Final List of Participants

17 June 2016

United Nations Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea

Seventeenth meeting New York, 13-17 June 2016

ALGERIA Representatives H.E. Mr. Sabri Boukadoum, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations H.E. Mr. Mohammed Bessedik, Ambassador, Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations Mr. Mehdi Remaoun, First Secretary, Permanent Mission

ANGOLA Representatives Mr. Miguel Dialamicua, Counsellor, Permanent Mission Ms. Vezua Bula Diogo de Paiva, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission

AUSTRALIA Representatives Ms. Carrie McDougall, Legal Adviser, Permanent Mission Ms. Fleur Hamilton, First Secretary, Permanent Mission Mr. Julian Simpson, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission

BANGLADESH Representatives H.E. Mr. Masud Bin Momen, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations Mr. Faiyaz Murshid Kazi, Counsellor, Permanent Mission Mr. Mohammad Humayun Kabir, First Secretary, Permanent Mission

BARBADOS Representatives H.E. Mr. Keith Marshall, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ms. Juliette Riley, Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ms. Gail Riley, First Secretary, Permanent Mission Ms. Kereeta Whyte, First Secretary, Permanent Mission

BELGIUM Représentants S.E. Mme Bénédicte Frankinet, Ambassadrice extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire, Représentante permanente auprès des Nations Unies M. Antoine Misonne, Premier Secrétaire (Affaires juridiques), Mission permanente M. Brecht Stechele, Expert, Ministère de l’Environnement, Bruxelles

BULGARIA Representatives Mr. Nikolay Vanchev, First Secretary (Legal Adviser), Permanent Mission Mr. Plamen Novakov, Expert, Permanent Mission

BURKINA FASO Représentants S.E. M. Eric Y. Tiare, Ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire, Représentant permanent auprès des Nations Unies S.E. Mme Mariame Fofana, Ambassadrice, Représentante permanente adjointe auprès des Nations Unies M. Dié Millogo, Deuxième Conseiller, Mission permanente

CABO VERDE Representatives H.E. Mr. Fernando Jorge Wahnon Ferreira, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations Mr. José Carlos Mendonça, Counsellor, Permanent Mission

CAMEROON Representatives H.E. Mr. Mbayu Felix, Secretary-General, Ministry of External Relations (Chair of the Delegation) H.E. Mr. Tommo Monthe Michel, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations (Deputy Chair of the Delegation) Ms. Nama Anne Chantal, Head, Department of the United Nations and Decentralised Cooperation, Ministry of External Relations Mr. Djimgou Djomeni Michel, Head of the unit in charge of border issues and the law of the sea a.i., Ministry of External Relations

CANADA Representatives Ms. Rana Burley, Legal Officer, Oceans and Environmental Law Division, Global Affairs Ms. Carolyn Armstrong, Policy Analyst, Global Marine and Northern Affairs Fisheries and Oceans Ms. Sarah Da Silva, Senior Program Officer, Waste Reduction and Management Division, Environment and Climate Change Ms. Jacinthe Seguin, Manager, Waste Reduction and Management Division, Environment and Climate Change

COSTA RICA Representantes S.E. Sr. Juan Carlos Mendoza-García , Embajador Extraordinario y Plenipotenciario, Representante Permanente ante las Naciones Unidas (Jefe de la delegación) S.E. Sr. Rolando Castro Cordoba, Embajador, Representante Permanente Alterno ante las Naciones Unidas (Jefe Alterno de la delegación) Sra. Gina Guillén-Grillo, Ministra Consejera y Asesora Legal, Misión Permanente Sra. Anna Jiménez, Asistente, Misión Permanente

CYPRUS Representatives H.E. Mr. Nicholas Emiliou, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ms. Vasiliki Krasa, Sixth Committee Expert, Permanent Mission 3

DJIBOUTI Representative Mr. Souldan Ali Hamadou, Ministry of Equipment and Transport

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Representatives Mr. Napoleon D. Beras, Counsellor, Permanent Mission Ms. Felicia Sanchez, Counsellor, Permanent Mission

ECUADOR Representatives H.E. Mr. Horacio Sevilla, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations Mr. Agustin Fornell, Minister, Permanent Mission

EL SALVADOR Representative Mr. Héctor Enrique Celarié, Minister Counsellor, Permanent Mission

FIJI Representatives H.E. Mr. Peter Thomson, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations (Chair of the Delegation) H.E. Mr. Luke Daunivalu, Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations (Alternate Chair of the Delegation) Mr. Gene Bai, First Secretary, Permanent Mission Mr. Peni B. Suveinakama, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission Mr. Semisi Seruitanoa, Oceans Fellow, Permanent Mission

GEORGIA Representatives H.E. Mr. Kaha Imnadze, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations Mr. Vakhtang Makharoblishvili, Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ms. Inga Kanchaveli, Counsellor, Permanent Mission

GHANA Representatives H.E. Ms. Martha A.A. Pobee, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations Mr. Philbert Johnson, Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ms. Audrey Naana Abayena, Minister Counsellor (Legal Adviser), Permanent Mission

GREECE Representatives H.E. Ms. Catherine Boura, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ms. Ekaterini Fountoulaki, Minister Plenipotentiary, Sixth Committee Expert, Permanent Mission Ms. Despina Boubalos, Attaché, Permanent Mission

GUINEA

Representatives H.E. Mr. Mamadi Touré, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations Mr. Alassane Conte, Counsellor, Mission permanente

HONDURAS Representantes S.E. Sra. Mary Elizabeth Flores, Embajadora Extraordinaria y Plenipotenciaria, Representante Permanente ante las Naciones Unidas (Jefe de la Delegación ) Srta. Yolannie Cerrato, Consejera, Misión Permanente Sr. David Romero, Tercer Secretario, Misión Permanente

ICELAND Representatives Ms. Sesselja Sigurŏardóttir, Counsellor, Permanent Mission Mr. Thorvardur Atli Thórsson, First Secretary, Permanent Mission

INDIA Representatives H.E. Mr. Syed Akbaruddin, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations H.E. Mr. Tanmaya Lal, Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations Mr. M. Koteswara Rao, Counsellor (Legal Adviser), Permanent Mission

INDONESIA Representatives H.E. Mr. Dian Triansyah Djani, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations H.E. Mr. Muhammad Anshor, Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations H.E. Mr. Arif Havas Oegroseno, Deputy Minister, Coordinating Ministry for Maritime Affairs Mr. Ary Aprianto, First Secretary, Permanent Mission

IRAQ Representatives H.E. Mr. Mohamed Ali Alhakim, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations Mr. Ammar Hameed Al-Khalidy, Counsellor, Permanent Mission

ITALY Representative Mr. Salvatore Zappalà, Attaché (Legal Affairs), Permanent Mission

JAMAICA Representatives H.E. Mr. E. Courtenay Rattray, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations (Chair of the delegation) Mr. Anthony McKenzie, Director, Environmental Management and Conservation, National Environment and Planning Agency of Jamaica Ms. Shorna-Kay Richards, Minister, Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations

JAPAN Representatives Mr. Kaitaro Nonomura, Counsellor, Permanent Mission Mr. Haruka Sawada, Adviser, Permanent Mission Ms. Sae Horikawa, Official, Law of the Sea Division, International Legal Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mr. Hideshige Takada, Professor, Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

LEBANON Representatives H.E. Mr. Nawaf Salam, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ms. Caroline Ziadé, Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ms. Maya Dagher, Counsellor, Permanent Mission Mr. Hassan Abbas, Counsellor, Permanent Mission Mr. Marwan Francis, Counsellor, Permanent Mission Mr. Youssef Hitti, Legal Expert, Permanent Mission

MADAGASCAR Representative Ms. Lydia Randrianarivony, Consellor, Permanent Mission

MAURITIUS Representative Mr. Rishy Bukoree, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission

MEXICO Representative Mr. Pablo Arrocha, Legal Adviser, Permanent Mission

MOROCCO Représentant M. Mohammed Atlassi, Ministre plénipotentiaire, Mission permanente

MYANMAR Representative Mr. Zaw Minn Aung, Director, Consular and Legal Affairs Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

NEPAL Representatives H.E. Mr. Durga Prasad Bhattarai, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations Mr. Ghanashyam Lamsal, Minister Counsellor, Permanent Mission Ms. Sabita Nakarmi, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission

NEW ZEALAND Representatives Ms. Carolyn Schwalger, Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission (Chair of the Delegation) Ms. Kate Neilson, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission New York Ms. Penny Race, Senior Policy Analyst, International Climate and Environment, Ministry for the Environment

NIGERIA Representatives Ms. Naret Hirse, Senior Counsellor, Permanent Mission Mr. Agbor Irom Awassam First Secretary, Permanent Mission

NORWAY Representatives Mr. Jo Høvik, Senior Adviser, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mr. Andreas Kravik, Counsellor, Permanent Mission Ms. Vilde Jalleni Tennfjord, Assistant Attach é, Permanent Mission

PALAU Representative Ms. Landisang L. Kotaro, Adviser, Permanent Mission

PAKISTAN Representatives H.E. Ms. Maleeha Lodhi, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations Mr. Nabeel Munir, Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations Mr. Khalil-ur-Rahman Hashmi, Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations Mr. Bilal Ahmad, Counsellor, Permanent Mission

PERU Representatives H.E. Mr. Gustavo Meza-Cuadra, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations (Chair of the Delegation) Mr. Francisco Tenya, Minister, Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations Mr. Angel V. Horna, Second Secretary (Legal), Permanent Mission

PHILIPPINES Representatives H.E. Ms. Lourdes Ortiz Yparraguirre, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations H.E. Ms. Irene Susan Barreiro Natividad, Ambassador, Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations Mr. Igor G. Bailen, Minister (Legal Adviser), Permanent Mission Ms. Belen T. Fernandez, Mayor of Dagupan City, Pangasinan province Ms. Maricris T. Laciste, Senior Science Research Specialist, Department of Environment and Natural Resources Ms. Ana Cristina L Sinlao, Assistant, Office of Dagupan City Mayor Mr. Ryan Ravanzo, Assistant, Office of Dagupan City Mayor Ms. Rosemarie P. Raga, Assistant, Office of Dagupan City Mayor Ms. Vicky S. Tada, Assistant, Office of Dagupan City Mayor

REPUBLIC OF KOREA Representatives Mr. Zha Hyoung Rhee, Counsellor, Permanent Mission Ms. Mi Young Song, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission Ms. So Hyun Jung, Second Secretary, International Legal Affairs Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ms. Sang Hee Hong, Principal Research Scientist, Oil & POPs Research Institute Group, South Sea Research Institute, Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology

SENEGAL Représentante Mme Coumba Gaye, Première conseillère, Mission permanente

SINGAPORE Representatives H.E. Ms. Karen Tan, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations Mr. Joseph Teo Choon Heng, Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Permanent Mission Ms. Natalie Morris-Sharma, Counsellor (Legal), Permanent Mission

SLOVENIA Representative Ms. Petra Langerholc, Minister Plenipotentiary, Permanent Mission

SOUTH AFRICA Representative Mr. Thembile Joyini, Counsellor (Legal Affairs), Permanent Mission

SPAIN Representatives H.E. Mr. Román Oyarzun Marchesi, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations Mr. Juan Manuel González de Linares, Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations Mr. Manuel Pablos López, Counsellor, Permanent Representative Ms. Maria Palacios Palacios, Cousellor, Permanent Representative

SRI LANKA Representatives H.E. Mr. Amrith Rohan Perera, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations Mr. Gritakumar E. Chitty, Chairman, National Ocean Affairs Committee Mr. N.P. Wijayananda, Technical Expert, National Ocean Affairs Committee Ms. Sonali Samarasinghe, Minister Counsellor, Permanent Mission

SUDAN Representatives H.E. Mr. Omer Dahab Fadl Mohamed, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations Mr. Idrees Mohammed Ali Mohammed Saeed, Minister Plenipotentiary, Permanent Mission Mr. Hassan Idriss Ahmed Salih, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission

SWEDEN Representatives H.E. Mr. Olof Skoog, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ms. Johanna Nilsson, Counsellor, Permanent Mission Ms. Teresa Carlsson-Szlezak, First Secretary, Permanent Mission Advisers Ms. Johanna Eriksson, Senior Adviser, Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management Ms. Petter Nyström, Assistant Attaché, Permanent Mission

THAILAND Representatives H.E. Mr. Virachai Plasai, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations H.E. Ms. Chulamanee Chartsuwan, Ambassador, Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ms. Jirusaya Birananda, Minister Counsellor, Permanent Mission Ms. Prim Masrinuan, Counsellor, Permanent Mission

TONGA Representative Ms. Rose Kautore, Legal Adviser, Permanent Mission TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Representatives H.E. Mr. Eden Charles, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Deputy Permanent Representative and Chargé d’affaires a.i. Ms. Lizanne Aching, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission Mr. Kahlil Hassanali, Research Officer, Institute of Marine Affairs

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Representatives Mr. William Sohier, Deputy Director, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Office of Ocean and Polar Affairs, U.S. Department of State (Chair of the Delegation) Ms. Nancy Wallace, Acting Deputy Director, Marine Debris Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA Office of Response and Restoration, U.S. Department of Commerce Mr. Andrew Horan, Global Affairs and Policy, Office oflntemational and Tribal Affairs, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Ms. Emily Woglom, Vice President, The Ocean Conservancy Mr. Nicholas Mallos, Director, Trash Free Seas Program, The Ocean Conservancy Mr. Steve Russell, Vice President, American Chemistry Council Mr. Mark Simonoff, Minister Counsellor (Legal Adviser), Permanent Mission Mr. John Arbogast, Counsellor (Legal Affairs), Permanent Mission

VENEZUELA (Bolivarian Republic of) Representatives Mr. Blas Misticchio Tortorella, Special Commissioner, Ministry of the Peoples Power for Foreign Affairs Mr. Julio Arellano, Coordinator, Maritime Sovereignty Area, Office of Frontiers of the Ministry of the Peoples Power Mr. Isaias Medina, Minister Counsellor, Permanent Mission

VIET NAM Representatives Mr. Do Hung Viet, Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ms. Nguyen Ta Ha Mi, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission

NON-MEMBER STATES HAVING RECEIVED A STANDING INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE AS OBSERVERS IN THE SESSIONS AND THE WORK OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND MAINTAINING PERMANENT OBSERVER MISSIONS AT HEADQUARTERS

HOLY SEE Representative Ms. Susan M. Whelan, Legal Expert, Permanent Observer Mission

INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS HAVING RECEIVED A STANDING INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE AS OBSERVERS IN THE SESSIONS AND THE WORK OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

EUROPEAN UNION Representatives Mr. John Brincat, Adviser, International Relations Officer, DG Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (Chair of the Delegation ) Ms. Eglantine Cujo, Counsellor (Legal Adviser), Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations Mr. Sydney Gregory Kemble, Second Secretary, Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations Ms. Kathrine Thisted, Adviser, Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations Ms. Emma Hutchison, Adviser, Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations Mr. Eugenio Benincasa, Adviser, Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations

SPECIALIZED AGENCIES AND RELATED ORGANIZATIONS

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS (FAO) Representatives Ms. Carla Mucavi, Director, FAO Liaison Office Mr. Lucas Tavares, Liaison Officer Mr. David Maciejewsky, Consultant Ms. Josiane Christelle Toundzi Dzouankeu, Consultant

INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO) Representatives Mr. Stefan Micallef, Director, Marine Environment Division Mr. Fredrik Haag, Technical Officer, Office for London Convention/Protocol and Ocean Affairs, Marine Environment Division Mr. Lawrence Patrick Hildebrand, Professor and Canadian Chair, World Maritime University

INTERNATIONAL SEABED AUTHORITY (ISA) Representatives H.E. Mr. Nii Allotey Odunton, Secretary-General, Permanent Observer Mr. Michael W. Lodge, Deputy to the Secretary-General/Legal Counsel

UNITED NATIONS FUNDS AND PROGRAMMES, BODIES AND OFFICES

DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS (DESA) Representative Mr. Lenni Montiel, Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development Ms. Irena Zubcevic, Chief, SIDS, Oceans and Climate Branch, Division for Sustainable Development, UN-DESA Mr. Mohammad Reza Salamat, Senior Sustainable Development Officer, SIDS, Oceans and Climate Branch, DSD/DESA Ms. Ling Wang, Sustainable Development Officer, SIDS, Oceans and Climate Branch, Division for Sustainable Development, UN-DESA

OFFICE OF THE HIGH REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, LANDLOCKED DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES (UN-OHRLLS) Representative Mr. Peter Kenilorea, Sustainable Development Officer, Small Island Developing States Unit

SECRETARIAT OF THE CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY (CBD) Representative Mr. Joseph Thomas Appiott, Associate Programme Officer

UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME (UNEP) Representatives Mr. Elliott Harris, Assistant Secretary-General and Director, UNEP Liaison Office Ms. Heidi Savelli Soderberg, Programme Officer, Marine Litter, UNEP GPA Mr. Lev Neretin, Programme Officer, Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel (STAP) Secretariat Global Environment Facility, UNEP / Regional Office for North America Ms. Lorna Inniss, Coordinator, Caribbean Environment Programme, UNEP- Caribbean Coordinating Unit

WORLD BANK Representative Mr. Georg Caspary, World Bank Pollution Management and Environmental Health Fund

OTHER INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS AND BODIES

COMMISSION FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT OF THE NORTH-EAST ATLANTIC (OSPAR) Representative Mr. John Malcolm Mouat, Deputy Secretary

INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR CONSERVATION OF NATURE (IUCN) Representative Ms. Hiroko Muraki Gottlieb, Legal Officer

INTER-AMERICAN CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION OF SEA TURTLES (IAC) Representative Ms. Verónica Cáceres Chamorro, Secretary Pro Tempore

NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS

GREENPEACE INTERNATIONAL Representative Ms. Victoria Clare Read, Senior Oceans Policy Advisor

HELLENIC MARINE ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ASSOCIATION (HELMEPA) Representative Ms. Christine Prekezes, Executive Coordinator

THE INSTITUTE OF MARINE ENGINEERING, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (IMarEST) Representative Ms. Natalia Martini, Senior Technical Advisor

INTERNATIONAL OCEAN INSTITUTE (IOI) Representative Mr. Awni Benham, Honorary President

OCEANCARE Representatives Ms. Sigrid Lueber, President Mr. Fabienne McLellan, Director Campaigning & Public Relations Ms. Marsha L. Green, Founder, Ocean Mammal Institute Ms. Janice Lapkiewicz, Assistant, Ocean Mammal Institute Ms. Susan Tomiak, Executive Director, Animal Welfare Institute

SHIP AND OCEAN FOUNDATION (OPRF) - THE SASAKAWA PEACE FOUNDATION (SPF) Representatives Mr. Keita Furukawa, Senior Research Fellow Ms. Miko Maekawa, Senior Research Fellow Mr. Yuhei Murakami, Research Fellow

WORLD ANIMAL PROTECTION (WAP) Representatives Ms. Ingrid Giskes Mr. Kevin Vang

WORLD OCEAN NETWORK (WON) (RÉSEAU OCÉAN MONDIAL) Representative Mr. Philippe Vallette, President/Chief Executive Officer 16

PANELLISTS

Mr. Diego Alejandro Albareda, Chair of the Scientific Committee of the Inter-American Convention for the Protection and Conservation of Sea Turtles Mr. Andrew Booth, Senior Research Scientist, Stiftelsen for industriell og teknisk forskning (SINTEF) Materials and Chemistry Mr. Georg Caspary, World Bank Pollution Management and Environmental Health Fund, World Bank Ms. Debby Lee Cohen, Executive Director and Founder, Cafeteria Culture Mr. Nishan Degnarain, Chair of the Global Agenda Council on Oceans, World Economic Forum Ms. Johanna Eriksson, Senior Adviser, Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management Hon. Ms. Belen Fernandez, Mayor, Dagupan City, Pangasinan province, Philippines Ms. Tamara S. Galloway, Professor, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter Ms. Britta Denise Hardesty, Senior Research Scientist, Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation Ms. Elizabeth Hogan, Campaign Manager for Oceans & Wildlife, Global Ghost Gear Initiative and World Animal Protection Mr. Camden Howitt, General Manager and Communications Director, Sustainable Coastlines Ms. Lorna Inniss, Former Joint Coordinator of the Group of Experts of the Regular Process for Global Reporting and Assessment of the State of the Marine Environment, including Socioeconomic Aspects Ms. Jenna Jambeck, Associate Professor, College of Engineering, University of Georgia Mr. Rob Kaplan, Managing Director, Closed Loop Fund Mr. Peter Kershaw, Chairman of GESAMP and Chairman of the GESAMP Working Group on Microplastics Mr. Anthony Glenroy McKenzie, Director, Environmental Management and Conservation, National Environment and Planning Agency of Jamaica Mr. Andreas Merkl, CEO, The Ocean Conservancy Mr. Arturo Alfaro Medina, President of VIDA - Institute for the Protection of the Environment, national coordinator of International Costal Cleanup Mr. Stefan Micallef, Director, Marine Environment Division, International Maritime Organization Ms. Judith Neumann, Desk Officer, Protection of the Marine Environment, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety, Germany Mr. Richard Northcote, Chief Sustainability Officer, Covestro H.E. Mr. Arif Havas Oegroseno, Deputy Minister, Coordinating Ministry for Maritime Affairs, Indonesia Ms. Nilüfer Oral, Professor, Istanbul Bilgi University Ms. Karen Raubenheimer, University of Wollongong Ms. Julia Reisser, Oceanographer, The Ocean Cleanup Foundation Ms. Kelsey Richardson, Former Marine Debris Consultant, Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme Ms. Heidi Savelli, Programme Officer, UNEP GPA Mr. Hideshige Takada, Professor, Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology Mr. Peter Van den Dries, Policy Advisor, Flemish Waste Agency Ms. Nancy Wallace, Director, Marine Debris Program, USA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Mr. Jeff Wooster, Co-chair of the North American Sustainable Packaging team, Dow Chemical Company

CO-CHAIRPERSONS

H.E. Mr. Gustavo Meza-Cuadra, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative of Peru to the United Nations H.E. Mr. Nicholas Emiliou, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Cyprus to the United Nations

UNITED NATIONS SECRETARIAT

DIVISION FOR OCEAN AFFAIRS AND THE LAW OF THE SEA OFFICE OF LEGAL AFFAIRS

Ms. Gabriele Goettsche-Wanli, Director, Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea, Office of Legal Affairs Ms. Alice Hicuburundi, Senior Legal Officer (Secretary to the meeting) Ms. Charlotte Salpin, Legal Officer (Deputy Secretary to the meeting)

Mr. Dmitry Gonchar, Principal Legal Officer Mr, François Bailet, Senior Legal Officer Mr. Michele Ameri, Legal Officer Ms. Valentina Germani, Legal Officer Ms. Vita Onwuasoanya, Legal Officer Mr. Michael Shewchuk, Legal Officer Mr. Shawn Stanley, Geographic Information Systems Officer Mr. Carlos Iván Fuentes, Legal Officer Mr. Yoshinobu Takei, Legal Officer Ms. Snježana Žarić, Geographic Information Systems Officer Mr. Fernando Cabrera Diaz, Associate Legal Officer Ms. Angela Chung, Associate Legal Officer Mr. Stefan Kuuskne, Associate Legal Officer Ms. Simone Dempsey, Legal Assistant Ms. Lorna Joseph-Pal, Legal Assistant Ms. Fiona Khan, Staff Assistant Ms. Roxanne Lord, Legal Assistant Mr. Jason Ray, Information Technology Assistant Mr. Mohammed Sheriff, Information Technology Assistant Ms. Josefa O. Velasco, Documents and Meetings

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