Katika Moja ya shughuli za Ziara Ya Rais Mjini New York ni Kuhudhuria Mkutano wa Clinton Global Initiative,Unaofanyika siku ya Jumanne,kwa utaratibu wa Mkutano huo ilitakiwa Ofisi ya Rais ithibitishe kuhudhuria Mkutano huo kwa angalau siku tatu kabla ya siku ya Mkutano,Ofisi hiyo haikufanya hivyo,kwa maana hiyo hakukutayarishwa vitambulisho (badges) na eneo la kukaa kwenye Mkutano.
Kumekuwa na kawaida ya kuchelewa kwenye Mikutano mingi ya Mheshimiwa Rais,ama kwa kukiukwa taratibu au kwa uzembe wa watendaji wa Rais,Kuna uwezekano mkubwa Rais asihudhurie Mkutano wa Kesho,Kutoka katika Tovuti ya GCI naambanisha orodha ya viongozi waliothibitisha kuhudhuria mkutano huo.
The following are among those who have confirmed their attendance at the 2009 CGI Annual Meeting: Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah (Jordan), Prime Minister Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (Kuwait), Prime Minister Shaikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabr Al-Thani (Qatar), President John E. Atta Mills (Ghana), President Michelle Bachelet (Chile), President Bwezani R. Banda (Zambia), President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj (Mongolia), Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (Turkey), President Leonel Fernández (Dominican Republic), President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson (Iceland), President Tarja Halonen (Finland), President Gjorge Ivanov (Macedonia), President Paul Kagame (Rwanda), Prime Minister John Key (New Zealand), President Václav Klaus (Czech Republic), Chairman of the Presidency Željko Komšić (Bosnia and Herzegovina), President Ernest Bai Koroma (Sierra Leone), President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (Philippines), Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili (Lesotho), President Mohamed Nasheed (Maldives), President Barack Obama (United States), Prime Minister Raila A. Odinga (Kenya), President René Préval (Haiti), Prime Minister Navinchandra Ramgoolam (Mauritius), President José Ramos-Horta (Timor-Leste), Prime Minister Kevin Rudd (Australia), President Mikheil Saakashvili (Georgia), Prime Minister Michael Thomas Somare (Papua New Guinea), President Danilo Türk (Slovenia), President Álvaro Uribe Vélez (Colombia), President Abdoulaye Wade (Senegal), President Umaru Yar'adua (Nigeria), President Viktor Yushchenko (Ukraine), President Valdis Zatlers (Latvia), Former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern (Ireland), Former President Martti Ahtisaari (Finland), Former Prime Minister Tony Blair (United Kingdom), Former Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik (Norway), Former Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland (Norway), Former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien (Canada), Former Prime Minister Helen Clark (New Zealand), Former President Branko Crvenkovski (Macedonia), Former President José María Figueres Olsen (Costa Rica), Former Prime Minister António Guterres (Portugal), Former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga (Sri Lanka), Former President Ricardo Lagos (Chile), Former President Festus Gontebanye Mogae (Botswana), Former President Olusegun Obasanjo (Nigeria), Former President Andrés Pastrana Arango (Colombia), Former Prime Minister Poul N. Rasmussen (Denmark), Former President Jerry John Rawlings (Ghana), Former President Mary Robinson (Ireland), Former Prime Minister Jennifer M. Shipley (New Zealand), Member of the Presidency Haris Silajdžić (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Former President Petar Stoyanov (Bulgaria), Former President Ernesto Zedillo (Mexico), Crown Prince Haakon (Norway), Crown Princess Mette-Marit (Norway), Duchess Cristina Federica de Borbón (Spain), Former Ambassador to the U.S. Prince Turki Al Faisal Al Saud (Saudi Arabia), Gerry Adams (President of Sinn Féin), Minister of Cabinet Affairs Mohammad Al Gergawi (United Arab Emirates), Minister of Foreign Affairs Khalid bin Ahmed bin Mohamed Al Khalifa (Bahrain), Chairperson of Museums Authority Shaikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani (Qatar), Minister of Defense Ehud Barak (Israel), Mark Henry Durkan (SDLP), Leader Sir Reg Empey (SDLP), Minister of Employment Sir Reg Empey (Ulster Unionist Party), Secretary General Amre Moussa (League of Arab States), President George A. Papandreou (Socialist International), Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan (ASEAN), Fazle Abed (BRAC), Richard Adkerson (Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold), Madeleine Albright (Albright Stonebridge Group), Bradbury Anderson (Best Buy Co.), Nancy Birdsall (Center for Global Development), Lloyd C. Blankfein (The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.), Angela F. Braly (Wellpoint, Inc.), Eli Broad (The Eli & Edythe Broad Foundation), Peter Buffett (NoVo Foundation), Jennifer Buffett (NoVo Foundation), John T. Chambers (Cisco), Wesley Clark (Wesley K. Clark and Associates), Hillary Rodham Clinton (Secretary of State), Matt Damon, Robert E. Diamond Jr. (Barclays PLC), James Dimon (JP Morgan Chase & Co.), William Drayton (Ashoka: Innovators for the Public), Mike Duke ( Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. ), Maria Eitel (Nike Foundation), Roger Ferguson (TIAA-CREF), William Frist (Vanderbilt University), Helene Gayle (CARE USA), Carlos Ghosn (Nissan Motor; Renault), John Glenn (Ohio State University), Christina Gold (Western Union), Tom Golisano (Paychex Corporation), Al Gore (The Alliance for Climate Protection), Lew Hay (FPL Group), Carlos Slim Helu (Grupo Carso S.A. de C.V.), John B. Hess (Hess Corporation), Jeffrey Immelt (General Electric ), Valerie Jarrett (White House), Quincy Jones, Muhtar Kent (The Coca-Cola Company), Alicia Keys (Keep A Child Alive), Ashton Kutcher, Anne Lauvergeon (AREVA), Andrew N. Liveris (The Dow Chemical Company), Jack Ma (Alibaba Group), Wangari Muta Maathai (Green Belt Movement, Kenya), Charles MacCormack (Save the Children), Harold McGraw III (McGraw-Hill Companies), Demi Moore, Luis Alberto Moreno (Inter-American Development Bank), Ray Nagin (Mayor of New Orleans), Marilyn Nelson (Carlson Companies), Indra K. Nooyi (PepsiCo), Thoraya Obaid (United Nations Population Fund), Raymond Offenheiser (Oxfam America), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (World Bank Group), Pamela Omidyar (Humanity United), Pierre Omidyar (eBay), Guillaume Pépy (SNCF), John Podesta (Center for American Progress), Carl Pope (Sierra Club), Bernard J. Poussot (Wyeth), Jonathan Reckford (Habitat for Humanity International), Judith Rodin (The Rockefeller Foundation), James Rogers (Duke Energy), Zainab Salbi (Women for Women International), Peter Sands (Standard Chartered PLC), John R. Seffrin (American Cancer Society), John Sexton (New York University), Premal Shah (Kiva.org), Josette Sheeran (United Nations World Food Programme), Hilda Solis (Secretary of Labor), Mira Sorvino (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime), Barbra Streisand (Streisand Foundation), Larry Summers (National Economic Council), Mark R. Tercek (Nature Conservancy), Rex W. Tillerson (ExxonMobil), Jonathan Tisch (Loews Corporation), Ted Turner (Turner Enterprises), Ann Veneman (UNICEF), Timothy Wirth (United Nations Foundation), David Yarnold (Environmental Defense Fund), Muhammad Yunus (Grameen Bank), Robert B. Zoellick (World Bank Group).
Please note that unlike previous years, the Breakout Sessions and Special Sessions will be open to the press. Plenary sessions will once again be open press. Space is limited; to reserve a spot, and if you have any questions, please email
press@clintonglobalinitiative.org .
