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Chairs and Vice-Chairs for the Council Working Groups and the Expert Groups (2019-2022)

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Council Resolution 1333 instructs the Secretary-General to submit to each Council a table that identifies the Chairs and Vice-Chairs of each CWG, their tenure of office, and region.
By letter DM-21/1017, Council Membe​r States approved by correspondence the creation of the group CWG-SFP as well as the nomination of its Chair and Vice-Chairs, and also confirmed the no​mination of two other candidates.

CWG-Internet

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Chair:
Mr Majed Al Mazyed (Saudi Arabia)

Vice-chairs:
​Mr Silulami J. Doyi (South Africa)  - ​Bio
Mr César Martinez
 (Paraguay) - ​Bio 
Mr Abdulrahman Al Marzouqi
(United Arab Emirates) -Bio  
Mr YGSC Kishore Babu (India) - ​ Bio  ​ 
Mr Kamal Mammadov (Azerbaijan) - Bi​​​o​​  
Mr Paul Blaker
(United Kingdom) - Bio  

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CWG website

CWG-Child online protection


Chair
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Mr Abdelaziz Al Zarooni (United Arab Emirates)

Vice-chairs:
Ms Stella Chubiyo Erebor (Nigeria) - ​- Bio
Ms Ellen Blackler (The Walt Disney Comp​​any - Sector Member) 
Ms Maha Z.Y. Mouasher (Jordan) -​- Bio
Mr Manish Kumar Gupta (India)  -​- Bio 
​Ms Aysel Hadiyeva (Azerbaijan)​​
Mr Giorgio Tosi Beleffi (Italy) -  Bio  ​
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CWG website

CWG-WSIS & SDGs

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Chair:
Mr Vladimir Minkin (Russian Federation)

Vice-chairs:
Ms Janet Umutesi (Rwanda) - Bio​​  ​
Ms Renata Santoyo (Brazil) ​- Bio​  
Mr Mansour Al-Qurashi (Saudi Arabia)​ 
Mr Ahma​d Reza Sharafat (Islamic Rep. of Iran) - Bio 
​Ms Aygun Ahmadova
(Azerbaijan) - Bi​​​o  
Mr Wojciech Berezowski (Poland) -Bio  

CWG website​

CWG on Financial and Human Resources

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Chair:
Ms Vernita Harris (United States) - ​- Bio​

Vice-chairs:
fMs Seynabou Seck Cisse (Senegal) -  Bio 
Ms Xian Persaud (Bahamas) -  Bio ​​
Mr Mohamed S. Ali Al Muathen​ Al Mazroei (United Arab Emirates) - ​Bio
Ms Archana Goyal Gulati (India)​​​ -  Bio​  
Ms D.V. Kalyuga (Russian Federation) ​-​Bio
Mr Vilem Vesely 
(Czech Republic)
 ​Bio​ 

CWG website

CWG on the use of the six official languages

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Chair:
Ms Monia Jaber Khalfallah  (Tunisia) -Bio​

Vice-chairs:
Mr Paul Najarian (USA) - Bi​​​o​  
​Ms Sameera Belal (Kuwait) -Bio ​ 
Mr Vladimir Minkin (Russian Federation)  
Ms Blanca Gonzalez (Spain) -  Bio  
Ms Yana Brugier (France) - Bio​ 
Ms Yapeng WANG (China) -  Bio

CWG website

CWG for Strategic and Financial Plans for 2024-2027


Chair:
Mr Frederic Sauvage (France) - Bio

Vice-chairs:
Mr Dom​inic Ooko (Kenya) - Bio
Ms Michele Wu-Bailey (United States) - Bio
Ms Sameera Belal (Kuwait)​ - ​Bio​
Mr Chunfei Zhang (China) - ​Bio​
​Ms Natalia Reznikova (Russian Federation) - ​Bio​
Mr Oli Bird (United Kingdom) - Bio​

CWG website​​

Expert Group on ITRs


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Chair:
Mr Lwando Bbuku (Zambia)

Vice-chairs: ​
Mr Guy-Michel Kouakou (Côte d'Ivoire) -Bio 
Mr Santiago Reyes-Borda (Canada) -Bio
Mr Xiping Huang (China) - Bio​
Mr Aleksei S. Borodin (Russian Federation)​
Mr Simon van Merk​om (Netherlands) - Bio 
​Ms Shahira Selim (Egypt)

EG website



Expert group on decision 482



​Chair:
Mr Nikolay Varlamov (Russian Federation) - Bio

Vice-chairs: 
Mr Mustapha Mousse ​(Egypt)  ​ ​
Mr Andrew Feltman 
(USA) - Bi​​​o​  ​
​Mr Mohammad AlJanoobi (Saudi Arabia)
Mr ​Yuansheng Xie (China) - Bio​  
Mr Rizat Nurshabekov (Kazakhstan​​)  - Bi​​​o ​  
Mr Cristian Ungureanu (Romania) ​- Bio​

Expert group website

Informal Expert Group on WTPF


Chair:

Mr Fabio Bigi (Italy) - Bio 

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