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A South African-born physician and anthropologist, Dr. Ramphele was the first woman and the first black South African to hold the position of Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape town. In addition to a medical degree and Ph.D. in social anthropology, she holds a Bcom degree in Administration, and diplomas in Tropical Health and Hygiene and Public Health.

Dr. Ramphele is the recipient of numerous national and international awards, eighteen honorary doctorates, and the Medal of Distinction from Barnard College. Her extensive books and articles, spanning the themes of education, health, and social development, have received numerous prizes and awards.

JAN O. KARLSSON is Co-Chair of The Global Commission on International Migration and is a former Swedish Minister for Development Cooperation, Migration and Asylum Policy and a former President of the European Court of Auditors of the European Union. At the European Court of Auditors, he was responsible for auditing in the field of cooperation with developing countries and non-EU member States of the General Budge of the European Union.

Mr. Karlsson has a long and distinguished background as a senior civil servant. He served as Secretary of State responsible for cooperation between Scandinavian countries and as Secretary of State at the Ministry of Finance. He has also served as chief negotiator and adviser on economic, financial, and budgetary matters to the Secretariat of the Social Democratic Group in the Swedish Parliament and Director General at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Additionally, Mr. Karlsson has various positions on the boards of public bodies of a financial, commercial, cultural and social nature.

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KATHLEEN NEWLAND is Director and Co-Founder of the Migration Policy Institute. Her work focuses on refugee protection, international humanitarian response, and migration management. Previously, she was a Senior Associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where she co-directed the International Migration Policy Program (1994-2001). She chairs the Board of Directors of the Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children and sits on the Board of the International Rescue Committee.

Before joining the Endowment, Ms. Newland worked as an independent consultant. Her principle clients were the UNHCR, the World Bank, and the office of the Secretary-General of the United Nations. In 1992-1993, she wrote the first State of the World's Refugees report for UNHCR, which has become the organization's flagship biennial publication. From 1988-1992, Ms. Newland lectured at the London School of Economics, becoming a full-time member of the International Relations faculty in 1990.

Ms. Newland is the author or editor of five books and 11 shorter monographs as well as numerous articles and book chapters.