Shaikha Sabeeka, First Lady of Bahrain, to attend Crans Montana Forum in Monaco

This year again the Forum will gather great figures of the political and economic life and their delegations from more than 120 countries all over the World to address together the principal issues of international current affairs and more particularly the New Role of the Mediterranean.

The Forum will be held under the Chairmanship of Mr. Alain Le Roy Ambassador, Head of the Mission for the Union for the Mediterranean, France, Mr. Kandeh Yumkella Director General of UNIDO and Mr. Suleiman J. Al Herbish Director General, OPEC Fund for International Development - OFID.

Among the key figures present at the Forum:

H.R.H. Prince Turki Al Faisal Al Saud, President of the King Faisal Centre for Research and Islamic Studies, Saudi Arabia, Her Highness Shaikha Sabeeka bint Ibrahim Al Khalifa, First Lady of the Kingdom of Bahrain and Chairperson of the Supreme Council for Women, Mr. Jacques Barrot, Vice President of the European Commission, Mr. Federico Mayor, Co-President of the UN High Level Group for the Alliance of Civilizations, Mr. Abdulaziz Altwaijri, Director General, ISESCO, Mr. Abbas El Fassi, Prime Minister of Morocco, Mr. Calin Popescu-Tariceanu, Prime Minister of Romania, Mr. Sali Berisha, Prime Minister of Albania, Mr. Didier Reynders, Dep. Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Belgium, Mr. Simeon Saxe Cobourg Ghotha, Former Prime Minister of Bulgaria
Mr. Peter Medgyessy, Former Prime Minister of Hungary, Mr. Philippe de Fontaine Vive, Vice President, European Investment Bank, Mr. Jean-Louis Bruguière, High Representative of the European Union, Mr. Lionel Le Clei, Vice President Strategy & Marketing Security Systems, Thales Security Solutions & Services Division, France, Mr. Sham Bathija, Coordinator for Central Asia Region UNCTAD, Vice President of the Group "France-Gulf Countries", Mr. Bernard Savage, EU Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Mrs. Luisa Morgantini, Vice President, European Parliament
Mrs. Teuta Topi, First Lady of the Republic of Albania, Mrs. Svetlana Vujanovic, First Lady of the Republic of Montenegro, Mrs. Azeb Mesfin, First Lady of Ethiopia, Mrs. Maria da Luz Dai Guebuza, First Lady of the Republic of Mozambique
Mrs. Hadjia Larba Tandja, First Lady of the Republic of Niger, Mrs. Janet Museveni, First Lady of Uganda, Mrs. Fawzia Al Ashmawi, Chairperson, European Forum for Muslim Women
Mrs. Tokia Saïfi, Former Minister, MEP, Chair, Political Committee Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly and Mr. Guido Bertucci Director, Division of Public Administration and Development Management, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, UN, Mr. Christian Poortman Managing Director, Transparency International.

On the occasion of the Forum, le PRIX DE LA FONDATION will be awarded during an Official Ceremony on Saturday June 28 at 18:30 in the Salle Empire of the Hotel de Paris.

The PRIX DE LA FONDATION will be presented by Mr. Jacques Barrot Vice President of the European Commission to:

Mrs. Benazir Bhutto
(posthumously) Former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Mrs. Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner
President of Argentina, H.R.H Prince Turki Al Faisal Al Saud, Chairman, King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies, Saudi Arabia, Mr. Abbas El Fassi, Prime Minister of Morocco, Mr. Calin Tariceanu, Prime Minister of Romania, Mr. Simeon Saxe Cobourg Gotha, Former Prime Minister of Bulgaria, Mr. Farouq Abdel Aziz Hosny, Minister of Culture, Egypt, Rvt. Nguyen Van Ly
Militant for Democracy in Viet Nam, Mrs. Aung San Suu Kyi (in absentia), President of the National League for Democracy in Burma.