ANNEX I
PRINCIPAL INTERLOCUTORS DURING THE COMMITTEE'S
VISITS
I. KAZAKHSTAN, THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC AND
UZBEKISTAN
8-14 May 1999
Members taking part: Mr
Anderson, Sir John Stanley, Mr Wilshire.
A. KAZAKHSTAN
Saturday 8 May - Almaty
Dr Elena Sadovskaya, Director, Centre for Conflict
Management; Ms Zhemis Turmagambetova, Deputy Director, Kazakhstan
International Bureau for Human Rights and the Rule of Law; Mr
Leonid Solomin, Director, and Mr Vladislav Panfilov, Deputy Director,
Centre for Civic Initiatives; Ms Raushan Sarsembaeva, Director,
Business Women Association of Kazakhstan; Mr Nurlan Abliazov,
Chief Editor, All Over The Globe newspaper; Ms Bakhora
Tazhibaeva, Resident Representative, BBC; Dr Louise Druke, Resident
Representative, UNHCR, and Ms Anne McMillan, Human Rights Officer,
OSCE Centre, Almaty.
Sunday 9 May - Astana
Visit to Astana Hospital Complex construction project,
accompanied by Mr Beau Herr, Director of Architecture, and Mr
Burhanettin Reel, Project Manager, Fitzpatrick International Ltd.
Mr Zhabaikhan Abdildin, Chairman of the Committee
on International Affairs, Defence and Security of the Senate of
the Parliament of Kazakhstan, Mr Sharip Omarov, Chairman of the
Committee on International Affairs, Defence and Security of the
Majlis of the Parliament of Kazakhstan, Mr Elek Elekeev, Member
of the Majlis of the Parliament of Kazakhstan, HE Mr Doug McAdam,
HM Ambassador, Mr David D Skeels, Operations Manager, BP International,
Kazakhstan.
Monday 10 May - Astana
Mr Omirberk Baigeldy, Chairman of Senate, and members
of the Committee on International Affairs, Defence and Security
of the Senate of the Parliament of Kazakhstan.
Mr Marat Ospanov, Chairman of the Majlis of the Parliament
of Kazakhstan.
HE Mr Kasymzhomart Tokaev, Deputy Prime Minister
and Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Mr Zhabaikhan Abdildin, Chairman of the Committee
on International Affairs, Defence and Security of the Senate of
the Parliament of Kazakhstan, and Kazakh parliamentarians.
HE Mr Nursultan Nazarbaev, President of the Republic
of Kazakhstan.
Mr Uraz Dzhandosov, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister
of Finance; Mr E A Idrisov, Deputy Foreign Minister and chief
negotiator for the Caspian Sea; Mr A G Saidenov, Chairman, State
Investment Agency; Mr S M Campianov, Head of Prime Minister's
Chancellery; Mr E J Coshanov, representative of Government in
Parliament.
Tuesday 11 May—Almaty
HE Mr Doug McAdam, HM Ambassador, and Mr Charles
Hill, Deputy Head of Mission.
Mrs Liliana Biglou, Director, The British Council,
Kazakhstan.
Mr Evgeny Zhovtis, Director, Kazakhstan International
Bureau for Human Rights and the Rule of Law.
Mr Paul Burton, Deputy Resident Representative, European
Bank for Reconstruction and Development; Mr Knut Ostby, Deputy
Resident Representative, United Nations Development Programme;
Mr Kadir Tanji Yürüko_lu, Resident Representative, The
World Bank; Mr Michael Goff, Head, Technical Assistance Section,
Delegation of the European Commission.
Mr Brampton Mundy, Chief Executive, HSBC Bank Kazakhstan.
B. THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC
Wednesday 12 May - Bishkek
HE Mr Askar Akaev, President of the Kyrgyz Republic.
HE Mr Amangeldy Muraliev, Prime Minister.
Mr Erlan Abdildaev, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Mr Terry Giles, Programme Manager, The Save the Children
Fund (UK), and Mr John Hambly, Team Leader, Tacis Co-ordination
Unit.
Mr Usup Mukambaev, Speaker, Legislative Assembly
of the Jogorku Kenesh of the Kyrgyz Republic, and Chairmen of
Committees Mr Abylbek Kadyrbekov, Mr Alisher Abdimomunov, Mr Zarylbek
Akmatbekov, Mr Jamgyrbek Bokoshov, Ms Aleutina Pronenko, Mr Jypar
Jeksheev, Mr Khadjimurat Korkmazov.
Mr Abdigandy Erkebaev, Speaker, Assembly of People's
Representatives of Jogorku Kenesh, and Chairmen of Committees
Mr G Asanaliev, Mr S Jeenbekov, Mr A Alasaliev, Mr J Tuleberdiev,
Mr S Donlarov, Ms S Sadybakasova.
Mr Ramazan Dyryldaev, Chairman, Krygyz Committee
for Human Rights; Mr Tursunbek Akimov, Human Rights Movement of
Kyrgyzstan; Ms Akval Anaeva, Kyrgyz Coalition for Democracy and
Peaceful Society, and representatives of Youth Organisation for
Human Rights and the Friends of the Child Initiative.
Mr Alexander Kim, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief, Vecherny
Bishkek, and a representative of The Times of Central Asia.
C. UZBEKISTAN
Thursday 13 May - Tashkent
HE Miss Barbara Hay, MBE CMG, HM Ambassador, and
Mr Keith Allan, Deputy Head of Mission.
Mr James Champion, Head, Central Asia Unit, BBC Monitoring.
Mr Peter Reddish, Tacis; Mr Peter Taylor, General
Director, Central Asia and Caucasus Area, British American Tobacco;
Mr Ian Rawdon, Halcrow; Mr Kenji Nakazawa, Resident Representative,
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development; Mr Edo Veenstra,
General Representative in Uzbekistan, Shell Business Development
Central Asia BV; Mr David Pearce, Resident Representative, The
World Bank; Mr Richard Wilkins, Executive Vice President and Director,
Oxus Resources Corporation, and Mr Nick Markie, John Laing International.
Mr Erkan Khalilov, Chairman; Mr O Alimjdanov, Chief
of Secretariat; Mr E Vahidov, Chairman, Committee on International
Affairs and Interparliamentary Relations, and Mr G Ganeev, Head
of Interparliamentary Unit, Oliy Majlis of Uzbekistan.
Mr Michael Moore, Director, and Mr Martin Seviour,
English Language Advisor, The British Council, Uzbekistan.
Mr Gerard Stoudmann, Director, and Mr Hrair Balian,
Head of Elections Section, Office for Democratic Institutions
and Human Rights (ODIHR), OSCE, and Mr John McAllin, UNHCR.
Friday 14 May - Tashkent
Mr Mikhail Ardzinov, Chairman, Independent Organisation
for Human Rights of Uzbekistan; Mr Taleb Yakubov, Chairman, Human
Rights Society of Uzbekistan; Mr Atanazar Aripov, Chairman in
Uzbekistan, "Erk" opposition party; Mr Ulugbek Ergashev,
Chairman, ANESMI, and Ms Dilorom Ibragimova, Chief of Bureau,
Uzbek Service, BBC World Service.
HE Mr Abdulaziz Komilov, Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Ms Louise Hidalgo, Central Asia Correspondent, BBC
News.
Mr Kurban Boymuradov, Director, and Mr Yevgeniy Shevchenko,
Head of Department, National Drug Information and Analysis Centre;
Mr Bogdan Lisovich, Regional Director, United Nations Office for
Drug Control and Crime Prevention (ODCCP); Mr John Platt, Co-ordinator,
Eastern Region, Eurocustoms.
HE Mr Utkur Sultanov, Prime Minister.
II. ARMENIA AND GEORGIA
10-15 May 1999
Members taking part: Sir
Peter Emery, Mr Rowlands.
A. ARMENIA
Monday 10 May - Yerevan
HE Dr John Mitchiner, HM Ambassador, and Mr Duncan
Norman, Deputy Head of Mission.
HE Mr Vartan Oskanian, Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Mr Owaise Saadat, World Bank; Mr Paul Tibbs, Tacis;
Mr Alkis Drakinos, EBRD, and Mr George Anayotis, IMF.
Mr Khosrov Hartounian, Speaker of the National Assembly.
Mr Hovhannes Igityan, Chairman, and members of the
Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Assembly.
HE Mr Armen Darbinian, Prime Minister.
Representatives of National Centre for Democracy
and Human Rights, Sakharov Foundation, Fund against Legal Arbitrariness,
and Helsinki Association.
Tuesday 11 May - Yerevan
Visit to Pharmatech/Glaxo Wellcome operations, accompanied
by Mr Vova Galsytan, General Manager.
Mr Jeremy Hunt, Chairman, HSBC Armenia.
HE Mr Robert Kocharian, President of the Republic
of Armenia.
His Eminence Archbishop Garegin Nersisian, Acting
Catholicos of the Armenian Orthodox Church.
Mr Nikolai Vulchanov, Head of Mission, and Mr Eugenio
Polizzi, Deputy Head of Mission, OSCE Parliamentary Election Observation
Mission.
Mr Michael Gfoeller, Deputy Chief of Mission, US
Embassy.
B. GEORGIA
Wednesday 12 May - Tbilisi
HE Mr Richard Jenkins, HM Ambassador, and Mr Paul
Welsh, Deputy Head of Mission.
Mr Revaz Adamia, Chairman of the Committee on Defence
and Security of the Parliament of Georgia; Mr Ivlian Khaindrava,
Chairman, Republican Party, Mr Alexander Kartozia, Minister of
Education, and Mrs Nino Burjanadze, Chairman of the Committee
on Legal, Constitutional Affairs and the Rule of Law of the Parliament
of Georgia.
Thursday 13 May - Tbilisi
HE Mr Irakli Menagharishvili, Minister of Foreign
Affairs.
Dr Zurab Zhvania, Chairman of Parliament.
Mr Kakha Chitaia, Chairman, and members of the Foreign
Affairs Committee of Parliament.
Ms Maya Kasashvili, Representative in Georgia, The
British Council.
Mr Vazha Lortkipanidze, State Minister.
HE Mr Eduard Shevardnadze, President of the Republic
of Georgia.
Friday 14 May - Tbilisi
Mr Ucha Nanuashvili, Human Rights in Georgia; Mr
Gela Nikolaishvili, Former Political Prisoners; Mr Emil Adelkhanov,
Caucasian Institute for Peace; Mr Alexander Russetski, Helsinki
Union; Mr Ramaz Rekhviashvili, Caucasian Research Centre; Mr Zurab
Burduli, Georgian Young Lawyers; Ms Anna Zhavania, Institute of
Liberty, and Ms Maka Jakhua, Radio "Green Wave".
HE Mr Michael Libal, Head of Mission, OSCE.
Mr Shalva Natelashvili, Leader of the Labourist Party,
and colleagues.
Representatives of the National Democratic Party.
III. AZERBAIJAN AND TURKMENISTAN
14-19 June 1999
Members taking part: Mr
Illsley, Mr Heath, Dr Starkey.
A. AZERBAIJAN
Tuesday 15 June - Baku
Visit to Chirag off-shore oil rig, accompanied by
Mr Mike Parkin, BP Amoco plc.
HE Mr Roger Thomas, HM Ambassador, and Mr Phil Daniels,
Know How Fund.
Mr Rza Ibadov, Chairman of the International Relations
Committee of the National Council of Azerbaijan.
Mr Arif Rahimzade, Deputy Speaker of the National
Council of Azerbaijan.
Wednesday 16 June-Baku
Dr Andy Thomas, Director, The British Council, Azerbaijan.
Mr Vafa Guluzade, Adviser on Foreign Affairs, Office
of the President.
Mrs Arzu Abdullayeva, Helsinki Citizens' Assembly;
Mrs Novella Jafarova, Azerbaijan Women's Rights Society; Mrs Mirvari
Gahramanova, Oilmen's Rights Committee; Mr Aslan Ismayilov, advocate;
Mr Mehti Mehtiyev, Human Rights Resource Centre; Mrs Elmira Alekperova,
International Organisation for Migration, and Mrs Saida Gojamanly,
Institute for Peace and Democracy.
HE Mr Tofig Zulfugarov, Minister of Foreign Affairs.
HE Mr Artur Rasizade, Prime Minister.
B. TURKMENISTAN
Thursday 17 June - Ashgabat
HE Mr Fraser Wilson MBE, HM Ambassador.
English Language Centre, Institute of World Languages.
HE Mr Sahat Muradov, Chairman of Medjlis, and Mr
Ereshgul Djumaev, Chairman of the International Affairs Committee,
Medjlis of the Republic of Turkmenistan.
HE Mr Yolly Gurbanmuradov, Deputy Chairman of Cabinet
of Ministers with responsibility for oil and gas and investment.
Friday 18 June - Ashgabat
Mr John Craig, IMF Representative.
Mr Jaap Sprey, EBRD Representative.
HE Mr Hudaiberdy Orazov, Deputy Chairman of Cabinet
of Ministers with responsibility for economic affairs.
Mr Tim Eggar, Chief Executive, and Mr Vernon King,
Chief Representative, Turkmenistan, Monument Oil and Gas plc,
and Mr Alan Weatherill, Manager, Turkmenistan Gas Export Project,
Shell.
Ms Roselie Vazquez, Country Director, and Mr Scott
Yetter, Community Development Specialist, Counterpart Consortium.
Mr Boris Smolin, Adviser, Tacis Co-ordinating Unit,
Turkmenistan.
Mr Jens Wandel, Resident Co-ordinator and Representative,
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
Mr Pyotr Ivashkevitch, Minister-Counsellor of Human
Dimensions and Media, OSCE.
Mr Vladimir Khadirov, Chairman of Medjlis Legislation
Committee, and Director of the Institute for Democracy and Human
Rights; Mr Rashid Meredov, First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs,
and Mr Yolbars Kepbanov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs.
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