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"ICG's international headquarters are in Brussels, with advocacy offices in Washington DC, New York, Moscow and London. The organisation currently operates seventeen field offices (in Amman, Belgrade, Bogota, Dakar, Dushanbe, Islamabad, Jakarta, Kabul, Nairobi, Osh, Pretoria, Pristina, Quito, Sarajevo, Skopje and Tbilisi) with analysts working in over 40 crisis-affected countries and territories across four continents."
 
"ICG's international headquarters are in Brussels, with advocacy offices in Washington DC, New York, Moscow and London. The organisation currently operates seventeen field offices (in Amman, Belgrade, Bogota, Dakar, Dushanbe, Islamabad, Jakarta, Kabul, Nairobi, Osh, Pretoria, Pristina, Quito, Sarajevo, Skopje and Tbilisi) with analysts working in over 40 crisis-affected countries and territories across four continents."
  
"In Africa, those countries include [[Angola]], [[Burundi]], [[Ivory Coast|Cote d'Ivoire]], [[Democratic Republic of Congo|Democratic Republic of the Congo]], [[Eritrea]], [[Ethiopia]], [[Guinea]], [[Liberia]], [[Rwanda]], [[Sierra Leone]], [[Somalia]], [[Sudan]], [[Uganda]] and [[Zimbabwe]]; in Asia, [[Afghanistan]], Kashmir, [[Kazakhstan]], [[Kyrgyzstan|Kyrgystan]], [[Indonesia]], Myanmar/[[Burma]], [[Nepal]], [[Pakistan]], [[Tajikistan]], [[Turkmenistan]] and [[Uzbekistan]]; in Europe, [[Albania]], [[Armenia]], [[Azerbaijan]], [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]], [[Georgia]], [[Kosovo]], [[Macedonia]], [[Moldova]], [[Montenegro]], and [[Serbia]]; in the Middle East, the whole region from North Africa to [[Iran]]; and in Latin America and the Caribbean, [[Colombia]] and the Andean region and [[Haiti]]."
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"In Africa, those countries include Angola, Burundi, Ivory Coast, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Guinea, Liberia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Uganda and Zimbabwe; in Asia, Afghanistan, Kashmir, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Indonesia, Myanmar/Burma, Nepal, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan; in Europe, Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, and Serbia; in the Middle East, the whole region from North Africa to Iran; and in Latin America and the Caribbean, Colombia and the Andean region and Haiti."
  
From 1993-98 [[Lynne A. Davidson]] as Senior Associate for Human Rights and Special Assistant to Ambassador [[Morton I. Abramowitz]], ... she helped to shape the original proposal for the International Crisis Group". [http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/bio/63929.htm]  
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From 1993-98 [[Lynne A. Davidson]] as Senior Associate for Human Rights and Special Assistant to Ambassador [[Morton I. Abramowitz]], ... she helped to shape the original proposal for the International Crisis Group". <ref>[http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/bio/63929.htm]</ref>
  
[[Anne Richard]] was part of the team that created the ICG. [http://www.aidemocracy.org/bios_directors.cfm#id_6]
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[[Anne Richard]] was part of the team that created the ICG.<ref>[http://www.aidemocracy.org/bios_directors.cfm#id_6]</ref>
  
 
On 12 March 2009 the Co-Chairs of the Board of the International Crisis Group, Lord Patten of Barnes and Ambassador Thomas R. Pickering, announced that the Honourable [[Louise Arbour]] has been selected to be the organisation’s next President and CEO. "She will be formally confirmed by Crisis Group’s Board of Trustees at its meeting in Washington DC in April 2009 and take up the position in July." <ref>[http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=6001&l=1 Louise Arbour Selected as Next President of Crisis Group], International Crisis Group, accessed April 7, 2009.</ref>
 
On 12 March 2009 the Co-Chairs of the Board of the International Crisis Group, Lord Patten of Barnes and Ambassador Thomas R. Pickering, announced that the Honourable [[Louise Arbour]] has been selected to be the organisation’s next President and CEO. "She will be formally confirmed by Crisis Group’s Board of Trustees at its meeting in Washington DC in April 2009 and take up the position in July." <ref>[http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=6001&l=1 Louise Arbour Selected as Next President of Crisis Group], International Crisis Group, accessed April 7, 2009.</ref>
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== Funding ==
 
== Funding ==
  
"ICG raises funds from governments, charitable foundations, companies and individual donors. The following governments currently provide funding: [[Australia]], [[Austria]], [[Canada]], [[Denmark]], [[Finland]], [[France]], [[Germany]], [[Ireland]], [[Japan]], Luxembourg, The [[Netherlands]], [[New Zealand]], [[Norway]], Republic of China ([[Taiwan]]), [[Sweden]], [[Switzerland]], [[Turkey]], [[United Kingdom]] and United States."
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"ICG raises funds from governments, charitable foundations, companies and individual donors. The following governments currently provide funding: Australia, Austria, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Republic of China (Taiwan), Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom and United States."
  
"Foundation and private sector donors include:
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===Foundation and private sector donors include===
 
*[[The Atlantic Philanthropies]]
 
*[[The Atlantic Philanthropies]]
 
*[[Carnegie Corporation of New York]]
 
*[[Carnegie Corporation of New York]]
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''Executive Committee''
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===Executive Committee===
 
*[[Cheryl Carolus]] - Former [[South Africa]]n High Commissioner to the UK and Secretary General of the ANC
 
*[[Cheryl Carolus]] - Former [[South Africa]]n High Commissioner to the UK and Secretary General of the ANC
 
*[[Maria Livanos Cattaui]] - Former Secretary-General, International Chamber of Commerce
 
*[[Maria Livanos Cattaui]] - Former Secretary-General, International Chamber of Commerce
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*[[Psr Stenback]] - Former Foreign Minister of Finland
 
*[[Psr Stenback]] - Former Foreign Minister of Finland
  
''Members''
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===Members===
 
*[[Morton Abramowitz]] - Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State and Ambassador to Turkey
 
*[[Morton Abramowitz]] - Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State and Ambassador to Turkey
 
*[[Adnan Abu-Odeh]] - Former Political Adviser to King Abdullah II and to King Hussein, and Jordan Permanent Representative to the UN
 
*[[Adnan Abu-Odeh]] - Former Political Adviser to King Abdullah II and to King Hussein, and Jordan Permanent Representative to the UN
 
*[[Kenneth Adelman]] - Former U.S. Ambassador and Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
 
*[[Kenneth Adelman]] - Former U.S. Ambassador and Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
 
*[[Ersin Arioglu]] - Member of Parliament, Turkey; Chairman Emeritus, Yapi Merkezi Group
 
*[[Ersin Arioglu]] - Member of Parliament, Turkey; Chairman Emeritus, Yapi Merkezi Group
*[[Shlomo Ben-Ami]] - Former Foreign Minister of [[Israel]]
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*[[Shlomo Ben-Ami]] - Former Foreign Minister of Israel
*[[Lakhdar Brahimi]] - Former Special Adviser to the UN Secretary-General and [[Algeria]]n Foreign Minister
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*[[Lakhdar Brahimi]] - Former Special Adviser to the UN Secretary-General and Algerian Foreign Minister
 
*[[Zbigniew Brzezinski]] - Former U.S. National Security Advisor to the President
 
*[[Zbigniew Brzezinski]] - Former U.S. National Security Advisor to the President
 
*[[Kim Campbell]] - Former Prime Minister of Canada; Secretary General, [[Club of Madrid]]
 
*[[Kim Campbell]] - Former Prime Minister of Canada; Secretary General, [[Club of Madrid]]
*[[Naresh Chandra]] - Former Indian Cabinet Secretary and Ambassador of [[India]] to the U.S.
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*[[Naresh Chandra]] - Former Indian Cabinet Secretary and Ambassador of India to the U.S.
*[[Joaquim Alberto Chissano]] - Former President of [[Mozambique]]
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*[[Joaquim Alberto Chissano]] - Former President of Mozambique
 
*[[Victor Chu]] - Chairman, First Eastern Investment Group, Hong Kong
 
*[[Victor Chu]] - Chairman, First Eastern Investment Group, Hong Kong
 
*[[Wesley Clark]] - Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander, Europe
 
*[[Wesley Clark]] - Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander, Europe
 
*[[Pat Cox]] - Former President of European Parliament
 
*[[Pat Cox]] - Former President of European Parliament
 
*[[Uffe Ellemann-Jensen]] - Former Foreign Minister of Denmark
 
*[[Uffe Ellemann-Jensen]] - Former Foreign Minister of Denmark
*[[Mark Eyskens]] - Former Prime Minister of [[Belgium]]
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*[[Mark Eyskens]] - Former Prime Minister of Belgium
 
*[[Joschka Fischer]] - Former Foreign Minister of Germany
 
*[[Joschka Fischer]] - Former Foreign Minister of Germany
*[[Leslie H. Gelb]] - President Emeritus of [[Council on Foreign Relations]], U.S.
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*[[Leslie H. Gelb]] - President Emeritus of Council on Foreign Relations, U.S.
 
*[[Carla Hills]] - Former Secretary of Housing and U.S. Trade Representative
 
*[[Carla Hills]] - Former Secretary of Housing and U.S. Trade Representative
 
*[[Lena Hjelm-Wallen]] - Former Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Sweden
 
*[[Lena Hjelm-Wallen]] - Former Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Sweden
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*[[Asma Jahangir]] - UN Special Rapporteur on the Freedom of Religion or Belief; Chairperson, Human Rights Commission of Pakistan
 
*[[Asma Jahangir]] - UN Special Rapporteur on the Freedom of Religion or Belief; Chairperson, Human Rights Commission of Pakistan
 
*[[Nancy Kassebaum Baker]] - Former U.S. Senator
 
*[[Nancy Kassebaum Baker]] - Former U.S. Senator
*[[James V. Kimsey]] - Founder and Chairman Emeritus of [[America Online]], Inc. (AOL)
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*[[James V. Kimsey]] - Founder and Chairman Emeritus of America Online, Inc. (AOL)
 
*[[Wim Kok]] - Former Prime Minister of the Netherlands
 
*[[Wim Kok]] - Former Prime Minister of the Netherlands
*[[Ricardo Lagos]] - Former President of [[Chile]]
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*[[Ricardo Lagos]] - Former President of Chile  
 
*[[Joanne Leedom-Ackerman]] - Novelist and journalist, U.S.
 
*[[Joanne Leedom-Ackerman]] - Novelist and journalist, U.S.
*[[Ayo Obe]] - Chair of Steering Committee of [[World Movement for Democracy]], [[Nigeria]]
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*[[Ayo Obe]] - Chair of Steering Committee of [[World Movement for Democracy]], Nigeria
 
*[[Christine Ockrent]] - Journalist and author, France
 
*[[Christine Ockrent]] - Journalist and author, France
 
*[[Victor Pinchuk]] - Founder of Interpipe Scientific and Industrial Production Group
 
*[[Victor Pinchuk]] - Founder of Interpipe Scientific and Industrial Production Group
 
*[[Samantha Power]] - Author and Professor, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
 
*[[Samantha Power]] - Author and Professor, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
*[[Fidel V. Ramos]] - Former President of [[Philippines]]
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*[[Fidel V. Ramos]] - Former President of Philippines
*[[Ghassan Salame]] - Former Minister, [[Lebanon]]; Professor of International Relations, Paris
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*[[Ghassan Salame]] - Former Minister, Lebanon; Professor of International Relations, Paris
 
*[[Douglas Schoen]] - Founding Partner of Penn, Schoen & Berland Associates, U.S.
 
*[[Douglas Schoen]] - Founding Partner of Penn, Schoen & Berland Associates, U.S.
 
*[[Thorvald Stoltenberg]] - Former Foreign Minister of Norway
 
*[[Thorvald Stoltenberg]] - Former Foreign Minister of Norway
*[[Ernesto Zedillo]] - Former President of [[Mexico]]; Director, Yale Center for the Study of Globalization
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*[[Ernesto Zedillo]] - Former President of Mexico; Director, Yale Center for the Study of Globalization
  
''Chairmen Emeritus''
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===Chairmen Emeritus===
 
*[[Martti Ahtisaari]] - Former President, Finland
 
*[[Martti Ahtisaari]] - Former President, Finland
 
*[[George J. Mitchell]] - Former U.S. [[Senate Majority Leader]]
 
*[[George J. Mitchell]] - Former U.S. [[Senate Majority Leader]]
[http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=1139&l=1 Source]  
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<ref>[http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=1139&l=1 Source]</ref>
  
 
==Personnel==
 
==Personnel==
*[[John Prendergast]] -- Senior Advisor [http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=1318&l=1] [http://www.watsoninstitute.org/news_detail.cfm?id=310]
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*[[John Prendergast]] -- Senior Advisor <ref>[http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=1318&l=1] </ref>[http://www.watsoninstitute.org/news_detail.cfm?id=310]
 
*[[Mark L. Schneider]]
 
*[[Mark L. Schneider]]
  
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**[http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?action=form&amp;fid=36&amp;l=1 Tbilisi]
 
**[http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?action=form&amp;fid=36&amp;l=1 Tbilisi]
  
*'''Website''' [http://www.crisisweb.org/ www.crisisweb.org/]
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:Website: [http://www.crisisweb.org/ www.crisisweb.org/]
  
 
== Critiques ==
 
== Critiques ==
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<references/>
 
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[[Category:ISN Partner]][[Category:Non-Government Organizations]][[Category:International]][[Category:War/peace]][[Category:Think tanks]]
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[[Category:ISN Partner]][[Category:Non-Government Organizations]][[Category:War/peace]][[Category:Think tanks]]

Latest revision as of 16:05, 13 February 2012

The International Crisis Group (ICG) is an "independent, non-profit, multinational organisation, with 100 staff members on five continents, working through field-based analysis and high-level advocacy to prevent and resolve deadly conflict."

"ICG's international headquarters are in Brussels, with advocacy offices in Washington DC, New York, Moscow and London. The organisation currently operates seventeen field offices (in Amman, Belgrade, Bogota, Dakar, Dushanbe, Islamabad, Jakarta, Kabul, Nairobi, Osh, Pretoria, Pristina, Quito, Sarajevo, Skopje and Tbilisi) with analysts working in over 40 crisis-affected countries and territories across four continents."

"In Africa, those countries include Angola, Burundi, Ivory Coast, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Guinea, Liberia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Uganda and Zimbabwe; in Asia, Afghanistan, Kashmir, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Indonesia, Myanmar/Burma, Nepal, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan; in Europe, Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, and Serbia; in the Middle East, the whole region from North Africa to Iran; and in Latin America and the Caribbean, Colombia and the Andean region and Haiti."

From 1993-98 Lynne A. Davidson as Senior Associate for Human Rights and Special Assistant to Ambassador Morton I. Abramowitz, ... she helped to shape the original proposal for the International Crisis Group". [1]

Anne Richard was part of the team that created the ICG.[2]

On 12 March 2009 the Co-Chairs of the Board of the International Crisis Group, Lord Patten of Barnes and Ambassador Thomas R. Pickering, announced that the Honourable Louise Arbour has been selected to be the organisation’s next President and CEO. "She will be formally confirmed by Crisis Group’s Board of Trustees at its meeting in Washington DC in April 2009 and take up the position in July." [3]

Funding

"ICG raises funds from governments, charitable foundations, companies and individual donors. The following governments currently provide funding: Australia, Austria, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Republic of China (Taiwan), Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom and United States."

Foundation and private sector donors include

President’s Council in 2008

This exclusive Council welcomes donors contributing US$100,000 or more annually:

ICG Board

"The ICG Board - which includes prominent figures from the fields of politics, diplomacy, business and the media - is directly involved in helping to bring ICG reports and recommendations to the attention of senior policy-makers around the world. ICG is chaired by former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari; and its President and Chief Executive since January 2000 has been former Australian Foreign Minister Gareth Evans. Former Congressman Stephen Solarz and Secretary-General of the International Chamber of Commerce Maria Livanos Cattaui used to serve as the ICG Vice-Chairmen.

Current leaders (as of April 2009):

  • Lord Christopher Patten - Co-Chair, Crisis Group, Former European Commissioner for External Relations, Governor of Hong Kong and UK Cabinet Minister; Chancellor of Oxford University
  • Thomas R. Pickering - Co-Chair, Crisis Group; Former U.S. Ambassador to the UN, Russia, India, Israel, Jordan, El Salvador and Nigeria; Vice Chairman of Hills & Company
  • Gareth Evans - President & CEO, Former Foreign Minister of Australia

Executive Committee

Accessed April 2009: [5]

  • Morton Abramowitz - Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State and Ambassador to Turkey
  • Emma Bonino - Vice Chair - Former Italian Minister of International Trade and European Affairs and European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid
  • Cheryl Carolus - Former South African High Commissioner to the UK and Secretary-General of the ANC
  • Maria Livanos Cattaui - Former Secretary-General, International Chamber of Commerce
  • Yoichi Funabashi - Editor-in-Chief & Columnist, The Asahi Shimbun, Japan
  • Frank Giustra - Chairman, Endeavour Financial, Canada
  • Stephen Solarz - Former U.S. Congressman
  • George Soros - Chairman, Open Society Institute
  • Par Stenback - Former Foreign Minister of Finland

U.S. Board Members

Directors


Executive Committee

Members

Chairmen Emeritus

[6]

Personnel

International Advisory Board

"Our International Advisory Board comprises key individual and corporate benefactors of Crisis Group. We are deeply grateful for their combination of financial support and advice. Further information on how to become a member of this group, and the benefits of membership, can be found here. Rita E. Hauser (Chair), Marc Abramowitz, Anglo American PLC, APCO Worldwide Inc., Patrick E. Benzie, BHP Billiton, Harry Bookey and Pamela Bass-Bookey, John Chapman Chester, Chevron, Peter Corcoran, Credit Suisse Group/Credit Suisse First Boston, John Ehara Equinox Partners, Dr. Konrad Fischer, Iara Lee & George Gund III Foundation, JP Morgan Global Foreign Exchange and Commodities, George Kellner, George Loening, Douglas Makepeace, Anna Luisa Ponti, Quantm, Michael L. Riordan, Sarlo Foundation of the Jewish Community Endowment Fund, Baron Ullens de Schooten, Stanley Weiss, Tilleke & Gibbins, Westfield Group, Don Xia, Yasuyo Yamazaki, Sunny Yoon." [5]

International Advisory Council in 2008 Supporters who contribute between US$25,000 and $99,999 per annum are invited to join the International Advisory Council: [8]

Senior Advisors (2008) [9]

Op Eds

Contact

Advocacy Offices

Brussels Office (Headquarters)
149 Avenue Louise
Level 24
B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
Tel: +32-2-502 90 38
Fax: +32-2-502 50 38
Email: webform link

New York Office
420 Lexington Avenue, Suite 2640
New York, New York 10170, United States
Tel: +1-212-813-0820
Fax: +1-212-813-0825
Email: webform link

Washington Office
1629 K Street NW, Suite 450
Washington DC 20006, United States
Tel: +1-202-785-1601
Fax: +1-202-785-1630
Email: webform link

London Office
48 Gray's Inn Road
London WC1X 8LT, United Kingdom
Tel: +44-20-7831-1436
Fax: +44-20-7031-0231
Email: webform link

Moscow Office
ul. Fadeeva 6-1-32
Moscow 125047, Russia 
Tel/Fax: +7-095-251-4485
Email: webform link

Website: www.crisisweb.org/

Critiques

Resources and articles

Related Sourcewatch articles

References

  1. [1]
  2. [2]
  3. Louise Arbour Selected as Next President of Crisis Group, International Crisis Group, accessed April 7, 2009.
  4. 2009 Annual Report, International Crisis Group, accessed April 20, 2009.
  5. Crisis Group's Board, International Crisis Group, accessed April 7, 2009.
  6. Source
  7. [3]
  8. 2009 Annual Report, International Crisis Group, accessed April 20, 2009.
  9. 2009 Annual Report, International Crisis Group, accessed April 20, 2009.