HIGH-LEVEL AWARD COMMITTEE

- Current Roles: Member of the Shura Council, Qatar (2021-2025)
- Chairman of the Committee on Internal and External Relations
- Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Lusail University
- Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption Center (ROLACC)
- Member of the Board of Trustees of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)
- Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Global Organization of Parliamentarians Against Corruption (GOPAC)

- Former president of the Tunisian Republic
- Former president of the Tunisian Human Rights League.
- Named by Times magazine in 2013 among the 100 most influential people in the world.
- President Marzouki ranked second in Foreign Policy’s 100 Global Thinkers
- Holds a Doctorate degree in medicine and writes in law, politics and thought.

- Former Prime Minister of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, 2011-2012

- The International Court of Justice judge 2000-2011

- Chief of the Royal Hashemite Court 1996- 1998

- Legal adviser to the Royal Hashemite Court, rank of minister 1995-1996

- Adviser to Crown Prince Hassan bin Talal, 1990 - Office 1995

- Joined the diplomatic corps in the Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1975 and moved between the different capitals of the world

- Member of the International Law Commission 1980 -2000

- Won several Arab and foreign decorations, a graduate Kapmrig University, specialization of law.

H.E. Dr. Mamadou Tangara is the Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Gambians Abroad of the Republic of The Gambia. He was appointed Minister in 2018. A position he previously held from 2010 to 2012. Dr. Tangara also served as a distinguished member of The Gambian Foreign Service, in his capacity as Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Permanent Mission of the Republic of The Gambia to the United Nations in New York. He also served as Minister of Higher education, Research Science and Technology.

Executive Board/Chairmanship Positions

Throughout his career, Dr. Tangara Member, represented The Gambia in various Executive Boards of the United Nations and other International Organisations. In January 2022, he was appointed to the Advisory Board of United Nations Institute for Training And Research (UNITAR) – Division for Multilateral Diplomacy. A two year term from January 2022 to December 2024.

Lord Goldsmith QC, PC is London Co-Managing Partner and Chair of European and Asian Litigation at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP.

He served as the UK’s Attorney General from 2001-2007, prior to which he was in private practice as one of the leading barristers in London. Lord Goldsmith acts for a variety of clients, alongside his role as chair of the firm’s European and Asian litigation in the UK and other countries.

He conducts arbitrations under all the major institutions, and he has appeared at all levels of courts in the UK and in many cases in the house of Lords, the privy council and the court of appeal as well as international and European courts and in the courts of a number of other jurisdictions including the highest court in the Caribbean.

Professional experience: 

•    Honorary President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union;
•    Chairman of the Council of Leaders and Notables of the Universidad Austral (Buenos Aires).
•    Councillor at the Municipality of Torres Vedras;
•    Member of the Supervisory Board of the Order of Statutory Auditors;
•    Regular commentator on the Casa Comum program on Rádio Renascença;
•    Member of the Assembly of the Republic from the VI legislature to the XV legislature, with different responsibilities;
•    Member of the Bureau of the Assembly of the Republic between the VII and the XV legislature, with delegation of powers by the President of the Assembly of the Republic;
•    Member of the Budget and Finance Committee;
•    Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and Portuguese Communities;
•    Business consultant, in a liberal capacity, exercising commercial and technical activity, in the areas of strategic planning, organization of services and definition of procedures, with different private institutions;