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National Focal Points

Below is the directory of designated National Focal Points for the INC that are working to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment.

Region

Countries and Groups

African States

Algeria
Name	Contact Details
Manel El Ayoubi	Position: Director for Environment and Sustainable Development, General Directorate for Multilateral Relations Office: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and National Community Abroad Phone number: +213 659 194 240 Email: m.elayoubi@mae.dz Email: elayoubimanel@gmail.com

Botswana
Name	Contact Details
Moses Mari	Position: Principal Waste Management Officer Office: Department of Waste Management and Pollution Control Phone number: +267 71557144 Email: mmari@gov.bw

Burkina Faso
Name	Contact Details
Ouedraogo Ousmane	Position: Environmental Inspector, Directorate General for the Preservation of the Environment Office: Ministry of Environment, Energy, Water and Sanitation Phone number: (+226) 70 64 61 01/ 78 94 53 49 Email: zousman02@yahoo.fr

Burundi
Name	Contact Details
Emmanuel Ndoricimpa	Position: Permanent Secretary Office: Ministry of Environment, Agriculture and Livestock Email: ndorimel@yahoo.fr
Nyorobeka Felicien	Position: General Director of environment, water resources and sanitation Office: Ministry of Environment, Agriculture and Livestock Phone number: +257 69 125 609 / 79 594 673 Email: f.nyorobeka@gmail.com
Nayisi Constantin	Position: Advisor to the General Directorate of Environment, Water Resources and Sanitation Phone number: +257 69 051 620/ +257 77 814 230, Email: nayisi.constantin@gmail.com
Denis Mbonihankuye	Position: Advisor to the Directorate of Sanitation and Environment Phone number: +257 61 618 606/ +257 77 066 885 Email: mboniha2@gmail.com

Cabo Verde
Name	Contact Details
Florisvindo Furtado	Position: Director of Climate Change and Environmental Sanitation Department Office: Ministry of Agriculture and Environment Email: florisvindo@gmail.com

Cameroon
Name	Contact Details
Kenfack Jean	Position: Director for Legal Affairs Office: Ministry of Environment, Nature Protection, and Sustainable Development Phone number: +237 699936698/660642490 Email: jekenfac@yahoo.fr

Central African Republic
Name	Contact Details
Soule Baoro Kevin Gildas	Position: General Director of the Environment Office: Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development Phone number: 00236 72 05 83 25/ 00236 75 71 70 35 Email: soulegil@yahoo.fr

Comoros
Name	Contact Details
Satia Hakim Ali	Email: maryechat92@gmail.com

Congo
Name	Contact Details
Joseph Ganongo	Position: Focal Point of the Bamako Convention Office: Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development Phone number: +242 06 995 59 19 Email: jnganongoahoura@gmail.com

Côte d’Ivoire
Name	Contact Details
Djedji Benjamin Onamoun	Position: Deputy Director of Environmental Technologies, Office: Ministry of Environment and Development Phone number: (+255) 05 66 11 09 11 Email: b.djedji@environnement.gouv.ci
Ossey Bernard Yapo	Position: Deputy Director of the Central Environmental Laboratory, Centre lvoirien AntiPollution Office: Ministry of Environment and Development Phone number: (+255) 20 22 54 44/ 0707530260 Email: yapossey@yahoo.fr Email: ossey.yapo@ciapol.ci

Democratic Republic of the Congo
Name	Contact Details
Bope Lapwong Jean-Marie	Position: Coordinator of the Marine Control and Surveillance Center Office: Water Resources Department. Ministry of Environment, Nature Conservation and Tourism Email: jmbope2lap@gmail.com

Djibouti
Name	Contact Details
Dini Abdallah Omar	Position: Permanent Secretary Office: Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development Email: dini.omar85@gmail.com Phone Number: 00 253 21 35 00 06

Egypt
Name	Contact Details
Permanent Mission of the Arab Republic of Egypt to UNEP and UN-Habitat	Email: eg.emb.nairobi@gmail.com Email: sarahassanmfa@gmail.com
Climate, Environment and Sustainable Development - Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Arab Republic of Egypt	Email: climatedepartment.mfa.eg@gmail.com Email: Sara.elkhouly2012@feps.edu.eg

Equatorial Guinea
Name	Contact Details
Don Demetrio Iviti Nsuga	Position: Official Office: Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Forests and Environment Phone number: 00240 222 250200 Email: ivitinsugademetrio@yahoo.es
María Angue Mbenga Mangue	Phone number: 240 222 284 582 Email: mmbengamangue@gmail.com

Eritrea
Name	Contact Details
Kibrom Asmerom	Position: Acting DG Department of Environment Office: Ministry of Land, Water and Environment Phone number: +2917154731 Email: kibromaw@gmail.com

Ethiopia
Name	Contact Details
Girma Gemechu Kenne	Position: Director General, Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement Directorate Office: Environmental Protection Authority Phone number: +251911077821 Email: girma.nahall@gmail.com

Gabon
Name	Contact Details
Stanislas Stephen Mouba	Position: General Director of Environment and Nature Protection Office: Directorate General for the Environment and Nature Protection Email: dgdgepn.gabon@gmail.com
Jean Hervé MVE BEH	Position: General Director of Aquatic-Ecosystems Office: Directorate General for the Environment and Nature Protection Email: mormyre69@gmail.com

Gambia
Name	Contact Details
Lamin Jaiteh	Position: Registrar of Pesticides and Hazardous Chemicals Office: National Environmental Agency Email: jaiplanck@gmail.com / lamin.jaiteh@nea.gm Phone Number: +220 3940633
Dawda Badgie	Position: Executive Director Office: National Environmental Agency Email: badgiedawda@gmail.com / dawda.badgie@nea.gm Phone Number: +220 9966093

Ghana
Name	Contact Details
Lydia Obenewa Essuah	Position: Director, Policy Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (PPME) Office: Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation (MESTI) Phone number: +23324 458 3483 Email: lyessuah2@gmail.com

Guinea
Name	Contact Details
Ibrahima Sory Cisse	Position: Directeur National des Pollutions, Nuisances et Changements Climatiques Office: Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development Phone number: +224 628 44 96 08 Email: cireguinea@gmail.com

Guinea-Bissau
Name	Contact Details
Isabel Maria Almeida Evangelista Sanha	Office: Ministry of Environment and Biodiversity Phone number: +245 95 570 64 48 Email: belitaevangelista@gmail.com

Kenya
Name	Contact Details
Ayub Macharia	Office: Ministry of Environment and Forestry Email: ayubmacharia2@gmail.com

Lesotho
Name	Contact Details
Thabo Tsasanyane	Position: Senior Environment Officer, Pollution Control Office: Department of Environment Mobile: +266 5788 6950 Email: tsasanyanetk@hotmail.com

Libya
Name	Contact Details
Salih Mohammed Hamad Diryaq	Position: Director of Sirte Branch Office: Sirte Branch, Ministry of Environment Mobile: +218913709318 Email: saldery@gmail.com

Madagascar
Name	Contact Details
Ranarison Rota Manitriniaina Joëlina	Position: Head of the Waste Management Department of pollution and environmental complaints Office: Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development Phone number: +261 34 05 624 51 Email: mahenitiana@gmail.com
Raoninjatovoherivonjy Hajaridera	Position: Head of the Sustainability Integration Monitoring Unit Office: Office National pour l'Environnement (ONE) Phone number: +261 34 55 504 05 Email: r.dera.7@gmail.com

Malawi
Name	Contact Details
Peter Unique Magombo	Position: Principal Environment Officer Office: Department of Environmental Affairs, Ministry of Natural Resources and Climate Change Phone Number: +265999661300 Email: uniquemagombo@gmail.com

Mali
Name	Contact Details
Oumar Diaouré Cisse	Position: Expert Office: Ministry of Environment, Sanitation and Sustainable Development Phone Number: +22376473520 Email: oumar.cisse@graduateinstitute.ch / oumar.diaoure1@gmail.com

Mauritius
Name	Contact Details
Ravi Shankar Sonea	Position: Permanent Secretary Office: Ministry of Environment, Solid Waste Management and Climate Change Email: rsonea@govmu.org Email:menv@govmu.org Phone Number: +230 212 71 75 / +230 212 83 24
Jogeeswar Seewoobaduth	Position: Director of Environment Office: Ministry of Environment, Solid Waste Management and Climate Change (Environment and Climate Change Division) Email: jseewoobaduth@govmu.org Email: menv@govmu.org Phone Number: +230 212 6671 / +230 212 60 80 / +230 5918 9251

Morocco
Name	Contact Details
Rachid Firadi	Position: Director of Partnership, Communication and Cooperation Office: Ministry of Energy, Transition and Sustainable Development Email: r.firadi@gmail.com / firadi@environnement.gov.ma

Mozambique
Name	Contact Details
Guilhermina Amurane	Position: National Director of Environment Office: Ministry of Land and Environment Email: gamurane@gmail.com

Namibia
Name	Contact Details
Panduleni Haindongo	Position: Senior Conservation Scientist Office: Department of Environmental Affairs and Forestry Phone number: 061 284 2015 Email: Panduleni.Haindongo@meft.gov.na

Niger
Name	Contact Details
Bouka Koura Yagana	Position: Deputy general Director, Environment and Sustainable Development Office: Ministry of Environment and Desertification Phone number: +227 96 55 88 35 Email: boukaryagana@yahoo.fr

Nigeria
Name	Contact Details
Charles Kanu Ikeah	Position: Director, Pollution Control and Environmental health Office: Federal Ministry of Environment Phone number: +2348033147629 Email: kcikeah@gmail.com

Rwanda
Name	Contact Details
Juliet Kabera	Position: Director General Office: Environment Management Authority Phone number: (+250) 788514577 Email: jkabera@rema.gov.rw

Sao Tome and Principe
Name	Contact Details
Mikhail Silva Saraiva	Office: Fonctionnaire a la Direction Generale de L'Environnement et de L'action Climatique Email: mikhasa@gmail.com
Adjelina Sacramento do Espirito Santo Luis Leal	Office: Fonctionnaire a la Direction Generale de L'Environnement et de L'action Climatique Email: adjelinasantopedro@gmail.com

Senegal
Name	Contact Details
Cheikh Ndiaye Sylla	Position: Director Office: Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development Phone number: (+221) 77 099 41 10 – (+221) 77 637 50 65 Email: cheikh.syllan@gmail.com Email: dc@environnement.gouv.sn
Baba Drame	Position: Director Office: Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development Email: babadrame@gmail.com
Khadija Drame	Position: Deputy Coordinator of Legal Affairs Unit Office: Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development Email: dikhadrame@yahoo.fr

Seychelles
Name	Contact Details
Nanette Laure	Position: Director General – Waste, Enforcement and Permit Division Office: Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change Email: n.laure@env.gov.sc

Sierra Leone
Name	Contact Details
Isha Jalloh Timbo	Position: Senior Environmental Officer Office: Environment Protection Agency (EPA-SL) Phone number: +232 78 555 469 Email: ishajtimbo92@gmail.com
Paul Abu Lamin	Position: Director, Natural Resources Governance Directorate, Office: Environment Protection Agency (EPA-SL) Phone number: +232 78 699 316 Email: paul.lamin@epa.gov.sl Email: plamin2007@gmail.com

Somalia
Name	Contact Details
Ibrahim Ali Yahye	Office: Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Email: alosh@moecc.gov.so
Abdisatar Arabow Ibrahim	Office: Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Email: abdisatar.arabow@moecc.gov.so

South Africa
Name	Contact Details
Mamogala Musekene	Position: Deputy Director-General Chemicals and Waste Management Office: Ministry of Forest, Fisheries and the Environment Email: MJMusekene@dffe.gov.za

Sudan
Name	Contact Details
Mona Ali Mohammed Ahmed	Position: Secretary General Office: Higher Council for Environment and Natural Resources Email: hcenr2005@yahoo.com Email: razazmatar2030@gmail.com

Togo
Name	Contact Details
Soulemane Abdel-Ganiou	Position: Environmental engineer, head of environmental preservation division Office: Environment Department Email: soule001@yahoo.fr Phone Number: +228 90 12 07 12
Broohm Débi Mawulé	Position: Biologist, Head of the Classified Installations Division and Hazardous Substances to the Environment Department Office: Environment Department Email: megbroohm@yahoo.fr Phone Number: +22890238741

Tunisia
Name	Contact Details
Awatef Larbi EP Messai	Position: Director in the Directorate General of Environment and Quality of Life Office: Ministry of Environment Phone number: (+216) 98666206 Email: awatef.messai@yahoo.fr Email: aouatef.larbi@mineat.gov.tn

Uganda
Name	Contact Details
Barirega Akankwasah	Position: Executive Director Office: National Environment Management Authority Phone number: +256772831348 /+256 414 251 064/5/8 Email: Barirega.akankwasah@nema.go.ug

United Republic of Tanzania
Name	Contact Details
Joseph Kiruki	Position: Environmental Engineer 1 Office: Vice President’s Office - Environment Email: joseph.kiruki@vpo.go.tz Email: kiruki201@gmail.com
Felista S. Rugambwa	Position: Deputy Permanent Representative Office: High Commission of the United Republic of Kenya and Permanent Mission to UNEP and UN-HABITAT Email: felista.rugambwa@nje.go.tz Email: srugambwa@gmail.com
Mugisha Kamuntu Kyamani	Position: Principal Legal officer I Office: Vice President’s Office - Environment Email: mugisha.kyamani@vpo.go.tz

Zambia
Name	Contact Details
Lungu Mfumu Richard	Position: Assistant Director, Department of Environmental Management Office: Ministry of Green Economy and Environment Phone number: +260 975 794217 Email: mfumurichard@yahoo.co.uk

Zimbabwe
Name	Contact Details
A. Z. Matiza	Position: Deputy Director Environment Office: National Environment Management Authority Phone number: +263 712 233 046 Email: matiza.abraham@gmail.com

Asia-Pacific States

Bahrain
Name	Contact Details
Mohamed Maki Aman	Office: Supreme Council for Environment Phone number: (+973) 36088810 – (+973) 17386594 Email: maman@sce.gov.bh

Bangladesh
Name	Contact Details
Md. Rezaul Karim	Position: Joint Secretary Office: Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Bangladesh Secretariat, Dhaka Phone number: +880 175 024 0014 Email: mreza258@yahoo.com

Bhutan
Name	Contact Details
Sonam Tashi	Position: Director of Environment & Climate Change Office: Ministry of Energy & Natural Resources Email: stashi@moenr.gov.bt Phone number: +975 20115160

Cambodia
Name	Contact Details
Roath Sith	Position: Deputy Director General Office: General Directorate of EnvironmentalProtection, Ministry of Environment Phone number: +85589713696 Email: roath.sith@moe.gov.kh
DV Kiden	Position: Director of the Department of Solid Waste Management Office: General Directorate of Environmental Protection, Ministry of Environment Email: dykiden@yahoo.com
Taing Meng Eang	Position: Director of the Department of Green Economy Office: General Directorate of Policy and Strategy, Ministry of Environment Email: mengeangtaing@gmail.com

China
Name	Contact Details
Wei YAO	Position: Director, Division of International Ecological and Environmental Conventions Office: Department of International Cooperation, Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China Phone number: +86 10 6564 5821/ +86 10 6564 5818 Email: yao.wei@mee.gov.cn Email: dio.dic@mee.gov.cn

Cyprus
Name	Contact Details
Constantinos Andreou	Position: Environment Officer Office: Department of Environment, Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment Phone number: (+357) 22 409 111 Email: candreou@environment.moa.gov.cy

Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Name	Contact Details
Jang Sol Song	Position: Official Office: National Coordinating Committee for Environment Phone number: (+850 2) 18111 (382 7222) / (+850 2) 381 4660 Email: hcri@unicef.org
Song Rim Yun	Office: The Permanent Mission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to the UN Office and other International Organizations in Geneva Phone number: (+41 22) 735 43 70 / (+41 22) 786 06 62 Email: s.yun@bluewin.ch

Fiji
Name	Contact Details
Sandeep K. Singh	Position: Director, Department of Environment Office: Ministry of Environment Phone number: +679 9926659 Email: singhsk@govnet.gov.fj / doenvfiji@gmail.com

India
Name	Contact Details
Naresh Pal Gangwar	Position: Additional Secretary Office: Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Email: asnpg.mefcc@gov.in

Indonesia
Name	Contact Details
Rosa Vivien Ratnawati	Position: Director General of Solid Waste, Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Substances Management Office: Ministry of Environment and Forestry Email: rosavivien@gmail.com Email: nairobi.kbri@kemlu.go.id Email: danny@kemlu.go.id

Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Name	Contact Details
Massoud Rezvanian Rahaghi	Position: Director for International Affairs of Energy and Environment Office: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Email: rezvanianmasoud@yahoo.com
Razaiyeh Mirzajani Darestani	Position: Officer in charge of plastic pollution INC process in International Affairs and Conventions Center Office: Department of the Environment Phone number: (+98) 912 440 9442 Email: razie.mirzajani65@yahoo.com

Japan
Name	Contact Details
TANABE Makoto	Position: Senior Negotiator for Global Environment Office: Global Environment Division, International Cooperation Bureau at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Email: japan.plastic.inc@mofa.go.jp
YORITA Yume	Position: Second Secretary Office: Embassy of Japan in Kenya, UNEP Focal Point Email: yume.yorita@mofa.go.jp
KURIHARA Mayuka	Position: Official Office: Global Environment Division, International Cooperation Bureau at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Email: japan.plastic.inc@mofa.go.jp
NAGASAKI Daisuke	Position: Deputy Director Office: Resource Efficiency and Circular Economy Division, GX Policy Group, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Email: bzl-re-ce-marinelitter@meti.go.jp
ICHIKAWA Tomoko	Position: Deputy Director Office: Office of Policies against Marine Plastics Pollution, Environment Management Bureau, Ministry of the Environment Email: TOMOKO_ICHIKAWA@env.go.jp
KOTANI Tomoe	Position: Deputy Director Office: Global Environment Division, International Cooperation Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Email: tomoe.kotani@mofa.go.jp
SHIDA Hiroto	Position: Assistant Director Office: Resource Efficiency and Circular Economy Division, GX Policy Group, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Email: shida-hiroto@meti.go.jp
ISHIKAWA Tomohito	Position: Assistant Director Office: Global Environment Division, International Cooperation Bureau at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Email: japan.plastic.inc@mofa.go.jp

Jordan
Name	Contact Details
Jihad Alsawair	Position: Assistant Secretary General for Technical Affairs Office: Ministry of the Environment Email: jihad.alsawair@MOENV.GOV.JO

Kazakhstan
Name	Contact Details
Dinara Azhigaliyeva	Position: Director of Department of state policy in waste management Office: Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan Email: d.azhigaliyeva@ecogeo.gov.kz

Kiribati
Name	Contact Details
Saitofi Mika	Position: Secretary Office: Ministry of Environment, Lands and Agricultural Development Email: secretary@melad.gov.ki
Nenenteiti Teariki Ruatu	Position: Director, Environment and Conservation Division Office: Ministry of Environment, Lands and Agricultural Development Email: decd@melad.gov.ki

Kuwait
Name	Contact Details
Fatemah Alqahtani	Position: Head of Municipal Waste Section Email: f.alqahtani@epa.gov.kw
Eman Faisal Al-Mohammad	Position: Senior Chemistry Specialist Office: Municipal Waste Department Email: glowq80@yahoo.com Email: e.faisal@epa.gov.kw

Malaysia
Name	Contact Details
Eddy Mazuaansyah Bin Mohd Ali Murad	Position: Deputy Under Secretary, Environmental Management Division Office: Ministry of Environment and Water Email: eddyms@kasa.gov.my

Maldives
Name	Contact Details
Haleemath Shazleen	Position: Environment Analyst Office: Ministry of Climate Change, Environment, and Energy Phone number: +960 3018435 Email: haleemath.shazleen@environment.gov.mv
Fazeela Ahmed Shaheem	Position: Associate Legal Counsel Office: Ministry of Climate Change, Environment, and Energy Phone number: +9603018370 Email: fazeela.shaheem@environment.gov.mv

Micronesia (Federated States of)
Name	Contact Details
Kandhi Elieisar	Position: Secretary Office: Department of Foreign Affairs Email: foreignaffairs@mail.fm Email: kandhi.elieisar@dfa.gov.fm
Andrew Yatilman	Position: Secretary / Focal point for UNEP/UNEA Office: Department of Environment, Climate Change and Emergency Management Email: decemsec.fsm@gmail.com Email: cynthia.ehmes@decem.gov.fm

Mongolia
Name	Contact Details
Narangerel Oidov	Position: Expert at the Division for External Cooperation Office: Ministry of Environment and Tourism Phone number: (+976) 99997735 Email: narangerel@met.gov.mn Email: narangerel@mne.gov.mn Email: int.cooperation@met.gov.mn
Enkhbat Altangerel	Position: Director General of the Department of Environment and Natural resources Management Office: Ministry of Environment and Tourism Phone number: (+976) 91910160 Email: enkhbat@met.gov.mn

Nepal
Name	Contact Details
Nabin Kumar Pokharel	Position: Senior Division Engineer Office: Ministry of Forest and Environment Email: nkpokharel@gmail.com

Pakistan
Name	Contact Details
Hammad Shamimi	Position: Additional Secretary Office: Ministry of Climate Change and Environmental Coordination Phone number: +92 51 9245585 Email: asecretary@mocc.gov.pk Email: hammadshamimi@hotmail.com

Palau
Name	Contact Details
Gwendalyn SISIOR	Position: Ocean Advisor Office: Permanent Mission of Palau to the United Nations Email: gsisior@palauun.org Email: proffice@palauun.org
Ilima Hirao KLOULCHAD	Position: Director Office: Bureau of Environment, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Environment Email: kloulchad@gmail.com

Philippines
Name	Contact Details
Vizminda Osorio	Position: Assistant Director Office: Environmental Management Bureau- Department of Environment and Natural Resources Email: oad.emb@emb.gov.ph Email: oad.emb@gmail.com
Philippine Embassy, Nairobi	Email: nairobi.pe@dfa.gov.ph

Qatar
Name	Contact Details
Samera M. Al-Dosari	Position: Industrial engineer Office: Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Email: smdosari@mecc.gov.qa

Republic of Korea
Name	Contact Details
Minseong Seo	Position: First Secretary Office: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Email: msseo14@mofa.go.kr Email:greengrowth@mofa.go.kr
Minsung Kim	Position: Deputy Director Office: Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy Email: kms0735@korea.kr
Yeji Kang	Position: Deputy Director Office: Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries Email: yejikang@korea.kr
Seongkeon Yeom	Position: Deputy Director Office: Ministry of Environment Email: ysk123@korea.kr Email: ljk0414@korea.kr

Samoa
Name	Contact Details
Tiare Marumatakimanu	Position: Senior Foreign Service Officer, International Relations Division Office: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Phone number: (685) 21171 Fax: (685) 21504 Email: tiare.marumatakimanu@mfat.gov.ws
Peseta Noumea Simi	Position: Chief Executive Officer Office: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Phone number: (685) 21171 Fax: (685) 21504 Email: noumea@mfat.gov.ws

Saudi Arabia
Name	Contact Details
Abdelrahman bin Mohammed Algwaiz	Office: Senior Advisor Email: abdelrahman.gwaiz@moenergy.gov.sa Phone number: +966505803256
Mohammed bin Saleh Albarrak	Office: Expert Email: mohammed.barrak@moenergy.gov.sa Phone number: +966555596257
Hissah bint Abdulrahman Alhamdan	Office: Expert Email: hussah.hamdan@moenergy.gov.sa Phone number: +966536011077

Singapore
Name	Contact Details
Aiden Yeo	Position: Deputy Director, International Policy Division Office: Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment Email: Aiden_Yeo@mse.gov.sg
Dawn Ho	Position: Assistant Director, International Policy Division Office: Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment Email: Dawn_Ho@mse.gov.sg
International Policy Division	Office: Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment Email: MSE_International@mse.gov.sg

Solomon Islands
Name	Contact Details
Fiona Indu	Position: Assistant Secretary – UN & Americas Branch Office: Ministry of Foreign Affairs & External Trade Email: fiona.indu@mfaet.gov.sb
Tony Kabasi	Position: Assistant Secretary – Ocean and Climate Division Office: Ministry of Foreign Affars & External Trade Email: tony.kabasi@mfaet.gov.sb

Sri Lanka
Name	Contact Details
B.K. Prabath Chandrakeerthi	Position: Secretary Office: Ministry of Environment Phone number: +94-11-2034121 / +94-11-2034122 Fax: +94-112879944 Email: sec@env.gov.lk

Thailand
Name	Contact Details
Wassana Jangprajak	Position: Environmental Officer, Senior Professional Level Office: Pollution Control Department Phone number: +662 298 2492/+662 298 5398 Email: wassana.j@pcd.go.th Email: wassanaj@hotmail.com
Taweechai Jiaranaikhajorn	Position: Director of Waste Minimization Sub-division Office: Pollution Control Department Phone number: +662 298 2491/ +662 298 5398 Email: twechi@gmail.com
Kanchalee Navickabhum	Position: Director of Waste and Hazardous Substances Management Division Office: Pollution Control Department Phone number: +662 298 2011/ +662 298 5398 Email: kanchalee.n@pcd.go.th
Preeyaporn Suwanaged	Position: Director General Office: Pollution Control Department Phone number: (+662) 298 2121/(+662) 298 5376 Email: preeyaged@gmail.com

The State of Palestine
Name	Contact Details
Lama Shehab	Position: Manager at the Palestinian Environment Quality Authority Office: Palestinian Environment Quality Authority Phone number: 00970568801649 Email: lamajarrad60@yahoo.com

Timor Leste
Name	Contact Details
Clarisse Maria Mazzarello Soares Trindade	Position: Technical Advisor Office: Office of the Secretary of State for Environment Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs Phone number: (+670) 7795 1999 Email: nstrin19@gmail.com
Domingos Mesquita	Position: Senior Staff of National Directorate of Climate Change Office: Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Environment. Phone number: (+670) 7661 6162 Email: domingosmesquita78@gmail.com

Tonga
Name	Contact Details
Paula Pouvalu Ma' u	Position: Chief Executive Officer Office: Ministry of Meteorology, Energy, Information, Disaster Management, Environment, Climate Change and Communications (MEIDECC) Phone number: +676 20100 Email: paulm@mic.gov.to

United Arab Emirates
Name	Contact Details
Sulaiman Shaheen Mohamed Abdalla	Position: Environmental Researcher Office: Ministry of Climate Change & Environment Phone number: +971 4 2148 428 Email: Shaheen@moccae.gov.ae
Othaibah Saeed AlQaydi	Position: Director, Municipal Affairs Department Office: Ministry of Climate Change & Environment Phone number: +971 4 2148 346 Email: osalqaydi@moccae.gov.ae
Kawthar Rashed Alshamsi	Position: Acting, Head of Chemicals Section Office: Ministry of Climate Change & Environment Phone number: +971 4 2148 527 Email: kralshamsi@moccae.gov.ae

Vanuatu
Name	Contact Details
Ionie Bolenga	Position: Principal Officer, Waste Management and Pollution Control Office: Department of Environmental Protection and Conservation Phone number: (+678) 25302/33430 Email: ibolenga@vanuatu.gov.vu

Viet Nam
Name	Contact Details
Le Ngoc Tuan	Position: Director General, International Cooperation Department Office: Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment Phone number: (+84) 989433888 Email: lntuan@monre.gov.vn Email: lengoctuan@gmail.com

Yemen
Name	Contact Details
Omer Ahmed Baeshen	Department: The Environmental Protection Authority Office: Ministry of Water and Environment, Yemen Phone number: 00967730334687 / 00967777292093 Email: mwe@mwe-ye.org / info@epa-ye.org / cites.yem@gmail.com

Eastern European States

Armenia
Name	Contact Details
Meri Harutyunyan	Position: Chief Specialist, Strategic Policy Department. Office: Ministry of Environment Phone number: (+374 11) 818 512 Email: meri.harutyunyan@env.am

Azerbaijan
Name	Contact Details
Maltam Ahmadzada	Position: Leading Advisor of the Environmental Policy Division Office: Ministry of Ecology and Natural resources Phone number: (+99412) 538 70 73 Email: meltem.ahmedzade90@gmail.com Email: meltem.ahmedzade@eco.gov.az

Belarus
Name	Contact Details
Olga Sazonova	Position: Head of the General Directorate for Waste Management, Biological and Landscape Diversity Office: Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Phone number: (+375) (17) 200 47 76 Email: s.darya@minpriroda.gov.by Email: waste@minpriroda.gov.by

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Name	Contact Details
Mehmed Cero	Position: Assistant Minister Office: Federal Ministry on Environment and Tourism Email: mehmed.cero@fmoit.gov.ba

Bulgaria
Name	Contact Details
Desislava Veselinova Dragoeva-Rosales	Position: Chief Expert in Municipal, Biodegradable, and Construction Waste Office: Waste Management and Soil Protection Directorate, Ministry of Environment and Water of the Republic of Bulgaria Phone Number: +359 2 940 65 80 Email: ddragoeva@moew.government.bg

Croatia
Name	Contact Details
Anamarija Matak	Position: Director of the directorate for environmental impact assessment and sustainable waste management Office: Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development Email: anamarija.matak@mingor.hr

Czechia
Name	Contact Details
David Doležal	Office: Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic Phone number: +420 26712-2752 Email: david.dolezal@mzp.cz

Estonia
Name	Contact Details
Harry Liiv	Position: Special Envoy for Transboundary Waters Office: Ministry of Climate Phone number: +372 5011828 Email: harry.liiv@kliimaministeerium.ee

Georgia
Name	Contact Details
Irma Gurguliani	Position: Deputy Head of Waste and Chemicals Management Department Office: Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia Phone number: (+ 995) 599898818 Email: Irma.gurguliani@mepa.gov.ge

Hungary
Name	Contact Details
Maria Galambos	Position: International Coordinator Office: Ministry of Energy Email: maria.galambos.molnarne@em.gov.hu
Eniko Papp	Position: Head of Unit Office: Ministry of Energy, Department of Specific Waste Streams Email: eniko.papp@em.gov.hu
Department of Specific Waste Streams	Email: khf@em.gov.hu

Latvia
Name	Contact Details
Gatis Patmalnieks	Position: Senior Expert, Waste Management and Circular Economy Department Office: Ministry of Climate and Energy Phone number: +371 63007387 Email: gatis.patmalnieks@kem.gov.lv

Lithuania
Name	Contact Details
Saule Deveikyte	Position: Senior Advisor for Waste Policy Group Office: Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Lithuania Phone number: (+370) 616 434 35 Email: saule.deveikyte@am.lt

Montenegro
Name	Contact Details
Balsa Bajagic	Position: Acting Director-General, Directorate for Ecology and Climate Change Office: Ministry of Tourism, Ecology, Sustainable Development and Northern Region Development Phone number: +382 20 446 208 Email: balsa.bajagic@mert.gov.me

Poland
Name	Contact Details
Jolanta Rawska-Olejniczak	Position: Counsellor Office: Department of International Affairs Ministry of Climate and Environment of Poland Email: jolanta.rawska-olejniczak@klimat.gov.pl
Marta Höffner	Position: Chief Specialist Office: Department of International Affairs, Ministry of Climate and Environment of the Republic of Poland Email: marta.hoffner@klimat.gov.pl

Republic of Moldova
Name	Contact Details
Grigore Stratulat	Position: State Secretary Office: Ministry of Environment Phone Number: +373 22 204 562 Email: grigore.stratulat@mediu.gov.md
Tatiana Tugui	Position: Director of the Experts Association ProMediu Email: tuguitatiana@ymail.com

Romania
Name	Contact Details
Alexandru Roznov	Position: Counsellor Assistant Office: General Directorate Waste and Contaminated Sites, Chemicals Unit; Ministry of Environment, Waters and Forests Email: alexandru.roznov@mmediu.ro

Russia Federation
Name	Contact Details
Dmitry Kornilov	Position: Deputy Head of the Division of Bilateral Cooperation Office: Department of International Cooperation and Climate Change of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation Phone number: +7(499)-252-23-59 (ext.1004) Email: d_kornilov@mnr.gov.ru

Serbia
Name	Contact Details
Marina Milojevic	Position: Head of Section for Transboundary Movement of Waste and National Focal Point for the Basel Convention Office: Division for Waste Management, Department for Waste and Wastewater Management in the Ministry of Environmental Protection Email: marina.milojevic@eko.gov.rs

Slovakia
Name	Contact Details
Viera Spalkova	Office: Department of Circular Economy, Directorate of Circular Economy, Ministry of Environment of the Slovakia Republic Email: viera.spalkova@enviro.gov.sk
Michal Huska	Office: Department of Circular Economy, Directorate of Circular Economy, Ministry of Environment of the Slovakia Republic Email: michal.huska@enviro.gov.sk

Slovenia
Name	Contact Details
Janja Kreitmayer McKenzie	Office: EU and International Affairs Department, Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning Phone number: +386 (0) 1 478 7338 Email: janja.kreitmayer@gov.si

Ukraine
Name	Contact Details
Illia Karandas	Position: Second Secretary and Deputy Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations Environment Programme Office: Embassy of Ukraine in the Republic of Kenya Phone number: +380677758809 Email: illia.karandas@mfa.gov.ua
Yevhenii Fedorenko	Position: Deputy Minister Office: Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine Phone number: +380679918609 Email: j_fedorenko@ukr.net

Latin American and Caribbean States

Antigua and Barbuda
Name	Contact Details
Asha Challenger	Position: Third Secretary Office: Permanent Mission of Antigua and Barbuda to the United Nations Email: asha.challenger@ab.gov.ag
Indira James-Henry	Position: Environmental Implementation Coordinator Office: Ministry of Health, Wellness, and the Environment. Email: Indira.James-Henry@ab.gov.ag

Argentina
Name	Contact Details
Carmen Rivero	Position: Secretary Office: Directorate of Environmental Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship Email: qrv@mrecic.gov.ar

Bahamas
Name	Contact Details
Kimberly Lam	Position: Head of Maritime and Ocean Affairs Bureau Office: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Phone number: +1 242 356 5956 Email: kimberlylam@bahamas.gov.bs
Anastacia Minnis	Position: First Secretary Office: Permanent Mission of the Bahamas to the United Nations Email: aminnis@bahamasny.com
Rhianna Neely-Murphy	Position: Director of the Department of Environment Planning and Protection Office: Ministry of Environment Phone number: +1 242 322 4546 Email: rhiannaneely@bahamas.gov.bs

Barbados
Name	Contact Details
Charley Browne	Position: Permanent Secretary Office: Ministry of Environment and National Beautification, Green and Blue Economy Phone number: (+246) 535-4354 Email: Charley.browne@barbados.gov.bb
Jovan Reid	Position: First Secretary Office: Permanent Mission of Barbados to the United Nations at Nairobi Phone number: +254 746 123 850 Email: jreid@foreign.gov.bb
Anthony Headley	Position: Director, Environmental Protection Department Office: Ministry of Environment and National Beautification, Green and Blue Economy Phone number: (+246)535-4601 Email: anthony.headley@epd.gov.bb

Belize
Name	Contact Details
Aldo Cansino	Position: Environmental Officer Office: Department of the Environment Phone number: 501-822-2819 Email: cansinoaa@gobmail.gov.bz

Brazil
Name	Contact Details
Luciana Melchert Saguas Presas	Position: Head of Environmental Policy Division, Office: Department of the Environment, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Phone number: (+55) 61 20309556 Email: dipas@itamaraty.gov.br
Silvio Albuquerque	Position: Permanent Representative of Brazil Office: The Embassy of Brazil in Nairobi Email: brasemb.nairobi@itamaraty.gov.br

Chile
Name	Contact Details
Macarena Quezada Borel	Position: Diplomat, Head of Delegation Office: Environment, Climate Change, and Oceans Division in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Email: mquezada@minrel.gob.cl
Emilio Yañez	Position: Diplomat, Environment, Climate Change, and Oceans Division Office: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Email: eyanezb@minrel.gob.cl
Gonzalo Guaiquil	Position: Diplomat, Alternate Head of Delegation Office: Environment, Climate Change, and Oceans Division in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Email: gguaiquil@minrel.gob.cl

Colombia
Name	Contact Details
Leilani Perez Chaparro	Position: Environmental Affairs Coordinator, Directorate of Economic, Social and Environmental Affairs Office: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Email: Leilani.Perez@cancilleria.gov.co
Adriana Mendoza Agudelo	Position: Director, Directorate of Economic, Social, and Environmental Affairs Office: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Email: adriana.mendoza@cancilleria.gov.co
Haendel Sebastien Rodriguez Gonzalez	Position: First Secretary, Directorate of Economic, Social and Environmental Affairs Office: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Email: haendel.rodriguez@cancilleria.gov.co

Costa Rica
Name	Contact Details
Leticia Zamora Zumbado	Email: lezamora@rree.go.cr

Cuba
Name	Contact Details
Belsis Isabel Llorente Diaz	Office: International Relations Department, Ministry of Science Technology and Environment Email: belsis@citma.gob.cu

Dominica
Name	Contact Details
Florian Mitchel	Position: General Manager Office: Dominica Solid Waste Management Corporation Phone number: +767 449 8168 / +767 616 8170 Email: generalmanager@dswmc.dm Email: mitchelf.dswmc@cwdom.dm

Dominican Republic
Name	Contact Details
Claudia Marcela Taboada Flores	Position: Director of Science, Technology and Environment Office: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Phone: + 1 809 987 7065 Email: ctaboada@mirex.gob.do
Gabriela Santoni Bisonó	Office: Environmental Affairs, Permanent Mission of the Dominican Republic to the United Nations Office and other International Organizations in Geneva Phone: + 336 77 72 50 00 Email: gabrielasantonionug@gmail.com

Ecuador
Name	Contact Details
Andres Cordova	Position: Director of Environment and Sustainable Development Office: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility Email: acordova@cancilleria.gob.ec Email: dads@cancilleria.gob.ec Email: dvargas@cancilleria.gob.ec Email: onuginebra@cancilleria.gob.ec
Luis Vayas	Position: Ambassador of Ecuador to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Email: lvayas@cancilleria.gob.ec Email: mgarciaf@cancilleria.gob.ec Email: agomez@cancilleria.gob.ec

Grenada
Name	Contact Details
Safiya Sawney	Position: Policy Strategist - Oceans Office: Ministry of Climate Resilience, Environment and Renewable Energy Email: safiya.sawney@gmail.com

Guatemala
Name	Contact Details
Ana Elizabeth Valdes Rank	Position: Segundo Secretario Office: Mision Permanente de Guatemala ante la Organizacion de la Naciones Unidas y otras Organizaciones Phone number: +41 79 585 1089 Email: aevaldes@minex.gob.gt
Ligia Maria Hernandez Campos	Position: Segundo Secretario de la Direccion de Politica Economica Internacional Office: Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores Phone number: +502 5973 9880 Email: lmhernandez@minex.gob.gt
Maria Jose Barrutia	Position: Primer Secretario de Politica Multilateral para la Organizacion de las Naciones Unidas Office: Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores Phone number: +502 3029 5252 Email: mbarrutia@minex.gob.gt
Melissa Alvarez Barrientos	Position: Asesora Ambiental de la Direccion para el Manejo de Residuod y Desechos Solidos Office: Ministerio de Ambiente y Recursos Naturales Phone number: +502 5525 1467 Email: melissa.alvarez@marn.gob.gt
Jose Eduardo Estrada Hernandez	Position: Asesor Tecnico de la Direccion para el Manejo de Residuos y Desechos Solidos Office: Ministerio de Ambiente y Recursos Naturales Phone number: +502 3874 3215 Email: jestrada@marn.gob.gt

Guyana
Name	Contact Details
Tracy Smith	Position: Project Manager Office: Department of Environment and Climate Change Phone Number: +592 225 8329 Email: tracy.smith.decc@op.gov.gy
Kemraj Parsram	Position: Executive Director Office: Environmental Protection Agency Phone Number: +592 225 5472 Ext 2361 Email: kparsram@epaguyana.org
Sharifah Razack	Position: Deputy Executive Director Office: Environmental Protection Agency Phone Number: +592 225 5472 Ext 2345 Email: srazack@epaguyana.org

Honduras
Name	Contact Details
Lorvy Marcela Pineda Alonso	Position: Environmental Analyst Phone number: +504 9830 9711 Email: gestionambiental@miambiente.gob.hn Email: marce029481@gmail.com

Jamaica
Name	Contact Details
Gillian Guthrie	Position: Chief Technical Director Office: Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation Phone Number: (876) 633 7500 / (876) 443 3133 Email: gillian.guthrie@megjc.gov.jm Email: Joni.Jackson@megjc.gov.jm Email: amckenzie@nepa.gov.jm

Mexico
Name	Contact Details
Arturo Gavilan Garcia	Position: General Director of Integrated Management of Materials and Risky Activities Office: General Directorate of Integrated Management of Hazardous Materials and Activities, Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources Phone Number: (+55) 55 56 24 36 12 Email: arturo.gavilan@semarnat.gob.mx
Andrea Lissete Ramírez Rentería	Position: Director of the 2030 Agenda for Development, General Directorate for Global Issues Office: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico Email: aramirezr@sre.gob.mx

Nicaragua
Name	Contact Details
Uriel José Morales Acuña	Position: General Director of Environmental Quality Office: Ministry of the Environment and Resources Natural (MARENA) Email: ujma47@gmail.com

Panama
Name	Contact Details
Kirving Lanas	Position: Project Evaluator Office: Directorate of Environmental Performance Verification Email: klanas@miambiente.gob.pa
Fabiola Vega	Position: Chief in charge Office: Office of International Technical Cooperation Email: fvega@miambiente.gob.pa
Digna Barsallo	Position: Biology Office: Directorate of coasts and seas Email: dbarsallo@miambiente.gob.pa
Bolivar Canizalez	Position: Head of the environment and climate change office Office: Directorate of international organizations and conferences in the Ministry of foreign affairs Email: bcanizalez@mire.gob.pa
Cecilia Atherton De Revillard	Position: Environmental Affairs Expert Office: Permanent Mission of Panama to the United Nations Office in Geneva, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Panama Phone number: +41 22 715 0450 Email: catherton@mire.gob.pa
Yoani Gonzalez	Office: Ministry of Health of Panama Phone number: +5075129100 Email: ygonzalez@minsa.gob.pa

Paraguay
Name	Contact Details
Sustainable Development and Environment Unit	Office: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Email: usdma@mre.gov.py
Ovidio Espinola	Office: Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development Email: ovidio.espinola@mades.gov.py
Federico Schroeder	Office: Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development Email: federico.schroeder@mades.gov.py

Peru
Name	Contact Details
Johan Ríos	Position: Segundo Secretario Office: Funcionario de la Embajada del Perú en Kenia Email: jriosr@rree.gob.pe
Vanessa Aliaga	Position: Segunda Secretaria Office: Funcionaria de la Representación Permanente del Perú ante los Organismos Internacionales con sede en Ginebra Email: valiaga@onuperuginebra.ch
Eduardo Williams Calvo Buendía	Position: Asesor en Temas de Gestión Ambiental Office: Viceministerio de Gestión Ambiental del Ministerio del Ambiente Email: ecalvo@minam.gob.pe
Sergio Milovan Dinklamg Lanfranco	Position: Eco-efficiency Management Planning Analyst Office: General Directorate of Environmental Quality of the Ministry of the Environment Email: sdinklang@minam.gob.pe
Victoria Yolanda Rivera Chale	Position: Director of Solid Waste Management Instruments Office: General Directorate of Solid Waste Management of the Ministry of Environment Email: vriverac@minam.gob.pe
Bernardo Roca-Rey Ross	Position: Counsellor Office: Permanent Mission of Peru to the international organizations in Geneva Email: brocarey@onuperuginebra.ch Email: brocarey@rree.gob.pe

Saint Lucia
Name	Contact Details
Jeanel Volney	Position: Sustainable Development and Environment Officer Office: Ministry of Education, Sustainable Development, Innovation, Science, Technology and Vocational Training Phone number: 1 758 468 5810/1 758 730 5164 Email: jeanel.volney@gmail.com

Suriname
Name	Contact Details
Tiffany Van Ravenswaay	Position: Environmental Policy Advisor Office: Ministry of Spatial Planning and Environment Phone number: +597 522022 Email: tiffany.vanravenswaay@gov.sr

Trinidad and Tobago
Name	Contact Details
Tushara Maharaj	Position: Environmental Engineer Specialist, Environmental Policy, and Planning Division Office: Ministry of Planning and Development Phone number: (+868) 225 3404 Email: tushara.maharaj@planning.gov.tt

Uruguay
Name	Contact Details
Marcelo Cousillas	Position: Manager of the Legal Area Office: Ministry of the Environment Email: marcelo.cousillas@ambiente.gub.uy
Valentina Sierra	Position: Primera Secretaria Office: Misión Permanente del Uruguay ante la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas y otras Organizaciones con sede en Ginebra (Coordinadora del GRULAC-INC) Email: valentina.sierra@mrree.gub.uy

Western European and other States

Australia
Name	Contact Details
Cameron Colebatch	Position: Director Office: International and Domestic Plastics Policy, Environment Protection Division, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water Email: Cameron.colebatch@dcceew.gov.au With copy to: Office: International Plastics, Environment Protection Division, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water Email: International.plastics@dcceew.gov.au
Elizabeth Ferguson	Position: Assistant Director Office: International and Domestic Plastics Policy, Environment Protection Division, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water Email: liz.ferguson1@environment.gov.au
Karina McLachlan	Position: Assistant Director Office: International and Domestic Plastics Policy, Environment Protection Division, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water Email: karina.mclachlan@environment.gov.au

Austria
Name	Contact Details
Renate Paumann	Position: Policy Officer Office: Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology Phone number: (+43) 1 71162 611313 / +43 664 88848649 Email: renate.paumann@bmk.gv.at
Matthias Kresinger	Position: Policy Officer Office: Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology Phone number: (+43) 1 71162 603026 / +43 664 88848595 Email: matthias.kresinger@bmk.gv.at

Belgium
Name	Contact Details
Leen Chanet	Office: Department of Environment and Spatial Development, Government of Flanders Email: leen.chanet@vlaanderen.be
Sophie Mirgaux	Office: Federal Public Service Health, Food Safety and Environment Email: sophie.mirgaux@health.fgov.be

Canada
Name	Contact Details
Cynthia Bainbridge	Position: Acting Deputy Director for International Plastics Office: Environment and Climate Change Email: Cynthia.Bainbridge@ec.gc.ca

Denmark
Name	Contact Details
Mona Mejsen Westergaard	Position: Senior Adviser on International Environmental Issues / UNEP coordinator Office: Ministry of Environment Phone number: (+45) 22 29 47 20 Email: momwe@mim.dk
Nina Lander Svendsen	Position: Head of Section Office: Ministry of Environment Email: nilas@mim.dk

European Union and its Member States **
Name	Contact Details
Gordana Topic	Position: International Relations Officer Office: Unit F.3 "Global Environmental Cooperation and Multilateralism", Directorate F “Green Diplomacy and Multilateralism”, Directorate General for the Environment in the European Commission Email: Gordana.Topic@ec.europa.eu
Sebastian Gil	Position: Deputy Head of Unit Office: Unit F.3 "Global Environmental Cooperation and Multilateralism" Directorate F “Green Diplomacy and Multilateralism” Directorate General for the Environment European Commission Email: Sebastian.Gil@ec.europa.eu

Finland
Name	Contact Details
Laura Niskanen	Position: Ministerial Adviser Office: Ministry of the Environment Email: laura.niskanen@gov.fi
Tuulia Toikka	Position: Ministerial Adviser Office: Ministry of Environment Email: Tuulia.toikka@gov.fi

France
Name	Contact Details
Thomas Brunel	Position: UNEP/UNEA Policy Officer Office: Ministry for the Ecological Transition Phone Number: +33 (0) 1 40 81 84 13 / +33 (0) 7 63 42 91 87 Email: thomas.brunel@developpement-durable.gouv.fr
Hugo Lequertier	Position: UNEP/UNEA Policy Officer Office: Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs Phone Number: +33 (0) 1 43 17 73 89 / +33 (0) 6 99 88 95 47 Email: hugo.lequertier@diplomatie.gouv.fr

Germany
Name	Contact Details
Axel Borchmann	Position: Office: Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection Email: Axel.Borchmann@bmuv.bund.de

Greece
Name	Contact Details
Georgia Mantzava	Position: Technical Expert, Waste Management Directorate Office: Hellenic Ministry of Environment and Energy Email: g.mantzava@prv.ypeka.gr
Alexandra Karpodini	Position: Technical Expert, National Focal Point of the Basel Convention Office: Hellenic Ministry of Environment and Energy Email: a.karpodini@prv.ypeka.gr
Yannis Rigas	Position: Expert Counsellor Office: Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic Email: rigas.yannis@mfa.gr Email: m.papaioannou@prv.ypeka.gr

Iceland
Name	Contact Details
Hugi Olafsson	Position: General Director Office: Department of Policy Coordination and International Affairs at the Ministry of Environment, Energy and Climate Email: hugi.olafsson@environment.is

Ireland
Name	Contact Details
Priscilla Potel	Position: Administrative Officer Office: Department of the Environment, Climate & Communications Email: Priscilla.Potel@decc.gov.ie

Israel
Name	Contact Details
Ayelet Rosen	Position: Head Multilateral Environmental Agreements Office: Ministry of Environmental Protection Phone number: (+972) 2 6553 745 Mobile: (+972) 50 6233299 Email: Ayeletr@sviva.gov.il

Italy
Name	Contact Details
Pierluigi Manzione	Office: Ministry of Ecological Transition, AT Sogesid Email: manzione.pierluigi@mite.gov.it

Luxembourg
Name	Contact Details
Sébastien Kieffer	Position: Sustainable Development Attaché Office: Ministry of Environment, Climate and Sustainable Development of Luxembourg Email: sebastien.kieffer@mev.etat.lu

Malta
Name	Contact Details
Luca Lacitignola	Name: Mr Luca Lacitignola Position: Assistant Director Affiliation: Ministry for the Environment, Energy and Enterprise Email: luca.lacitignola@gov.mt

Monaco
Name	Contact Details
Wilfrid Deri	Position: Project Manager Office: Ministry of State – Department of External Relations and Cooperation Phone number: +377 98 98 45 84 Email: wderi@gouv.mc

Netherlands
Name	Contact Details
Jennefer Baarn	Position: Senior Policy Advisor Office: Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management Email: Jennefer.Baarn@minienw.nl
The Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of the Netherlands	Email: gudi.alkemade@minbuza.nl Email: nai-un-pr@minbuza.nl

New Zealand
Name	Contact Details
Victoria Hallum	Office: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Email: victoria.hallum@mfat.govt.nz
Talia Siataga	Office: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Email: talia.siataga@mfat.govt.nz
UNEP NZ Mailbox	Office: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Email: UNEP-NZ@mfat.govt.nz
Whitney Nelson	Office: Ministry for the Environment Email: whitney.nelson@mfe.govt.nz
Shaun Lewis	Office: Ministry for the Environment Email: shaun.lewis@mfe.govt.nz
Richard Kay	Office: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Email: richardp.kay@mfat.govt.nz
Renée Yap	Office: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Email: renee.yap@mfat.govt.nz
Daisy Croft	Office: Ministry for the Environment Email: daisy.croft@mfe.govt.nz

Norway
Name	Contact Details
Erlend Draget	Position: Senior Advisor Office: Ministry of Climate and Environment Email: Erlend.Draget@kld.dep.no

Portugal
Name	Contact Details
Peter Pitrez	Position: Senior Officer Office: Division for International Relations, Ministry of Environment and Climate Action Email: peter.pitrez@sgambiente.gov.pt
Maria João Teixeira	Position: Senior Officer Office: Division for International Relations, Ministry of Environment and Climate Action Email: mariajoao.teixeira@sgambiente.gov.pt
Sandra Moutinho	Position: Senior Officer Office: Directorate-General for Natural Resources, Security and Maritime Services, Ministry of Economy and Sea Email: smoutinho@dgrm.mm.gov.pt
Elisabete Quintas	Position: Head of department Office: Operational Programme for Sustainability and Efficient use of Resources (POSEUR) Email: elisabete.quintas@poseur.portugal2020.pt

Spain
Name	Contact Details
Jaime L. Fraile Jiménez de Muñana	Position: Chief of Section Office: General Subdirectorate of International Relations, Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge Email: jlfraile@miteco.es

Sweden
Name	Contact Details
Anna Fransson	Position: Head of Section Office: Ministry of Climate and Enterprise Phone Number: +46 73 096 16 34 Email: anna.fransson@regeringskansliet.se With copy to; Email: ambassaden.nairobi@gov.se Email: karin.snellman@gov.se

Switzerland
Name	Contact Details
Andrea Zbinden	Position: Senior Policy Advisor Office: Swiss Federal Office for the Environment Email: andrea.zbinden@bafu.admin.ch

Türkiye
Name	Contact Details
Sadiye Bilgiç Karabulut	Position: Head of Department for Zero Waste and Waste Processing Office: Ministry of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change Phone number: +90 535 714 69 28 Email: sadiye.karabulut@csb.gov.tr
Nazlı Yenal	Position: Expert Office: Ministry of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change Phone number: +90 312 586 31 32 Email: nazli.yenal@csb.gov.tr

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Name	Contact Details
Robert Hearty	Position: Policy Advisor Office: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Email: Robert.hearty@defra.gov.uk
Lauren Bevan	Position: Head of the Ocean and Plastic Pollution Team Office: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Email: lauren.bevan@defra.gov.uk
Julius Piercy	Position: Head of Marine Litter Policy Office: Marine and Fisheries Directorate, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Email: Julius.piercy@defra.gov.uk

United States of America
Name	Contact Details
Larke Williams	Position: Foreign Affairs Officer Office: U.S (United States). Department of State Email: williamsls@state.gov

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