UNITED NATIONS

Convention to Combat Distr. Desertification GENERAL

ICCD/COP(5)/INF.3

7 December 2001

ENGLISH/FRENCH/SPANISH ONLY

CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES Fifth session Geneva, 1-12 October 2001

DIRECTORY OF FOCAL POINTS FOR THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION TO COMBAT DESERTIFICATION (as of 3 December 2001)

1. This document, which was compiled on the initiative of the secretariat of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), contains a comprehensive list, in a standard format, of national focal points supporting the implementation of the UNCCD. It reproduces official information received from countries.

2. It is intended that such information will support interaction amongst such national focal points, and the exchange of information with others, with a view to furthering implementation of the UNCCD.

3. Countries are requested to submit information, modifications and/or additions to the secretariat at its current office address in Bonn:

UNCCD secretariat P.O. Box 260129 Haus Carstanjen D-53153 Bonn Germany Fax: (49-228) 815.2898 and 815.2899 E-mail: [email protected]

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ALBANIA ARGENTINA

Dr. Tatiana Hema Sr. Octavio Pérez Pardo President Director de Conservación del Suelo National Environmental Agency Secretaría de Desarrollo Sustentable y Rruga “Zhan d’Ark”, Nr.2 Politica Ambiental Tirana Ministerio de Desarrollo Social y Medio Tel: 355 4 230682 Ambiente Fax: 355 4 365229 San Martín 459 - 3er Piso, Oficina 317 [email protected] Buenos Aires Tel: 54 11 4348.8567/8573 ALGERIA Fax: 54 11 4348.8532 [email protected] M. Salah Bourahla Directeur Général ARMENIA Division des Forêts Ministère de l’Agriculture Mr. Ashot Vardevanyan Chemin Doudou Mokhtar-Ben-Aknoun Head 16000 Alger Land Protection Department Tel: 213 2 915316/915320 Ministry of Nature Protection Fax: 213 2 915317/745129 Moskovian 35 [email protected] 375002 Yerevan Tel: 37 41 532472 ANDORRA Fax: 37 41 531861 [email protected] Ms. Geraldine Sasplugas UNCCD Contact Point AUSTRALIA Oficial de Relaciones Multilaterales Ministeri de Relacions Exteriors Mr. Max Kitchell Carrer Prat de la Creu 62-64 First Assistant Secretary Andorra la Vella Environment Australia Tel: 376 875 700 GPO Box 787 Fax: 376 869 559 Canberra ACT 2601 Tel: 61 2 6274 1111 ANGOLA Fax: 61 2 6274 2228 [email protected] Mr. João da Costa Vintém National Focal Point AUSTRIA International Exchange Cabinet Ministry of Fisheries and Environment Ms. Andrea H. Nouak Building Atlantico Federal Ministry for Environment 4 de Fevereiro Avenue Stubenbastei 5 P.O. Box 83 A-1010 Vienna Luanda Tel: 43 1 51522 1616 Tel: 244 2 311.140/310.759/310.564 Fax: 43 1 51522 7626 Fax: 244 2 310.479/311.893/310.016 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Mr. Markus Reiterer Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA Schenkenstrasse 8-10 A-1010 Vienna Ms. Diann Black Layne Tel: 43 1 53115 3334 Chief Environmental Officer Fax: 43 1 53185 236 Environment Division [email protected] Ministry of Tourism and Environment Quenn Elizabeth Highway AZERBAIJAN St. John’s Tel: 1 268 462.4625 Mr. Ogtay Jafarov Fax: 1 268 462.6398 Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources [email protected] Moskovski Prospect, 50 370154 Baku Fax: 9 9412 925907 ICCD/COP(5)/INF.3 Page 3

BAHAMAS BELGIUM

Mr. Donald Cooper M. Réginald Moreels Undersecretary Secrétaire d’Etat à la Coopération au Office of the Prime Minister Développement Bahamas Environment, Science and c/o S.E. M. Jean-Marie Noirfalisse Technology Commission Mission permanent de la Belgique P.O. Box CB-10980 auprès des Nations Unies à Genève Nassau, N.P. Rue de Moillebeau 58 Tel: 1 242 327.4691/3 C.P. 473 Fax: 1 242 327.4626 1211 Genève 19 [email protected] Tel: 41 22 730.4000 Fax: 41 22 734.5079 BAHRAIN [email protected]

Mr. Siddiq Al-Alawi BELIZE Assistant Undersecretary for Agriculture Mr. Oswaldo Sabido Agricultural Affairs Chief Forest Officer Ministry of Works and Agriculture Forestry Department P.O. Box 251 Ministry of Natural Resources and the Manama Environment Tel: 973 691215 Market Square Fax: 973 695734 / 695527 Belmopan Tel: 501 8 23412/20009/22306 BANGLADESH Fax: 501 8 22333/22923 [email protected] Mr. Syed Mourgub Morshed Ministry of Environment and Forests BENIN Bangladesh Secretariat Dhaka M. Jules Gontran Capo-Chichi Tel: 88 2 860481 / 869621 Directeur de l’Aménagement du Fax: 88 2 869210 Territoire Ministère de l’Environnement, de BARBADOS l’Habitat et de l’Urbanisme 01 BP 3621 Mr. Leonard Nurse Cotonou Permanent Secretary Tel: 229 315596/311480/315058 Environment Division Fax: 229 311480/310081 Ministry of Physical Development and [email protected] Environment [email protected] Sir Frank Walcott Bldg, Culloden Road St. Michael, Bridgetown BHUTAN Tel: 1 246 431.7680 Fax: 1 246 437.8859 Mr. Dechen Tsering [email protected] Head Policy Planning Division BELARUS National Environment Commission P.O. Box 466 Mr. Vladimir Savchenko Thimphu Head of the Department of Land, Forest Tel: 975 223 384 and Landscape Protection Fax: 975 223 385 Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection BOLIVIA 10 Kollectornaya St. 220048 Minsk Sr. Marco Montoya Rivera Tel: 375 17 220.5476 Director General Fax: 375 17 220.4771/220.5583 Clasificacion de Tierras y Cuencas [email protected] Viceministerio de Medio Ambiente, Recursos Naturales y Desarrollo Sostenible Av. Mariscal Santa Cruz, 1092 Edificio Ex-Comibol, 3er Piso La Paz Tel: 591 2 311057 Fax: 591 2 312475 [email protected] [email protected] ICCD/COP(5)/INF.3 Page 4

BOTSWANA CAMEROON

Mr. Edison Nyalalani Wotho M. Abbaboukar Chief Land Utilization Officer Coordonateur national de la CCD Department of Crop Production and Ministère de l’Environnement et des Forestry Forêts Ministry of Agriculture B.P. 5992 P/Bag 003 Yaoundé Gaborone Tel: 237 229481 Tel: 267 350598/350523 Fax: 237 229489 Fax: 267 356027/307057 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

BRAZIL CANADA

Mr. Roberto Moreira Coimbra Ms. Joana Talafré Gerente de Projeto de Planos de Desertification Office Recursos Hídricos Policy Branch Ministério do Meio Ambiente Canadian International Development Agency Brasilia 200 promenade du Portage Tel: 55 61 317.1456 Hull, Quebec K1A 0G4 Fax: 55 61 226.9370 Tel: 1 819 997.7868 [email protected] Fax: 1 819 953.5229 [email protected] BULGARIA CAPE VERDE Ms. Tatyana Dimitrova Expert M. Manuel Leão Silva de Carvalho National Nature Protection Service Secrétaire Exécutif pour Ministry of Environment and Water l’environnement 22 Maria Luiza St. Ministère de l’Agriculture, de Sofia l’Alimentation et de l’Environnement Tel: 359 2 940.6636 CP 115 Fax: 359 2 940.5561 Praia Tel: 238 617511/615716/615713 BURKINA FASO Fax: 238 614054/617511/610336 [email protected] M. Dakar Djiri [email protected] Secrétaire Permanent [email protected] Conseil National pour la Gestion de l’Environnement CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Ministère de l’Environnement et de l’Eau M. Jean-Claude Bomba BP 7044 Coordonnateur du CNP 03 Ouagadougou Ministère de l’Environnement, des Eaux et Tel: 226 313166 Forêts, et de la Chasse, Pêche Fax: 226 316491 Université de Bangui [email protected] B.P. 1037 Bangui BURUNDI Tel: 236 615204 / 508279 Fax: 236 617890 M. Etienne Kayengeyenge [email protected] Directeur Général Ministère de l’Aménagement du CHAD Territoire et de l’Environnement Cabinet du Ministre M. Maïbe Komandje B.P. 631 Coordonnateur National Bujumbura Ministère de l’Environnement et de Tel: 257 213257/224979/228902 l’Eau Fax: 257 241205/228902 B.P. 4205 [email protected] N’djamena Tel: 235 523255/526012/525032 Fax: 235 523839/520287/525233 [email protected] ICCD/COP(5)/INF.3 Page 5

CHILE COOK ISLANDS

Sr. Guido Soto Ms. I’o A. Tuakeu-Lindsay Coordinador Nacional del PANCD Director Corporación Nacional Forestal Environment Service Cordovez 281 Government of the Cook Islands La Serena P.O. Box 371 Tel: 56 51 226090 / 225685 / 225068 Rarotonga Fax: 56 51 215073 Tel: 682 21256 [email protected] Fax: 682 22256 [email protected] CHINA COSTA RICA Mr. Tuo Liu Director General Sra. María de los Angeles Gómez Solano National Bureau to Combat Asesora del Despacho Desertification Ministerio del Ambiente y Energía State Forestry Administration Despacho de la Ministra 18 Hepingli Dongjie Apartado 10104 100714 Beijing 1.000 San José Tel: 86 10 84238831 Tel: 506 233.9534 / 233.9469 Fax: 86 10 84238828 Fax: 506 222.4161 [email protected] COLOMBIA CÔTE D’IVOIRE Dr. Jairo Montoya Pedroza Director General de Organismos M. Yao Bernard Koffi Multilaterales Sous-directeur du Cadre de Vie Atención: Dra. Andrea Albán Ministère de l’Environnement, de l’Eau et Area de Medio Ambiente de la Forêt Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores B.P. 29 Cedex 3 Calle 10 # 5-51 (Oficina 119) Abidjan Palacio de San Carlos Tel: 225 20 219709 / 210623 Santa Fe de Bogotá Fax: 225 20 210495 Tel: 57 1 2815977 / 2827811 [email protected] Fax: 57 1 3345640 [email protected] [email protected] CROATIA COMOROS Ms. Marija Vihovanec M. Mohamed Youssouf Oumouri Head of Soil Protection Section Directeur Général de l’Environnement Soil and Danube Basin Protection and Ministère de la Production et de Physical Planning l’Environnement Kapucinska 38 B.P. 41 31000 Osijek Moroni Tel: 385 31 201211 Tel: 269 736553/736200 Fax: 385 31 201212 Fax: 269 736222/736263 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] CUBA

CONGO Lic. Jorge Luis Fernandez Chamero Director de Colaboración Internacional M. Pierre Batoungadio Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología y Medio Ingénieur Géographe Ambiente Direction Générale de l’Environnement Capitolio Nacional, Prado y San José Ministère de l’Industrie Minière et de CP 10200 l’Environnement Habana B.P. 958 Tel: 53 7 607.0606 Brazzaville Fax: 53 7 303.8054/240.9031 Tel: 242 810291/810295 [email protected] Fax: 242 810330/810292 [email protected] ICCD/COP(5)/INF.3 Page 6

CYPRUS DOMINICA

Mr. Nikos Georgiades Mr. Raymond Austrie Director Ministry of Agriculture and Environment Service Environment Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Government Headquarters Resources and Environment Kennedy Avenue 1411 Nicosia Roseau Tel: 357 2 303883 Tel: 1 767 4482401 (ext. 3282) Fax: 357 2 774945 Fax: 1 767 4487999 [email protected] DOMINICAN REPUBLIC CZECH REPUBLIC Ing. Fernando Campos Guzman Ms. Dagmar Kubinova Sub-Secretario de Estado de Suelos y Deputy Director Aguas Global Relations Department Secretaría de Estado de Medio Ambiente y Ministry of the Environment Recursos Naturales Vrsovická 65 Av. John F. Kennedy 10010 Prague 10 Santo Domingo Tel: 420 2 67122514 Tel: 1 809 547.2189/547.3888 Fax: 420 2 67311949 Fax: 1 809 547.2189 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO ECUADOR M. Djunganumbe Etumesaku Ingénieur Forestier Sra. Mireya Muñoz Mera Ministère de l’Environnement, Directora de Convenios Internacionales Conservation de la Nature, Pêches et Ministerio de Medio Ambiente Forêts Av. Eloy Alfaro y Amazonas c/o UNDP Edificio del MAG, Piso 7 B.P. 12-348 Quito Kinshasa 1 Tel: 593 2 563430 / 541921 Tel: 243 12 34263/33549 Fax: 593 2 565809 Fax: 243 12 8843675 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] EGYPT

DENMARK Dr. Salah Tahoun Advisor Mr. Torben Mailand Christensen Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency Ambassador 30, Misr Helwan Agricultural Rd. Secretariat for Environment and 11728 Maadi, Cairo Sustainable Development Tel: 202 525.6452/39/42 Ministry of Foreign Affairs Fax: 202 525.6490 2, Asiatisk Plads [email protected] 1148 Copenhagen K Tel: 45 33 929999 / 921674 EL SALVADOR Fax: 45 33 921678 [email protected] Sr. Carlos Humberto Salazar Punto Focal Nacional para el Convenio DJIBOUTI Dirección de Patrimonio Natural Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Recursos M. Mohamed Moussa Mohamed Naturales Chef du Service de l’agriculture et Alameda Roosvelt y 55 Av. Nte des forêts Edificio Torre El Salvador 2° y 3° Ministère de l’Agriculture, de planta,, Ed. IPSFA l’Elevage et de la Mer San Salvador B.P. 453 Tel: 503 260.8900/260.3114 Djibouti Fax: 503 260.3117 Tel: 253 341774/341496 [email protected] Fax: 253 355879 [email protected] EQUATORIAL GUINEA [email protected] Dr. Edelmiro Castano Bizantino Dirección General de Medio Ambiente Ministerio de Bosques, Pescas y Medio Ambiente Malabo Tel: 240 91305/91255/91933 Fax: 240 92905/92806/92819 ICCD/COP(5)/INF.3 Page 7

ERITREA FRANCE

Mr. Mebrahtu Iyassu Mme Mireille Guigaz Director General Directrice du développement et de la Land Resources and Crop Production coopération technique Department Ministère des Affaires Etrangères Ministry of Agriculture 20 rue Monsieur P.O. Box 1048 75700 Paris Asmara Tel: 33 1 53694110 Tel: 291 1 181077 / 181480 Fax: 33 1 53694387 Fax: 291 1 181274 [email protected] GABON [email protected] M. Georges Rigondja ETHIOPIA Directeur Général Adjoint Direction Générale de l’Environnement Mr. Getachew Eshete Ministère des Eaux et Forêts, de la Department Head Pêche, du Reboisement chargé de Ecosystem Department l’Environnement et de la Protection de la Environmental Protection Authority Nature P.O. Box 12760 B.P. 3974-199 Addis Ababa Libreville Tel: 251 1 624757/625972 Tel: 241 766181/722700/261380/763905 Fax: 251 1 610077 Fax: 241 766183/792994/s/c PNUD 743499 [email protected] [email protected] GAMBIA

EUROPEAN COMMUNITY Mr. Jato S. Sillah Director of Forestry Mr. Koos Richelle Department of Forestry Director General 5, Muammar Ghaddafi Avenue Directorate General for Development Banjul European Commission Tel: 220 227307/224782 200 rue de la Loi (G12 8/95) Fax: 220 224765/372721/676199 1049 Brussels, Belgium [email protected] Tel: 32 2 296.3638 Fax: 32 2 295.3337 GEORGIA [email protected] Ms. Ketevan Tsereteli FIJI Head of Division Department of Environmental Policy Mr. Peniasi Kunatuba Ministry of Environment Permanent Secretary 68a, Kostava Str. Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, 380015 Tbilisi Forests and ALTA Tel: 995 32 334082 Lotus Building, Nabua Fax: 995 32 333952 / 334082 Box 5442 [email protected] Raiwaqa Tel: 679 384900 GERMANY Fax: 679 384058 Ms. Ingrid Hoven FINLAND Head of Environment Division Federal Ministry for Economic Mr. Markku Aho Cooperation and Development Counsellor/Global Environmental P.O. Box 12 03 22 Affairs 53045 Bonn Unit for Sector Policy Tel: 49 228 535.3745 Department for International Fax: 49 228 535.3755 Development Cooperation [email protected] Ministry for Foreign Affairs P.O. Box 127 Ms. Ulrike Bickel 00161 Helsinki Assistant Head of Division Tel: 358 9 1341 6422 Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation Fax: 358 9 1341 6428 and Development [email protected] P.O. Box 12 03 22 53045 Bonn Tel: 49 228 535.3756 Fax: 49 228 535.3755 [email protected] ICCD/COP(5)/INF.3 Page 8

GHANA GUINEA-BISSAU Mr. Lourenço Antonio Vaz Ms. Zenabu Wasai Conseiller du Secrétaire d’Etat Deputy Director Secrétariat d’Etat à l’Energie, aux Upper East Regional Office Ressources Naturelles et à Environmental Protection Agency l’Environnement P.O. Box M326 Seerna - P.O. Box 311 Accra Bissau Tel: 233 21 664697/664698/7223187 Tel: 245 222329 / 221925 Fax: 223 21 666838/7223578 Fax: 245 201168 / 201753 /221019 [email protected] or [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] GUYANA

GREECE Mr. Andrew Bishop Ministry of Agriculture Mr. Nicolaos Yassoglou Georgetown Head Fax: 592 2 50954 Greek National Committee to Combat [email protected] Desertification (GNCCD) Ministry of Agriculture HAITI 19 Egialias Street 15125 Marousi M. Joseph Vernet Tel: 30 1 804.1793 Ministère de l’Environnement Fax: 30 1 804.1793 181, Haut Turgeau [email protected] Port-au-Prince Tel: 509 245.7572/245.7585/245.0635 GRENADA Fax: 509 245.7360 [email protected] Mr. Alan Joseph Chief Forestry Officer HOLY SEE Ministry of Agriculture, Lands, Forestry and Fisheries Msgr. Karel Kasteel Ministerial Complex Secretary of the Pontifical Council Botanic Gardens “Cor Unum” St. George’s Holy See Tel: 1 473 440.2934 / 440.6197 00120 Vatican City Fax: 1 473 440.6197 Tel: 39 06 69887331 [email protected] Fax: 39 06 69887301 [email protected] GUATEMALA HONDURAS Sr. Julio Roberto Curruchiche Gómez Asesor Profesional / Advisor Ing. Lourdes Gonzales Castillo Comisión Nacional del Medio Ambiente Directora Presidencia de la República de Unidad de Planificación, Evaluación de la Guatemala Gestión 7a Av. 7-09, Zona 13 Secretaría de Recursos Naturales y Guatemala Ciudad Ambiente Tel: 502 220.3768/220.3801 Calle La Fuente, Edificio Medina Fax: 502 220.3784 Apartado Postal 1389, 4710 [email protected] Tegucigalpa Tel: 504 232.2388/202.2011 GUINEA Fax: 504 237.5726 [email protected] M. Mohamed Lamine Doumbouya Directeur National Adjoint de HUNGARY l’Environnement Ministère de l’Environnement Mr. Csaba Nemes B.P. 3118 Head of Department Conakry Department of Strategy Planning and Tel: 224 464850/451589 Cooperation Fax: 224 454304/414913/451589 Ministry for Environment [email protected] Fö 44-50 1011 Budapest Tel: 36 1 457.3542 Fax: 36 1 201.2091 [email protected] ICCD/COP(5)/INF.3 Page 9

ICELAND ISRAEL

Mr. Sigurdur A. Thrainsson Prof. Uriel Safriel Head of Department Director Division of Nature and Science Blaustein Institute for Desert Ministry for the Environment Research Vonarstraeti 4 Sede Boker Campus 150 Reykjavík Ben Gurion University of the Negev Tel: 354 560.9600 Tel: 972 7 659.6700 Fax: 354 562.4566 Fax: 972 7 659.6703 [email protected] [email protected]

INDIA ITALY

Mr. R. Chandra Mohan Dr. Franco Micieli de Biase Joint Secretary Coordinator for Environment Ministry of Environment and Forests DGCS Paryavaran Bhawan Ministry of Foreign Affairs CGO Complex Piazza della Farnesina, 1 Lodhi Road 00194 Rome 110003 New Delhi Tel: 39 06 3691.3361 Tel: 91 11 436.2551 Fax: 39 06 3691.5424 Fax: 91 11 436.1613 [email protected]

INDONESIA JAMAICA

Mr. Ir. Hardjono Mr. Philbert Brown Coordinator, U.N. Cooperation Senior Director Bureau of Planning and International Emergency Management and Weather Services Cooperation Ministry of Water and Housing Gedung Manggala Wanabakti Island Life Building Jalan Gatot Subroto 6 St. Lucia Avenue 10270 Jakarta Kingston 5 Tel: 62 21 570.0165/573.0159/573.0326 Tel: 1 876 754.0973/754.4543 Tel: 62 21 572.0210 Fax: 1 876 754.0975/926.0081 [email protected] [email protected]

IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF) JAPAN

Dr. Ali Reza Morshedi Mr. Hidetoshi Ukita Senior Expert Director DESCONAP Programme Global Issues Division Forest and Range Organization Multilateral Cooperation Department P.O. Box 19575/567 Ministry of Foreign Affairs Tehran 100-8919 Tokyo Tel: 98 21 245.6527 Tel: 81 3 3581.3882 Fax: 98 21 244.6525 Fax: 81 3 3592.0364 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Mr. Toshio Kunikata IRELAND Minister Diplomatic Mission of Japan Ms. Margaret Stanley Godesberger Allee 102-104 Multilateral Aid Policy, Development 53175 Bonn Cooperation Division Germany Department of Foreign Affairs Tel: 49 228 8292 201 80 St. Stephen’s Green Fax: 49 228 379 399 Dublin 2 [email protected] Tel: 353 1 478.2450 Fax: 353 1 478.0952 ICCD/COP(5)/INF.3 Page 10

JORDAN LAO PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC

Mr. Khalaf Aloklah Mr. Phetsavang Sounnalath Director National Director Nature and Lands Conservation The National Disaster Management Department Office The General Corporation for the P.O. Box 347 Environment Protection Vientiane Al-Jamea Street Tel: 856 21 219450 P.O. Box 1408/35206 Fax: 856 21 219525 Amman [email protected] Tel: 962 6 535.0149 Fax: 962 6 535.0084 LEBANON [email protected] Eng. Fady Al-Asmar KAZAKHSTAN Agriculture Engineer Rural Development and Naturel Resources Mr. Yerken Azhigaliyev Directorate Coordinator for the UNCCD Ministry of Agriculture National Environmental Center for Chyah Sustainable Development Beirut Ministry of Natural Resources and Tel: 961 5 455620/5 Environment Protection Fax: 961 5 455747 81 K. Marks Str. [email protected] 475000 Kokshetau Tel: 7 316 225.6442 LESOTHO Fax: 7 316 225.5537 [email protected] Ms. Nkhothatseng J. Malephane Director KENYA National Environment Secretariat Ministry of Environment, Gender and Youth Mr. Bernard Oloo K’Omudho Affairs Director P.O. Box 10993 National Environment Secretariat 100 Maseru Ministry of Environment and Natural Tel: 266 311767 Resources Fax: 266 310506/311500/311121 P.O. Box 67839 [email protected] Nairobi [email protected] Tel: 254 2 243088 / 248851 Fax: 254 2 248851 / 248349 LIBERIA [email protected] [email protected] Hon. Albert T. Chie Assistant Minister for Mineral and KUWAIT Environmental Research Ministry of Lands, Mines and Energy Dr. Mohammad Abdu Rahman Al-Sarawi Tubman Boulevard Chairman and Director General P.O. Box 9024 Environment Public Authority Monrovia P.O. Box 24395 Tel: 231 226281 / 227490 13104 Safat Fax: 231 227838 Tel: 965 482.1285 / 482.1289 Fax: 965 482.0570 / 482.0571 LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA

KYRGYSTAN Mr. Ahmed Khalil Ghartaa Chairman of the National Committee to Mr. Kubanychbek Kulov Combat Desertification Director Secretariat of Agriculture Kyrgyz Scientific and Research P.O. Box 81129 Institute of Irrigation Tripoli Ministry of Agriculture and Water Tel: 218 21 361.6148 Resources Fax: 218 21 361.6148 Toktonaliyev St. #4a 720055 Bishkek LIECHTENSTEIN Tel: 996 312 541168 Fax: 996 312 540975 Ms. Katja Gey-Ritter [email protected] Office for Foreign Affairs Heiligkreuz 14 FL-9490 Vaduz Tel: 42 3 236.6057 Fax: 42 3 236.6059 ICCD/COP(5)/INF.3 Page 11

LUXEMBOURG MAURITANIA

Mme Michèle Pranchère-Tomassini Mr. Cheikh Ahmed Ould El Khalifa Ambassadeur, Représentant Permanent Directeur Mission permanente du Grand-Duché de Ministère de l’Environnement et de Luxembourg auprès des Nations Unies à l’Aménagement Rural Genève B.P. 170 13, chemin de la Rochette Nouakchott Case postale 134 Tel: 222 2 59183 / 56617 1202 Genève 20 Fax: 222 2 50741 Tel: 41 22 919.1929 [email protected] Fax: 41 22 919.1920 MEXICO MADAGASCAR Mr. M.C. Cuauhtémoc González Pacheco Mr. Edmond Roger Director General Secrétaire Général Federalización y Descentralización de Ministère de l’Environnement Servicios Forestales y de Suelo B.P. 571 Secretariá de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Ampandrianomby Naturales Antananarivo Progreso 5, Edificio 2, Planta Alta Tel: 261 20 224.1877 Col. del Carmen Coyoacán Fax: 261 20 224.1919 México, D.F. 04100 [email protected] Tel: 52 5 658.8436/554.0625/554.2690 Fax: 52 5 554.3599 MALAWI [email protected]

Mr. Langes A. Sitaubi MICRONESIA (FEDERATED STATES OF) Deputy Director of Forestry Department of Forestry Mr. Tadao P. Sigrah P.O. Box 30048 Chargé d’Affaires Lilongwe 3 Permanent Mission of Micronesia to the Tel: 265 781000/780734/781417/771000 United Nations in New York Fax: 265 784268/771812 820 Second Avenue, Suite 17A [email protected] New York, N.Y. 10017 [email protected] U.S.A. Tel: 1 212 697.8370 MALAYSIA MONACO Mr. Mohd Zulkifli Mohammed CCD Focal Point Mr. Frédéric Platini International Unit Administrateur Ministry of Agriculture Coopération international pour Jalan Sultan Salahuddin l’environnement et le développement 50624 Kuala Lumpur Ministère d’Etat Tel: 603 298.2011 16 boulevard de Suisse Fax: 603 291.3758 98000 Monte Carlo [email protected] Tel: 37 7 93158333 Fax: 37 7 93609591 MALI [email protected]

M. Salif Kanouté MONGOLIA Secrétaire Technique Permanent du CIGQE Mr. Namjildorj Nyamdorj Ministère de l’Environnement Officer Quartier du Fleuve Strategic Planning and Management 2357 Bamako Department Tel: 223 231074 / 231939 Ministry of Nature and Environment Fax: 223 235867 / 231939 / 229327 Government Building [email protected] 3, Baga Toiruu - 44 Ulaanbaatar 13 MALTA

The Director Multilateral Department Ministry of Foreign Affairs Palazzo Parisio Merchants Street CMR 02 Valletta Tel: 35 6 242853 / 245705 Fax: 35 6 251520 ICCD/COP(5)/INF.3 Page 12

MOROCCO NETHERLANDS

M. Omar Askarn Mrs. Anneke Wevers Inspecteur Général Head Conservation des Eaux et du Sol Biodiversity and Forest Division Ministère Délégué chargé des Eaux et Ministry for Foreign Affairs Forêts P.O. Box 20061 Rabat-Chellah 2500 EB The Hague Tel: 212 37 766903 Tel: 31 70 348.4436 Fax: 212 37 766432 Fax: 31 70 348.4303 [email protected] [email protected]

MOZAMBIQUE

Mrs. Lolita Hilário Fondo Mr.Mike Walsh National Focal Point for the UNCCD Environment Division Ministry for Coordination of Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Environmental Affairs Private Bag 18-901 Av. Acordos de Lusaka 2115 Wellington CP 2020 Tel: 64 4 473.2107 Maputo Fax: 64 4 494.8507 Tel: 258 1 465848/465843/465851/466678 [email protected] Fax: 258 1 465849/465848 [email protected] NICARAGUA [email protected] Lic. Carlos Rivas Leclair MYANMAR Asesor del Ministro Ministerio del Medio Ambiente y Recursos Mr. U Soe Win Hlaing Naturales Director Km. 12.5 Carretera Norte Forest Department Apdo. 5123 Ministry of Forestry Managua West Gyogone, insein$ Tel: 505 2 631271 / 631273 Yangon Fax: 505 2 631274 Tel: 95 1 681756 / 681758 [email protected] Fax: 95 1 664336 / 665592 NIGER NAMIBIA M. Hassane Saley Ms. Shirley Bethune Secrétaire Exécutif NAPCOD Coordinator Cabinet du Premier Ministre Directorate of Environmental Affairs Conseil National de l’Environnement pour Ministry of Environment and Tourism un Développement Durable Private Bag 13306 B.P. 10193 Windhoek Niamey Tel: 264 61 249015 Tel: 227 722559/724264 Fax: 264 61 240339 Fax: 227 722981/735859 [email protected] [email protected]

NEPAL NIGERIA

Dr. Madhav Prasad Ghimire Mr. Bukar Hassan Joint Secretary Assistant Director Environment Division Department of Drought and Desertification Ministry of Population and Environment Amelioration Singha Durbar Federal Ministry of Environment Katmandu Independece Way South Central Tel: 977 1 241587 P.M.B. 265, Garki Fax: 977 1 242138 Central Area [email protected] Abuja Tel: 234 9 413.9857 Fax: 234 9 523.4119 / 523.4932 [email protected] [email protected] ICCD/COP(5)/INF.3 Page 13

NIUE PANAMA

Ms. Sisilia Talagi Mr. Ricardo Anguizola Morales Executive Officer Administrator General Ministry of External Affairs Autoridad Nacional del Ambiente Alofi Apartado C, Zona 0843 Tel: 683 4200 Balboa Fax: 683 4206 Ancón [email protected] Tel: 507 315.0855 Fax: 507 315.0661/315.0663 NORWAY [email protected]

Ms. Anne Marie Skjold PAPUA NEW GUINEA Adviser Section for Development Cooperation Secretary Policy Department of Foreign Affairs Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign P.O. Box 422 Affairs Waigani P.O. Box 8114 Dep. National Capital District 0032 Oslo Tel: 675 301.4120 / 301.4122 Tel: 47 22 243607 Fax: 675 323.1011 / 325.4886 Fax: 47 22 243843 [email protected] [email protected] PARAGUAY OMAN Sr. Luis Molina Belen Mr. Mohammed Bin Ali Al-Hakmani Coordinador Nacional Director of Coordination and Follow-up Subsecretaria del Ambiente Ministry of Regional Municipalities Presidencia de la Republica and Environment Madame Lynch 3500, Primer Presidente (ex- P.O. Box 323 Remonta) Muscat, P-C 113 Asuncion Tel: 968 692471 Tel: 595 21 615805 Fax: 968 692928 Fax: 595 21 615805 [email protected] PAKISTAN [email protected]

Mr. Mahboob Elahi PERU Director General Ministry of Environment, Local Ing. Matias Prieto Celi Government and Rural Development Jefe de Medio Ambiente Rural Islamabad Instituto Nacional de Recursos Naturales Tel: 92 51 920.1145 (INRENA) Fax: 92 51 920.2211 Ministerio de Agricultura [email protected] Cale Diecisiete n° 355 Urbanización "El Palomar" San Isidro 27 Lima Mr. Isaac N. Soaladaob Tel: 511 225.1212 Chief of the Division of Foreign Fax: 511 224.3218 Affairs [email protected] Ministry of State [email protected] P.O. Box 100 96940 Koror PHILIPPINES Tel: 680 488.2509 / 488.2490 Fax: 680 433.2443 / 488.3680 Dr. Rogelio N. Concepcion [email protected] or [email protected] Director, Bureau of Soils and Water Management PALESTINE Department of Agriculture Diliman Eng. Issa Musa Al-Baradeiya Quezon City ICARDA Project Coordinator in Tel: 632 923.0454 / 920.4382 Palestine Fax: 632 920.4318 Ministry of Environmental Affairs [email protected] Elnaser-Ekthawra St. Gaza Tel: 972 2 222 9269 Fax: 972 2 222 9279 [email protected] ICCD/COP(5)/INF.3 Page 14

PORTUGAL RWANDA

Mr. Victor Louro Mr. Serge Joram Nsengimana Focal Point to the UNCCD Chef de division Forestry General Directorate Suivi et Inspection Environnementale Ministry for Agriculture, Rural Ministère des Terres, de la Development and Fisheries Téinstallation et de la Protection de Av. João Crisóstomo 26-28 l’Environnement 1069-040 Lisbon B.P. 3502 Tel: 351 21 312.4958 Kigali Fax: 351 21 312.4989 Tel: 250 82628/517563 [email protected] Fax: 250 82629 [email protected] QATAR SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS Mr. Ali Hashim Al Yousef Head of Soil Research Section Mr. Raymond Solomon Department of Agriculture and Water Director Research Department of the Environment Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Ministry of Health and Environment Agriculture Church Street P.O. Box 1967 Basseterre Doha Tel: 1 869 465.4040 (Ext. 128) Tel: 974 353246 Fax: 1 869 465.8794 / 466.3915 Fax: 974 410526 [email protected] [email protected] REPUBLIC OF KOREA SAINT LUCIA Dr. Jong-Hak Lee Research Scientist Mr. Michael Andrew Division of Soil Conservation Forestry Officer Korea Forest Service Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Chongnyangni-dong, Tongdaemun-ku Forestry and the Environment Seoul 5th Floor, NIS Building Tel: 82 2 961.2558 Castries Fax: 82 2 967.5101 Tel: 1 758 450.2078 / 452.2526 [email protected] Fax: 1 758 453.6314 [email protected] REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES Dr. Valeriu Cazac Director Dr. Reynold Murray Hydrometeo Service Environmental Services Coordinator Ministry of Ecology, Construction and Ministry of Health and the Environment Territorial Development Kingstown 193 Grenoble Str. Tel: 1 784 484.6992 2043 Chisinau Fax: 1 784 457.2684 Tel: 37 32 773500 [email protected] Fax: 37 32 773636 ROMANIA Secretary for Foreign Affairs Mr. Viorel Ghelasa Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary of State for Forests P.O. Box 1861 Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry Blvd Carol 1, Nr. 24 SAN MARINO 70005 Bucharest Fax: 40 1 311.0636 S.E. Mr. Dieter Thomas Ambassadeur RUSSIAN FEDERATION Mission permanente de la République de Saint-Marin auprès des Nations Unies à Mr. S. Ordzhonikidze Genève Deputy Minister Rue de la Faucille 14 Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1201 Genève 32/34 Smolenskaya/Sennaya Tel: 41 22 918.5020/21 121200 Moscow Fax: 41 22 918.5030 Fax: 7 095 244.9295 [email protected] ICCD/COP(5)/INF.3 Page 15

SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE SOUTH AFRICA

M. Heliodoro Pires Quaresma Ms. Maria Mbengashe Ingénieur Cartographe Chief Director Direction de l’Aménagement du Biodiversity and Heritage Territoire et de l’Environnement Ministry of Environmental Affairs and B.P. 67 Tourism Sao Tome Cnd Pretoria + vd Walli Sts. Tel: 239 12 22936/22869/21636 Private Bag X 447 Fax: 239 12 22824/22936 0001 Pretoria [email protected] Tel: 27 12 310.3707 Fax: 27 12 320.1714 SAUDI ARABIA [email protected]

Dr. Ali Bin Saad Altokhais SPAIN Director General Water Resources Development Department Prof. Teresa Mendizábal Aracama Ministry of Agriculture and Water Consejera King Abdul Aziz Road Consejo Superior de Investigaciones 11195 Riyadh Cientificas Tel: 966 1 402.2479 Serrano, 117 Fax: 966 1 492.2479 28006 Madrid [email protected] Tel: 34 91 585.5299 Fax: 34 91 585.5053 SENEGAL [email protected]

Mr. Mawade Papa Wade SRI LANKA Chargé du PAN de lutte contre la désertification Mr. K.A.S. Jayasekera Centre de Suivi Ecologique Secretary Ministère de l’Environnement Ministry of Forestry and Environment Rue Léon Gonfran Damas Unity Plaza Building B.P. 15532 Colombo 4 Dakar Fann Tel: 94 1 502566 Tel: 221 825.8066/7 Fax: 94 1 502566 Fax: 221 825.8168 [email protected] SUDAN

SIERRA LEONE Mr. Hashim Mohamed El Hassan Mohamed Osman Mr. Stephen Syril James Jusu Head of Section Chief Environment Officer National Drought and Desertification Department of Environment Control Unit Ministry of Lands, Housing, Country Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Planning and the Environment P.O. Box 1942 Room 303 E, 3rd Floor Khartoum Youth Building, Brookfields Tel: 249 011 772023 / 770059 Freetown Fax: 249 011 789689 Tel: 232 22 240367 [email protected] Fax: 232 22 240164/223250/226615 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] SURINAME

SLOVENIA Ms. Ellen Naarendorp Chairperson for the National Council for Mrs. Inga Turk the Environment Ministry of the Environment and Office of the President of the Republic Spatial Planning of Suriname Dunajska c. 48 National Institute for Environment and 1000 Ljubljana Development in Suriname Tel: 386 1 478.7360 Flustraat no. 35 Fax: 386 1 478.7420 P.O. Box 12547 [email protected] Paramaribo Tel: 597 431130 / 499987 Fax: 597 431170 [email protected] ICCD/COP(5)/INF.3 Page 16

SWAZILAND TOGO

Mr. Bongani Simon Masuku M. Djiwonu Yao Folly Soil Scientist Directuer de la Protection et du Contrôle Ministry of Agriculture and de la Flore Cooperatives Ministère de l’Environnement et des P.O. Box 162 Ressources Forestières Mbabane B.P. 366 Tel: 268 40 43858 / 42731 Lomé Fax: 268 40 43858 / 44700 Tel: 228 214604/213974 [email protected] Fax: 228 214029/210947 [email protected] SWEDEN TONGA Mr. Göran Björkdahl Programme Officer Mr. S.T. Taumoepeau Tupou Swedish International Development Secretary for Foreign Affairs Cooperation Agency Ministry of Foreign Affairs Sveavagen 20 National Reserve Bank Building 10525 Stockholm 4th Floor [email protected] Fasi-moe-afi Tel: 676 23600 SWITZERLAND Fax: 676 23360 [email protected] M. Peter Bieler Section Environnement TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Direction du Développement et de la Coopération Mr. Anthony Bartholomew Freiburgstrasse 130 Permanent Secretary 3003 Berne Ministry of the Environment Tel: 41 31 322.3359 Eric Williams Financial Building Fax: 41 31 325.9362 Level 16, Independence Square [email protected] Port of Spain Tel: 1 868 623.4853 SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC Fax: 1 868 625.1585 [email protected] Mr. Khaled Al-Shara'a CCD Focal Point TUNISIA Agriculture Department Ministry of Environment M. Mohamed Ismail P.O. Box 3773 Point focal de la CCD Damascus Ministère de l’Environnement et de Tel: 963 11 446.2658 / 223.4398 l’Aménagement du Territoire Fax: 963 11 333.5645 / 446.2658 Tunis [email protected] Tel: 216 1 704000 Fax: 216 1 704340 TAJIKISTAN [email protected] [email protected] Mr. Gulmakhmadov D. Kurbonalievich [email protected] Minister State Committee for Land Management TURKEY Gibzozemgorodok, 15 734067 Dushanbe Dr. D. Murat Özden Tel: 992 372 311683/213848/217321 Research Section Director Fax: 992 372 311487/217002 General Directorate of Rural Services [email protected] Köy Hizmetleri Genel Müdürlü÷ü APK Dairesi Baskanli÷i THAILAND Eskisehir Yolu 10.Km 06530 Ankara Mr. Sopon Chomchan Tel: 90 312 287.8104 Senior Land Use Planning Specialist Fax: 90 312 287.8097 Department of Land Development [email protected] Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives Paholyothin Rd, Bengkhen 10900 Bangkok Tel: 66 2 589.4323 / 579.8530 Fax: 66 2 561.3029 / 579.1560 [email protected] ICCD/COP(5)/INF.3 Page 17

TURKMENISTAN UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA

Mr. Muhamet Durikov Mr. Richard S. Muyungi Head of Laboratory Assistant Director of Environment National Institute of Deserts, Flora Vice President’s Office and Fauna IPS Building, 1st Floor Ministry of Nature Protection Samora Avenue / Azikiwe St. Bitarap Turkmenistan St. 15 P.O.Box 5380 744000 Ashgabat Dar Es Salaam Tel: 993 12 357298 Tel: 255 22 211.8416 / 211.3983 Fax: 993 12 353716 Fax: 255 22 211.3856 [email protected] [email protected]

TUVALU URUGUAY

The Secretary Ing. Daniel Sztern Ministry for Natural Resources and Director Nacional de Medio Ambiente Environment Ministerio de Vivienda, Ordenamiento Private Mail Bag Territorial y Medio Ambiente Vaiaku Rincon No. 422 5° Piso Funafuti Montevideo Tel: 688 20827 Tel: 598 2 916.5133 Fax: 688 20826 Fax: 598 2 916.5132 [email protected] UGANDA UZBEKISTAN Mr. Stephen Muwaya Senior Range Ecologist Mr. Anatoly Ovchinnikov Directorate of Animal Resources Chief Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Department of International Industry and Fisheries Cooperation P.O. Box 102 Main Administration of Hydrometeorology Entebbe (Glavgidromet) Tel: 256 41 259521/347762/256057 72 K. Makhsumov St. Fax: 256 41 321010/321047 700052 Tashkent [email protected] Tel: 998 71 136.0758 [email protected] Fax: 998 71 133.2025 [email protected] UNITED ARAB EMIRATES VENEZUELA Dr. Salem M. Al Dhaheri Director General Ing. Carmen Farias Federal Environmental Agency Directora General de Cuencas P.O. Box 5951 Hidrograficas Abu Dhabi Ministerio del Ambiente y de los Recursos Tel: 971 2 677.7363 Naturales Fax: 971 2 677.0501 Carmelitas Apartado Postal 657 CSB, Torre Sur, Piso 18-05, El Silencio UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND Caracas 1010 NORTHERN IRELAND Tel: 58 212 408.2175/408.2176 Fax: 58 212 408.2177 Mr. Simon Foster [email protected] Room V306 [email protected] Environment Policy Department Department for International YUGOSLAVIA Development 94 Victoria Street Department for Environment London SW1E 5JL Federal Ministry for Health and Social Tel: 44 207 917.0029 Policy Fax: 44 207 917.0679 Palata Federacije [email protected] 11070 Belgrade Fax: 381 11 142564 ICCD/COP(5)/INF.3 Page 18

ZAMBIA

Ms. Georgina Ndeketeya Zulu Senior Planning Officer Planning and Information Department Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources P.O. Box 34011 Lusaka Tel: 260 1 229410/229413 Fax: 260 1 229420/238772 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

ZIMBABWE

Mrs. Mutsa Chasi Director Department of Natural Resources Ministry of Mines, Environment and Tourism P.O. Box CY 385 Causeway Harare Tel: 263 4 705671-4/729136 Fax: 263 4 793123 [email protected] [email protected]

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