The InterAction Council held its 22nd Annual Plenary Meeting in Salzburg, Austria, from 21-23 July 2004.
List of Participants
IAC Members
1. H. E. Chancellor Helmut Schmidt, Honorary Chairman
(Germany)
2. H. E. Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser, Co-chairman
(Australia)
3. H. E. Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa, Co-chairman
(Japan)
4. H. E. Prime Minister Andries M. van Agt (the
Netherlands)
5. H. E. Prime Minister Esko Aho (Finland)
6. H. E. Prime Minister Valdis Birkavs (Latvia)
7. H. E. Prime Minister James Bolger (New Zealand)
8. H. E. Prime Minister Ingvar Carlsson (Sweden)
9. H. E. President Miguel de la Madrid (Mexico)
10. H. E. President Vigdís Finnbogadóttir (Iceland)
11. H. E. Prime Minister Gyula Horn (Hungary)
12. H. E. President Jamil Mahuad (Ecuador)
13. H. E. Prime Minister Abdul Salam Majali (Jordan)
14. H. E. President Ketumile Masire (Botswana)
15. H. E. Prime Minister Evgeny M. Primakov (Russia)
16. H. E. President José Sarney (Brazil)
17. H. E. Prime Minister Hanna Suchocka (Poland)
18. H. E. President George Vassiliou (Cyprus)
19. H. E. President Richard von Weizsäcker (Germany)
20. H. E. Chancellor Franz Vranitzky (Austria)
Secretary-General
21. Prof. Isamu Miyazaki (Japan)
Special Guests
22. Dr. A. T. Ariyaratne, President, Sarvodaya Shramadana
Movement (Sri Lanka)
23. Dr. Thomas Axworthy, Chairman, Asia Pacific Foundation
of Canada
24. Baroness Tessa Blackstone, Vice Chancellor, University
of Greenwich, Former Minister for Education (U. K.)
25. Mr. Michael Blumenthal, Former US Treasury Secretary
(U. S. A.)
26. Mr. Jean André François-Poncet, President of the
Senatorial Committee on Regional Planning (France)
27. Mr. Yasuo Fukuda, M. P., Former Chief Cabinet
Secretary (Japan)
28. Prof. Kirk O. Hanson, Professor, Santa Clara
University - California (U. S. A.)
29. Mr. Yoshimasa Hayashi, Member of the House of
Councillors (Japan)
30. Prof. Nagao Hyodo, Professor, Tokyo Keizai University
(Japan)
31. Prof. Hans Küng, Professor Emeritus, Tübingen
University (Switzerland)
32. Dr. Lee Seung-Yun, Former Deputy Prime Minister of
Korea (Korea)
33. Mr. Peter Mason, UNICEF
34. Dr. Robert S. McNamara, Former Secretary of Defense,
Former President of World Bank (U. S. A.)
35. Dr. Georgy Petrov, Vice President, Chamber of Commerce
and Industry of the Russian Federation
36. Mr. Qian Qichen, Former Deputy Prime Minister, Former
Foreign Minister (China)
37. Ms. Margit Schmidt, Secretary-General, Bruno Kreisky
Forum for International Dialogue (Austria)
38. Dr. Gerry Simpson, Reader in Law, London School of
Economics (U. K.)
39. Dr. Teizo Taya, Board Member, Bank of Japan
40. Dr. Woo Jong-Ho, Secretary-General, Korea-Japan
Cooperation Council (Korea)
41. Mr. Hidenao Yanagi, Director of the Policy Planning
Division, The Foreign Policy Bureau,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Japan)
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The InterAction Council members expressed during the
Opening Ceremony at the Prince-Archibiscopal Residence of
Salzburg their deep condolences with silent prayers to the
families, friends and compatriots of the late Prime
Minister Kalevi Sorsa of Finland, Cardinal Franz Königh of
Vienna, President Thomas Klestil of the Republic of
Austria and Prime Minister Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo of
Portugal, all of whom passed away in 2004.
The InterAction Council extends its warmest thanks to
Province and City of Salzburg and other local hosts and
to the Government of Japan and the Government of Korea
for their continued generous support.