World Heritage 36 COM

WHC-12/36.COM/2 Paris, 19 June / juin 2012 Original: English/French

UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION ORGANISATION DES NATIONS UNIES POUR L'EDUCATION, LA SCIENCE ET LA CULTURE

CONVENTION CONCERNING THE PROTECTION OF THE WORLD CULTURAL AND NATURAL HERITAGE CONVENTION CONCERNANT LA PROTECTION DU PATRIMOINE MONDIAL, CULTUREL ET NATUREL

WORLD HERITAGE COMMITTEE / COMITE DU PATRIMOINE MONDIAL

Thirty-sixth session / Trente-sixième session

Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation / Saint-Pétersbourg, Fédération de Russie 24 June – 6 July 2012 / 24 juin – 6 juillet 2012

Item 2 of the Provisional Agenda: Admission of Observers Point 2 de l'ordre du jour provisoire : Admission des Observateurs

This document consists of two parts: I. Draft Decision: 36 COM 2 II. Requests for Observer status SECTION A: Observer requests received in accordance with Rule 8.3 of the Rules of Procedure of the Committee; SECTION B: NGO/IGO representatives invited by the Director- General of UNESCO in accordance with Rule 8.4 of the Rules of Procedure of the Committee.

Ce document comprend deux parties : I. Projet de décision : 36 COM 2 II. Demandes de statut d’observateur SECTION A : Demandes de statut d'observateur reçues en conformité avec l'Article 8.3 du Règlement intérieur du Comité ; SECTION B : Représentants des ONG/OIG invités par la Directrice générale d l'UNESCO en conformité avec l’Article 8.4 du Règlement intérieur du Comité.

I. DRAFT DECISION / PROJET DE DECISION

Draft Decision 36 COM 2 Projet de décision 36 COM 2

The World Heritage Committee, Le Comité du patrimoine mondial,

1. Taking into consideration Rule 8 1. Prenant en considération l'Article 8 (Observers) of the Rules of (observateurs) du Règlement Procedure of the Committee, intérieur du Comité,

2. Authorizes the participation in the 2. Autorise la participation à la 36e 36th session as observers of those session en qualité d'observateur des representatives of the international représentants des Organisations governmental organizations (IGOs), gouvernementales internationales international non-governmental (OGI), des Organisations non organizations (INGOs), non- gouvernementales internationales governmental organizations (NGOs), (ONGI), des Organisations non permanent observer missions to gouvernementales (ONG), des UNESCO and non profit-making missions permanentes d'observation institutions having activities in the auprès de l'UNESCO et des fields covered by the Convention, institutions à but non lucratif ayant who have requested observer une activité dans les domaines visés participation at the session and as par la Convention, qui ont demandé listed in Section A of document le statut d'observateur et tels que WHC-12/36.COM/2; mentionnés dans la Section A du document WHC-12/36.COM/2 ; 3. Further confirms the participation in the 36th session as observers of all 3. Autorise de plus la participation à la those invited by the Director- General 36e session en qualité d’observateur of UNESCO in accordance with de tous ceux invités par la Directrice Rule 8.4 of the Rules of Procedure générale de l'UNESCO en conformité of the Committee and as listed in avec l'Article 8.4 du Règlement Section B of document WHC- intérieur du Comité et tels que 12/36.COM/2. mentionnés dans la Section B du document WHC-12/36.COM/2.

The List of Participants is presented in document WHC-12/36.COM/INF.2. La liste des participants est présentée dans le document WHC- 12/36.COM/INF.2.

Admission of Observers WHC-12/36.COM/2 Admission des Observateurs II. REQUESTS FOR OBSERVER STATUS DEMANDES DE STATUT D’OBSERVATEUR

SECTION A: List of Observer requests received in accordance with Rule 8.3 of the Rules of Procedure of the Committee Liste des demandes de statut d'observateur reçues en conformité avec l'Article 8.3 du Règlement intérieur du Comité

African World Heritage Fund Moscow 125040 Mr Webber Ndoro Russian Federation Director Mr Souayibou Varissou Programme Officer Herity International Ms. Inge Herbert Mr Maurizio Quagliuolo P.O. Box 1234, Halfway House Secretary-General Midrand, 1685 c/o DRI Ente Interregionale South Africa Via Emanuele Filiberto, 17 00185 Rome Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Italy Jerusalem Professor Michael Turner Int’l Centre On Space Tech. for Natural & Cultural UNESCO Chair in Urban Design and Heritage under the auspices of UNESCO (HIST) Conservation Studies Mr. Tianhua Hong Mount Scopus Deputy Director & Secretary General PO Box 24046 9, Dengzhuang South Road 91240 Jerusalem Haidian Israel Beijing 100094 China Université de Montréal Prof. Christina Cameron Kiev city Organisation of All-Ukrainian Canada Research Chair on Built Heritage NGO “The Civic Position” School of Architecture Ms. Iryna Nikiforova 2940, chemin de la Côte Ste-Catherine Coordinator Montréal H3C 3J7 Mrs. Maryna Soloviova Québec Lawyer Canada Room 35 119, Saksaganskogo Kiev 01032 University of Minnesota Ukraine Center for World Heritage Studies College of Design Max Planck Institute for Social Mr Arthur Chen Anthropology Director Professor Christoph Brumann 89 Church Street SE Head of Research Group 145 Rapson Hall Advokatenweg 36 Minneapolis, MN55455 D-06114 Halle United States of America Germany

GAIA Heritage Association des biens français du patrimoine Mr Georges Zouain mondial Directeur général Mission Val de Loire Syndicat mixte interrégional Gemmayzé / Rue Pasteur Mme Isabelle Longuet Imm. Offeich Directrice 3ème étage 81 rue Colbert BP 17-5058 BP 4322 Beyrouth 37043 Tours cedex 1 Liban France

Greenpeace Natural Heritage Protection Fund Mr Ivan Blokov Mr. Alexey Butorin Campaign Director President Mr Andrey Petrov Vyborgskaya str. 8-3 World Heritage Campaign Coordinator 125212 Moscow Leningradsky prospect 26 b.1 Russian Federation

Admission of Observers WHC-12/36.COM/2 Admission des Observateurs Nordic World Heritage Foundation Arkhangelsk Regional Branch of Ms Kris Endresen «Vserossisykogo Society for the Protection of Director Monuments of History and Culture» Cecilie Smith-Christensen Ms Anna Pychina Assistant-Director Head of Information Center Ole Søo Eriksen Program Officer 1 Lenin Sq Arkhangelsk Ms Aïcha Aicha El Beloui 163004 Meltzers gate 4 Russian Federation 0257 Oslo Norway SEK International University Mr Oscar Acuna Poblete NPO National Council on Mt. Fuji Dean of Heritage Faculty World Heritage Avda.Jose Arrieta 10000 Mr Yukio Takashima Penalolen Director Santiago Mr Toshihiro Tsujii Chile Executive Director Mr Takuya Nozaki University of Tsukuba Executive Producer World Heritage Studies Mr Toru Shimase, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Executive Producer Sciences 4F SVAX TT Bldg Mr. Yoshito Kikuchi 3-11-15 Toranomon Minato-ku Kasuga Plaza 3rd Floor Tokyo 105-0001 1-8-3 Kasuga, Tsukuba City 305-0821 Japan Ibaraki Japan RC Heritage Mr. Simone Ricca ICOMOS Ukraine Architecte du patrimoine Ms Elena Serdiuk Mr. Francois Cristofoli Vice-President Ms. Alessandra Borchi Ms Svitlana Bylenkova 7 rue du Laos Ms Tetiana Maisterchuk, 75015 Paris Ms Olena Tupchiy, France Ms Larysa Vynogrodska 5/31 Andriyivsky Uzviz Str., Kiev 0470 Silvia Santagata Research Center CSS- Ukraine EBLA Mr Aldo Buzio Markets for Change Limited Director Mr Tim Birch Via Bellini, n.6 Chief Executive Officer 10121 Torino PO Box 948, Civic Square Italy ACT, 2608 Australia Stanford University Stanford Archaeology Center Greenpeace International Professor Lynn Meskell Mr Tony Sadownichic, Ms. Claudia Liuzza International Head of Research Department of Anthropology Ottho Heldringstraat 5, 1066 AZ 488 Escondido Mall, Building 500 Amsterdam MC 2170 Netherlands Stanford, California 94305-2034 United States of America TERRE Policy Centre Mr Rajendra Shende The Sekaiisan Research Institute Chaiman Mr Harushisa Furuta 7 Hemdatta Apt, Director 38 Mrutyunay Clny, Kothrud, Ms Mami Furuta Pune 411038 Secretariat General India 3-43-, Misuzugaoka-Midori Seki-ku, Hiroshima City 731-5113 Conseil Général, Japan Puy de Dôme M Jean-Yves Gouttebel Simon Wiesenthal Centre Président Dr Shimon Samuels M Eric Gold, Director for International Relations Conseiller Simon Wiesenthal Centre Mme Cécile Olive-Garcia 1399 Roxbury Dr # 100, Los Angeles, CA Chef du projet United States of America Hôtel du Département 24, rue Saint–Esprit,

Admission of Observers WHC-12/36.COM/2 Admission des Observateurs Clermont-Ferrand 63033 10 East 40th Street, 40th Floor France New York, New York, 10016 United States of America World Cultural Heritage Division Mr Seigo Hiidome Assistant Director International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs Mr Koji Hagihara (IWGIA) Assistant Manager Mr Stephan Disko Ms Ikubo Derry Mr Rodion Sulyandziga (IWGIA/RAIPON) Ms Takako Kimiwada, Classengade 11E Kagoshima Prefectural Government DK-2100 Copenhagen 10-1 Kamoike Shinmachi Kagoshima City Denmark Kagoshima 890-8577 Japan Europa Nostra Denis de Kergolay Greenpeace Australia Pacific Président exécutif Mr Erland Howden Sneska Quaedvlieg-Mihailovic Climate & Energy Campaigner Secrétaire générale 33 Mountain Street Lange Voorhout 35 Ultimo NSW 2007 2514 EC The Hague Sydney The Netherlands Australia World Heritage Institute of Training and Research Australian Rainforest Conservation Society for the Asia and the Pacific Region under the Inc. auspices of UNESCO (WHITRAP) Mr Alec Marr Ms Wei Lu Head of Delegation Deputy Director Ms Virginia Young Ms Feng Han Mr Paul Oosting Ms Ping Kong PO Box 2111 Ms Hong Li Milton QLD 4064 3F Wen Yuan Building, Tongji University Australia 1239 Siping road 200092 Shanghai Baikal Buryat Center for Indigenous Issues China Tengri Association Mr Danil Mamyev Director Arab Regional Centre for World Heritage 78 Sovetskaja street (ARC-WH) Ongudai Village Mr. Saeed Al Khuzai Altai Republic, 649440 Advisor and Acting Director Russian Federation Ms. Haya Al-Sada Bahrein University of Cottbus World Heritage Studies University of Paderborn Mr Paolo Jani, Faculty of Arts and Humanities Ms Consuelo Heuser, Dr. Eva-Maria Seng Ms Susana Montanéz, Warburger-str. 100 Ms Susann Harder 33098 Paderborn Konrad LG 10, PO Box 100 613 Germany 03006 Cottbus Germany Cornwall Council and the Cornish Mining World Heritage Site Barry Paul Gamble University College of Dublin The Percuil Building School of Biology and Old County Hall Environmental Science Truro Dr Claire Cave Cornwall Director of the World Heritage Management TR1 3AY Masters Programme United Kingdom Ms Elene Negussie Lecturer in Cultural Heritage Science Education Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and Research Centre West Professor Maria Ignatieva University College Dublin Department of Urban and Rural Development Belfield, Dublin 4 Ulls väg 28 B, 756 51 Ireland Uppsala Sweden National Committee of ICOMOS USA Mr Jan C.K. Anderson PDF Publications LTD Vice Chair US President Ms Barbara Guyomarch RESTORE Advertising Manager for UNESCO’s World Heritage Review Admission of Observers WHC-12/36.COM/2 Admission des Observateurs Ms Caroline Fort, Ms Kazumi Hinata Production Manager Agency for Cultural Affairs Ms Emily Corfield 3-2-2 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku Regional Sales Manager Tokyo 100-8959 Mr Fernando Ortiz Japan Regional Sales Manager 5 St. John’s Lane, London, EC1M 4BH Association pour l’inscription des climats du United Kingdom vignoble de Bourgogne au Patrimoine Mondial de l’UNESCO Russian Academy of Sciences M Aubert de Villaine, Siberian Branch Président Ms Irina Maksimova M Jean-Pierre Gillot Scientific Secretary of Siberian Branch of RAS Mme Krystel Lepresle for Lake Baikal problems 12 Boulevard Bretonnière 1A Favorsky Str. P.O. 304, 21200 Beaune 664033 Irkutsk France Russian Federation Association des biens français du patrimoine University of California, Merced mondial Professor Maurizio Forte M Yves Dauge, Merced, P.O. Box 2039 Président Merced, CA 95344 M Christian Mourisard United States of America Vice-President M Xavier Bailly Westrik Consultancy c/o Mission val de Loire Ms Carol Westrik 81 rue Colbert Consultant BP 4322 Cornelis van der Lijnstraat 1d 37043 TOURS Cedex 1 2593 NC Den Haag France The Netherlands National Committee of ICOMOS France Environmental Watch on North Caucasus M Samir Abdulac Ms Tatyana Lysenko Vice-Président Mr Suren Gazaryan Mme Michèle Prats Board members ancienne Vice-Président 36 str. Poselkovaya Palais de Chaillot Maikop 385012 Avenue Albert 1er de Monaco Russian Federation 75116 Paris France Bassin Minier Uni M Jean-François Caron, Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Président Properties Mme Catherine O’Miel Mr Tatsuji Aoki Mme Marie Patou Researcher Mme Carole Gleizer Ms Akiko Tashiro M Gilbert Rolos Researcher Mme Catherine Bertram 2-9-1 Nijo-cho M Raphaël Alessandri Nara-city Mme Naïma Maziz 630-8577 Japan M Daniel Percheron M Jean-Pierre Kucheida The State Museum Tsaritsino 4 rue Vasco de Gama Ms Irina Markina 62750 Loos-en-Gohelle Deputy Director France 1 Dolskaya Str Moscow 115569 National Research Institute for Cultural Russian Federation Properties Ms Tomomi Haramoto National Civil Coalition Research fellow Environment for the People and Regions Ms Asuka Sakaino Mr Georgi Ikonomov Research Fellow Mrs Vanya Bizheva 13-43 Ueno-Koen, Taito-ku, Mr Krasimir Gerchev Tokyo 110-8713 73, Yavorov Japan Sofia 1110 Bulgaria Kanagawa Prefectural Department, Yamanashi Prefectural Department Tokyo Broadcasting System Television Inc. Office for World Cultural Heritage Mr Keita Tsutsumi Monuments and Sites Division Producer Mr Noriaki Masubuchi Mr Jun Ogawa

Admission of Observers WHC-12/36.COM/2 Admission des Observateurs Producer Central Astronomical Observatory at Ms Naoko Yokote Pulkovo Associate Producer Professor Alexander Stepanov Mr Masayuki Higasa Director Director Mr Sergey Tolbin Mrs Maya Gerasimova 65 Pulkovo Chaussee Interpreter Saint Petersbourg 196140 5-3-6 Akasaka, Minato-ku Russian Federation Tokyo 107-8006 Japan Department for Youth of St. Petersburg State University ICOMOS Russia Ms Ksenia Shestakova Mr Sergey Gorbatenko 7,22nd Line, V.O. Chairman Saint Petersburg 199026 Mr Oleg Ioannisyan Russian Federation Mr Alexander Kobak Mr Alexey Kovalev Russian Research Institute for Natural and Mr Alexander Kononov Cultural Heritage Ms Svetlana Levoshko Dr Marina Kuleshova Mr Viktor Golub 2, Kosmonavtov str. Mr Boris Nikolaschenko Moscow 129366 Ms Margarita Stieglitz Russian Federation Ms Yulia Spiridonova15 Mokhovaya str. Saint Petersburg 197028 Non-state Nature Protection Center «NABU - Russian Federation Kavkaz» Mr Vitaliy Kovalev Syndicat Mixte de l'Espace de Restitution de 161, Hakurate str. la Grotte Chauvet-Pont d'Arc Maikop, 385000 Mme Elisabeth Cayrel Republic of Adygeya Chargée de mission UNESCO Russian Federation M Hervé Saulignac Vice-President de la Region Rhone-Alpes et du Union of Architects of Russia departement de l'Ardeche Mr Bokov Andrey M Dominique Baffier President Conservateur Mr Alexander Kudryavtsev M Richard Buffat Vice-president Directeur Ms Irina Zaika M Sébastien Mathon Scientific secretary Chargé de mission Grand Projet Rhone-Alpes, 12 Granatny pereulok Syndicat Mixte de l’Espace de restitution de la Moscow 123001 grotte Russian Federation Chauvet-Pont-d’Arc 6 cours du Palais Headquarters for the Promotion of Jomon BP 737 07 007 Privas Cedex Archaeological Sites as World Heritage Mr Tsunao NISHIWAKI Friends of Lake Turkana Chief Coordinator Ms Ikal Angelei Mr Akira ISOMURA Director Supervisor of Arts and Culture Promotion P.O. Box 565-30500 2-3-1 shinmachi Aomori-shi Turkana Aomori-ken 030-8540 Kenya Japan

I am a Kievite Ms Snezhana Atanov Mr Kyrylo Kulikov Researcher Chair Communication Sciences 5, Spaskaya Str. Office 17 University of Strasbourg Kiev 004070 2 Allée René Capitant Ukraine 67000 Strasbourg France UNESCO Chair of the Russian International Academy for Tourism (RIAT) on cultural Panasonic tourism for peace and development Mr Kobayashi Ms Ekaterina Baranova Mr Kajisha Deputy Head 1-1-2 Shibakoen, Minatoku 10 Oktuabrskaya Str. 1st Panasonic Tokyo Building Skhodnya micro district Khimky Tokyo 105-8581 141420 Moscow region Japan Russian Federation

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International Environmental Non- governmental Organization "Greenlight" Sibley John Expert Molchanova Galina Expert Desforges David Expert Mohovaia str, 11 bld.2 125005 Moscow Russian Federation

World Wildlife Foundation: Knizhnikov Alexey Coordinator of program on ecological policy in oil sector Zhbanova Polina Coordinator of program on specially protected natural territories Nikoloiamskaya str, 19, bld.3 109240 Moscow, Russian Federation

Central Council of the All-Russian Society for Historic Preservation Ivanov Anton Deputy-chairman of the Saint-Petersburg department of CCARSHP Margolis Alexander Chairman of the Saint-Petersburg department of CCARSHP Kononov Alexander Deputy-chairman of the Saint-Petersburg department of CCARSHP Pozhigailo Pavel Chairman of the Board of Trustees of CCARSHP Ministry of Foreign Affairs 32/ 34 Smolenskaya-Sennaya Sq. RU - 121200 Moscow, G-200 Russian Federation

Vernadsky Foundation Zhivov Vadim Expert Jampolsky Ilia Expert Sattler Chris Expert Mohovaia str, 11 bld.2 125005 Moscow Russian Federation

Association "Green Cross" Batov Dmitry Expert Christians Peter Expert Grachev Vladimir Expert Suvorovsky pr 67. 191311 Saint-Petersbourg Russian Federation

Admission of Observers WHC-12/36.COM/2 Admission des Observateurs SECTION B: Representatives of other NGO/IGO and other Observer organizations invited by the Director-General of UNESCO in accordance with Rule 8.4 of the Rules of Procedure of the Committee Autres représentants des ONG/OIG et d'autres organisations Observateurs invités par la Directrice générale de l'UNESCO en conformité avec l'Article 8.4 du Règlement intérieur du Comité

Mr Ban Ki Moon Apia Secretary-General Western Samoa United Nations New York, N.Y. 10017 Dr Steven Wilson United States of America Executive Director International Council for Science (ICSU) Mr Robert Bruce Zoellick 5 rue Auguste Vacquerie President 75116 Paris The World Bank France 1818 H Street N.W. Washington D.C. 20433 United States of America Dr Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu Mr Luis Alberto Moreno Secretary-General President Organization of the Islamic Conference Inter-American Development Bank (OIC) B.P. 178 1300 New York Avenue, N.W. Washington D.C. 20577 Jeddah 21411 United States of America Saudi Arabia

Mr José Graziano da Silva S. Exc. M. Mohamed El Aziz Ben Achour Director-General Directeur général Food and Agriculture Organization of the L’Organisation arabe pour l’éducation, la culture et les United Nations (FAO) sciences (ALECSO) Via delle Terme di Caracalla B.P. 1120 1-00100 Rome Tunis Tunisie Italy Mr José Miguel Insulza Secretary-General Mr Denis Ricard Organization of American States (OAS) Secretary General th The Organization of World Heritage Cities 17 Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W. Washington (OWHC) D.C. 20006 15 rue Saint-Nicolas Québec (Québec) GIK IM8 United States of America Canada Dr Witaya Jeradechakul Ms Alicia Bárcena Director Executive Secretary South-East Asian Ministers of Education United Nations Economic Commission for Organization (SEAMEO) Latin America and the Caribbean Mom Luang Pin Malakul Centenary Casilla 179-D Santiago de Chile Chile Building, 4th Floor 920 Sukhumvit Road Dr. Surin Pitsuwan Bangkok 10110 Secretary-General Thailand ASEAN Secretariat 70 A Jalan Sisingamangaraja Mr Francisco Huerta Montalvo Jakarta 12110 Executive Secretary Andrés Bello Convention Apartado Indonesia Aéro 53465 Santafé de Bogotá Dr Abdulaziz Bin Othman Altwaijiri Colombia Directeur général ISESCO Ms Desiree Martinez Uriarte Avenue des F.A.R., Hay Ryad President BP 2275 International Federation of Landscape 10104 Rabat Royaume du Maroc Architects (IFLA)

16 The Peterborough Mr David Sheppard 25 Peterborough Street Director Christchurch Secretariat of the Pacific Regional New Zealand Environment Programme P.O. Box 240 Vaitele

Admission of Observers WHC-12/36.COM/2 Admission des Observateurs Mr Kwasi Myles United States of America Secretary-General Organization for Museums, Monuments and Sites of Mr Taleb Rifai Africa (OMMSA) Secretary-General P.O . Bo x 3 343 World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Capitán Haya Accra 42 Ghana 28020 Madrid Spain Mr James P. Leape Director-General S.E.M. José Luis Dicenta Ballester World Wide Fund for Nature Secrétaire-général WWF International Union Latine Avenue du Mont Blanc 131 rue du Bac 1196 Gland 75007 Paris Switzerland France

Mr Julien Anfruns Mr Achim Steiner Director General Executive Director International Council of Museums (ICOM) UNESCO United Nations Environment Programme House (UNEP) 1 rue Miollis United Nations Avenue, Gigiri 75015 Paris PO BOX 30552, 00100 France Nairobi Kenya Mr Timothy Whalen Director The Getty Conservation Institute Mr Anada Tiéga 1200 Getty Center Drive Secretary General Suite 700 The Ramsar Convention on wetlands Los Angeles, CA 90049-1684 (RAMSAR) United States of America Ramsar Secretariat Rue Mauverney 28 CH-1196 Gland Ms Bonnie Burnham Switzerland President World Monuments Fund 350 Fifth Avenue Dr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias Executive Secretary Suite 2412 Secretariat of the Convention on Biological New York NY 10118 Diversity (CBD) United States of America 413, Saint Jacques Street, suite 800 Montreal QC H2Y 1N9 Canada Mr. Michel Barmaki Secrétaire général Union internationale des architectes (UIA) Tour Maine Ms Elizabeth Maruma Mrema Montparnasse Executive Secretary 33 Avenue du Maine Convention on Migratory Species 75755 Paris Cedex 15 CMS Secretariat France United Nations Premises Hermann-Ehlers-Str. 10 53113 Bonn Mr Jean Ping Germany Président Commission de l'Union africaine B.P. 3243 Dr Shakeel Bhatti Addis Abeba Secretary of the Treaty Ethiopie International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture FAO Headquarters Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 1 Thorbjørn Jagland 00153 Rome Secretary General, Italy Council of Europe Avenue de l'Europe B.P. 431 R.6 Ms Christiana Figueres 67075 Strasbourg Cedex Executive Secretary France United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) UNFCCC secretariat Haus Carstanjen Mr Timothy Wirth Martin-Luther-King-Strasse 8 President 53175 Bonn United Nations Foundation Germany 1800 Massachusetts Avenue NW Suite 400 Washington DC 20036 Admission of Observers WHC-12/36.COM/2 Admission des Observateurs Mr Luc Gnacadja Executive Secretary United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) UNCCD Secretariat P.O. Box 260129 D-53153 Bonn Germany

Mr John Scanlon Secretary-General Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) International Environment Jouse 11 Chemin des Anémones CH-1219 Châtelaine, Geneva Switzerland

Ms Myrna Cunningham Chair of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues United Nations, 2 UN Plaza Room DC2-1454 New York, NY, 10017 United States of America

H. E. Mrs Maria Francesca Spatolisano Ambassadrice Représentation permanente de l’Union européenne auprès de l’UNESCO 12, avenue d’Eylau 75116 Paris

Mr Nabil El Araby Secretary-General League of Arab States Midan Attahrir Tahrir Square P.O. Box 11642 Cairo Egypt

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