The InterAction Council held its 18th Annual Plenary Meeting in Helsinki, Finland, from 17-20 June 2000.
List of Participants
IAC Members
H.E. Mr. Helmut Schmidt, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, 1974-1982
H.E. Mr. Malcom Fraser, Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia, 1975-1983
H.E. Dr. Kalevi Sorsa, Prime Minister of the Republic of Finland, 1972-1975, 1977-1979,1982-1983, 1983-1987
H.E. Mr. Andries van Agt, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, 1977-1982
H.E. Dr. Oscar Arias Sanchez, President of the Republic of Costa Rica, 1986-1990
H.E. Mr. Ingvar Carlsson, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Sweden, 1986-1991,1994-1996
H.E. Mr. Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado, President of the United Mexican States, 1982-1989
H.E. Mrs. Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, President of the Republic of Iceland, 1980-1996
H.E. Dr. Kurt Furgler, President of the Swiss Cofederation, 1977, 1981,1985
H.E. Dr. Kenneth Kaunda, President of the Republic of Zambia, 1964-1991
H.E. Mr. Abdul Salam Majali, Prime Minister of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, 1993-1995, 1997-1998
H.E. Mr. José Sarney, President of the Federative Republic of Brazil, 1985-1990
H.E. Mrs. Hanna Suchocka, Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland, 1992-1993
Secretary-General
Dr. Isamu Miyazaki, Minister of the Economic Planning Agency, Japan, 1997- 1998
Special Guests
Former Heads of State or Government
H.E. Dr. Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie, Former President of the Republic of Indonesia
H.E. Mr. Harri Holkeri, Councillor of State, Finland
H.E. Mr. Manuo Koivisto, Former President of the Republic of Finland
H.E. Dr. Jamil Mahuad, Former President of the Republic of Ecuador
H.E. Mr. Johannes Virolainen, Councillor of State, Finland
H.E. Mr. Tiit Vähi, Former Prime Minister of the Republic of Estonia
H.E. Mr. Validis Birkavs, Former Prime Minister of the Republic of Latvia
H.E. Mrs. Kazimira Danute Prunskiene, Former Prime Minister of Republic of Lithuania
High-level Experts
Prof. Thomas Axworthy, Executive Director, Historica Foundation of Canada
Mr. Jaakko Blomberg, Under Secretary of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Finland
Mr. Yoshimasa Hayashi, Parliamentary Vice Ministry of Finance, Japan (Representing H.E. Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa)
Prof. Reijo E. Heinonen, Professor of Historical Theology and Religious Education, State University of Joensuu, Finland
H.E. Mr. Max Jakobson, Minister, Finland
Dr. Song Jian, Vice-Chairman, National Committee of the Chinese
People's Political Consultative Conference
Mr. Jaakko Kalela, Secretary- General, Office of the President of the Republic of Finland
Prof. Markku Kivinen, Director, Finnish Center for Russian and East European Studies, University of Helsinki and Professor of Sociology, University of Lapland
Dr. Seung-yun Lee, Former Deputy Prime Minister, Korea
Mr. Fenglin Li, Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, National Committee of the Chinese People's Political
Consultative Conference
Mr. Robert McNamara, Former President, World Bank
Prof. Richard Pipes, Harvard University
Dr. Seung Keun Rhee, President of Hansung University
Prof. Amin Saikal, Director of the Arab and Islamic Studies, Australian National University
Dr. Teizo Taya, Member of the Policy Board, Bank of Japan
Ms. Paula Tiihonen, Committee Counsellor, Committee for Future Parliament of Finland
Dr. Dmitri Trenin, Deputy Director, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Russia
Mr. Alexander Yakovlev, President, International Democracy Foundation
Dr. Vadim Zagladin, Director, Gorbachev Foundation Invited Journalists
Ms. Flora Lewis, International Herald Tribune
Ms. Riitta Korhonen, Foreign Editor, Demari
Mr. Olli Kivinen, Editor, Helsingin Sanomat