambassador London 1976-7 IFC 1986-91
Elizabeth Bailey Dean Carnegie-Mellon Business School 1983- ICAO 1985-8
Shirley Chisholm Child educator New York Congresswoman Unicef 1990-4
Marie L Garibaldi Judge New Jersey Supreme Court ICJ 1988-97
Veronica Haggart International Trade Commissioner Unctad 1988-92
Alexis M Herman Director Women's Bureau Dept of Labor 1977- ILO 1989-94
Carla Hills Lawyer Secretary of Housing 1975-6 ICJ 1988-97
Sheila Kamerman Professor Social Work Columbia University UNU
Luella Klein Pres College Obstetricians & Gynecologists WHO 1988-93
Juanita Kreps Economist Secretary of Commerce 1977-9 IDA 1986-91
Sylvia Earle Mead Biologist Dir Mote Marine Laboratory 1966- UNEP 1989-92
Barbara Mikulski Refugee expert Maryland Congresswoman UNHCR 1986-90
Kate Millett Sculptor author feminist Unesco 1987-92
Janet Norwood Commissioner Bureau Labor Statistics ILO 1989-94
Loret Ruppe Director Peace Corps Unicef 1990-4
Katherine Ortega Treasurer of the United States 1983- IFC 1986-91
Martha R Seger Governor Federal Reserve System 1984- IBRD 1986-91
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List 6 14 May 1984
Australia Elizabeth Evatt Chief Judge Family Court of Australia ICJ 1988-97
Mary Gaudron Solicitor-General New South Wales ICJ 1988-97
Leonie Kramer Prof of Literature Univ of Sydney UNU
Patricia O'Shane Head Aboriginal Affairs New South Wales ESCAP
Vimy Wilhelm President Unicef National Committee Unicef 1990-4
Germany Helga Elstner Minister for Health Hamburg State 1982- WHO 1988-93
Eva Leithaeuser Minister for Justice Hamburg State 1982- ICJ 1988-97
Japan Hisami Kurokochi Minister Permanent Mission to UN New York Unicef 1990-4
Vice-Chair Unicef Committee on Finance
Mitsuko Terasawa Chief Judge Tokushima District Court ICJ 1991-9
New Zealand Vivian Boyd Scientist ex-President NZ Wildlife Fund UNEP 1989-92
Sonja Davies Vice-President Federation of Labour 1983- ILO 1989-94
Ann Hercus Economist MP for Christchurch IMF 1993-98
Ruth Richardson Farmer Lawyer MP for Selwyn WFC 1985-8
Alison Stokes Ambassador to USSR 1984- UN 1987-91
Beverley Wakem Director-General Radio New Zealand 1984- Unesco 1987-92
Venezuela Haydee M de Osorio DG Children's Institute Chair Unicef 1984 Unicef 1990-4
Mercedes P de Briceno Minister State Women's Advancement 1982-4 UN 1992-6
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List 5 14 February 1984
Colombia N Rossi de Mazzilli Sec Gen National Postal Administration UPU 1985-9
Denmark Else Rasmussen Chief International Relations Office GPO UPU 1985-9
India Ela Bhatt Founder Self Employed Women's Association ILO 1989-94
Mohsing Kidwai Min State Labour & Rehabilitation 1982- ILO 1989-94
Madhu Kishwar Historian founder-editor of Manushi Unesco 1893-8
leading journal fighting women's oppression
Ram Dulari Sinha Min State Industry Steel Mines 1982- Unido 1985-8
Mexico M T Gomez Mont Araiza Chief International Postal Relations PTT UPU 1985-9
Norway Helene Andersen Deputy Director Gen Foreign Ministry 1977- UN 1987-91
G Beate Moe Alvegard Counsellor Vienna 1980-
Ase Danielsen Counsellor UN Delegation New York 1982-
Mette Kongshem Counsellor Washington 1983-
Annemarie Lorentzen Ambassador Reykjavik 1978-
Kirsten Ohm Ambassador Council of Europe 1975-
Saint Lucia Marguerita Alexander Minister of Education & Culture 1981- Unesco 1987-92
United Kingdom Georgina Ashworth Minority Rights author Founder of Change UNHCR 1991-5
leading survey of women's rights worldwide
Barbara Rogers Development author N London Councillor Unesco 1993-8
Sybil J. Smith Principal Department of Industry UPU 1985-9
Venezuela Isabel Cecilia Ramos G Director International Relations PTT UPU 1985-9
United States Rose Elizabeth Bird Chief Justice California Supreme Court ICJ 1988-96
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Judge Court of Appeals ICJ 1988-96
Hanna Holburn Gray President University of Chicago Unesco 1987-92
Jean Martin Ambassador to Unesco 1981-4 WIPO
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List 4 23 August 1983
Denmark Britta Sshall-Halberg Minister for the Interior 1982- ICJ 1985-94
Elsbeth Kock-Petersen Minister for Relgious Affairs 1982- UNHCR 1986-90
France Isabelle Bouillot Director Exec Office of Minister of Labour 1983- Unido 1985-88
Elisabeth Bukspan Charge de Mission Ministry of Foreign Trade GATT 1986-90
Anne Guille Secretary General Nanterre Prefecture
Francoise Gaspard Mayor of Dreux 1977-83; Member of Parliament 1983- EC 1989-92
Jacqueline Grand Lawyer; RPR candidate for Mayor of Marseilles 1982
Veronique Neiertz Economist; Member Parlt Commission External Affairs
Isabelle Renouard Disarmament expert; Ministry of External Affairs
Marie-Monique Steckel Chair France-Telecom New York ITU 1987-92
Japan Tomeiko Kato Chief Training Officer Ministry of Local Govt ILO 1989-94
Ayako Oba Chief Women Workers Section Ministry of Labour ILO 1989-94
Netherlands Nellie Smit-Kroes State Secretary Transport 1977-81; Minister 1982- EC 1989-92
Nel Ginjaar-Maas State Secretary Education 1982- Unesco 1987-92
Virginia Korte-Van Hemel State Secretary Justice 1982- ICJ 1985-94
Eegje Schoo Minister for Development Cooperation 1982- UN 1987-91
#ew Zealand Whettu Tirikatene-Sullivan Spokesperson for Maori Rights UNHCR 1986-90
Marilyn Waring MP; Spokesperson for Women's Rights
Portugal Manuela Aguiar State Secretary for Emigration 1983- UNHCR 1986-90
Raquel Ferreira State Secretary for Foreign Trade 1983- GATT 1986-90
Maria Helene ROSA State Secretary for School Education 1983- Unesco 1987-92
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List 3 6 January 1983
Canada Mary Beth Dolin Minister of Labour Manitoba 1982- ILO 1989-94
Grace McCarthy Deputy Premier; Human Resources BC 1982- ILO 1989-94
Pauline Maurois Vice-President Treasury Board Quebec 1982- IMF 1988-93
France Valerie Andre General Medical Officer French Army;(1st woman) 3* general WHO 1988-93
Edwige Avice Minister for Youth and Sport 1981- Unesco 1987-92
Georgine Dufoix Economist; State Secretary Family Affairs, 1981- Unicef 1984-88
Nicole Pasquier State Secretary Women's Employment ILO 1989-94
Nicole Questiaux Minister for National Solidarity 1981-
Yvette Roudy Minister for Women's Rights 1981- UN 1987-91
Germany Hildegard Bartels (first woman) Head Federal Statistics Office UN 1987-91
Mathilde Berghofer-Weichern Deputy Chair Christian Socialist (CSU) Committee
Irmgard Blaettel Trade unionist; Vice-Pres German Women's Council ILO 1989-94
Lieselotte Funcke Former Economics Minister North Rhine Westphalia ECE 1985-90
Antje Huber Minister Health & Family 1982- Unicef 1984-88
Annemarie Renger Vice-President Federal Parliament 1982-
Helga Thieme Physician; President German Women's Council WHO 1988-93
Greece Rula Kaklamanaki Under-Secretary of State Social Services l981- UNHCR 1986-90
Maria Perraki-Kipriotaki Under-Secretary of State Social Services l981-
Anne Synodiou Under-Secretary of State Social Services l981-
Luxembourg Jose Jacobs Vice-Chair Christian Union Federation 1980- ILO 1989-94
Lydie Wurth-Polfer Lawyer; Mayor of Luxembourg 1982-
New Zealand Miriam Dell President International Council of Women 1981- UN 1987-91
Portugal Maria Theresa Costa-Macedo State Sec; Vice-President European Union of Women
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List 2 10 December 1982
Austria Annalise Albrecht Minister of State Commerce & Industry Unido 1985-88
Canada Margaret Catley-Carlson Deputy Executive Director Unicef 1981- IFAD 1984-86
Mable Deware Minister of Labour & Employment NB 1980- ILO 1989-94
Muriel Smith Minister of Cultural Affairs Manitoba 1982- Unesco 1987-92
Lynn Verge Minister of Education Newfoundland Unesco 1987-92
Bertha Wilson Justice Supreme Court of Canada 1982- ICJ 1988-97
Portugal Isabel de Magalhaes Collaco Professor of International Law Lisbon ICJ 1986-97
United States Sheila Kamerman Professor Columbia School of Social Work Unicef 1984-88
Janet Norwood Commissioner Bureau of Labor Statistics ILO 1989-94
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List 1 16 August 1982
Australia Margaret Guilfoyle Chartered accountant; Minister of Finance 1980- IMF 1988-93
Elizabeth Reid Politics lecturer; Dep SG 1980 UN Women's Conference ILO 1989-94
Canada Shirley Carr Executive Vice-President Canadian Labour Congress ILO 1989-94
Judy Erola Federal Minister of State for Mines 1980- Unido 1985-88
Pauline Jewett President Simon Fraser University 1973-78; MP IFAD 1984-86
Maureen Law President WHO Executive Board WHO 1988-93
Flora MacDonald Secretary of State for External Affairs 1979-80 UN 1987-91
Sylvia Ostry Head Economist OECD Paris IMF 1988-93
Monique Begin Minister of Health & Welfare WHO 1988-93
Norma L Price Minister of Cultural Affairs Manitoba Unesco 1987-92
Denmark Lise Ostergaard Philosopher; Minister of Culture & Nordic Affairs'80- Unesco 1987-92
Finland Sinikka Luja-Penttila Minister of Social Affairs & Health WHO 1988-93
Annikki Saarela Lawyer; Alternate Governor World Bank 1981 OECD 1985-90
Pirkko Tyolajarvi Tax inspector; Minister for Trade & Industry 1981-82 IMF 1988-93
France Jeanne Broyelle Inspector-General Social Welfare; WHO Exec Board 1982 WHO 1988-93
Anne de Lattre Head Disaster Relief OECD Paris OECD 1985-90
Simone Veil Lawyer; President European Assembly 1979-81 UN 1987-91
Germany Julia Dingwort-Nusseck Director Deutsche Bundesbank IMF 1988-93
Anke Fuchs State Secretary Federal Ministry of Labour ILO 1989-94
Helga Schuchardt President Development Foundation Berlin Unido 1985-88
Helga Steeg Assistant Secretary Federal Ministry of Economics Unido 1985-88
Greece Erica-Irene Daes Lawyer; Vice-Chair UN Sub-Cte Protection Minorities UNHCR 1983-88
Melina Mercouri Actress; Minister of Science & the Arts 1981- Unesco 1987-92
Iceland Vigdis Finnbogadottir Theatre director; President of Republic 1981- Unesco 1987-92
Ireland Eileen Desmond Minister of Health & Social Affairs 1981-82 WHO 1988-93
Italy Tina Anselmi Minister of Labour ILO 1989-94
Vittoria Nuti Ronchi Professor of Plant Genetics Pisa University IFAD 1984-86
Japan Yoko Nuita Director National Women's Education Centre Unesco 1987-92
Luxembourg Colette Flesch Deputy Prime Minister; Minister Foreign Affairs '81- UN 1987-91
Netherlands Cornelie Hak Head Soc Affairs Federation Netherlands Industry Unido 1985-88
Mathilde Gardeniers-Berendson Minister of Health & Environmental Protection WHO 1988-93
Deltien Kraaijeveld State Secretary Cultural Affairs & Social Work Unesco 1987-92
Norway Harriet Andreassen Minister of Local Government and Labour 1981- ILO 1989-94
Gro Harlem Brundtland Physician; Prime Minister 1980-81 WHO 1988-93
Liv Buck First Secretary Trade Union Confederation ILO 1989-94
Inger Louise Valle Minister of Local Government and Labour 19??-81 ILO 1989-94
Portugal Maria de Lurdes Pintassilgo Chemical engineer; Prime Minister 1979 UN 1987-91
Sweden Karin Ahrland Minister of Health & Medical Services WHO 1988-93
Karin Soder Teacher; Foreign Minister 1976-79 UN 1987-91
Marianne Wahlberg State Under-Secretary Ministry of Labour ILO 1989-94
Barbro Westerhelm Director General National Board of Health & Welfare WHO 1988-93
Switzerland Antoinette Beguin Assistant Director-General ILO 1981- ILO 1989-94
Francesca Pometta Permanent Observer to the UN New York 1982- UNHCR 1983-88
Turkey Nermin Abadan-Unat Senator; President Social Science Association Unesco 1987-92
Aysel Oymen Director General Treasury oard of Health & Welfare OECD 1985-90
United Margaret Joan Anstee Asst Sec Gen UN Technical Cooperation Unido 1985-88
Kingdom Phyllis Friend Chief Nursing Officer Dept of Health & Soc Security WHO 1988-93
Judith Hart Minister of Overseas Development 1974-79 UNDP 1984-88
Mary Hedley-Miller Under Secretary Treasury Department IMF 1988-93
Margaret Thatcher Lawyer; Prime Minister 1979- Nato Sec Gen
Janet Young Minister of State Education & Science 1979-81 Unesco 1987-92
United States Arvonne Fraser Head Women in Development State Department Unicef 1983-98
Coretta Scott King Musician Civil rights activist Unicef 1983-88
Jeane Kirkpatrick Ambassador to the UN 1981- OAS
Alice Rivlin Director Congressional Budget Office 1975- IBRD 1986-91
Isabel Sawhill Economist; Director Urban Institute 1980- IBRD 1986-91
Courtenay Slater Chief Economist Department of Commerce 1977-81 IBRD 1986-91
Nancy Teeters Governor Federal Reserve System 1978- IBRD 1986-91
Marina Whitman Chief Economist General Motors 1979- IBRD 1986-91
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