[Donaldson Tan]

Any forum members attending the abovementioned event?

http://www.soas.ac.uk/cisdconference/

Invited participants include:
Amb. Nobuaki Tanaka, United Nations Under Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs,
Marc Otte: EU Special Representative for the Middle East and representatives of: Egypt, France, Germany, Gulf Cooperation Council, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Syria, Turkey, UK, USA.

Participants include:
Dr Mustapha Alani, leader of the Centre's programme on a Gulf WMD Free Zone, Gulf Research Centre
General Sir Hugh Beach, Pugwash Conferences
Professor Stephen Chan, Dean, Faculty of Law and Social Sciences, SOAS
Michael Crowley, Verification Education Research and Training Centre
Professor Jozef Goldblat, author of 'Arms Control: a Guide, to Negotiations and Agreements', Geneva International Peace Research Institute and UNIDIR
Professor Saideh Loftian, University of Tehran
Andrew Phillips, Lord Phillips of Sudbury, Chancellor, Essex University
Dan Plesch, CISD, SOAS
Jan Prawitz, author of 'A Zone Free of Weapons of Mass, Destruction in the Middle East', Swedish Institute of International Affairs
Professor Iain Scobbie, The Sir Joseph Hotung Programme for Law, Human Rights and Peace Building in the Middle East
Professor Robert Springborg, London Middle East Institute, SOAS

It cost £20 for students who apply before 7 October 2006. The cost includes coffee/tea and buffet lunch.