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Eminent Persons Group (other)
An Eminent Persons Group is a group of prominent individuals appointed by an organisation to investigate a particular issue. Examples include * ASEAN Eminent Persons Group, Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member countries * Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group, founded by Commonwealth of Nations * International Independent Group of Eminent Persons The International Independent Group of Eminent Persons, abbreviated to IIGEP, was a group of individuals nominated by international donor countries and the government of Sri Lanka in 2006, vested with a wide mandate to observe all investigations an ..., Sri Lanka See also * EPG (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ASEAN Eminent Persons Group
The ASEAN Eminent Persons Group (EPG) was a group of prominent citizens from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member countries, tasked to create the ASEAN Charter. The group was formed on 12 December 2005 via the 11th ASEAN Summit Declaration in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The mandate of the group was to examine and review ASEAN's structure, areas of cooperation, principles and goals contained in agreements, treaties and declarations over the previous 38 years, and to provide ASEAN leaders with policy guidelines on the drafting of the ASEAN Charter. The group was to consider an agenda including: * Political and security (the ASEAN Security Community) * Economic and finance (the ASEAN Economic Community) * Functional (the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community) * External relations, bilaterally and inter-regionally * Narrowing the development gap among ASEAN member-states, in the context of the ASEAN Initiative for ASEAN Integration (IAI), and the UN's Millennium Development ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group
Several Eminent Persons Groups, abbreviated to EPG, have been founded by the Commonwealth of Nations. 1985 Eminent Persons Group The first EPG was established at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 1985, held in Nassau. It was tasked to investigate and report on apartheid in South Africa. It reported ahead of the special Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 1986, held in London. Former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser and former Nigerian Head of State Olusegun Obasanjo were appointed as the EPG's Co-Chairmen. The group visited South Africa twice in early 1986, meeting with members of the South African government, as well as Nelson Mandela. During an official visit to South Africa in May 1986 the South African government launched cross-border attacks on supposed ANC bases in Zambia, Zimbabwe and Botswana. As a result the EPG's discussions with the government deteriorated and the EPG initiative was curtailed. On the 12 June 1986 the group published their conclus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Independent Group Of Eminent Persons
The International Independent Group of Eminent Persons, abbreviated to IIGEP, was a group of individuals nominated by international donor countries and the government of Sri Lanka in 2006, vested with a wide mandate to observe all investigations and inquiries conducted by and on behalf of the Commission of Inquiry into alleged human rights abuses in Sri Lanka. The following individuals were members of the IIGEP: Members *Justice P.N. Bhagwati, India – Chairman, invited by the President *Prof. Ivan Shearer, nominated by Australia *Prof. Bruce Matthews, nominated by Canada *Mr. Bernard Kouchner, France, nominated by the European Commission *Judge Jean-Pierre Cot, France, nominated by the European Commission and replacing Mr. Kouchner *Prof. Sir Nigel Rodley, nominated by the UK *Prof. Yozo Yokota, nominated by Japan * Cees Fasseur, nominated by the Netherlands * Arthur “Gene” Dewey, nominated by USA *Mr. Marzuki Darusman, (nominated by the Inter-Parliamentary Union) * Ka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |