Standing Committee 25 – Members and Permanent Observers MEMBERS Oceania - Chair Mr Stephen Hunter Head Biodiversity Group, Environment Australia GPO Box 787 Canberra ACT 2601, AUSTRALIA CP: Australia Tel 1: +61 2 6274 2222 Tel 2: +61 2 6274 2225 Fax 1: +61 2 6274 2735 Fax 2: +61 2 6274 2228 E-m 1: [email protected] E-m 2: [email protected] - assistant Africa - Vice-Chair Mr Paul Mafabi Gumonye Programme Manager National Wetlands Programme Ministry of Water, Lands and Environment Century Building, Parliament Avenue P.O. Box 9629 Kampala, UGANDA CP: Uganda Tel 1: +256 41 251 375 Tel 2: +256 41 254 706 Fax 1: +256 41 348 772 Fax 2: +256 41 342 298 E-m 1: [email protected] E-m 2: Africa Mr Ammar Boumezbeur Sous Directeur Direction Générale des Forêts Ministère de l'Agriculture et de la Pêche Chemin Doudou Mokhtar - Ben Aknoun Alger 16000, ALGERIE CP: Algeria Tel 1: +213 2 915 314 Fax 1: +213 2 915 314 Africa Mme Sadija Benmati Secrétaire diplomatique Mission permanente de la République algérienne démocratique et populaire auprès de l'Office des Nations Unies à Genève Route de Lausanne 308 1293 Bellevue, SWITZERLAND CP: Algeria Tel 1: 41 22 774 1985 Fax 1: 41 22 774 3049 E-m 1: [email protected]

Africa

Monsieur Abdou-Kérim Moumouni Directeur Direction de la Faune et de la Chasse Ministère de l'Environnement et de la Production forestière B.P. 355 Lomé, TOGO CP: Togo Tel 1: +228 214 029 Tel 2: +228 214 028 Fax 1: +228 214 029 Fax 2: +228 210 333 (ministre) E-m 1: [email protected] Asia Dr Ashok Kumar Kundra Special Secretary NLCP/Wetlands Ministry of Environment and Forests Paryavaran Bhawan, GCO Complex, Lodi Road New Delhi 110 003, INDIA CP: India Tel 1: +91 11 436 1712 Tel 2: +91 11 688 8485 Fax 1: +91 11 436 1712 Fax 2: +91 11 436 2551 E-m 1: [email protected] Asia Dr Sidharth Kaul Additional Director NLCP/Wetlands Ministry of Environment and Forests Paryavaran Bhawan, GCO Complex, Lodi Road New Delhi - 110 003, INDIA CP: India Tel 1: +91 11 436 0492 Fax 1: +91 11 436 2551/2251 Fax 2: +91 11 436 1712 E-m 1: [email protected] Asia Mr Akira Takamatsu Minister Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations Office in Geneva 3, chemin des Fins 1218 Grand-Saconnex, CP: Japan Tel 1: +41 22 717 3111 Fax 1: +44 22 788 3811 E-m 1: [email protected]

Asia Mr Hideyuki Chiba

Standing Committee 25 – Members and Permanent Observers Special Assistant Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations Office in Geneva 3, chemin des Fins 1218 Grand-Saconnex, CP: Japan Tel 1: 717 3111 Fax 1: 788 3811 E-m 1: [email protected] Asia Mr Hiroyuki Eguchi First Secretary Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations Office in Geneva Chemin des Fins 3, Case postale 337 1211 Genève 19, CP: Japan Tel 1: 717 3111 Fax 1: 788 3811 E-m 1: [email protected] Asia Mr Kazuhiko Kokubu Official Global Issues Division, Multilateral Cooperation Dept. Ministry of Foreign Affairs 2-2-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-8919, JAPAN CP: Japan Tel 1: +81 3 3581 3882 Fax 1: +81 3 3592 0364 E-m 1: [email protected] Asia Dr Makoto Komoda Senior Research Scientist Japan Wildlife Research Center Sitaya 3-10-10, Taito-ku Tokyo 110-8676, JAPAN CP: Japan Tel 1: +81 3 5824 0966 Fax 1: +81 3 5824 0968 E-m 1: [email protected] Asia Ms. Naoko Nakajima Deputy Director Wildlife Protection Division Nature Conservation Bureau, Environment Agency Kasumigaseki 1-2-2, Chiyoda-Ku Tokyo 100-8975, JAPAN CP: Japan Tel 1: +81 3 3581 8284 Tel 2: +81 3 3580 2161 Fax 1: +81 3 3581 7090 E-m 1: [email protected]

Europe Dr Karén Jenderedjian Leading Specialist Dept. of Biodiversity and Protected Natural Areas Ministry of Nature Protection 35 Moskovyan Str. 375002 Yerevan, ARMENIA CP: Armenia Tel 1: +374 1 568 027 Tel 2: +374 1 521 099(switchboard) Fax 1: +374 1 151 959 Fax 2: +374 1 568 027 E-m 1: [email protected] (office) E-m 2: [email protected] (home) Europe Mme Isabelle Vial Chargée de mission Direction de la Nature et des Paysages Ministère Aménagement du Territoire et Environnement Bureau des habitats naturels 20, avenue de Ségur 75302 Paris, FRANCE CP: France Tel 1: +33 1 4219 2067 Fax 1: +33 1 4219 1998 E-m 1: [email protected] E-m 2: [email protected] Europe Monsieur Thierry Berthelot Premier Secrétaire Mission Permanente de la France auprès de l'Office des Nations Unies à Genève 36, Route de Prégny 1292 Chambésy (GE), CP: France Tel 1: 758 9111 Fax 1: 758 2449 E-m 1: [email protected] Europe Mr Olav Nord-Varhaug Head, National Parks Division Directorate for Nature Management Tungasletta 2 N-7485 Trondheim, NORWAY CP: Norway Tel 1: +47 73 580 841-direct Tel 2: +47 73 580 500 Fax 1: +47 73 580 501 E-m 1: [email protected] Europe Ms Gunn Paulsen Senior Adviser

Standing Committee 25 – Members and Permanent Observers Directorate for Nature Management Tungasletta 2 7485 Trondheim, NORWAY CP: Norway Tel 1: +47 73 580 500 Tel 2: +47 73 580 831 Fax 1: +47 73 580 501 E-m 1: [email protected]

PO Bag 30 Long Circular Road, St. James Port of Spain, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO CP: Trinidad & Tobago Tel 1: +1 868 628 4007 Fax 1: +1 868 645 1203 Fax 2: +1 868 628 5503 E-m 1: [email protected]

Europe Dr Ján Kadlecík Secretary, Slovak Ramsar Committee State Nature Conservancy Centre for International Agreements Cachovsky rad 7 038 61 Vrútky, SLOVAK REPUBLIC CP: Slovak Republic Tel 1: +421 842 428 3337 Fax 1: +421 842 428 3337 E-m 1: [email protected] E-m 2: [email protected]

North America Biol. José Juan Perez Ramírez Subdirector de Cooperación International Dirección General de Vida Silvestre Instituto Nacional de Ecología - SEMARNAP Av. Revolución No. 1425 Col. Tlacopac Del. Alvaro Obregón C.P. 01040 México D.F., MEXICO CP: Mexico Tel 1: +525 5624 3315 Tel 2: +525 5624 3601 Fax 1: +525 5624 3588 E-m 1: [email protected]

Neotropics Sr Guillermo F. Lingua Coordinador de Programa Dirección de Recursos Ictícolas y Acuícolas Secretaría de Desarrollo Sustentable y Política Ambiental San Martín 459 piso 2, oficina 230 1004 Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA CP: Argentina Tel 1: +54 11 4348 8476 Tel 2: +54 11 4348 8533 Fax 1: +54 11 4348 8534 E-m 1: [email protected] Neotropics Sra Andrea Repetti Tercero Secretario Misión Permanente de la República Argentina ante la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas en Ginebra Route de l'Aéroport 10 Case postale 536 1215 Genève 15, CP: Argentina Tel 1: +41 22 929 8600 Fax 1: +41 22 798 5995 Fax 2: +41 22 798 1992 E-m 1: [email protected]

Neotropics Mr Sheriff Faizool Deputy Conservator of Forests Forestry Division Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Marine Resources

Lic. Marco A. Solano (Host COP7) SINAC Ministerio del Ambiente y Energía A.P. 10104-1000 San José, COSTA RICA CP: Costa Rica Tel 1: +506 283 8004 Tel 2: +506 283 7812-direct Fax 1: +506 283 7118 Fax 2: +506 283 7812-direct E-m 1: [email protected] E-m 2: [email protected] Dr Jesús Serrada Hierro (Host COP8) Subdirector General Conservación de la Biodiversidad Dirección General de Conservación de la Naturaleza Ministerio de Medio Ambiente C/Gran Vía San Francisco 4 28005 Madrid, SPAIN CP: Spain Tel 1: +34 91 597 5415 Tel 2: +34 91 597 5522 Fax 1: +34 91 597 5566 E-m 1: [email protected]

Sr José Ramón Picatoste Jefe de Sección Tecnica D.G. Conservación de la Naturaleza Ministerio de Medio Ambiente C/Gran Vía San Francisco 4 28005 Madrid, SPAIN CP: Spain

Standing Committee 25 – Members and Permanent Observers Tel 1: +34 91 597 5667 Fax 1: +34 91 597 556 E-m 1: [email protected] PERMANENT OBSERVERS Dr Meinrad Küttel Chef de Section Division protection de la nature Office fédéral de l'environnement, des forêts et du paysage 3003 Berne, CP: Switzerland Tel 1: 031 322 9324 Fax 1: 031 324 7579 Fax 2: 031 324 7573 E-m 1: [email protected] Ir. Henk J. Eggink Department of International Nature Management Ministry of Agriculture, Nature Management & Fisheries Bezuidenhoutseweg 73 Postbus 20401 NL-2500 EK's-Gravenhage, NETHERLANDS CP: Netherlands Tel 1: +31 70 378 5009 Tel 2: +31 70 373 5001(secretariat) Fax 1: +31 70 378 6146 E-m 1: [email protected] Mr John O'Sullivan International Treaties Adviser BirdLife International c/o RSPB The Lodge Sandy, Bedfordshire SG19 2DL, UNITED KINGDOM Tel 1: +44 1767 680 551 Fax 1: +44 1767 683 211 E-m 1: [email protected]

Mr David Pritchard International Treaties Adviser BirdLife International c/o RSPB The Lodge Sandy, Bedfordshire SG19 2DL, UNITED KINGDOM Tel 1: +44 1767 680 551x2133

Fax 1: +44 1767 683 211 E-m 1: [email protected] Mr Juan Criado Hernandez Conservation Director Sociedad Española de Ornitología (SEO) BirdLife Spain c/ Melquiades Biencinto 34 28053 Madrid, SPAIN Tel 1: +34 91 434 0910 Fax 1: +34 91 434 0911 E-m 1: [email protected] E-m 2: [email protected] Mr Ed Wilson Programme and Policy Coordinator IUCN - The World Conservation Union Rue Mauverney 28 1196 Gland, SWITZERLAND Tel 1: +41 22 999 0276 E-m 1: [email protected] Dr Jean-Yves Pirot Coordinator Wetlands and Water Resources Programme Ecosystems Management Group IUCN - The World Conservation Union Rue Mauverney 28 1196 Gland, SWITZERLAND Tel 1: +41 22 999 0256 Fax 1: +41 22 999 0025 E-m 1: [email protected] Mr Simon Nash International Director International Coordination Unit Wetlands International Droevendaalsesteeg 3a PO Box 471 6700 AL Wageningen, NETHERLANDS Tel 1: +31 317 478 851 Tel 2: +31 317 478 854(switchboard) Fax 1: +31 317 478 850 E-m 1: [email protected] E-m 2: [email protected]

Dr Douglas Taylor Science Coordinator International Coordination Unit Wetlands International Droevendaalsesteeg 3a P.O. Box 471 6700 AL Wageningen, NETHERLANDS Tel 1: +31 317 478 852 (direct) Tel 2: +31 317 478 884 (switchboard)

Standing Committee 25 – Members and Permanent Observers Fax 1: +31 317 478 850 E-m 1: [email protected] Dr Biksham Gujja Head Freshwater Program - WWF International 27, avenue du Mont-Blanc 1196 Gland, SWITZERLAND Tel 1: +41 22 364 9031 Fax 1: +41 22 364 0526 E-m 1: [email protected] Mr Denis Landenbergue Senior Campaigner, Wetland Conservation Living Waters Campaign WWF International 27, avenue du Mont Blanc 1196 Gland, Tel 1: +41 22 364 9029 Tel 2: Fax 1: +41 22 364 0526 Fax 2: E-m 1: [email protected] Ms Musonda Mumba Programme Officer WWF-International 27, avenue du Mont-Blanc 1196 Gland, Tel 1: +41 22 364 9034 Fax 1: +41 22 364 0526 E-m 1: [email protected]

Standing Committee 25 Observers Dipl.-Ing. Wolfgang Pelikan Ländervertreter Amt der Burgenländischen Landesregierung Abteilung 4b - A Sylvesterstr. 7 A-7001 Eisenstadt AUSTRIA CP: Austria Tel 1: +43 2682 600 2396 Tel 2: +43 664 145 8069-mobil Fax 1: +43 2682 600 2287 Fax 2: E-m1: [email protected] E-m2: Dr Gerhard Sigmund Legal Officer Bundesministerium für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft Stubenbastei 5 A-1010 Wien AUSTRIA CP: Austria Tel 1: +43 1 51522 1416 Tel 2: Fax 1: +43 1 51522 7402 Fax 2: E-m1: [email protected] E-m2: Dr Aylté Marcel Baglo Directeur Général Agence Béninoise pour l'Environnement 03 BP 4387 38, Rue 390 (Route de Lomé) Cotonou REPUBLIQUE DU BENIN CP: Benin Tel 1: +229 304 556 Tel 2: +229 302 243 (direct) Fax 1: +229 304 543 Fax 2: E-m1: [email protected] E-m2: Ms Maria Carolina Hazin Ministerio do Meio Ambiente Diretoria de Areas Protegidas Esplanada dos Ministerios Bloco B-Sala 731 70.068-900 Brasília DF BRAZIL CP: Brazil Tel 1: +55 61 317 1246 Tel 2: +55 61 317 1199 Fax 1: +55 61 323 8318 Fax 2: +55 61 323 7936

E-m1: [email protected] E-m2: [email protected] Mr Alain Tellier First Secretary Permanent Mission of Canada 5, avenue de l'Ariana 1202 Geneva CP: Canada Tel 1: 919 9244 Tel 2: Fax 1: 919 9227 Fax 2: E-m1: [email protected] E-m2: Ms Xin Liu Program Officer International Cooperation Department State Forestry Administration 18 Hepingli Dongjie Beijing 100714 P.R. CHINA CP: China Tel 1: +86 10 8423 8719 Tel 2: +86 10 8423 8798 Fax 1: +86 10 8423 8749 Fax 2: E-m1: [email protected] E-m2: Mr Xun Yan Chief Biologist Department of Wild Fauna and Flora Protection State Forestry Administration Hepingli Dongjie 18 Hepingli, Beijing 100714 PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA CP: China Tel 1: +86 10 8423 8531 Tel 2: Fax 1: +86 10 8423 9211 Fax 2: +86 10 8423 8749 E-m1: [email protected] E-m2: Mr Lutz Plaumann Second Secretary Permanent Mission of Germany to the United Nations Office in Geneva Case postale 171 1211 Genève 19 SWITZERLAND CP: Germany Tel 1: 730 1111 Tel 2: Fax 1: 734 3043 Fax 2: E-m1: [email protected]

E-m2: Sr Carlos José Arroyave-Prera Tercer Secretario Misión Permanente de Guatemala ante la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas en Ginebra Ch. de Sous-Bois 21 1202 Genève CP: Guatemala Tel 1: +41 22 733 0850 Tel 2: Fax 1: +41 22 733 1429 Fax 2: E-m1: [email protected] E-m2: [email protected] Mr Javad Amin-Mansour Counsellor Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations Office in Geneva Ch. du Petit-Saconnex 28 1209 Genève CP: Iran, Islamic Republic of Iran Tel 1: 733 3001 Tel 2: 733 3004 Fax 1: 733 0203 Fax 2: E-m1: [email protected] E-m2: Mr Ali Mojtahed Shabestari Ambassador, Deputy Permanent Representative Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations Office in Geneva 28, chemin du Petit Saconnex 1209 Geneva SWITZERLAND CP: Iran, Islamic Republic of Iran Tel 1: +44 22 733 3001 Tel 2: Fax 1: +44 22 733 0203 Fax 2: E-m1: [email protected] E-m2: Mr Fadel Abdelateef Ashur Popular Secretariat of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Department of International Organizations Tripoli LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA CP: Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Tel 1: +218 21 333 4061 Tel 2: +218 21 333 4062 Fax 1: Fax 2: E-m1: E-m2: Mr Abdulmaula A. Hamza

Environment Public Authority PO Box 83618 Turkia Street Alghiraan, Tripoli LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA CP: Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Tel 1: +218 21 483 9991 Tel 2: +218 21 444 8452 Fax 1: +218 21 3339 098 Fax 2: E-m1: [email protected] E-m2: Mr Raja Zaib Shah Raja Reza Second Secretary Permanent Mission of Malaysia to the United Nations Office in Geneva ICC, 1er étage-bloc H, Route de Pré-Bois 20 Case postale 1834 1215 Genève 15 SWITZERLAND CP: Malaysia Tel 1: +41 22 788 1505 Tel 2: Fax 1: +41 22 788 0492 Fax 2: E-m1: [email protected] E-m2: Sr Gustavo Laurie Primer Secretario Misión Permanente del Perú ante la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas en Ginebra 71, Avenue Louis Casaï Case postale 160 1216 Cointrin SWITZERLAND CP: Peru Tel 1: 791 77 20 Tel 2: Fax 1: 791 77 28 Fax 2: 791 77 29 E-m1: [email protected] E-m2: [email protected] Ms Ma. Angelina Sta Catalina First Secretary Permanent Mission of the Philippines to the United Nations Office in Geneva 47, Avenue Blanc 1202 Genève SWITZERLAND CP: Philippines Tel 1: 716 1930 Tel 2: Fax 1: 716 1932 Fax 2: E-m1: [email protected] E-m2:

Mr Joao Carlos Farinha Head of Division Instituto da Conservação da Natureza Ministerio do Ambiente e Recursos Naturais Rua Ferreira Lapa 29 - 1° 1139-138 Lisboa PORTUGAL CP: Portugal Tel 1: +351 21 352 3317 Tel 2: Fax 1: +351 21 354 2501 Fax 2: E-m1: [email protected] E-m2: Dr Gordana Beltram Counsellor to the Minister Administration for the Protection of Nature Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning Vojkova 1b, PP 2608 1000 Ljubljana SLOVENIA CP: Slovenia Tel 1: +386 1 478 4556-direct Tel 2: +386 1 478 4000 Fax 1: +386 1 478 4051 Fax 2: E-m1: [email protected] E-m2: Mr Faysal Khabbaz-Hamoui Counsellor Permanent Mission of the Syrian Arab Republic to the United Nations Office in Geneva Rue de Lausanne 72 (3ème étage) 1202 Genève SWITZERLAND CP: Syria Tel 1: 732 6522 Tel 2: 732 6626 Fax 1: 738 4275 Fax 2: E-m1: E-m2: Mr Richard Chapman Team Leader Habitat Conservation & Ramsar, European Wildlife Division Dept. of the Environment, Transport and the Regions Room 9/22, Tollgate House Houlton Street Bristol BS2 9DJ UNITED KINGDOM CP: United Kingdom Tel 1: +44 117 987 8570 Tel 2: +44 117 987 8182 Fax 1: +44 117 987 8119 Fax 2:

E-m1: [email protected] E-m2: Ms Roberta L. Chew Ramsar Officer Bureau of Oceans, Int. Environmental & Scientific Affairs U.S. Department of State OES/ETC, Room 4333 Washington, D.C. 20520 USA CP: United States of America Tel 1: +1 202 647 4683 Tel 2: Fax 1: +1 202 736 7351 Fax 2: +1 202 647 5247 E-m1: [email protected] E-m2: Dr Herbert Raffaele Chief Office of International Affairs US Fish & Wildlife Service 4401 N. Fairfax Drive, Suite 730 Arlington, VA 22203-1622 USA CP: United States of America Tel 1: +1 703 358 1754(switchboard) Tel 2: +1 703 358 1767(direct) Fax 1: +1 703 358 2849 Fax 2: E-m1: [email protected] E-m2: Dra Magaly Bello de Kemper Consejera Misión Permanente de la República Dominicana ante la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas en Ginebra Rue de Lausanne 63 (7ème étage) 1202 Genève SWITZERLAND CP: Tel 1: 731 3910 Tel 2: Fax 1: 741 0590 Fax 2: E-m1: [email protected] E-m2: Sr Alejandro Castillo Santana Tercer Secretario Misión Permanente de la República de Cuba ante la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas en Ginebra Chemin de Valérie 100 1292 Chambésy SWITZERLAND CP: Tel 1: +41 22 758 9430 Tel 2: Fax 1: +41 22 758 9431

Fax 2: E-m1: [email protected] E-m2: Sr Francisco Milian Carballido Presidente Fundación para el Desarrollo de los Ecosistemas Mayas 12 calle 1-25 de la Zona 10 Torre Sur Oficina 1109 Guatemala C.A. GUATEMALA CP: Tel 1: +502 335 3595 Tel 2: Fax 1: +502 335 3582 Fax 2: E-m1: [email protected] E-m2: Sr Adolfo Rojas Breedy Presidente Asociación VIDA Asoc. de Voluntarios en Investigación/Desarrollo Ambiental Apdo. 7-350-1000 San José COSTA RICA CP: Tel 1: +506 233 7203 Tel 2: +506 258 0332 Fax 1: +506 222 3620 Fax 2: E-m1: [email protected] E-m2: [email protected]