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UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION to COMBAT DESERTIFICATION (As at 24 August 2003) UNITED NATIONS Distr. Convention to Combat GENERAL Desertification ICCD/COP(6)/INF.3 24 August 2003 ENGLISH/FRENCH/SPANISH ONLY CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES Sixth session Havana, 25 August - 5 September 2003 DIRECTORY OF FOCAL POINTS FOR THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION TO COMBAT DESERTIFICATION (as at 24 August 2003) Note by the secretariat 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 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 the implementation of the UNCCD. 3. Countries are requested to submit information, modifications and/or additions to the secretariat at the following address: 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.03-70350 ICCD/COP(6)/INF.3 Page 2 ALBANIA ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA H.E. Prof. Lufter Xhuveli Ms. Diann Black Layne Minister Chief Environmental Officer Ministry of Environment Environment Division Rr. Durresi, Nr. 25 Ministry of Tourism and Environment Tirana Quenn Elizabeth Highway Fax: 355 4 270 627 St. John's [email protected] Tel: 1 268 462 4625 Fax: 1 268 462 6398 ALGERIA [email protected] M. Salah Bourahla ARGENTINA Directeur Général Division des Forêts Sr. Octavio Pérez Pardo Ministère de l'Agriculture Director de Conservación del Suelo Chemin Doudou Mokhtar-Ben-Aknoun Secretaría de Desarrollo Sustentable y 16000 Alger Politica Ambiental Tel: 213 21 915316 / 915320 Ministerio de Desarrollo Social y Medio Fax: 213 21 915317 / 745129 Ambiente [email protected] San Martín 459 - 3er Piso Oficina 317 ANDORRA Buenos Aires Tel: 54 11 434 88567 / 8573 Ms. Geraldine Sasplugas Fax: 54 11 434 88532 UNCCD Contact Point [email protected] Oficial de Relaciones Multilaterales Ministeri de Relacions Exteriors ARMENIA Carrer Prat de la Creu 62-64 Andorra la Vella Mr. Ashot Vardevanyan Tel: 376 875 700 Head Fax: 376 869 559 Land Protection Department Ministry of Nature Protection ANGOLA Government Building 3 375010 Yerevan Mr. João da Costa Vintém Tel: 37 41 521 099 National Focal Point Fax: 37 41 535 469 International Exchange Cabinet Ministry of Fisheries and Environment Building Atlantico 4 de Fevereiro Avenue P.O. Box 83 Luanda Tel: 244 2 311140 / 310759 / 310564 Fax: 244 2 310479 / 311893 / 310016 [email protected] [email protected] ICCD/COP(6)/INF.3 Page 3 AUSTRALIA AZERBAIJAN Dr. Anne Marie Watt Mr. Ogtay Jafarov Director Specialist Information and Western Landscape Ministry of Ecology and Natural Section Resources Natural Resource Management Branch Moskow Avenue 50 Environment Australia 370154 Baku GPO Box 787 Tel: 9 9412 666531 Canberra ACT 2601 Fax: 9 9412 925907 Tel: 61 2 6274 2540 [email protected] Fax: 61 2 6274 2505 [email protected] BAHAMAS AUSTRIA Mr. Donald Cooper Undersecretary Dr. Andrea H. Nouak Office of the Prime Minister Dept. V/9 International Environmental Bahamas Environment, Science and Affairs Technology Commission Federal Ministry for Agriculture, P.O. Box CB-10980 Forestry, Environment and Water Nassau, N.P. Management Tel: 1 242 327 4691 / 3 Stubenbastei 5 Fax: 1 242 327 4626 A-1010 Vienna [email protected] Tel: 43 1 51522 1616 Fax: 43 1 51522 7626 BAHRAIN [email protected] Mr. Siddiq Al-Alawi AUSTRIA Assistant Undersecretary for Agriculture Agricultural Affairs Dr. Aloisia Wörgetter Ministry of Works and Agriculture Dept. III/6 P.O. Box 251 Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs Manama Schenkenstrasse 8-10 Tel: 973 691 215 A-1010 Vienna Fax: 973 695 734 / 695 527 Tel: 43 1 53115 3217 Fax: 43 1 53185 236 BANGLADESH [email protected] Mr. Sabihuddin Ahmed Secretary Bangladesh Secretariat Ministry of Environment and Forests Dhaka Tel: 880 2 861 0481 / 861 1676 Fax: 880 2 861 9210 / 861 0166 [email protected] ICCD/COP(6)/INF.3 Page 4 BARBADOS BELIZE Mr. Leonard Nurse Mr. Oswaldo Sabido Permanent Secretary Chief Forest Officer Environment Division Forest Department Ministry of Housing, Lands and the Ministry of Natural Resources, Environment Environment and Industry 1st. Floor, S.P. Musson Bldg Market Square Hincks Street Belmopan Bridgetown Tel: 501 8222 153 / 8222 199 Tel: 1 246 467 5700 Fax: 501 8222 923 Fax: 1 246 437 8859 [email protected] [email protected] BENIN BELARUS Mme Armande Aïvohozin Zanou Dr. Vladimir Savchenko Planificatrice aménagiste Head of the Department of Land, Forest Ministère de l'Environnement, de and Landscape Protection l'Habitat et de l'Urbanisme Ministry of Natural Resources and 01 BP 3621 Environmental Protection Cotonou 10 Kollectornaya St. 220048 Minsk BHUTAN Tel: 375 17 220 5476 Fax: 375 17 220 5476 / 220 5583 Mr. Dechen Tsering [email protected] Head Policy Planning Division BELGIUM National Environment Commission P.O. Box 466 Mr. Patrick Hollebosh Thimphu Directorate General for Development Tel: 975 223 384 Cooperation (DGDC) Fax: 975 223 385 Rue Bréderode 6 1000 Brussels BOLIVIA Tel: 32 2 519 0711 Fax: 32 2 519 0585 Ing. Carlos Alberto Zamora Piñeiro [email protected] Director General de Clasificación de Tierras y Cuencas Viceministerio de Medio Ambiente, Recursos Naturales y Desarrollo Forestal Ministerio de Desarrollo Sostenible y Planificación Av. Mariscal Santa Cruz, 1092 Edif. Ex-Comibol, 7 mo. Piso, Of. 701 La Paz Tel: 591 2 211 6000 - Interno 1700 Fax: 591 2 231 2475 ICCD/COP(6)/INF.3 Page 5 BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA BURKINA FASO Prof. Hamid Custovic M. Dakar Djiri Agricultural Faculty Secrétaire Permanent Zmaja od Bosne 8 Conseil National pour la Gestion de 71000 Sarajevo l'Environnement Tel: 387 33 653033 / 61 775 211 Ministère de l'Environnement et de Fax: 387 33 667427 l'Eau [email protected] BP 7044 03 Ouagadougou BOTSWANA Tel: 226 313 166 Fax: 226 316 491 Mr. Edison Nyalalani Wotho [email protected] Chief Land Utilization Officer Department of Crop Production and BURUNDI Forestry Ministry of Agriculture M. Etienne Kayengeyenge P/Bag 003 Directeur Général Gaborone Cabinet du Ministre Tel: 267 350 598 / 350 523 Ministère de l'Aménagement du Fax: 267 356 027 / 307 057 Territoire et de l'Environnement [email protected] B.P. 631 Bujumbura BRAZIL Tel: 257 213 257 / 224 979 / 228 902 Fax: 257 241 205 / 228 902 Mr. João Bosco Senra [email protected] Secretary for Hidric Resources Ministry of Environment CAMEROON Esplanada dos Ministerios Bloco B, Sala 519 M. Clément Semey Brasilia DF Coordonateur national de la CCD Tel: 55 61 317 1291 / 92 / 93 Ministère de l'Environnement et des Fax: 55 61 225 6359 Forêts [email protected] B.P. 5992 Yaoundé BULGARIA Tel: 237 223 9233 Fax: 237 223 9233 Ms. Tatyana Dimitrova [email protected] Expert Mining, Environment and Underground Resources Department Ministry of Environment and Water 22 Maria Luiza St. Sofia Tel: 359 2 940 6532 Fax: 359 2 980 9641 [email protected] ICCD/COP(6)/INF.3 Page 6 CANADA CHAD Ms. Joana Talafré M. Maïbe Komandje Desertification Office Coordonnateur National Policy Branch Ministère de l'Environnement et de Canadian International Development l'Eau Agency B.P. 4205 200 promenade du Portage N'djamena Hull, Quebec K1A 0G4 Tel: 235 523 255 / 526 012 / 525 032 Tel: 1 819 997 7868 Fax: 235 523 839 / 520 287 / 525 233 Fax: 1 819 953 5229 [email protected] [email protected] CHILE CAPE VERDE Sr. Wilfredo Alfaro M. Manuel Leão Silva de Carvalho Coordinador Nacional del PANCD Secrétaire Exécutif pour Corporación Nacional Forestal l'environnement Av. Bulnes 259, of.506 Ministère de l'Agriculture, de Santiago l'Alimentation et de l'Environnement Tel: 56 2 390 0247 CP 115 Fax: 56 2 390 0250 Praia [email protected] Tel: 238 617 511/615 716/615 713 Fax: 238 614 054/617 511/610 336 CHINA [email protected] [email protected] Mr. Tuo Liu [email protected] Director General National Bureau to Combat CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Desertification State Forestry Administration M. Jean-Claude Bomba 18 Hepingli Dongjie Coordonnateur du CNP 100714 Beijing Ministère de l'Environnement, des Eaux Tel: 86 10 8423 8831 et Forêts, et de la Chasse, Pêche Fax: 86 10 8423 8828 Université de Bangui [email protected] B.P. 1037 Bangui COLOMBIA Tel: 236 615 204 / 508 279 Fax: 236 617 890 Dra. Ma. Andrea Albán [email protected] Coordinadora Grupo de Asuntos Ambientales Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores Calle 10 # 5-51 (Oficina 119) Palacio de San Carlos Santa Fe de Bogotá Tel: 57 1 566 7077 Fax: 57 1 566 6081 [email protected] ICCD/COP(6)/INF.3 Page 7 COMOROS COSTA RICA M. Mohamed Youssouf Oumouri Sra. Mariano Espinoza Camacho Directeur Général de l'Environnement Sistema Nacional de Areas de Ministère de la Production et de Conservación l'Environnement Ministerio del Ambiente y Energía B.P. 41 Apartado 10104 Moroni 1000 San José Tel: 269 736 553 / 736 200 Tel: 506 283 8004 / 283 7654 Fax: 269 736 222 / 736 263 Fax: 506 283 7118 / 283 7343 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] CÔTE D'IVOIRE CONGO M. Yao Bernard Koffi M. Pierre Batoungadio Sous-directeur du Cadre de Vie Ingénieur Géographe Ministère de l'Environnement, de l'Eau Direction Générale de l'Environnement et de la Forêt Ministère de l'Industrie Minière et de B.P. 29 Cedex 3 l'Environnement Abidjan B.P. 958 Tel: 225 20 219 709 / 210 623 Brazzaville Fax: 225 20 210 495 Tel: 242 810 291 / 810 295 [email protected] Fax: 242 810 330 / 810 292 [email protected] [email protected] CROATIA COOK ISLANDS Ms.
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