The Honour Council provides a forum through which RI will continue to benefit from the knowledge, experience and dedication of former RI Officers, Secretaries General, Commission Chairs and other world leaders in the disability movement within a structured framework.
Nominations Approved by the Governing Assembly on 23 August 2000 in Rio de Janeiro:
Mr. Jan Albers, Netherlands
Dr. Munira Al-Gatami, Kuwait
Dr. Essa Al-Sadi, Kuwait
Prince Sultan Bin Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud of Saudi Arabia
Hon. Moody Awori, Kenya
Ms. Rosangela Berman Bieler, Brazil/USA
Dr. Jose Manuel Borgono, Chile
Ms. Mary Carella-Diamantopoulos, Greece
Ms. Diane Castellane, France
Ms. Susan Daniels, United States
Prof. Dorina de Gouvea Nowill, Brazil
Dr. Paul Dollfus, M.D., France
Dr. M. El Banna, Egypt
Sir Harry S. Y. Fang, Hong Kong
Dkfm. Otto Geiecker, Austria
Ms. Susan Hammerman, USA
Prof. Simon Haskell, Switzerland
Mr. David Henderson, New Zealand
Ms. Antti Huunan-Seppälä, Finland
Dr. Kurt-Alphons Jochheim, Germany
Dr. Lajos Kullmann, Hungary
Mr. M.B. Lee, Hong Kong
Dr. Gerard Leon, Haiti
Ms. Isabel Maior, Brazil
Dr. Esko Malkia, Finland
Lord Morris of Manchester, U.K.
Mr. Otto Marquez da Silva, Brazil
Mr. Ryo Matsui, Japan
Ms. Padmani Mendis, Sri Lanka
Dr. Morris Milner, Canada
Mr. B.T. Naidoo, South Africa
Mr. Ib Bjerring Nielsen, Denmark
Dr. Arthur O’Reilly, Ireland
Ms. Susan Parker, USA/Switzerland
Mr. Narong Patibatsurakich, Thailand
Dr. Gunnar Schioler, Denmark
Mr. Risto Seppalainen, Finland
Mrs. Phylis Z. Seton, USA
Mrs. Soegeng Soepari, Indonesia
Dr. David C. Symington, Canada
Mrs. Jean Webber, South Africa
Mr. George Wilson, United Kingdom
Mr. Eita Yashiro, Japan