United Nations A/CN.10/2008/INF/1
General Assembly Distr.: General 17 April 2008
Original: English
Disarmament Commission 2008 substantive session New York, 7-24 April 2008
List of participants*
Afghanistan H.E. Mr. Zahir Tanin — Head of delegation Mr. Shah Mohammad Niazi Mr. Nasser Ahmad Faiq Albania
Algeria H.E. Mr. Youcef Yousfi — Head of delegation H.E. Mr. Mourad Benmehidi Mr. Larbi El Hadj Ali
Andorra
Angola H.E. Mr. Ismael Abraão Gaspar Martins — Head of delegation Mr. Daniel Antonio Rosa Mr. Manuel Carlos Eduardo
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina H.E. Mr. Jorge Argüello — Head of delegation Mr. Diego Limeres Mr. Gustavo Ainchil Mrs. María Josefina Martínez Gramuglia Ms. Claudia Corti
Armenia Mr. Hrachia Tashchian
Australia Mr. David Anthony Windsor — Head of delegation Ms. Sarah Clair de Zoeten
* The cut-off date for issuance of the present document was 9 April 2008. Information on participants received thereafter will be issued in addenda to the present document.
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Austria H.E. Mr. Gerhard Pfanzelter — Head of delegation H.E. Mr. Alexander Marschik Mr. Christoph Wieland
Azerbaijian
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh H.E. Ms. Ismat Jahan — Head of delegation Mr. Muhammad Ali Sorcar Mr. Salahuddin Noman Chowdhury
Barbados
Belarus H.E. Mr. Andrei Dapkiunas — Head of delegation Mr. Sergei A. Rachkov Mr. Yury G. Yaroshevich Ms. Tatyana Fedorovich
Belgium Mr. Pierre Cartuyvels — Head of delegation Lt. Colonel Ngabo ‘Cyriaque’ Murangwa
Belize
Benin H.E. Mr. Jean-Marie Ehouzou — Head of delegation Mr. Jean-Francis Régis Zinsou
Bhutan H.E. Mr. Daw Penjo — Head of delegation Mr. Tshewang Chophel Dorji Mr. Sangay Penjor
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina H.E. Mr. Miloš Prica — Head of delegation Mr. Mihajlo Sužnjević Botswana
Brazil H.E. Mrs. Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti — Head of delegation H.E. Mr. Piragibe dos Santos Tarragô Mr. Carlos Sérgio Sobral Duarte Mr. Carlos Luís Dantas Coutinho Perez Mr. Jandyr Ferreira dos Santos Jr. Mr. Rodrigo Andrade Cardoso
Brunei Darussalam Mr. H.A. Karim Wahab — Head of delegation Ms. Noriah Tahir
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Bulgaria H.E. Mr. Rayko S. Raytchev — Head of delegation Mr. Ivan T. Piperkov Ms. Lachezara Stoeva Mrs. Natalia Uzunova
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon H.E. Mr. Martin Chungong Ayafor — Head of delegation Mr. Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh Mr. Victor Tchatchouwo Canada
Cape Verde H.E. Mr. Antonio Pedro Monteiro Lima — Head of delegation Mrs. Ana Sapinho Pires Central African Republic
Chad H.E. Mr. Mahamat Ali Adoum — Head of delegation Mr. Ahmed A. Mbaye
Chile H.E. Mr. Heraldo Muñoz — Head of delegation H.E. Mr. Alfredo Labbé Mr. Jorge Tagle Mr. Rodrigo Toledo
China
Colombia H.E. Ms. Claudia Blum — Head of delegation H.E. Mr. Jairo Montoya Mrs. Betty Escorcia
Comoros
Congo Mr. Luc Joseph Okio — Head of delegation Mr. Boniface Lezona
Costa Rica H.E. Mr. Jorge Urbina — Head of delegation H.E. Mr. Saúl Weisleder Ms. Marcela Calderón
Côte d’Ivoire
Croatia H.E. Mrs. Ana-Marija Bešker — Head of delegation Mr. Ivan Mutavdžić
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Cuba H.E. Mr. Rodrigo Malmierca Díaz — Head of delegation H.E. Mrs. Ileana B. Núñez Mordoche Mr. Rodolfo Eliseo Benítez Versón Mr. Fermín Gabriel Quiñones Sánchez Mr. Jorge Luis Dustet Mendoza Mrs. Ivonne Sánchez Quintero
Cyprus H.E. Mr. Andreas D. Mavroyiannis — Head of delegation Ms. Polly Ioannou
Czech Republic H.E. Mr. Martin Palouš — Head of delegation Mr. Karel Komárek Gen. Rostislav Kotil
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Denmark
Djibouti H.E. Mr. Roble Olhaye — Head of delegation Mrs. Saada Daher Hassan Dominica
Dominican Republic H.E. Mr. Enriquillo A. del Rosario Ceballos — Head of delegation Mr. Francisco Tovar Morillo Mr. Andrés Apolinar Espinal Mrs. Moira Francisco
Ecuador H.E. Ms. María Fernanda Espinosa — Head of delegation Ms. Mónica Sánchez Izquierdo
Egypt H.E. Mr. Maged A. Abdelaziz — Head of delegation Mr. Mohamed Fathi Edrees Mr. Hossam Eldeen M. Aly Mr. Mohamed Elghitany
El Salvador H.E. Mrs. Carmen María Gallardo Hernández — Head of delegation H.E. Mr. Mario Antonio Rivera Mora Colonel José Ernesto Estrada Cerna
Equatorial Guinea Mr. Toribio-Obiang Mba Meye
Eritrea
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Estonia Mrs. Merike Kokajev
Ethiopia
Fiji
Finland H.E. Ms. Kirsti Lintonen — Head of delegation Mr. Tapio Tolvanen
France Mr. Mikael Griffon — Head of delegation Mr. Xavier Chatel Mr. Schwan Badirou-Gafari Gabon
Gambia
Georgia Mr. Giorgi Tevzadze — Head of delegation Mr. Shalva Tsiskarashvili
Germany Mr. Bernd Heinze — Head of delegation Ms. Ellen Gölz Ms. Silvia Park
Ghana
Greece H.E. Mr. John Mourikis — Head of delegation Mr. Eleftherios Kouvaritakis Lt. Colonel Ioannis Gerolymos Captain Thomas Papaspyrou
Grenada
Guatemala Mr. José Alberto Briz Gutiérrez — Head of delegation H.E. Mr. Gert Rosenthal Ms. Mónica Bolaños Pérez Ms. Ana Cristina Rodríguez-Pineda
Guinea H.E. Mr. Alpha Ibrahima Sow — Head of delegation Mr. Paul Goa Zoumanigui
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras H.E. Mr. Jorge Arturo Reina Idiaquez — Head of delegation Mr. Efraín Ochoa Mr. Reniery Valladares
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Hungary H.E. Mr. Gábor Bródi — Head of delegation Mr. Márk Horváth
Iceland
India H.E. Mr. Hamid Ali Rao — Head of delegation Mr. D.B. Venkatesh Varma Mr. Anupam Ray
Indonesia H.E. R.M. Marty M. Natalegawa — Head of delegation H.E. Mrs. Adiyatwidi Adiwoso Asmady Mr. Febrian A. Ruddyard Mr. Witjaksono Adji Mr. Daniel Simanjuntak Mr. Rolliansyah Soemirat
Iran (Islamic Republic of) H.E. Mr. Mohammad Khazaee — Head of delegation H.E. Mr. Mehdi Danesh-Yazdi Mr. Reza Najafi Mr. Seyed Mohammad Ali Robatjazi
Iraq H.E. Mr. Hamid Al Bayati — Head of delegation Mr. Abdul Karim Shwaikh
Ireland H.E. Mr. John Paul Kavanagh — Head of delegation Mr. Brian Cahalane
Israel H.E. Mr. Daniel Carmon — Head of delegation Mr. Meir Itzchaki Mr. Israel Tikochinski Mr. Gilad Cohen Ms. Inbal Eshed
Italy H.E. Mr. Aldo Mantovani — Head of delegation Mr. Paolo Cuculi
Jamaica H.E. Mr. Raymond Wolfe — Head of delegation Mr. Deon Lloyd Williams
Japan Mr. Jun Miura — Head of delegation Mr. Masamichi Ito Col. Toru Namatame
Jordan
Kazakhstan H.E. Mrs. Byrganym Aitimova — Head of delegation Ms. Aida Alzhanova Mr. Rustem Sagindikov
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Kenya H.E. Mr. Zachary D. Muburi Muita — Head of delegation H.E. Mr. George Olago Owuor Mr. John Kipkirui Sambu Ms. Evelyn Ong’ayo
Kiribati
Kuwait Mr. Naser Abdullah H.M. Al-Hayen
Kyrgyzstan
Lao People’s Democratic Republic
Latvia Mr. Klāvs Sniedze
Lebanon H.E. Mr. Nawaf Salam — Head of delegation Ms. Reina Charbel
Lesotho Ms. Lipuo Moteetee
Liberia Mrs. Famatta Rose Osode
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Mr. Abdurrahman A. H. Elgannas — Head of delegation Mr. Emad M.B. Ben-Shaban
Liechtenstein
Lithuania H.E. Mr. Dalius Čekuolis — Head of delegation Mr. Dainius Baublys
Luxembourg
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia H.E. Mr. Hamidon Ali — Head of delegation Mr. Zainol Rahim Zainuddin Mr. Riedzal Abdul Malek
Maldives
Mali Mrs. Ami Diallo
Malta H.E. Mr. Saviour F. Borg — Head of delegation Mr. Hector Bonavia Mr. Walter Mallia Mr. Claude Bonello
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Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mauritius H.E. Mr. Somduth Soborun — Head of delegation Mr. Israhyananda Dhalladoo Mr. Jaysen Kovalen Ramasamy Mr. Yousouf Mohamed Ramjanally
Mexico H.E. Mr. Claude Heller — Head of delegation H.E. Ms. Socorro Rovirosa Mr. León Rodríguez Zahar
Micronesia (Federated States of)
Moldova Mr. Alexandru Cujba
Monaco
Mongolia H.E. Ms. Enkhtsetseg Ochir — Head of delegation Mr. Amarsanaa Adiya
Montenegro Mr. Gojko Čelebić — Head of delegation Ms. Martina Dragović
Morocco
Mozambique Captain Fernando Augusto
Myanmar
Namibia H.E. Mr. Kaire Munionganda Mbuende — Head of delegation H.E. Mrs. Nangula Frieda Ithete Colonel Clement Muhamubi Mwaala Mr. David Thomas Nauru
Nepal
Netherlands Mr. Piet de Klerk — Head of delegation Ms. Monique de Ruijter Mr. Mark van der Velden Ms. Joelle Dek
New Zealand
Nicaragua H.E. Mr. Mario H. Castellón Duarte
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Niger
Nigeria Ambassador Biodun Owoseni — Head of Delegation Mr. Lawrence O. Olutunde Obisakin
Norway Ms. Berit Enge — Head of delegation Ms. Ane Lindholt Mr. Odd Berner Malme
Oman Mr. Mohammed Aqeel Ba-Omar
Pakistan H.E. Mr. Munir Akram — Head of delegation H.E. Mr. Farukh Amil Mr. Raza Bashir Tarar
Palau
Panama H.E. Mr. Giancarlo Soler Torrijos — Head of delegation H.E. Mr. Hernán Tejeira Mr. Francisco Troya Aguirre
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru H.E. Mr. Jorge Voto-Bernales — Head of delegation H.E. Mr. Luis Enrique Chávez Mr. Ricardo Morote
Philippines H.E. Mr. Hilario G. Davide, Jr. — Head of delegation H.E. Mr. Leslie B. Gatan Mr. Raphael Hermoso Ms. Michelle M. Jayag
Poland H.E. Mr. Andrzej Towpik — Head of delegation Mr. Jacek Sawicz Ms. Katarzyna Biernat
Portugal H.E. Mr. João Manuel Guerra Salgueiro — Head of delegation Mr. Jorge Lobo de Mesquita Mr. Miguel Gagliardini Graça Lt. Colonel Nuno Álvaro Pereira Bastos Rocha Mr. Tiago Relvas Ms. Pureza Almeida Qatar
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Republic of Korea H.E. Mr. Kim Hyun Chong — Head of delegation Mr. Lee Do-hoon Mr. Youn Jong Kwon Ms. Park Jee-won
Romania H.E. Mr. Mihnea Ioan Motoc — Head of delegation Mr. Traian Filip Russian Federation
Rwanda
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
San Marino H.E. Mr. Daniele D. Bodini — Head of delegation Mrs. Elena Molaroni Ms. Natascia Bartolini
Sao Tome and Principe
Saudi Arabia H.R.H. Prince Nayif Bin Ahmed Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud — Head of delegation Mr. Tariq Al-Fayez
Senegal
Serbia H.E. Mr. Pavle Jevremović — Head of delegation Mr. Slavko Kruljević Ms. Lidija Bubanja
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore H.E. Mr. Vanu Gopala Menon — Head of delegation Mr. Kevin Cheok Colonel Sim Tiong Kian Mr. Charles Chew Mr. Jonathan Tow
Slovakia H.E. Mr. Peter Burian — Head of delegation Mr. Marcel Babicz
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Slovenia H.E. Ms. Sanja Štiglic — Head of delegation Mr. Simon Konobelj Mr. Miloš Kosić Mr. Andrej Kirn Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa H.E. Mr. Dumisani Shadrack Kumalo — Head of delegation Mr. Johann Paschalis Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan H.E. Mr. Abdalmahmood Abdalhaleem Mohamad — Head of delegation Mr. Hassan Hamid Hassan
Suriname H.E. Mr. Henry Leonard Mac-Donald — Head of delegation Mrs. Asha I. Burkhardt-Remesar Mr. Raymond Harold Landveld Ms. Miriam Angela Mac Intosh
Swaziland
Sweden H.E. Mr. Anders Lidén — Head of delegation Mr. Staffan Hemrå Mr. Carl Magnus Nesser
Switzerland H.E. Mr. Peter Maurer Mr. Roman Hunger
Syrian Arab Republic H.E. Mr. Bashar Ja’afari — Head of delegation Mr. Abdullah Hallak
Tajikistan
Thailand Mrs. Siriporn Chaimongkol — Head of delegation Colonel Nopadon Mungkalaton
The former Yugoslav H.E. Mr. Slobodan Tašovski — Head of delegation Republic of Macedonia Ms. Tanja Dinevska Mr. Vladimir Nikuljski
Timor-Leste
Togo
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Tonga H.E. Mrs. Fekitamoeloa ‘Utoikamanu — Head of delegation Mr. Mahe U. S. Tupouniua Ms. ‘Ilaisipa ‘Alipate
Trinidad and Tobago Mr. Eden Charles
Tunisia H.E. Mr. Habib Mansour — Head of delegation Mr. Abdelhamid Gharbi
Turkey H.E. Mr. Baki İlkin — Head of delegation Mr. Fazli Çorman Mr. Çağatay Erciyes Mr. Ismail Çobanoğlu
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
Uganda
Ukraine H.E. Mr. Yuriy Sergeyev — Head of delegation Ms. Tetiana Pokhval’ona
United Arab Emirates H.E. Mr. Ahmed Abdulrahman Al-Jarman — Head of delegation Mr. Khaled Abdulrahman Saleh Al-Ali Mr. Sultan Said Obaid Al-Kaabi Ms. Hend Abdulaziz N. Alowais
United Kingdom of H.E. Sir John Sawers — Head of delegation Great Britain and Ms. Fiona Paterson Northern Ireland Mr. Richard Etherington Mr. Sam Jeremy Mr. Paul Shrubsole
United Republic of Tanzania H.E. Mr. Augustine P. Mahiga — Head of delegation Mr. Salim Hassan Ibwe Ms. Tully Mwaipopo
United States of America Ms. Marguerita D. Ragsdale — Head of delegation Mr. Alexander T. Liebowitz Mr. William F. Menold, Jr. Col. Patrick Murray Mr. Jeffrey K. Reneau
Uruguay
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Uzbekistan H.E. Mr. Alisher Vohidov — Head of delegation Mr. Khasan Ikramov Mr. Ildar Shigabutdinov Mrs. Dilnoza Khakimova
Vanuatu
Venezuela (Bolivarian H.E. Ms. Aura Mahuampi Rodríguez de Ortíz — Head of Republic of) delegation Ms. Pui Leong Ms. Liseth Ancidey
Viet Nam H.E. Mr. Le Luong Minh — Head of delegation H.E. Mr. Hoang Chi Trung Mrs. Pham Thi Nga
Yemen H.E. Mr. Abdullah M. Alsaidi — Head of delegation H.E. Mr. Ahmed Hassan Mohamed Mr. Ismail Mohamed Yahya Almaabri
Zambia H.E. Mr. Lazarous Kapambwe — Head of delegation Brigadier General Bob D. Kulima
Zimbabwe
Delegations participating in an observer capacity
Holy See H.E. Archbishop Celestino Migliore – Head of delegation Rev. Msgr. Bernardito Auza
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