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Convention to Combat Desertification UNITED NATIONS 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] GE.01-66259 ICCD/COP(5)/INF.3 Page 2 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.
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