Stockholm Convention Official Contact Point (O.C.P.)Party Since
ALGERIA
Mme Latifa Benazza
Directrice de l’Environnement et du Développement Durable
Ministère des Affaires étrangères
1, Rue Ibn Batran, El Mouradia
Algiers
Algeria
Tel: +213 (21) 50 43 18
Fax: +213 (21) 50 43 22
email: Benazza@mae.dz
Nomination Letter 		21/12/2006
ANGOLA
Ms. Angélica Marques da Costa
Third Secretary
Permanent Mission of the Republic of Angola
Rue de lausanne, 45-47
1201 Geneva
Switzerland
Tel: +41 22 716 22 53, +41 (0)79 816 72 71
Fax: +41 22 732 30 72
email: amdaihli@hotmail.com
Nomination Letter 		21/01/2007
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
Ms. Diann Black-Layne
Chief Environment Officer
Ministry of Works, Transportation and the Environment
Environment Division
# 1 Prime Minister Drive
Factory Road
Saint Johns
Antigua and Barbuda
Tel: 1 268 462 4625
Fax: 1 268 462 4625
email: dcblackll@yahoo.com
Nomination Letter 		09/12/2003
ARGENTINA
Embajador Silvia Merega
Directora General de Asuntos Ambientales
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Comercio Internacional y Culto
Esmeralda 1212, piso 14
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Tel: +54 (11) 4819 7414, +54 (11) 4819 7413
email: smm@mrecic.gov.ar
Nomination Letter 		25/04/2005
ARMENIA
Dr. Anahit Aleksandryan
Head of Division
Ministry of Nature Protection
Hazardous Substances and Wastes Management Division
Governmental Building 3
Republic Square
Yerevan
Armenia
Tel: +374 10 53 88 38, +374 10 540 896
Fax: +374 10 53 88 38
email: analeks@xter.net, anahit_aleksandryan@yahoo.com
Nomination Letter 		24/02/2004
AUSTRALIA
Assistant Secretary
The Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
Environment Protection Branch
GPO Box 787
Canberra ACT 2601
Australia
Tel: +61 (2) 6274 1622
Fax: +61 (2) 6274 1164
email: chemicals@environment.gov.au
Nomination Letter 		18/08/2004
AUSTRIA
Ms. Susanna Eberhartinger-Tafill
Techical Adviser for POPs
Federal Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management
Stubenbastei 5
1010 Wien
Austria
Tel: +43 (1) 515 22 21 14
Fax: +43 (1) 515 22 71 22
email: eberhartinger-tafill@lebensministerium.at
Nomination Letter 		25/11/2002
AZERBAIJAN
Mr. Gulmali Suleymanov
Chief of Division
Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources
Division of Climate Change and Ozone Centre
50 Haydar Aliyev Avenue
Baku
Azerbaijan
Tel: +994 12 598 2795, +994 12 438 8513
Fax: +994 12 441 56 85
email: elimoz@online.az
Nomination Letter 		12/04/2004
BAHAMAS
Mr. Philip Weech
Director
Bahamas Environment, Science and Technology Commission
Office of the Prime Minister
Nassau Court
PO Box: CB-10980
Nassau
Bahamas
Tel: +1 (242) 322 4546, +1 (242) 322 2574
Fax: +1 (242) 326 3509
email: philipweech@bahamas.gov.bs
Nomination Letter 		01/01/2006
BANGLADESH
Dr. Nasir Uddin
Deputy Secretary
Ministry of Environment and Forests
Room No.: 1301
Building No.: 6
Bangladesh Secretariat
Dhaka
Bangladesh
Tel: +880 2 7167472
Fax: +880 2 7169210
email: dsenv1@moef.gov.bd
Nomination Letter 		10/06/2007
BARBADOS
Mr. Jeffrey Headley
Director
Environment Protection Department
Jemmotts Lane
St. Michael,
Barbados
Tel: +( 1 246) 436 4820
Fax: +( 1 246) 228 7103
Nomination Letter 		05/09/2004
BARBADOS
Hon. Dame Billie A. Miller
Senior Minister
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade
Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade
No. 1 Culloden Rd.
St. Michael
Barbados
Tel: +1 (246) 431 22 00
Fax: +1 (246) 429 66 52
email: barbados@foreign.gov.bb
Nomination Letter 		05/09/2004
BELARUS
Ms. Volha Sazonava
Deputy Head
Department for Waste Management
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection
Str. Kollektornaya 10
Minsk 220048
Belarus
Tel: +375 (17) 2008897
Fax: +375 (17) 200 5571
email: waste@minpriroda.by, saz-05@mail.ru
Nomination Letter 		03/05/2004
BELGIUM
Ms. Mara Curaba
Attaché
Federal Public Service Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment
DG 5 - Risk Management Desk
Eurostation
Place Victor Horta 40 bte 10
Brussels
Belgium
Tel: +32 2 5249656
Fax: +32 2 5249603
email: mara.curaba@environnement.belgique.be
Nomination Letter 		23/08/2006
BENIN
Mr. Imorou Ouro-Djeri
Directeur Général Adjoint de l’Environnement
Ministère de l’Environnement et de la Protection de la Nature
01 BP 3621
Cotonou
Benin
Tel: +229 21311480
Fax: +229 21315081
email: djerbeth@yahoo.fr, imourodjeri@yahoo.com
Nomination Letter 		04/04/2004
BOLIVIA
Ing. Maria Alejandra Galarza Coca
Coordinadora Nacional
Ministerio de planificacion del desarrollo
Viceministerio de planificacion territorial y medio ambiente
Av. Mariscal Santa Cruz No.1092
Edificio Excomibol
Piso No.4
La Paz
Bolivia
Tel: +591 221 489 46
Fax: +591 221 489 26
email: mgalarza_coca@hotmail.com, copscops2@yahoo.es
Nomination Letter 		01/09/2003
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
Ms. Nermina Sekjovic-Huric
Bosnia and Herzegovina National Focal Point for Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Polluants
Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations
Musala 9
Sarajevo
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Tel: +387 33 552 365
Fax: +387 33 206 141
email: skeja@bih.net.ba, nermina.skejovic@mvteo.gov.ba
Nomination Letter 		28/06/2010
BOTSWANA
Mr. Steve Monna
Director
Ministry of Environment, Wildlife and Tourism
Department of Environmental Affairs
Luthuli Road, Old Industrial Site
Private Bag 0068
Gaborone
Botswana
Tel: +267 (390) 2050, +267 390 2050
Fax: +267 (390) 2051
email: smonna@gov.bw
Nomination Letter 		26/01/2003
BRAZIL
Head of the Division of Environmental Policy and Sustainable Development (DPAD)
Ministry of External Relations
Palácio do Itamaraty
Anexo II, 3 andar, sala 204
Brasilia
Brazil
Tel: +55 (61) 3411 9289, +51 (61) 3411 9295
Fax: +55 (61) 3411 9288
email: dpad@mre.gov.br
Nomination Letter 		14/09/2004
BULGARIA
Ms. Tsvetanka Grozdanova Dimcheva
Chief Expert
Ministry of Environment and Water
67, William Gladstone
Sofia
Bulgaria
Tel: +359 2 940 6261
Fax: +359 2 981 3384
email: dimcheva@moew.government.bg
Nomination Letter 		20/03/2005
BURKINA FASO
Mr. Desire Ouedraogo
Ingénieur d'Etat en Chimie Industrielle Oevre, Convention de Stockholm
Ministere de l'Environnement et du Cadre de Vie
PO Box: 7044
Ouagadougou
Burkina Faso
Tel: +226 70 24 10 35, +226 76 67 09 70
Fax: +226 50 30 19 98, +226 50 31 81 34
email: desireouedraogo@yahoo.fr
Nomination Letter 		31/03/2005
BURUNDI
M. Vincent Muhitira
Directeur Général de l'Institut National pour l'Environnement et la Conservation de la Nature
Point de Contact Officiel de Convention Stockholm
Ministere de l'Amenagement du Territoire et de l'Environnement
B.P. 56
Gitega
Burundi
Tel: +257 (22) 403032
Fax: +257 (22) 403032
email: Muhivincent@yahoo.fr
Nomination Letter 		31/10/2005
CAMBODIA
Mr. Heng Nareth
Director
Ministry of Environment
Department of Pollution Control
48, Samdech Preah Sihanouk
Tonle Bassac, Chamkarmon
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Tel: +885 12 926 108
Fax: +885 23 987 880
email: heng.nareth@online.com.kh
Nomination Letter 		23/11/2006
CAMEROON
Mr. Aoudou Joswa
Chef de Brigade des Inspections Environnementales
Ministère de l'Environnement et de la Protection de la Nature
Immeuble Ministeriel n°2
Yaounde
Cameroon
Tel: +237 77 263 049
Fax: +237 22 221 106
email: aoudoujoswa@yahoo.fr
Nomination Letter 		17/08/2009
CANADA
Ms. Esther Van Nes
First Secretary
Permanent Mission of Canada
5 Avenue de L'Ariana
Geneva
Switzerland
Tel: +41 (22) 919 9244
Fax: +41 (22) 919 9227
email: esther.vannes@international.gc.ca
Nomination Letter 		21/08/2001
CANADA
Ms. Vincenza Galatone
Executive Director
Chemical Management Division
Environment Canada
Fontaine Building
200 Sacré-Coeur, 2nd Floor
Gatineau Quebec K1A 0H3
Canada
Tel: +1 (819) 934 4533
Fax: +1 (819) 994 0007
email: vincenza.galatone@ec.gc.ca
Nomination Letter 		21/08/2001
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
Mme. Victorine Gaza
Point Focal Convention Stockholm
Ministère des Eaux, Forêts, Chasses, Pêches Chargé de l'Environnement
BP: 830
Bangui
Central African Republic
Tel: +236 (75) 50 69 49
email: yalokgaz@yahoo.fr
Nomination Letter 		12/05/2008
CHAD
M. Sandjima Dounia
Secrétaire Général
Ministère de l'Environnement, de la Qualité de vie et des Parcs Nationaux
B.P. 447
Chad
Tel: +235 (628) 46 84, +235 (252) 07 57
Fax: +235 (252) 67 88, +235 (252) 38 39
email: sandjima@yahoo.fr, minenv.pops@intnet.td
Nomination Letter 		08/06/2004
CHILE
Ms. Lilian Veas
Jefa del Area de Gestion de Sustancias Químicas
Ministerio del Medio Ambiente
Teatinos, 258, piso 4
Santiago
Chile
Tel: +56 2 241 18 13
Fax: +56 2 241 18 24
email: lveas@mma.gob.cl
Nomination Letter 		20/04/2005
CHINA
Ms. Jieqing Zhang
Director, Division of International Organizations and Conventions
Department of International Cooperation
Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP)
No. 115 Xizhimennei Nanxiaojie
Beijing
China
Tel: +86 (10) 6655 6520
Fax: +86 (10) 6655 6513
email: zhang.jieqing@mep.gov.cn
Nomination Letter 		11/11/2004
COLOMBIA
Dr. Adriana Mejía Hernández
Viceministra de Asuntos Multilaterales
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores Colombia
Calle 10 No. 5-51
Bogotá
Colombia
Tel: +57 (1) 3814050
Fax: +57 (1) 3814747 Ext. 2500
Nomination Letter 		20/01/2009
COLOMBIA
Sra. Paula Caballero
Director
Economic, Social and Environmental affairs
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Calle 10#5 - 51
Bogotá
Colombia
Tel: +57 (1) 3814265
Fax: +57 (1) 381447 Ext. 2533
email: paula.caballero@cancilleria.gov.co
Nomination Letter 		20/01/2009
CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE
Mr. Jean Claude Emene Elenga
Directeur Exécutif du GEEC / Point Focal POPs et SAICM
Conservation de la nature, Eaux et Forêts
Ministère de l'Environnement, Conservation de la Nature et Tourisme
Avenue Papa Ileo No.15
Commune de la Gombe
Kinshasa
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Tel: +243 (99) 812 1166
Fax: +243 (88) 436 75
email: jcemene@yahoo.fr
Nomination Letter 		21/06/2005
CONGO, REPUBLIC OF THE
S. E. M. Henri Djombo
Ministre
Ministère du Développement Durable, de l'Economie Forestière et de l'Environnement
B.P. 98
Brazzaville
Congo, Republic of the
Tel: +242 222814141
Fax: +242 222814141
email: hdjombo@yahoo.fr
Nomination Letter 		13/05/2007
COOK ISLANDS
Dr. James Gosselin
Secretary
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration
P.O. Box 105
Rarotonga
Cook Islands
Tel: +682 (29) 347
Fax: +682 (21) 247
email: secfa@mfai.gov.ck
Nomination Letter 		27/09/2004
COSTA RICA
Ms. María Guzman Oritz
Directora / Focal Point of Stockholm Convention
Dirección de Gestión de Calidad Ambiental
Ministerio del Ambiente y Energía y Telecomunicaciones
Calle 9-9 bis Ave. 18
San José
Costa Rica
Tel: +506 (22) 33 02 70
Fax: +506 (22) 58 28 20
email: mguzman@minae.go.cr
Nomination Letter 		07/05/2007
CÔTE D´IVOIRE
Monsieur. Raphael Dakouri Zadi
Point Focal de la Convention de Stockholm/SAICM
Ministère de l'Environnement, des Eaux et Forêts
20 BP 650
Abijan
Côte d´Ivoire
Tel: +225 0617 27 99
Fax: +225 20 21 04 95
email: zadid@aviso.ci
Nomination Letter 		19/04/2004
CROATIA
Ms. Solveg Kovac
Head, Section for Air Protection
Ministry of Environmental Protection and Physical Planning and Constraction
Department for Atmosphere Protection
Republike Austrije 14
Zagreb
Croatia
Tel: + 385 1 3717 138
Fax: + 385 1 3717 107
email: Solveg.kovac@mzopu.hr
Nomination Letter 		30/04/2007
CUBA
Dr. Fernando M. González Bermúdez
Ministro a.i.
Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología y Medio Ambiente
Capitolio Nacional
Prado y San José 10
Habana Vieja. La Habana
Cuba
Tel: +537 867 0756
Fax: +537 866 8654
Nomination Letter 		20/03/2008
CUBA
Sr. Jorge Luis Fernández Chamero
Director of International Cooperation
Ministry of Science, Technology and the Environment
Capitolio Nacional, Prado y San José 10 200
Ciudad de la Habana
Cuba
Tel: +53 (7) 867 0606
Fax: +53 (7) 866 8054
email: chamero@citma.cu
Nomination Letter 		20/03/2008
CYPRUS
The Minister for Foreign Affairs
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Demostenis Severis Avenue
Govenment House 18
Nicosia
Cyprus
Nomination Letter 		05/06/2005
CYPRUS
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative
Permanent Mission of the Republic of Cyprus to the United Nations Office at Geneva and Specialized Institutions in Switzerland
Rue du Grand-Pré 66
Geneva
Switzerland
Tel: +41 22 798 21 50
Fax: +41 22 791 00 84
email: cyprus@cyprusmission.ch
Nomination Letter 		05/06/2005
CZECH REPUBLIC
Mr. Karel Blaha
Deputy Minister, Director General for Technical Protection and the Environment
Ministry of the Environment
Environmental Risks Department
Vrsovická 65
Prague 10
Czech Republic
Tel: +420 267 12 25 35
Fax: +420 267 31 00 13
email: karel_blaha@env.cz
Nomination Letter 		04/11/2002
CZECH REPUBLIC
Mr. Ivan Holoubek
Director
Masaryk University
Research Centre for Toxic Compounds in the Environment (RECETOX)
Kamenice 126/3
Brno
Czech Republic
Tel: +420 549 491 475
Fax: +420 549 492 840
email: holoubek@recetox.muni.cz
Nomination Letter 		04/11/2002
DENMARK
Ms. Mona Mejsen Westergaard
Senior Adviser on International Environmental Issues
Danish Ministry of the Environment
Environmental Protection Agency
Strandgade 29
Copenhagen K
Denmark
Tel: +45 32 66 01 00
Fax: +45 33 32 22 28
email: mst@mst.dk, momwe@mst.dk
Nomination Letter 		16/03/2004
DJIBOUTI
S. E. M. Hassan Omar Mohamed
Ministre
Ministère de l'Habitat, de l'Urbanisme, de l'Environnement et de l'Aménagement du Territoire et de l'Artisanat
PO Box: B.P. 11
Djibouti
Djibouti
Tel: +253 35 00 06, +253 35 85 22
Fax: +253 35 16 18
Nomination Letter 		09/06/2004
ECUADOR
Ms. Ana Tello
Madrid 1159 y Andalucia
Ministry of Environment
Servidor Público 3
Ecuador
Fax: +593 (2) 3987600 Ext. 1104
email: atello@ambiente.gob.ec
Nomination Letter 		05/09/2004
ECUADOR
Dirección General de Medio Ambiente y Cambio Climático
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Comercio e Integración
Edificio Zurita, Páez y Carrión
Quito
Ecuador
Tel: +593 (2) 2246857
email: dgmedamb@mmrree.gov.ec
Nomination Letter 		05/09/2004
EGYPT
Ms. Fatma Mohamed Ibrahim Abou-Shok
Head
Environmental Management Sector
Ministry of State for Environmental Affairs
30 Misr-Helwan El-Zyrae Road
P. O. Box 955 Maadi
11728 Cairo
Egypt
Tel: +20 (2) 25256452, +20 (2) 25257303
Fax: +20 (2) 25256475
email: faboushouk@mailcity.com
Nomination Letter 		31/07/2003
ESTONIA
Mr. Allan Gromov
Under State Secretary
Ministry of Environment
Narva mnt 7 a
15172 Tallinn
Estonia
email: allan.gromov@envir.ee
Nomination Letter 		05/02/2009
ETHIOPIA
Mr. Dessalegne Mesfin Fanta
Deputy Director General
Environmental Protection Authority
P.O. Box 12760
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Tel: +251 (11) 6464607
Fax: +251 (11) 6464676, +251 (11) 6464682
email: epa_ddg@ethionet.et
Nomination Letter 		09/04/2003
EUROPEAN UNION
Mr. Sylvain Bintein
Policy Desk Officer
European Commission
Directorate-General Environment
DG Environment
Chemicals Unit, DG ENV.D.1
Brussels
Belgium
Tel: +32 2 29 95 452
Fax: +32 2 29 66 995
email: sylvain.bintein@ec.europa.eu
Nomination Letter 		14/02/2005
FINLAND
Ms. Pirkko Kivela
Counsellor
Ministry of the Environment
Environmental Risks and Wastes Issues
Kasarmikatu 25
PO Box: 35
Helsinki
Finland
Tel: +358 20 490 7322
Fax: +358 9 1603 9716
email: pirkko.kivela@ymparisto.fi
Nomination Letter 		02/12/2002
FRANCE
Mme Céline Fanguet
Bureau des Substances et Préparations Chimiques
Direction Générale de la Prévention des Risques
Ministère de l'Ecologie, du Développement Durable, des Transports et du Logement
La Grande Arche
Paroi Nord
92055 La Défense cedex
France
Tel: +33 (1) 40 81 86 99
Fax: +33 (1) 40 81 20 72
email: celine.fanguet@developpement-durable.gouv.fr
Nomination Letter 		17/05/2004
FRANCE
Mlle Anne Bourdy
Rédactrice Produits Chimiques, Déchets Dangereux et Pollutions
Sous-Direction de la Gestion des Ressources Naturelles (NAT) Pôle Eaux, Sols, Pollutions / Direction Générale de la Mondialisation, du Développement et des Partenariats / Direction des Biens Publics Mondiaux
Ministère des Affaires Etrangères et Européennes
Bureau GUT Niveau 2 - R43 - 44
27, rue de la Convention - CS 91533
75732 Paris Cedex 15
France
Tel: +33 (1) 43 17 61 65
Fax: +33 (1) 43 17 73 94
email: anne.bourdy@diplomatie.gouv.fr
Nomination Letter 		17/05/2004
GABON
Dr. Hubert Binga
Directeur Général Adjoint
Ministère des Affaires Etrangères, de la Coopération, de la Francophonie et de l'Intégration Règionale
Centre National Anti- Pollution
B.P. 2245
Libreville
Gabon
Fax: +241 05 80 57 22
email: hubert-binga@hotmail.com
Nomination Letter 		05/08/2007
GAMBIA
Mr. Momodou B. Sarr
Executive Director
National Environment Agency
5 Fitzgerald Street
Banjul
Gambia
Tel: +220 (422) 4178, +220 (422) 3860
Fax: +220 229701, +220 223206
email: nea@gamtel.gm
Nomination Letter 		27/07/2006
GEORGIA
Mr. Alverd Chankseliani
Head of Division
Waste and Chemicak Substabces Management Division
Ministry of Environment Protection and Natural Resources
6 Gulua Street
Tbilisi
Georgia
Tel: +995 (32) 727227
Fax: +995 (32) 727223
email: chem_ira@yahoo.com
Nomination Letter 		02/01/2007
GERMANY
Dr. Gordo Jain
Head of Division IG II 3/ International Chemicals Safety and Sustainable Chemistry
Principal Matters of International Chemicals Safety and Sustainable Chemistry
Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation
Robert-Schuman-Platz 3
P.O. Box 12 06 29
53175 Bonn
Germany
Tel: +49 (228) 99 305 2740
Fax: +49 (228) 99 10 305 3524
email: gordo.jain@bmu.bund.de
Nomination Letter 		24/07/2002
GHANA
Mr. Rudolph Sandy Kuuzegh
Director
Environment Sector (MLGRDE)
Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development
P.O Box M50
Accra
Ghana
Tel: +233 (21) 666 005 / +233 (21) 666 049
Fax: +233 (21) 660 005
email: sandykuuz@yahoo.co.uk
Nomination Letter 		28/08/2003
GUATEMALA
Ing. Ana Dolores Consuelo Arévalo Morales
Coordinator of the Chemical Products Unit
Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources
20 street 28-58 zone 10
010010-Guatemala
Guatemala
Tel: +502 24230500 Ext.1250
Fax: +502 24231204
email: convenios@marn.gob.gt, adearevalo@marn.gob.gt
Nomination Letter 		28/10/2008
GUINEA
Mme Diallo Halimatou Tandetta
Directrice Nationale de l'Environnement/ Point Focal de la Convention de Stockholm
Direction Nationale de l'Environnement
Ministère de l'Environnement et du Développement Durable
B.P. 3118
Conakry
Guinea
Tel: +224 (60) 43 42 06, +224 62394980
Fax: +224 (60) 46 84 56
email: hamaty@hotmail.com
Nomination Letter 		10/03/2008
GUYANA
Mr. Basudeo Subhas Dwarka
Registrar, Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals
Pesticides and Toxic Chemical Control Board
NARI Compound
Mon Repos
East Coast Demerara
Guyana
Tel: +592 (220) 8880 / +592 (220) 8838
Fax: +592 (220) 8933
email: ptccb@guyana.net.gy, basudeodwarka@yahoo.com
Nomination Letter 		11/12/2007
HAITI
M. Pierre Frantz Germain
Point Focal de la Convention de Stockholm / Ingénieur
Bureau du Projet de Lutte contre Malaria
Ministère de l'Environnement
Delmas 95, Rue Pommeyrac
Impasse Acajou #4
Haiti
Tel: +509 37208035
Fax: +509 34499066
email: franzger@yahoo.fr
Nomination Letter 		Not yet Party
HONDURAS
Secretaría de Estado en los Despachos de Recursos Naturales y Ambiente (SERNA)
Barrio Morazán, 100 Metros al sur del Estadio Nacional
M.D.C. Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Tel: +504 (232) 1386, +504 (232) 2011
Fax: +504 (232) 6250
email: despacho@serna.gob.hn
Nomination Letter 		21/08/2005
HUNGARY
Mr. Máté Kovács
Chief Counsellor, Air, Noise and Transport Unit
Department of Environmental Development
Ministry of Environment and Water
Fö Utca 44-50
H-1011 Budapest
Hungary
Tel: +36 (1) 457 33 00 / 639
Fax: +36 (1) 201 30 56
email: kovacsmat@mail.kvvm.hu
Nomination Letter 		12/06/2008
ICELAND
Ms. Sesselja Bjarnadóttir
Head of Division
Ministry for the Environment
Skuggasundi 1
Reykjavik
Iceland
Tel: +354 545 8600
Fax: +354 562 4566
email: sesselja.bjarnadottir@environment.is
Nomination Letter 		27/08/2002
INDIA
Mr. Shri Rajiv Gauba
Joint Secretary
Ministry of Environment and Forests
Hazardous Substances Management Division
Paryavaran Bhawan
c.g.o Complex, Lodhi road
New Delhi
India
Tel: +91 (11) 24360634
Fax: +91 (11) 24363577
email: r.gauba@nic.in
Nomination Letter 		13/04/2006
INDONESIA
Ms. Halimah Syafrul
Assistant Deputy for Hazardous and Toxic Substance Management
Deputy Minister for Hazardous Substances, Hazardous Wastes and Solid Wastes Management
Ministry of Environment
Jl. D.I. Panjaitan Kav 24, Kebon Nana
Building C, 2nd floor
Jakarta 13410
Indonesia
Tel: +62 (21) 85905639
Fax: +62 (21) 85906679
email: halimah_syafrul@yahoo.com
Nomination Letter 		27/12/2009
IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF)
Mr. Gholamhossein Dehghani
Director General for International Political Affairs
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Building No. 8.West
United Nations Avenue, Imam Khomeini Sq.
Tehran
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Tel: +98 (21) 6115 4336, +98 (21) 6671 6900
Fax: +98 (21) 6674 0094
email: gdehghani7@gmail.com
Nomination Letter 		07/05/2006
IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF)
Mr. Nassereddin Heidari
Deputy Secretary
National Authority for Conventions on Chemicals
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
United Nations Avenue
Building No. 8.2
Imam Sq.
Tehran
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Tel: +98 (21) 61154448
Fax: +98 (21) 66740094
email: nheidari63@gmail.com
Nomination Letter 		07/05/2006
IRAQ
Mr. Baraa Natik Nuaman
Ministry of Environment
Iraq
Tel: +964 7901855290
email: baraanatik@yahoo.com
Nomination Letter 		Not yet Party
IRELAND
Mr. Gary McGuinn
Assistant Principal
Environmental Radiation Policy and Air Quality Section
Department of Environment Heritage and Local Government
Newtown Road
Wexford
Ireland
Tel: +353 (911) 7353
Fax: +353 (911) 7603
email: Gary.McGuinn@environ.ie
Nomination Letter 		03/11/2010
ISRAEL
Dr. Gilly Zimand
Deputy Director
Ministry of Environmental Protection - Israel
Division of Hazardous Substances
PO Box: 34033
Jerusalem
Israel
Tel: +972 2 655 3766, +972 2 655 3771
Fax: +972 2 655 3763
email: giliz@sviva.gov.il
Nomination Letter 		Not yet Party
ITALY
Ms. Federica Fricano
Director General Office
Department for Environmental Research and Development
Via Cristofor Colombo, 44
Rome
Italy
Tel: +39 06 572 28 148
Fax: +39 06 572 28 173
email: fricano.federica@minambiente.it
Nomination Letter 		Not yet Party
JAMAICA
Permanent Mission of Jamaica to the United Nations Office and other Specialized Institutions in Geneva
Rue de Lausanne 36
Geneva
Jamaica
Tel: +41 (22) 908 07 60
Fax: +41 (22) 738 44 20
email: mission.jamaica@ties.itu.int
Nomination Letter 		30/08/2007
JAPAN
Mr. Toshikatsu Aoyama
Senior Coordinator, Global Environment Division
International Cooperation Bureau
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2-2-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku
100-8919 Tokyo
Japan
Tel: +81 (3) 5501 8245
Fax: +81 (3) 5501 8244
email: toshikatsu.aoyama@mofa.go.jp, mayuka.ishida@mofa.go.jp
Nomination Letter 		28/11/2002
JAPAN
Environment Officer
Permanent Mission of Japan in Geneva
3 Chemin des Fins 1211
PO Box: 337
Geneva 19
Switzerland
Tel: +(41) 22 717 3111
Fax: +(41) 22 788 3811
email: mission@ge-japan.ch
Nomination Letter 		28/11/2002
JORDAN
H.E. Eng. Khaled Anis Irani
Minister
Ministry of Environment
Oum Othenah, P.O. Box 1408
PO Box: 1408
Amman
Jordan
Tel: +962 6 5560113 (Ext. 205, 222)
Fax: +962 6 5560288, +962 6 5525315
email: moenv@moenv.gov.jo
Nomination Letter 		06/02/2005
KENYA
Ms. Caroline Njoki Wamai
Principle Chemist
Multilateral Environmental Agreements
Ministry of Environment and Mineral Resources
P.O. Box 30126
00202-Nairobi
Kenya
Tel: +254 (20) 2730808
Fax: +254 (20) 2734722
email: carolwamai@yahoo.com
Nomination Letter 		23/12/2004
KIRIBATI
Mrs. Wiriki Tooma
Secretary
Ministry of Environment. Land and Agricultural Development
P.O. Box 234, Bikenibeu
Tarawa
Kiribati
Tel: +686 28211, +686 28507
Fax: +686 28334, +686 28647
email: wirikitooma@gmail.com, information@environment.gov.ki
Nomination Letter 		06/12/2004
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Mr. Park Heung-kyeong
Director
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Environmental Cooperation Division
Room # 710
95-1 Doryemdong, Jongrogu
Seoul
Korea, Republic of
Tel: +82 2 2100 7745
Fax: +82 2 2100 7991
email: Environment@mofat.go.kr
Nomination Letter 		25/04/2007
KUWAIT
Captain Ali Haider
Acting Director General
Environment Public Authority
P.O. Box 24395
Safat
Kuwait
Tel: +965 24820590
Fax: +965 24820570
email: farman101@hotmail.com
Nomination Letter 		06/03/2007
KYRGYZSTAN
Ms. Taisia Neronova
Head
Section of Industrial Ecology
State Agency for Environment Protection and Forestry
228 Toktogul Str.
Bishkek
Kyrgyzstan
Tel: +996 (312) 611833
Fax: +996 (312) 611396, +996 (312) 545282
email: min-eco@elcat.eg, neronova@rambler.ru
Nomination Letter 		12/03/2007
LAO PEOPLE´S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
Mrs. Monemany Nhoybouakong
Director General of Environment Research Institute
Environment Research Institute
Science Technology and Environment Agency
PO Box: 2279
Vientiane
Lao People´s Democratic Republic
Tel: +856 21 21 89 15
Fax: +856 21 21 34 72
email: mone_many@yahoo.com
Nomination Letter 		26/09/2006
LATVIA
Ms. Dagnija Jirgensone
Senior Officer
Environmental Protection Department
Ministry of the Environment
Peldu iela 25
Riga LV-1494
Latvia
Tel: +371 (67) 026514
Fax: +371 (67) 820442
email: dagnija.jirgensone@vidm.gov.lv
Nomination Letter 		26/01/2005
LESOTHO
Mr. Thabo Tšasanyane
Senior Environment Officer / Basel Convention Focal Point
Department of Environment
Ministry of Tourism, Environment and Culture
6th Floor, Post Office Building, Kingsway Road
P.O. Box 10959
Maseru
Lesotho
Tel: +266 580035830
Fax: +266 (22) 311139
email: tsasanyanetk@hotmail.com
Nomination Letter 		23/04/2002
LIBERIA
Mr. Thomas Romeo Quioh
Executive Director a.i.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
4th Street Sinkor
P.O. Box 4024
Monrovia
Liberia
Tel: +231 6533435
email: thomasromeoquioh@yahoo.com
Nomination Letter 		21/08/2002
LIBYA
H.E. Dr. Mahmoud S. Elfallah
Secretary
General Agency for Environment
P.O. Box: 83618
PO Box: 83618
Tripoli
Libya
Tel: +218 21 487 15 90
Fax: +218 21 487 02 66
email: ega.unfcc@environment.org.ly
Nomination Letter 		12/09/2005
LIECHTENSTEIN
Mr. Manfred Frick
Head of Division
Office of Environmental Protection
Dr. Grass-Str. 12
Vaduz
Liechtenstein
Tel: +423 (236) 61 94
Fax: +423 (236) 61 99
email: manfred.frick@aus.llv.li
Nomination Letter 		03/03/2005
LITHUANIA
Mrs. Marija Teriosina
Head
Ministry of Environment
Chemical Substances Division
A. Jaksto St. 4/9
Vilnius
Lithuania
Tel: +370 5 266 3501
Fax: +370 5 266 3502
email: m.teriosina@am.lt
Nomination Letter 		05/03/2007
MADAGASCAR
Mme. Christine Edmée Ralalaharisoa
Directeur du Développement du Réflexe Environnemental
Point de Contact Offciel de la Convention de Stockholm
Ministère de l'Environnement, des Eaux et Forêts
BP 571, Ampandriaaomby
Antananarivo
Madagascar
Tel: +261 (32) 04 88 615, +261 (20) 26 305 79
Fax: +261 (20) 22 419 19
email: dge@mef.gov.mg
Nomination Letter 		16/02/2006
MALAWI
Ms. Caroline Theka
Environmental Officer (Legal)
Environmental Affairs Department
Private Bag 394
Lilongwe
Malawi
Tel: +265 (1) 771 111
Fax: +265 (1) 773 379
email: caroltheka@yahoo.com
Nomination Letter 		28/05/2009
MALAYSIA
Dr. Nadzri Yahaya
Deputy Undersecretary
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
Conservation and Environmental Management Division
6th floor, Tower Block 4G3, Precinct 4
Federal Government Administrative Centre
Putrajaya
Malaysia
Tel: +603 8886 1129, +603 8888 4473
email: nadzri@nre.gov.my
Nomination Letter 		Not yet Party
MALAYSIA
Dr. Lian Kok Fei
Undersecretary
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
Conservation and Environmental Management Division
6th Floor,
Tower Block 4G3,
Precint 4,
Federal Government Administrative Centre
Putrajaya
Malaysia
Tel: +6 03 8886 1125
Fax: +6 03 8888 4473
email: drlian@nre.gov.my
Nomination Letter 		Not yet Party
MALDIVES
H. E. Dr. Mohamed Shareef
State Minister
Ministry of Housing, Transportation and Environment
Fen Building, 3rd Floor, Ameenee Magu
Male' 20156
Maldives
Tel: +960 3004300
Fax: +960 3004341
email: mohamed.shareef@mhe.gov.mv
Nomination Letter 		15/01/2007
MALI
Mr. Balla Sissoko
Point Focal et Point de Contact Officiel de la Convention de Stockholm
Direction Nationale de l'Assainissement et du Contrôle des Pollutions et des Nuisances (DNACPN)
Ministère de l’Environnement et de l’Assainissement
Dravéla Bolobana
Porte 191, Rue 415
PO Box: B.P. E3114
Bamako
Mali
Tel: +223 (20) 29 24 10
Fax: +223 (20) 29 50 90
email: balsissoko@yahoo.fr, dnacpn@afribonemali.net
Nomination Letter 		04/12/2003
MARSHALL ISLANDS
Ms. Kino S. Kabua
Secretary
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
P.O. Box 1349
Marshall Islands
Tel: +692 (625) 3181, +692 (625) 3012
Fax: +692 (625) 4979
email: kinokabua@gmail.com
Nomination Letter 		27/04/2003
MAURITANIA
Dr. Sidi Ould Aloueimine
Directeur
Direction des Pollutions et des Urgences Environnementales
Ministère de l’Environnement et Devéloppement Durable
Rue 21-185 N° 834
BP: 170 Nouakchott
Mauritania
Tel: +222 2230556, +222 6010909
Fax: +222 5243138
email: aloueimine01@yahoo.fr, environnement@environnement.gov.mr
Nomination Letter 		20/10/2005
MAURITIUS
Mrs. S. L. Ng Yun Wing
Director
Ministry of Environment
National Development Unit
Ken Lee Tower, 2nd Floor, Barrack Street
Port Louis
Mauritius
Tel: +230 212 6080
Fax: +230 212 6671
email: dirdoe@mail.gov.mu, rseenauth@mail.gov.mu
Nomination Letter 		11/10/2004
MEXICO
Amb. Ernesto Céspedes Oropeza
Director General para Temas Globales
Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores
Plaza Juárez 20, Piso 14
Col. Centro
México, D.F.
Mexico
Tel: +52 (55) 36865628
Fax: +52 (55) 36865632
email: dgtglobales@sre.gob.mx
Nomination Letter 		11/05/2003
MOLDOVA, REPUBLIC OF
Mrs. Liudmila Marduhaeva
Main Advisory Officer
Division on Environment Pollution Prevention
Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources
9 Cosmonautilor St.
MD-2005 Chisinau
Moldova, Republic of
Tel: +373 (22) 20 45 26
Fax: +373 (22) 22 68 58
email: liudmila@moldovapops.md, l.marduhaeva@mail.md
Nomination Letter 		06/07/2004
MONACO
Mr. Philippe Antognelli
Head of Section
Direction de l'Environnement
3, Avenue de Fontvieille
98000
Monaco
Tel: +377 98984680
Fax: +377 92052891
email: pantognelli@gouv.mc
Nomination Letter 		18/01/2005
MONGOLIA
Mrs. Jargalsaikhan Lkhasuren
Secretary and Chair of Council's Office
Ministry of Nature, Environment and Tourism
National Chemicals Management Council
Room 209, Government Building No. 2
Negdsen Vndestnii Gudamg 5/2
Ulaanbaatar 210646
Mongolia
Tel: +976 (51) 266528
Fax: +976 (51) 266528
email: jargalsaikhan@mne.gov.mn, l.jargals@yahoo.com
Nomination Letter 		29/07/2004
MOROCCO
M. Mehdi Chalabi
Directeur de la Surveillance et de la Prévention des Risques
Ministère de l'énergie, des Mines, de l'Eau et de l'Environnement
9. Av. Al Araar Secteur 16, Hay Ryad
Rabat
Morocco
Tel: +212 (5) 37 57 66 46
Fax: +212 (5) 37 57 66 45
email: chalabi@environnement.gov.ma
Nomination Letter 		13/09/2004
MOZAMBIQUE
Mr. Joseph Constans John Gungunhana
Technician
Ministry for Coordination of Environmental Affairs
Av. Acordo de Lusaka 2115
PO Box: 2020
Maputo
Mozambique
Tel: +258 21 465 141
Fax: +258 21 465 141
email: jgungunhana@yahoo.com.br
Nomination Letter 		29/01/2006
MYANMAR
Mr. Hla Maung Thein
Joint Secretary / Director
National Commission for Environmental Affairs
Ministry of Forestry
Building No. 28
Nay Pyi Taw
Myanmar
Tel: +95 (67) 405381
Fax: +95 (67) 405391
email: env.myan@mptmail.net.mm
Nomination Letter 		18/07/2004
NAMIBIA
Dr. Freddy Sikabongo
Head
Ministry of Environment and Tourism
Environmental Impact and Pollution Control
Private Bag 13346
Windhoek
Namibia
Tel: +264 61 284 2111
Fax: +264 61 240 339
email: freddy_sikabongo@yahoo.co.uk
Nomination Letter 		22/09/2005
NEPAL
Ms. Meena Khanal
Joint Secretary
Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology
Singha Durbar
Kathmandu
Nepal
Tel: +977 (1) 4211 996
Fax: +977 (1) 4211 754
email: meenakhanal@hotmail.com
Nomination Letter 		04/06/2007
NETHERLANDS
Mr. Jan-Karel Kwisthout
Deputy Head of Unit
Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment
P.O. Box 30945
The Hague
Netherlands
Tel: +31 (70) 339 47 26
Fax: +31 (70) 339 12 86
email: jankarel.kwisthout@minvrom.nl
Nomination Letter 		28/04/2002
NEW ZEALAND
Mr. Howard Ellis
Senior Adviser
New Zealand Ministry for the Environment
PO Box: 10.362
Wellington
New Zealand
Tel: +644 439 7437
Fax: +644 439 7700
email: howard.ellis@mfe.govt.nz
Nomination Letter 		23/12/2004
NIGERIA
Mrs. Stella Uchenna Mojekwu
Desk officer for the Stockholm Convention on POPs
No.: 14 Agumi Ironsi Street
Maitama
Abuja
Nigeria
Tel: +234 (9) 5234119
Fax: +234 (9) 5234119
email: sumojekwu@yahoo.com
Nomination Letter 		22/08/2004
NIUE
Mr. Sauni Tongatule
Director
Department of Government
P.O. Box 80
Alofu
Niue
Tel: +683 4021, +683 4011
email: tongatules@mail.gov.nu
Nomination Letter 		01/12/2005
NORWAY
Ms. Anne Kathrine Arnesen
Senior Advisor
Ministry of Environment
PO Box: 8013 Dep
Oslo
Norway
Tel: +47 22 245813
email: AnneKathrine.Arnesen@md.dep.no
Nomination Letter 		09/10/2002
OMAN
Mr. Said Al-Zadjali
Director of Chemical Substances
Ministry of Regional Municipalities, Environment and Water Resources
PO Box: 323
Muscat
Oman
Tel: +968 24 692 417
Fax: +968 24 692 462
email: dcs@mrmewr.gov.om
Nomination Letter 		19/04/2005
PAKISTAN
Mr. Muhammad Ashraf
Joint Secretary
International Cooperation
Ministry of Environment
LG & RD Complex, 4th Floor, Room 408
Sector G-5/2, Local Government Building
Islamabad-44000
Pakistan
Tel: +92 (51) 924 5523
Fax: +92 (51) 924 5524
email: jsicenv@gmail.com, aali90@yahoo.com
Nomination Letter 		16/07/2008
PANAMA
Sr. Franklin Garrido
Sección de Desechos Peligrosos y no Peligrosos, Subdirección General de Salud Ambiental
Dirección General de Salud
Ministerio de Salud
Corregimiento de Ancón, Calle Paseo Gorgas
Edif. 237-2 Piso
Panama
Tel: +507 5129549, +507 5129131
Fax: +507 5129443
email: agarrido83@hotmail.com
Nomination Letter 		03/06/2003
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Dr. Wari Iamo
Secretary
Department of Environment and Conservation
P.O. Box 6601
National Capital District
Boroko
Papua New Guinea
Tel: +675 (325) 01 80
Fax: +675 (325) 01 82
email: officesec@dec.gov.pg
Nomination Letter 		05/01/2004
PARAGUAY
Sr. Ukiscs Lovera
Director General
Dirección General de Control de la Calidad Ambiental y de los Recursos Naturales
Secretaria del Ambiente (SEAM)
Avenida Madame Lynch Nº 3500
Asunción
Paraguay
Tel: +595 (21) 662654
Fax: +595 (21) 615813
email: ulovera@seam.gov.py
Nomination Letter 		30/06/2004
PERU
S.E. Sr. Augusto Arzubiaga Scheuch
Director de Medio Ambiente
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores
Dirección General para Asuntos Multilaterales y Globales
Lampa 545
Lima
Peru
Tel: +51 1 204 3140
Fax: +51 1 204 3141
email: aarzubiaga@rree.gob.pe, katia.angeles@ties.itu.int
Nomination Letter 		13/12/2005
PHILIPPINES
Mr. Juan Miguel T. Cuna
Director
Environment and Management Bureau (EMB)
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)
DENR Compound, Visayas Avenue
Diliman, Quezon City
Manila
Philippines
Tel: +63 (2) 920 2246
Fax: +63 (2) 927 1518
email: attymitchcuna@yahoo.com, embcentral@yahoo.com
Nomination Letter 		27/05/2004
POLAND
Ms. Monika Sklarzewska
Senior Inspector
Department of Waste Management
Ministry of the Environment
52/54 Wawelska Street
Warsaw
Poland
Tel: +48 (22) 579 22 57
Fax: +48 (22) 579 27 95
email: monika.sklarzewska@mos.gov.pl
Nomination Letter 		21/01/2009
PORTUGAL
Mme Tereza Vinhas
Head of Department
Agence Portugaise pour l'Environnement (APA)
Rua da Murgueira 9/9A
Amadora
Portugal
Tel: +351 (21) 472 8330
Fax: +351 (21) 472 8379
email: teresa.vinhas@iambiente.pt
Nomination Letter 		13/10/2004
QATAR
Eng. Mohammed Guloom Al-Ibrahim
Head of Chemical Management Section
Supreme Council for the Environment & Natural Reserves
PO Box: P.O. Box 7634
Doha
Qatar
Tel: +974 443 7171 ext 244
Fax: +974 441 5246
email: mgibrahim@qatarenv.org
Nomination Letter 		10/03/2005
ROMANIA
Ms. Mihaela Claudia Paun
Councellor
Ministry of Environment and Forests
Pollution Control and Impact Assessment Directorate
Libertatii Blvd., 5th District
Bucharest
Romania
Tel: +40 21 408 9589
Fax: +40 21 316 0421
email: mihaela.ciobanu@mmediu.ro
Nomination Letter 		26/01/2005
RWANDA
Mr. Rusakana Elièzer Ndizeye
Environmental Inspection Officer
Rwanda Environment Management Authority (REMA)
Ministère des Ressources Naturelles (MINIRENA)
P.O.B 7436
Kacyiru - Kigali
Rwanda
Tel: +250 788683561
Fax: +250 580017
email: rusakanael@yahoo.fr, maazou96@yahoo.fr
Nomination Letter 		03/09/2002
SAINT LUCIA
Mr. Donovan Williams
Permanent Secretary
Ministry of Economic Affairs, Economic Planning, National Development
PO Box: 974
Castries
Saint Lucia
Tel: +1 (758) 468 4419, +1 (758) 468 4418
Fax: +1 (758) 451 69 58, +1 (758) 452 25 06
email: projects@candw.lc
Nomination Letter 		02/01/2003
SAMOA
Mr. Aiono Mose Pouvi Sua
Chief Executive Officer
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
PO Box: 1L1859
Apia
Samoa
Tel: +685 21 171
Fax: +685 21 504
email: mfa@mfat.gov.ws
Nomination Letter 		05/05/2002
SENEGAL
Directeur de l'Environnement et des Etablissements Classés
Ministére de l'Environnement, de la Protection de la Nature, des Bassins de Rétention et des lacs Artificiels
Direction de l'Environnement et des Etablissements Classés
Rue Carnot
PO Box: 106
Dakar
Senegal
Tel: + 221 821 07 25, +221 822 62 11
Fax: +221 822 62 12
email: mission.senegal@ties.itu.int, denv@orange.sn
Nomination Letter 		06/01/2004
SERBIA
Ms. Tatjana Markov Milinkovic
Specialist, Chemicals and Biocidal Products Management Department
Serbian Chemicals Agency
Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning
1 Omladinskih brigada St.
11070 Belgrade
Serbia
Tel: +381 (11) 228 33 67
Fax: +381 (11) 228 33 71
email: tatjana.mmilinkovic@shema.gov.rs
Nomination Letter 		29/10/2009
SEYCHELLES
Mr. Flavien Philomel Joubert
Director General, Wildlife Enforcement and Permit Division (WEP)
Department of Environment
Ministry of Home Affairs, Environment and Transport
P.O.Box 445
Montfleuri,
Mahe
Seychelles
Tel: +248 670566, +248 670567
Fax: +248 610648
email: f.joubert@env.gov.sc
Nomination Letter 		01/09/2008
SIERRA LEONE
Mr. Franklyn Fawundu
Senior Assistant Secretary
International Division
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
14 Gloucester Street
Freetown
Sierra Leone
Tel: +232 (76) 605428, +232 (33) 605428
Fax: +232 (22) 223260
email: franklynfawundu@yahoo.com
Nomination Letter 		25/12/2003
SINGAPORE
Ms. Rohaya Saharom
Senior Engineer, Chemical Control Section
Pollution Control Department
National Environment Agency
Environment Building
40 Scotts Road, No. 13-00
Singapore
Tel: +65 (6731) 9654
Fax: +65 (6836) 2294
email: rohaya_saharom@nea.gov.sg
Nomination Letter 		22/08/2005
SLOVAKIA
Dr. Natasa Horecna
Head, Department of Risk Assessment of Chemicals
Centre of Waste Management and Basel Convention
Slovak Environmental Agency
Hanulova 5/D
Bratislava
Slovakia
Tel: +421 (2) 60 20 16 14, +421 (2) 64 28 26 83
email: natasa.horecna@sazp.sk
Nomination Letter 		03/11/2002
SLOVENIA
Ms. Vesna Ternifi
Undersecretary
Ministry of Health, National Chemicals Bureau
Mali trg.6
Ljubljana
Slovenia
Tel: +386 1 478 6251
Fax: +386 1 478 62 66
email: vesna.ternifi@gov.si
Nomination Letter 		02/08/2004
SOUTH AFRICA
Ms Judith Combrink
Deputy Director
Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism
Private Bag X447
Pretoria
South Africa
Tel: +27 12 310 3270
Fax: +27 (12) 320 5216
email: globalengagements@environment.gov.za
Nomination Letter 		03/12/2002
SPAIN
Ms. Ana García González
Head of International Coordination Unit
Ministry of the Environment and Rural and Marine Affairs
Agustin de Bentancourt, 25 1°
28071 Madrid
Spain
Tel: +34 (91) 4538363
Fax: +34 (91) 5340583
email: aggonzalez@marm.es
Nomination Letter 		26/08/2004
SRI LANKA
Ms. Leela Padmini Batuwitage
Additional Secretary
Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources
82, Sampathpaya, Rajamal Watte Rd.
Battaramulla
Sri Lanka
Tel: +94 (11) 287 5327
Fax: +94 (11) 287 9834
email: padmini@menr.lk
Nomination Letter 		22/03/2006
SRI LANKA
H. E. Mrs. Kshenuka Senewiratne
Ambassador, Permanent Representative
Permanent Mission of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka to the United Nations Office and other International Organizations in Geneva
Rue de Moillebeau 56 (5th Floor)
Case postale 436
Geneva 19
Sri Lanka
Tel: +41 (22) 919 12 50, +41 (22) 734 90 84
Fax: +41 (22) 734 90 84
email: mission@lankamission.org
Nomination Letter 		22/03/2006
SRI LANKA
Mr. S. M. D. P. A Jayatilake
Director
Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources
No. 342, Third Floor
Pittakotte Junction
Kotte
Sri Lanka
Tel: +94 (11) 2816970
Fax: +94 (11) 4410236
email: eeconga@yahoo.com
Nomination Letter 		22/03/2006
SRI LANKA
Hon. Mr. Anura Priyadarshana Yapa
Minister
Ministry of Environment
82, Sampathpaya
Rajamalwatta Road
Battaramulla
Sri Lanka
Tel: +94 11 2866617/18
Fax: +94 11 22866613
Nomination Letter 		22/03/2006
SUDAN
Dr. Saad El Din Ibrahim
Secretary General
Higher Council for Environment and Natural Resources (HCENR)
Gamaa Street
PO Box: P.O. Box 11488
Khartoum
Sudan
Tel: +249 183 784 279
Fax: +249 183 787 617
email: saadeldinibrahim41@yahoo.com
Nomination Letter 		27/11/2006
SURINAME
Ms. Mariska Riedewald
Environmental Policy Officer
Ministry of Labor, Technology Development and Environment
Wagenwegstraat no. 22
Paramaribo
Suriname
Tel: +597 475368
Fax: +597 420960
Nomination Letter 		19/12/2011
SWAZILAND
Mr. Vusumuzi F. Simelane
Environmental Inspector
Environmental Assessment and Compliance
Swaziland Environment Authority
P.O. Box 2602
Top Floor, Plot 335 of Farm 2
Sheffield Road, Industrial Estate
H 100 Mbabane
Swaziland
Tel: +268 24046960, +268 24047893
Fax: +268 24041718
email: vfsimelane@sea.org.sz
Nomination Letter 		13/04/2006
SWEDEN
Ms Maria Delvin
Senior Advisor
Swedish Chemical Agency
SE- 172 13
PO Box: 2
Sundbyberg
Sweden
Tel: +46 8 519 41 270
Fax: +46 8 735 7698
email: maria.devin@kemi.se, kemi@kemi.se
Nomination Letter 		06/08/2002
SWITZERLAND
Dr. Bettina Hitzfeld
Head of Section
Substances Soil Biotechnology Division
Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN)
3003 Bern
Switzerland
Tel: +41 (31) 323 17 68
Fax: +41 (31) 323 03 69
email: bettina.hitzfeld@bafu.admin.ch
Nomination Letter 		28/10/2003
SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC
Eng. Fouad Elok
Director, Chemical Safety and Waste Management
Chemical safety Directorate
Ministry of State for Environmental Affairs
Yousef Azmeh Seq
P.O. Box 3773
PO Box: 3773
Damascus
Syrian Arab Republic
Tel: +963 944646595
Fax: +963 (11) 2320885
email: fa-ok@scs-net.org, fa-ok@aloola.sy
Nomination Letter 		03/11/2005
TAJIKISTAN
Mr. Abdusalim Juraev
Head of Department
Ministry of Agriculture and Environment Protection
Nature Resources Use and Environment Protection
5/1 Shamsi street
734034 Dushanbe
Tajikistan
Tel: +99 237 221 78 38, +99 237 221 79 52
Fax: +99 237 221 18 39
email: office@pops.tj
Nomination Letter 		09/05/2007
TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF
Dr. Julius J. Ningu
Director of Environment
Division of Environment
Vice President's Office
Luthuli Road, Plot Number 10
P.O. Box 5380
PO Box: 5380
Dar es Salaam
Tanzania, United Republic of
Tel: +255 (22) 211 3983
Fax: +255 (11) 212 5297
email: jkningu@yahoo.com
Nomination Letter 		29/07/2004
TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF
Ms. Magdalena John Mtenga
Assistant Director
Vice President's Office
Environmental Pollution Management
Luthuli Road, Plot Number 10
PO Box: 5380
Dar es Salaam
Tanzania, United Republic of
Tel: +255 2113857
Fax: +255 2113856
email: magejohn@yahoo.com
Nomination Letter 		29/07/2004
THAILAND
Mrs. Sunee Piyapanpong
Deputy Director General
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
Pollution Control Department
92 Soi Phahon Yothin 7
Phahon Yothin Road
Bankok
Thailand
Tel: +66 2298 2150
Fax: +66 2298 2153
email: sunee.p@pcd.go.th, dbase.c@pcd.go.th
Nomination Letter 		01/05/2005
THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA
Mr. Marin Kocov
Manager of Ozone and POPs Unit
Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning
bul. Goce Delcev b.b.
1000 Skopje
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Tel: +389 (2) 3119622
Fax: +389 (2) 3119622
email: ozonunit@unet.com.mk
Nomination Letter 		25/08/2004
TOGO
Mr. Thiyu Kohoga Essobiyou
Chef Division Installations et Déchets Dangereux
Direction de l'Environnement
247, rue de Nimes
PO Box: 4825
Lome
Togo
Tel: +228 221 33 21, +228 221 51 97
Fax: +228 221 03 33, +228 221 51 97
email: essobiyou@hotmail.com, adjolo9@yahoo.fr
Nomination Letter 		20/10/2004
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
Mr. Kishan Kumarsingh
Head, Multilateral Environment Agreements
Environment Policy and Planning Division
Ministry of Planning, Housing and the Environment
Eric Williams Financial Complex, Financial Tower, Lvl. 13, Eric Williams Plaza, Independence Squ.
Port of Spain
Trinidad and Tobago
Tel: +1 (868) 627 9700 Ext. 2037
Fax: +1 (868) 623 8123
email: kishan.kumarsingh@phe.gov.tt
Nomination Letter 		13/03/2003
TURKEY
Mr. Abdurrahman Uluirmak
Head of Chemical Management Department
The Ministry of Environment and Forestry
General Directorate of Environmental Management
Bestepe
Ankara
Turkey
Tel: +90 312 207 6464
Fax: +90 (312) 287 38 27
email: auluirmak@cevreorman.gov.tr
Nomination Letter 		12/01/2010
UGANDA
Dr. Tom O. Okurut
Executive Director
National Environment Management Authority (NEMA)
NEMA House, Plot 17, 19, 21

Jinja Road
PO Box: 22255
Kampala
Uganda
Tel: +256 41 251064, +256 41 251065/8
Fax: +256 41 257521
email: haryamanya@nemaug.org, info@nemaug.org
Nomination Letter 		18/10/2004
UKRAINE
Mr. Oleksandr Semenets
Deputy Director of the Department of Environmental Safety
Department of Environmental Safety
Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources
35 Urytskoho Str.
03035 Kyiv
Ukraine
Tel: +380 (44) 2063165
Fax: +380 (44) 2063165
email: semenets@menr.gov.ua, waste@menr.gov.ua
Nomination Letter 		24/12/2007
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Dr. Muna Al Falasi
Director
Department of Chemicals and Hazardous Waste
Ministry of Environment and Waste
P.O. Box 1509
Dubai
United Arab Emirates
Tel: +971 (42) 148474
Fax: +971 (42) 655822
email: mbalfalasi@moew.gov.ae
Nomination Letter 		09/10/2002
UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND
Mr. Reuben Aitken
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)
International Chemicals and Nanotechnology
Area 2A, Nobel house,
Horseferry Road
London
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Tel: +44 207 238 6682
email: Reuben.Aitken@defra.gsi.gov.uk
Nomination Letter 		17/04/2005
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Dr. Kelly Rain Dodge
Foreign Affairs Officer
Office of Environmental Policy
U.S. Department of State
2201 C. Street NW
Washington, D.C.
United States of America
Tel: +1 (202) 647 2252
Fax: +1 (202) 647 1052
email: dodgekr@state.gov
Nomination Letter 		Not yet Party
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Ms. Karissa Taylor Kovner
Senior Policy Advisor
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Office of the Assistant Administrator for Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances
1201 Pennsylvania Ave
NW MC 7101M
Washington DC
United States of America
Tel: +1 (202) 564 0564
Fax: +1 (202) 564 0529
email: kovner.karissa@epa.gov
Nomination Letter 		Not yet Party
URUGUAY
Arq. Jorge Rucks
Director
Dirección Nacional de Medio Ambiente
Ministerio de Vivienda, Ordenamiento Territorial y Medio Ambiente
Galicia 1133, 3 Piso
C.P. 11.100
Montevideo 11100
Uruguay
Tel: +598 (2) 917 07 10 Ext. 4558
Fax: +598 (2) 917 07 10 Ext. 4553
email: jorge.rucks@dinama.gub.uy
Nomination Letter 		09/05/2004
VANUATU
Mr. Albert Abel Williams
Director
Department of Environmental Protection and Conservation
Private Mail Bag 9063
Port Vila
Vanuatu
Tel: +678 25302
Fax: +678 22227
email: awilliams@vanuatu.gov.vu
Nomination Letter 		15/12/2005
VENEZUELA (BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF)
Oficina de Gestión y Cooperación Internacional
Ministerio del Poder Popular para el Ambiente
Centro Simón Bolívar, Torre Sur, Piso 18
Caracas
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Tel: +58 (212) 408 15 01, +58 (212) 408 15 05
Fax: +58 (212) 408 15 03
email: osgci@minamb.gob.ve
Nomination Letter 		18/07/2005
VIET NAM
Mr. Hoang Minh Dao
Director
Pollution Control Department (PCD)
Vietnam Environment Administration
409 Kim Ma Street
Dong Da District
Hanoi
Viet Nam
Tel: +84 (4) 37713175
Fax: +84 (4) 37713176
email: hmdao@monre.gov.vn, daohm52@yahoo.com
Nomination Letter 		20/10/2002
YEMEN
Mr. Salem Baquhaizel
General Director, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
Environment Protection Authority (EPA)
Ministry of Water and Environment
P.O. Box 19719
Sana'a
Yemen
Tel: +967 120 7817
Fax: +967 120 73 27
email: epa-yemen@yemen.net.ye
Nomination Letter 		08/04/2004
ZAMBIA
Mr. David Kapindula
Principal Inspector
Environmental Council of Zambia
Corner Church and Suez Roads
P.O. Box 35131
Zambia
Tel: +260 (211) 254 023, +260 (211) 254 059
Fax: +260 (211) 254 164
email: dkapindula@necz.org.zm
Nomination Letter 		05/10/2006