Former Chairman of the National Peace Council, Rev. Prof. Emmanuel Asante, has been appointed Chairperson by the United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, to lead the Seventh Advisory Group of the Peace Building Fund.
Members of the Seventh Advisory Group are imminent personalities from UN Member States with rich and diverse qualities of experience in matters relating to peace and conflict resolution in various endeavours across the globe.
The Advisory Group provides advice and oversight on the allocations, programming and policies of the Peacebuilding Fund. The Group provides important inputs and ideas on how financing can support and strengthen the efforts of the UN towards peacebuilding and sustaining peace.
The Most Rev. Professor Asante is a Ghanaian academic, theologian and minister of religion. He is the current Chairman of the National Africa Peer Review Mechanism, Ghana Council (NARPM-GC). He served as the 3rd Presiding Bishop of the Methodist Church Ghana, The Christian Council of Ghana, and completed two terms as the Chairman of the National Peace Council of Ghana.
The members are:
- Professor Emmanuel Asante, former Chairperson of the National Peace Council, Ghana.
- H.E. Jingye Cheng, Ambassador (ret.), China.
- Ms. Kjersti Dale, Director, International Development CARE, Norway.
- H.E. Mohamed Edrees, Ambassador (ret.), Egypt.
- H.E. Lise Filiatrault, Ambassador (ret.), Canada.
- H.E. Macharia Kamau, Principal Secretary, Kenyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kenya.
- Ms. Sara Pantuliano, Chief Executive, ODI (formerly the Overseas Development Institute), United Kingdom.
- H.E. Stéphane Rey, Ambassador of Switzerland to Zimbabwe, Zambia & Malawi, Switzerland.
- Ms. Marriët Schuurman, Director, Stabilization and Humanitarian Aid, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Netherlands.
- Ms. Almut Wieland-Karimi, former Executive Director, Center for International Peace Operations, Germany.
