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:
Sir Harry S. Y. Fang, Hong Kong
Dkfm. Otto Geiecker, Austria
Lord Morris of Manchester, U.K.
Dr. Gunnar Schioler, Denmark
Mr. Jan Albers, Netherlands
Dr. Paul Dollfus, M.D., France
Dr. Gerard Leon, Haiti
Ms. Susan Hammerman, USA
Dr. Kurt-Alphons Jochheim, Germany
Mr. Ib Bjerring Nielsen, Denmark
Prof. Simon Haskell, Switzerland
Dr. Munira Al-Gatami, Kuwait
Mr. M.B. Lee, Hong Kong
Dr. Esko Malkia, Finland
Dr. M. El Banna, Egypt
Dr. Morris Milner, Canada
Mrs. Soegeng Soepari, Indonesia
Dr. Jose Manuel Borgono, Chile
Mr. Risto Seppalainen, Finland
Dr. David C. Symington, Canada
Hon. Moody Awori, Kenya
Ms. Rosangela Berman Bieler, Brazil/USA
Ms. Isabel Maior, Brazil
Dr. Lajos Kullmann, Hungary
Ms. Susan Parker, USA/Switzerland
Ms. Antti Huunan-Seppälä, Finland
Mrs. Phylis Z. Seton, USA
Mrs. Jean Webber, South Africa
Mr. Eita Yashiro, Japan
Ms. Padmani Mendis, Sri Lanka
Mr. Narong Patibatsurakich, Thailand
Prof. Dorina de Gouvea Nowill, Brazil
Prince Sultan Bin Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud of Saudi Arabia.
Mr. David Henderson, New Zealand
Dr. Arthur O’Reilly, Ireland
Ms. Mary Carella-Diamantopoulos, Greece
Mr. George Wilson, United Kingdom
Ms. Diane Castellane, France
Mr. Ryo Matsui, Japan
Ms. Susan Daniels, United States
Mr. B.T. Naidoo, South Africa
Dr. Essa A-Sadi, Kuwait
Mr. Otto Marquez da Silva, Brazil