Distr.: General 28 August 2020 English only Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific Committee on Statistics Seventh session Bangkok, 26-28 August 2020 List of participants Members Armenia Mr. Stepan Mnatsakanyan, President, Statistical Committee of Republic of Armenia, Yerevan Ms. Anahit Safyan, Statistical Committee of Republic of Armenia, Yerevan Australia Mr. Paul Stephens, Deputy Head of Mission and Permanent Representative to ESCAP, Australian Embassy, Bangkok Mr. Christopher Cullen, Deputy Permanent Representative to ESCAP, Political and Economic Section, Australian Embassy, Bangkok Mr. Branko Vitas, Program Manager, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australian Embassy, Australia Azerbaijan Mr. Yusif Yusifov, Deputy Chairman, State Statistical Committee, Baku Mr. Rauf Aliyev, Deputy Head of Services Statistics Department, State Statistical Committee, Baku Mr. Arif Ibishov, Department of Sustainable Development Statistics, State Statistical Committee, Baku Ms. Arzu Taghiyeva, Leading Adviser, Department of Sustainable Development Statistics, State Statistical Committee, Baku Ms. Tazagul Majidova, Leading Adviser of the Department of Information Technologies, State Statistical Committee, Baku Bangladesh Mr. Syed Rashedul Hossen, Economic Counsellor & Alternate Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to ESCAP, Embassy of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, Bangkok Ms. Nur Jahan, Deputy Secretary, Statistics and Informatics Division, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, Dhaka Mr. Md Emdadul Haque, Director, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, Statistics Division, Dhaka Mr. Mohammad Junayed Bhuyan, Statistical Officer, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, Dhaka Bhutan Mr. Chhime, Tshering, Director, National Statistics Bureau, Thimphu Brunei Darussalam Ms. Nur Amani Haziqah Abdullah Yawang, Acting Director, Department of Statistics, Department of Economic Planning and Statistics, Ministry of Finance and Economy, Bandar Seri Begawan Mr. Md Adib Bahzi Majid, Statistics Officer, Department of Economic Planning and Statistics, Bandar Seri Begawan Ms. Nuraqilah Abd Hamid, Statistics Officer, Department of Statistics, Department of Economic Planning and Statistics, Ministry of Finance and Economy, Bandar Seri Begawan Cambodia Ms. Hang Lina, Director General, National Institute of Statistics, Ministry of Planning, Phnom Penh Mr. Lay Chhan, Deputy Director General, National Institute of Statistics, Ministry of Planning, Phnom Penh Mr. Sok Kosal, Deputy Director General, National Institute of Statistics, Ministry of Planning, Phnom Penh Mr. Keo Chettra, Dirctor, Department of National Accountrs, National Institute of Statistics, Ministry of Planning, Phnom Penh Mr. They Kheam, Director, Department of Demographic Statistics, Census and Survey, National Institute of Statistics, Ministry of Planning, Phnom Penh Mr. Nor Vanndy, Director, Department of Economic Statistics, National Institute of Statistics, Ministry of Planning, Phnom Penh Mr. Kim Net, Director, Department of Social Statistics, National Institute of Statistics, Ministry of Planning, Phnom Penh 2 China Mr. Ning Jizhe, Commissioner, National Bureau of Statistics, Beijing Mr. Xu Rong Hua, Director-General, Department of Statistical Design and Management, National Bureau of Statistics, Beijing Ms. An Yuhuan, Director-General, Department of International Cooperation, National Bureau of Statistics, Beijing Mr. Hua Zhong, Director, Division of Administrative Services, Administrative Office, National Bureau of Statistics, Beijing Ms. Wang Juan, Director of Division of Multilateral Relations, Department of International Cooperation, National Bureau of Statistics, Beijing Ms. Wang Zhuo, Director, Division of General Affairs, Department of Statistical Design and Management, National Bureau of Statistics, Beijing Mr. Ke Yousheng, Permanent Representative, Embassy of China in Thailand, Bangkok Mr. Geng Kong, Assistant to the Permanent Representative to ESCAP, Permanent Mission of China to ESCAP, Bangkok Mr. Sun Jiran, Assistant to Permanent Representative Permanent Mission of China to ESCAP, Bangkok Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Mr. Nam Song Ri, Permanent Representative to UNESCAP, Embassy of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in the Kingdom of Thailand, Bangkok Fiji Mr Kemunieli Naiqama, Government Statistician, Fiji Bureau of Statistics, Suva Georgia Mr. Gogita Todradze, Executive Directore, National Statistics Office of Georgia, Tbilisi Ms Lia Dzebisauri, Deputy Executive Directore, National Statistics Office of Georgia, Tbilisi Ms. Pikria Gudushauri, Chief Specialist, National Statistics Office of Georgia, Tbilisi India H.E. Ms. Suchitra Durai, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and Permanent Representative to ESCAP, Embassy of India, Bangkok Mr. Pravin Srivastava, Chief Statistician of India-cum-Secretary, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MOSPI), New Delhi 3 Ms. Alpana Dubey, Deputy Chief of Mission and Deputy Permanent Representative to ESCAP, Embassy of India, Bangkok Ms. Shailja Sharma, Director General (Statistics), MOSPI, New Delhi Ms. Mamta Saxena, Director General (C&A), MOSPI, New Delhi Mr. Sandeep Kumar, First Secretary and Alternate Deputy Permanent Representative to ESCAP, Embassy of India, Bangkok Mr. Ajay Kumar Gupta, Additional Director General, MOSPI, New Delhi Mr. Ashutosh Ojha, Deputy Director General, Social Statistics Division, MOSPI, New Delhi Mr. Chandradeep Kumar Jha, Deputy Director General, MOSPI, New Delhi Mr. Soumya Guha, SDG Officer, NITI Aayog, New Delhi Mr. Anil Singh, Attaché and Assistant Permanent Representative to ESCAP, Embassy of India, Bangkok Ms. Vidya Warrier, Young Professional, SDG Vertical, NITI Aayog, NITI Aayog, New Delhi Indonesia Mr. Suhariyanto, Chief Statistician, BPS-Statistics of Indonesia, Jakarta Mr. Setianto, Deputy of Chief Statictician for Distribution and Services Statistics, BPS-Statistics of Indonesia, Jakarta Mr. Dicky Komar, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia, Bangkok Mr. Sarpono, Director, Directorate of Census and Survey Methodology Development, BPS-Statistics of Indonesia, Jakarta Mr. Kadarmanto, Director of Food Crops, Horticulture and Estate Crops Statistics, BPS-Statistics of Indonesia, Jakarta Mr. Dody Herlando, Director of Production Accounts, BPS-Statistics of Indonesia, Jakarta Ms. Efliza, Director of Distribution Statistics, BPS, Statistics Indonesia, Jakarta Mr. Edi Setiawan, Population and Labor Mobility Statistics, BPS-Statistics Indonesia, Jakarta Ms. Nurul Saraswati, First Secretary, Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia, Bangkok Ms. Anet, Adilla, Second Secretary for Economic and ESCAP, Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia, Bangkok 4 Iran (Islamic Republic of) Mr. Ashkan Shabbak, Head, Statistical Research and Training Center, Statistical Center of Iran, Tehran Mr. Abbas Tajik, Deputy Permanent Representative to ESCAP, Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Bangkok Japan Mr. Yoshikai Shojiro, Director-General, Policy Planning on Statistical Standards, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Tokyo Mr. Akira Tsumura, Director for International Statistical Affairs, Office of Director-General for Policy Planning on Statistical Standards, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC), Tokyo Mr. Tetsuya Yoshida, Deputy-Director for International Statistical Affairs, Office of Director-General for Policy Planning on Statistical Standards, MIC, Tokyo Ms. Satoko Kouga, Director for International Training Cooperation, Office of Director-General for Policy Planning on Statistical Standards, MIC, Tokyo Mr. Masahiro Hosaka, Deputy Director, Statistics Department, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Tokyo Mr. Hitoshi Kozaki, Counsellor and Deputy Permanent Representative of Japan to ESCAP, Embassy of Japan in Thailand, Bangkok Mr. Suga Yoshinori, First Secretary and Alternate Permanent Representative of Japan to ESCAP, Embassy of Japan in Thailand, Bangkok Kazakhstan Mr. Zhasser Jarkinbayev, Vice-chairman, Committee on Statistics, Nur- Sultan Ms. Aigul Aubakirova, Committee on Statistics, Nur-Sultan Ms. Assemgul Abrayeva, Committee on Statistics, Nur-Sultan Mr. Nurbol Nurymzhanov, Expert, Committee on Statistics, Nur-Sultan Lao People's Democratic Republic Ms. Phonsaly Souksavath, Head, Lao Statistics Bureau, Vientiane Ms. Phetsamone Sone, Deputy Head, Lao Statistics Bureau, Vientiane Mr. Phousavanh Chanthasombath, Deputy Director General, In-charge of International Cooperation, Department of Administration, Lao Statistics Bureau, Vientiane Mr. Kingphet Atsanavong, Deputy Director General, Department of Data Service, Lao Statistics Bureau, Vientiane Ms. Salika Chanthalavong, Deputy Director General, Department of Economics Statistics, Lao Statistics Bureau, Vientiane 5 Mr. Saykham Sisombath Deputy Director of Davison, Department of Economics Statistics, Lao Statistics Bureau, Vientiane Ms. Chanthapany Mahathilath, Deputy Director of Davison, Department of Administration, Lao Statistics Bureau, Vientiane Mr. Yangxion, Department of Data Service, Lao Statistics Bureau, Vientiane Mr. Somsamai Norlasein, Department of Social Statistics, Lao Statistics Bureau, Vientiane Mr. Pinthong Phoummalath, Department of Social Statistics, Lao Statistics Bureau, Vientiane Ms. Khamkhounheuan Phimpha, Department of Social Statistics, Lao Statistics Bureau, Vientiane Mr. Yevong Xayxana, Department of Economics Statistics, Lao Statistics Bureau, Vientiane Mr. Pativet Lathvilayvong, Department of Administration, Lao Statistics