The United States is inviting forty nine countries, groups of nations, financial institutions and individuals to the Middle East peace conference in Annapolis .
Forty nine opening statements could take a while. Three opening statements were enough.
Here’s the list:
Annapolis Invitees
List of invitees to the US-hosted Middle East peace conference in Annapolis
Published November 21, 2007
Following is the full list of conference invitees. The representation for most invitees is not clear. The U.S. includes itself as an invitee.
–The United States, host, to be represented by President George W. Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
–Israel, to be represented by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni.
–Palestinians, to be represented by President Mahmoud Abbas and senior officials.
Members of the international diplomatic “quartet” on the Middle East other than the United States:
–The United Nations, to be represented by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
–European Union presidency, to be represented by Portuguese Foreign Minister Luis Amado.
–European Union Commission, to be represented by EU External Affairs Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner.
–European Union High Representative for foreign affairs Javier Solana.
–Russia, expected to be represented by Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
–Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, the quartet special representative to the Palestinians.
Members of the Arab League committee tasked with pursuing a Saudi initiative for a comprehensive Arab-Israeli peace deal. Of these, only Egypt and Jordan have full diplomatic with Israel:
–Arab League, to be represented by Secretary-General Amr Moussa.
–Algeria
–Bahrain
–Egypt
–Jordan
–Lebanon
–Morocco
–Qatar
–Saudi Arabia
–Sudan
–Syria
–Tunisia
–Yemen
Other members of the Arab League:
–Iraq
–Mauritania
–Oman
–United Arab Emirates
Permanent members of the U.N. Security Council not included in above categories:
– Britain
– China
– France
Members of the Group of Eight industrialized countries not included in above categories:
–Canada
–Germany
–Italy
–Japan
Members of the Organization of the Islamic Conference not included in above categories:
–Indonesia
–Malaysia
–Pakistan
–Senegal
–Turkey
Other nations:
–Brazil
–Greece
–India
–Norway
–Poland
–Slovenia
–South Africa
–Spain
–Sweden
Financial institutions invited as observers:
–International Monetary Fund
–World Bank
