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2005 Npt List of Participants.Doc 2005 Review Conference of the Parties NPT/CONF.2005/INF.6 25 May 2005 to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation ORIGINAL: ENGLISH/FRENCH/ of Nuclear Weapons SPANISH ______________________________________________________________________________ New York, 25 April - May 2005 LIST OF PARTICIPANTS I. STATES PARTIES AFGHANISTAN Address: Permanent Mission of Afghanistan to the United Nations 360 Lexington Avenue, 11th Floor, New York, N.Y. 10017 Telephone: (212) 972-1212 Mr. A.G. Ravan A. G. Farhâdi. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Permanent Representative to the United Nations Head of Delegation Mr. Salahuddin Rabbani Counsellor Permanent Mission Mr. Shah Mohammad Niazi First Secretary Permanent Mission ALBANIA Address: Permanent Mission of the Republic of Albania to the United Nations 320 East 79th Street, New York, N.Y. 10021 Telephone: (212) 249-2059 2 Mr. Agim Nesho Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Permanent Representative to the United Nations Head of Delegation Mr. Lublin Dilja Minister Plenipotentiary Permanent Mission Alternate member Mr. Ilir Melo Minister Counsellor Permanent Mission Alternate member Ms. Elvina Jusufaj Second Secretary Permanent Mission Alternate member ALGERIA Address: Permanent Mission of Algeria to the United Nations 326 East 48th Street, New York, N.Y. 10017 Telephone: (212) 750-1960 M. Hocine Meghlaoui Secrétaire Général du Ministère des Affaires étrangères Chef de la délégation M. Abdallah Baali Ambassadeur Extraordinaire et Plénipotentiaire Représentant Permanent auprès de l’ONU à New York Membre M. Noureddine Bendjaballah Commissaire à l’Energie Atomique Membre M. Abdelaziz Lahiouel Directeur des Affaires politiques Internationales au Ministère des Affaires étrangères Membre 3 M. Mourad Benmehidi Ambassadeur Extraordinaire et Plénipotentiaire Représentant Permanent Adjoint auprès de l’ONU à New York Membre M. Larbi Alioua Conseiller auprès du Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique Membre M. Mohamed Belaoura Sous-directeur du Désarmement et des Questions de Sécurité Régionale au Ministère des Affaires étrangères Membre M. Larbi El Hadj Ali Ministre Plénipotentiaire, Mission Permanente auprès de l’ONU à New York Membre M. Merzak Remki Directeur de la Coopération, Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique Membre M. Mohamed Moulay Directeur de la Sûreté Nucléaire, Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique Membre Mlle. Linda Briza Ministère des Affaires étrangères Membre M. Mokhtar Amine Khelif Ministère des Affaires étrangères Membre M. Hamza Khelif Mission Permanente auprès de l’ONU à Genève Membre ANDORRA Address: Permanent Mission of the Principality of Andorra to the United Nations Two United Nations Plaza, 27th Floor, New York, N.Y. 10017 Telephone: (212) 750-8064 4 Mr. Julian Vila-Coma Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Permanent Representative to the United Nations Head of Delegation Ms. Jelena Pià-Comella Minister Plenipotentiary Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations Alternate Head of Delegation ANGOLA Address: Permanent Mission of the Republic of Angola to the United Nations 125 East 73rd Street, New York, N.Y. 10021 Telephone: (212) 861-5656 Mr. Ismael Abraão Gaspar Martins Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Permanent Representative to the United Nations Head of Delegation Members Mr. Cândido Pereira dos Santos Van-Dunem Counsellor Permanent Mission Mr. Francisco Henrique Assis Counsellor Permanent Mission Mr. Carlos Eduardo Third Secretary Permanent Mission ARGENTINA Address: Permanent Mission of Argentina to the United Nations One United Nations Plaza, 25th Floor, New York, N.Y. 10017 Telephone: (212) 688-6300 5 Sr. Jorge Taiana Embajador Secretario de Relaciones Exteriores, Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores Comercio Internacional y Culto Jefe de la Delegacion Representantes: Sr. César Mayoral Embajador Extraordinario y Plenipotenciario Representante Permanente ante las Naciones Unidas Sr. Carlos Sersale di Cerisano Embajador Director de Seguridad Internacional Asuntos Nucleares y Espaciales Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores Comercio Internacional y Culto Sr. Alberto D’Alotto Ministro Representante Permanente Adjunto ante las Naciones Unidas Sr. Diego Desmoures Consejero Misión Permanente Sra. Gabriela Martinic Secretaria de Primera Clase Misión Permanente Representante Suplentes: Sr. Guillermo Kendall Secretario de Primera Clase Misión Permanent de la República Argentina ante las Naciones Unidas Sr. Luciano Tanto Clement Secretario de Segunda Dirección de Seguridad Internacional Asuntos Nucleares y Espaciales del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores Comercio Internacional y Culto de la República Argentina Sra. María Paula Mac Loughlin Secretario de Tercera Clase 6 Dirección de Seguridad Internacional Asuntos Nucleares y Espaciales del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores Comercio Internacional y Culto de la República Argentina Asesores: Sr. Gabriel Enrique Terigi Autoridad Regulatoria Nuclear Sr. Sergio Gabriel Solmesky Autoridad Regulatoria Nuclear Sr. Darío Jinchuk Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica ARMENIA Address: Permanent Mission of the Republic of Armenia to the United Nations 119 East 36th Street, New York, N.Y. 10016 Telephone: (212) 686-9079 Mr. Armen Martirosyan Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Permanent Representative to the United Nations Head of Delegation Mr. Arman Akopian Head of Department for Arms Control and International Security Ministry of Foreign Affairs Representative Ms. Dziunik Aghajanian Minister-Counsellor Deputy Permanent Representative Permanent Mission Representative Ms. Marine Davtyan First Secretary Permanent Mission Alternate Representative Mr. Nikolay Sahakov Second Secretary Permanent Mission 7 Alternate Representative AUSTRALIA Address: Permanent Mission of Australia to the United Nations 150 East 42nd Street, 33rd Floor, New York, N.Y. 10017 Telephone: (212) 351-6600 Mr. Alexander John Gosse Downer Representative Minister for Foreign Affairs Mr. John Cecil Dauth Alternate Representative Mr. Michael Peter Floyd Smith Alternate Representative Mr. John Albert Carlson Adviser Mr. Peter Martin Tesch Adviser Mr. Innes Alexander Willox Adviser Mr. Terrence Patrick Beven Adviser Mr. Craig Bernard Maclachlan Adviser Mr. David Anthony Windsor Adviser Mr. Ben Malcolm Parsey Milton Adviser Mr. John Malcolm Page Adviser Mr. Martin Timothy Walker Adviser AUSTRIA Address: Permanent Mission of Austria to the United Nations 823 United Nations Plaza, 8th Floor, New York, N.Y. 10017 Telephone: (212) 949-1840 Mr. Wernfried Köffler Ambassador Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs 8 Vienna Head of Delegation Mr. Gerhard Pfanzelter Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Permanent Representative to the United Nations Mr. Robert Zischg Minister Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs Vienna Mr. Markus Reiterer Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs Ms. Christine Göstl Federal Ministry of Economics and Labour Vienna Mr. Anton Eischer Federal Ministry of Defence Vienna Mr. Günter Greimel Federal Ministry of Defence Vienna Mr. Philipp Charwath First Secretary Permanent Mission AZERBAIJAN Address: Permanent Mission of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the United Nations 866 United Nations Plaza, Suite 560, New York, N.Y. 10017 Telephone: (212) 371-2559 Mr. Yashar Aliyev Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Permanent Representative to the United Nations Head of Delegation Mr. Ilgar Mammadov Counsellor Permanent Mission Deputy Head of Delegation 9 Mr. Yusuf Mammadaliyev Second Secretary Permanent Mission Adviser BAHAMAS Address: Permanent Mission of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas to the United Nations 231 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017 Telephone: (212) 421-6925 Mr. Paulette A. Bethel Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Permanent Representative to the United Nations Head of Delegation Representatives: Mr. Frank Davis First Secretary and Consul Permanent Mission Ms. Tishka Fraser First Secretary (Economics) Permanent Mission Ms. Nicole Archer Second Secretary Permanent Mission BAHRAIN Address: Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the United Nations 866 Second Avenue, 14th Floor, New York, N.Y. 10017 Telephone: (212) 223-6200 Mr. Tawfeeq Ahmed Almansoor Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Permanent Representative to the United Nations Head of Delegation Mr. Ahmed Arrad First Secretary 10 Permanent Mission Member Mr. Abdulrahman Hashem Second Secretary Permanent Mission Member Mr. Salah Al-Malki Second Secretary Permanent Mission Member BANGLADESH Address: Permanent Mission of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh to the United Nations 227 East 45th Street, 14th Floor Telephone: (212) 867-3434 Mr. Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Permanent Representative to the United Nations Leader of Delegation Mr. Md. Zulfiqur Rahman Counsellor Permanent Mission Alternate Representative BARBADOS Address: Permanent Mission of Barbados to the United Nations 800 Second Avenue, 2nd Floor, New York, N.Y. 10017 Telephone: (212) 867-8431 Head of Delegation Mr. Christopher Hackett Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Permanent Representative to the United Nations 11 Delegates Mr. Charles Burnett Deputy Permanent Representative Permanent Mission Mr. Selwin Hart First Secretary Permanent Mission Mr. Mohammed Degia First Secretary Permanent Mission BELARUS Address: Permanent Mission of the Republic of Belarus to the United Nations 136 East 67th Street, 4th Floor, New York, N.Y. 10021 Telephone: (212) 535-3420 Mr. Andrei Dapkiunas Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
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