Crans Montana Forum Crans Montana Forum The Crans Montana Forum is a Swiss Non-Governmental International Organization whose importance and prestige have been globally well-established since 1986. Its oldest Forums are held each year in Crans-Montana (CH-VS) and Geneva (CH-GE). It is formally recognized by and work with all major International Organizations, respected Governments, Business and Non-Governmental Organizations. The Crans Montana Forum works to build a more Humane and Impartial World “Committed to a more Humane and Impartial World” and encourages international cooperation and overall growth. It also works to promote best practices and to ensure a permanent dialogue between all those who handle high-level responsibilities. The first annual Crans Montana Forum, in 1990, was dedicated to political and economic reconstruction in a Europe then open in the aftermath of the Cold War. In 2016, unfortunately, this dimension will return to the agenda, due to an international situation that has only deteriorated. The yearly Crans Montana Forum meeting is a world-renowned and unavoidable event on the agenda of every decision-maker. The various Forums organized worldwide (Brussels, Geneva, Rabat, Dakhla, Vienna, Crans-Montana, Bucharest, Baku, Zagreb, Roma, Sarajevo, Tirana, Athens, Malta, Bahrain etc…) represent exceptional opportunities for Businesses and Government Officials to implement their strategies, strengthen relationships with partners and create new ones, and build cooperation opportunities. The Crans Montana Forum offers tailor-made partnerships and activities to those who would like to take advantage of all the opportunities offered by the wide scope, the variety and the relevance of its events. A Council on World Public affairs has been established in 2010 to gather Business decision makers on a specific agenda. Members of the Council are welcome to join the Forum's sessions, bring their expertise and share their experience. THE FORUM'S FOUNDERS The history of the Crans Montana Forum started with the Fondation du Forum Universale and the Club de Lausanne, which have played an important role since 1985. Mr. Jean-Pascal Delamuraz President of the Swiss Confederation It is the late Jean-Pascal Delamuraz, President of the Swiss Confederation, who guided with friendship and constancy the hand of the two founders : Mr. Jean-Paul Carteron Honorary Chairman & Founder Crans Montana Forum Fondation du Forum Universale HSH Prince Anton von und zu Liechtenstein Honorary Chairman & Co-founder Fondation du Forum Universale LATER, THE SCIENTIFIC COUNCIL WAS CREATED Pfr. Daniel Warner Chairman, Advisory Board Crans Montana Forum THOSE WHO GAVE LIFE TO THE FORUM M. Jean-Pascal Delamuraz President of the Swiss Confederation M. Richard Holbrooke Ambassador of the United States to the U.N. M. Yasser Arafat President of the Palestine M. Shimon Peres Prime Minister State of Israel M. Mikhail Gorbachev President of the USSR M. Kiro Gligorov President of the Republic of Macedonia M. Arpad Goncz President of the Republic of Hungary M. Jean Lecanuet Minister of Justice, France MP - Chairman, Foreign Aff. Committee of Senate Pfr. Georges Vedel Member, Constitutional Court and Académie Française M. Turgut Ozal President of the Republic of Turkey M. Viktor Chernomyrdin Prime Minister Russia M. Rafic Hariri Prime Minister Lebanon M. Anatoly Sobchak Mayor of Saint-Petersburg Russia M. Yitzhak Rabin Prime Minister State of Israel M. Janez Drnovsek President of the Republic of Slovenia M. Jacques Kosciusko-Morizet Ambassadeur de France M. Bronislaw Geremek Co-Founder of Solidarnosc Companion of Lech Walesa M. Lennart Meri President of the Republic of Estonia M. Edouard Chevardnadze President of the Republic of Georgia M. Pascal Couchepin President of the Swiss Confederation M. Alain Juppé Prime Minister France M. Andonis Samaras Prime Minister Greece M. Didier Reynders Vice Prime Minister & Minister Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and European Affairs, Belgium M. Alain Decaux Minister of the Francophonie France M. Claude Haegi President of the Government of Geneva, Switzerland M. Jean François-Poncet Minister of Foreign Affairs France M. Guido de Marco President of the Republic of Malta Pfr. Henri Rieben Founder Fondation Jean Monnet pour l'Europe, Switzerland M. Claude Cheysson Minister of Foreign Affairs France M. Jean-Bernard Raimond Minister of Foreign Affairs France Sir Leon Brittan European Commissionner M. Jelu Jelev President of the Republic of Bulgaria M. Jacques Barrot Vice President European Commission M. Boutros Boutros Ghali Secretary General United Nations Mme Anne-Marie Lizin Honorary Speaker Senate of Belgium M. Zbigniew Brzezinski National Security Advisor to President Jimmy Carter THOSE WHOSE ATTENTIVE SUPPORT IS MORE PRECIOUS HRH Prince Jean de Luxembourg HSH Prince Aloïs von Liechtenstein M. Ion Iliescu President of Romania HM Simeon de Saxe-Cobourg-Gotha Prime Minister Bulgaria Mme Irina Bokova Director General UNESCO M. Jean-Claude Juncker President European Commission M. Philippe Douste-Blazy Dep. Secretary General United Nations President, UNITAID M. Abdel-Ilah Benkiran Head of the Government Morocco M. Jerry K. Rawlings President of the Republic of Ghana M. Dominique de Villepin Prime Minister France M. Vaclav Klaus President of the Czech Republic HRH Prince Turki Al Faisal Chairman King Faisal Center for Research & Islamic Studies, Saudi Arabia M. Abdelaziz O. Altwaijri Director General ISESCO M. Jesse L. Jackson Founder & President Rainbow Push Coalition USA M. Abdelaziz Bouteflika President of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria M. Raila Amollo Odinga Prime Minister Kenya M. José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero Head of the Government Spain M. Ricardo Lagos President of the Republic of Chile M. Samuel Manetoali Minister of Environment, and Climate Change Solomon Islands Mme Pearl Kupe Director Africa Women's Leadership Programme Mme Judith Amaechi Founder Empowerment Support Initiative Nigeria M. Nicolas Koutros Managing Director Oberthur Fiduciaire, France Mme Farida Allaghi Political & Human Rights Activist Libya Mme Huguette Labelle Chairperson Transparency International M. Kalaa Mpinga Chief Executive Officer Mwana Africa M. Hage Geingob President of the Republic of Namibia M. Abbas Ali Al Naqi Secretary General Organisation of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries M. Alain Michel Luvambano Secretary General Maritime Organization for Western and Central Africa M. Jean-Louis Bruguière Judge Expert in International Terror Affairs M. Ted Whiteside Assistant Secretary General for Public Diplomacy NATO M. Suleiman Al Herbish Director General OPEC-Fund for International Development OFID M. Christophe-André Frassa MP, Member of the Senate France M. Sali Berisha Prime Minister Albania M. Kandeh Yumkella Director General UNIDO M. Donald Kaberuka President African Development Bank M. Alain Juillet Member, Advisory Board Former Head of Intelligence DGSE, France Mme Aisha Muhammadu Buhari Wife of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria M. S.M. Hossein Adeli Secretary General Gas Exporting Countries Forum M. Philippe Bohn Senior Vice President Airbus, France M. Naguib Sawiris Chairman & CEO Orascom TMT Mme Aissata Issoufou Mahamadou First Lady of the Republic of Niger M. Petar Stoyanov President of the Republic of Bulgaria HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad Al Sharqi Crown Prince of Fujairah Emirate United Arab Emirates M. Filip Vujanovic President of the Republic of Montenegro M. Stjepan Mesic President of the Republic of Croatia M. Salaheddine Mezouar Minister of Foreign Affairs Morocco M. François Rubio Director Médecins du Monde M. Peter Medgyessy Prime Minister Hungary M. Abdullah Abdullah Prime Minister Afghanistan M. Rowsch N. Shaways Dep. Prime Minister Iraq M. Pascal Clément Minister of Justice France M. Lahcen Haddad Minister of Tourism Morocco Mme Silvana Koch-Mehrin MEP & Founder Women in Parliament Global Forum M. Jamie P. Shea Dep. Asst. Secretary General NATO M. René Van Der Linden Speaker Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe M. Josep Borrell Speaker European Parliament European University Institute M. Alain Mérieux Chairman Institut Mérieux, France M. Vasileios Koronakis Ambassador at Large Special Envoy for South-Eastern Europe, Greece M. Mohammed T. Mouline Director General Royal Institute for Strategic Studies IRES M. Mohamed Ibn Chambas Secretary General African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States M. Joachim Bitterlich Former National Security Advisor to Helmut Kohl Mme Aïcha Bah Diallo Chairperson TrustAfrica Pfr. François-Bernard Huyghe Member, Advisory Board Institut de Rel. Internationales et Stratégiques IRIS M. Hervé Deiss Editor-in-chief Journal de la Marine Marchande