Member States who have not yet done so are invited to submit the designation of their national focal points through a formal letter from the Ministry or a Note Verbale from the Embassy or Permanent Mission to unep-sgb[at]un.org, copied to spp-cwp[at]un.org.

For more information, please visit the OEWG website or contact the secretariat at spp-cwp[at]un.org

 

African States
Algeria
Name Contact Details
Zahra Youcefi

Head of Office for Hazardous Waste,

Ministry of Environment,

E-mail: yousfifi06[at]gmail.com

Botswana
Name Contact Details
Tumelo Selolwane

Second Secretary Political,

Permanent Mission of Botswana to UNEP,

E-mail: tbselolwane[at]gov.bw

Burkina Faso
Name Contact Details
Boukary Kabore

Inspecteur de l'Environnement et Directeur du Laboratoire d'Analyse de la Qualité de l'Environnement,

Ministère de l'Environnement,

E-mail: kaboukary[at]yahoo.fr

Burundi
Name Contact Details
Denis Mbonihankuye

Conseiller, Direction de l’Assainissement et de l’Environnement

Email: mboniha2[at]gmail.com

Cameroon
Name Contact Details
Mr. Hamadjoba

Sous-directeur de la Gestion des Déchets, des Produits Chimiques Toxiques et Dangereux

Ministère de l'Environnement, de la Protection de la Nature et du Développement Durable

E-mail: hamadjodago[at]yahoo.fr

Chad
Name Contact Details
Abdallah Younous Adoum

Ingénieur des Eaux et Forets, Ministère de l'Environnement, de la pêche, et du Développement Durable

E-mail: ahmatkhouadji1969[at]gmail.com

Comoros
Name Contact Details
Satia Hakim Ali

Direction Générale de l'Environnement, Ministère de l'Agriculture, de la Pêche, de l'Environnement

E-mail: maryechat92[at]gmail.com

Said Nouswati

(Alternate) Direction Générale de l'Environnement, Ministère de l'Agriculture, de la Pêche, de l'Environnement

E-mail: saidniswati94[at]gmail.com

Côte d’Ivoire
Name Contact Details
Brahima Seyhi

Directeur de déchets industriels et substances chimiques, Government,

E-mail: se.brahima[at]environnement.gouv.ci

Democratic Republic of the Congo
Name Contact Details
Bope Bope Lapwong Jean Marie

Head Officer, Ministère de l'Environnement et du Développement Durable

E-mail: jmbope2lap[at]gmail.com

Djibouti
Name Contact Details
Idriss Ismael Nour

Sous-Directeur des pollutions et de l'évaluation environnementale, Ministère de l'Environnement et du Développement Durable,

E-mail: distri_play[at]yahoo.fr

Egypt
Name Contact Details
Ahmed Elsayed Ahmed Hassan Abdelrahim

Diplomat, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Email: ahmed-rahim[at]hotmail.com

Eritrea
Name Contact Details
Lidia Teclehaimanot

Environmental Management Expert and Basel Convention Coordinator, Ministry of Land, Water and Environment,

E-mail: lidyatekle18[at]gmail.com

Ethiopia
Name Contact Details
Frenesh Mekuria Gubena

Deputy Director of the Environment Protection Authority, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

E-mail: mfrenesh[at]yahoo.com

Gabon
Name Contact Details
Serge Molly Allo'o Allo'o

Agent au Cabinet du Ministre, Ministère de l'Environnement, du climat et du conflit Homme-Faune

E-mail: sergemolly14[at]gmail.com

Gambia
Name Contact Details
Dawda Badgie

Executive Director, National Environment Agency

Email: badgiedawda[at]gmail.com

Lamin Jaiteh

(Alternate) Registrar of Pesticides and Hazardous Chemicals, National Environment Agency

E-mail: jaiplanck[at]gmail.com; lamin.jaiteh[at]nea.gm

Ghana
Name Contact Details
Wihelmina Quaye

Director, Science and Technology Policy Research Institute (STEPRI)

E-mail: quayewilhemina[at]yahoo.com

Lovelace Sarpong

Deputy Director, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

E-mail: lovelace.sarpong[at]epa.gov.gh

Guinea
Name Contact Details
Mariama Kante

Suppléante du Point Focal de la Convention de Minamata sur le mercure, Ministère de l'Environnement et du Développement Durable

E-mail: mame83kante[at]gmail.com

Guinea-Bissau
Name Contact Details
Isabel Maria Almeida Evangelista Sanha

Ministry of Environment and Biodiversity,

E-mail: belitaevangelista[at]gmail.com

Kenya
Name Contact Details
Linda Kosgei

Head, Multilateral Environmental Agreements, Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry

E-mail: lindakosgei[at]gmail.com; lkosgei[at]environment.go.ke

Liberia
Name Contact Details
G. Lenn Gomah

Environmental Analyst

Environmental Protection Agency of Liberia

E-mail: lenngomah[at]epa.gov.lr; glenngomah[at]gmail.com

Madagascar
Name Contact Details
Dina Rakotoarisoa

Cadre d'Appui Technique au sein du Secrétariat Général, Ministère de l'Environnement et du Développement Durable

E-mail: dinarakotoarisoa[at]gmail.com

Malawi
Name Contact Details
Patrick Nyirenda

Environmental Officer, Environmental Affairs Department,

E-mail: patricknyirenda42[at]yahoo.com

Mali
Name Contact Details
Oumar Cisse

Ministère de l’Assainissement, de l’Environnement et du Développement durable

E-mail: oumar.diaoure1[at]gmail.com

Mauritania
Name Contact Details
Mohammed-Yahya Chahe

Conseiller technique chargé de la Coopération et des partenariats, Ministry of Environment

E-mail: lafdal[at]environnement.gov.mr

Mauritius
Name Contact Details
Jogeeswar Seewoobaduth

Director of Environment, Ministry of Environment, Solid Waste Management and Climate Change

E-mail: jseewoobaduth[at]govmu.org

Satyanand Buskalawa

Acting divisional Environment Officer, Ministry of Environment, Solid Waste Management and Climate Change

E-mail: sbuskalawa[at]govmu.org

Moheenee Nathoo

(Alternate) Permanent Secretary, Environment Change Division, Ministry of Environment, Solid Waste Management and Climate Change

E-mail: Mnathoo[at]govmu.org

Morocco
Name Contact Details
Hamid RHIOUANI

Chef de la Division des Programmes, Ministère de la Transition Energétique et du Développement Durable

E-mail: rhiouani[at]environnement.gov.ma

Niger
Name Contact Details
Ali Seydou Moussa

Directeur Général de l'Environnement et du Développement Durable, Ministère de l’Environnement, de la Lutte contre la Désertification

E-mail: seydouali[at]yahoo.fr

Nigeria
Name Contact Details
Charles Kanu Ikeah

Director, Department of Pollution Control And Environmental Health, Federal Ministry of Environment

E-mail: kcikeah[at]gmail.com

Olubunmi Olusanya

(Alternate) Director, Department of Pollution Control and Environmental Health

Federal Ministry of Environment

E-mail: oluwatoyinaolabanji[at]gmail.com

Republic of the Congo
Name Contact Details
Roger Mpan

Directeur de la Conservation des Ecosystèmes Naturels, Point Focal de la Convention de Bâle, Ministère de l'Environnement, du Développement Durable et du Bassin du Congo

E-mail: roger_mpan[at]hotmail.fr

Rwanda
Name Contact Details
Juliet Kabera

Director General, Rwanda Environmental Management Authority, Ministry of Environment

E-mail: info[at]environment.gov.rw

Jean Marie Vianney Tuyisenge

(Alternate) Environmental inspector, Rwanda Environmental Management Authority, Ministry of Environment

E-mail: jtuyisenge[at]rema.gov.rw

Senegal
Name Contact Details
Assane Diop

Head of Division for Prevention and Control of Pollution and Nuisance, Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development

E-mail: assane.diop1[at]environnement.gouv.sn

Ablaye Diao

(Alternate) Officer at the Department of Environment and Classified Establishments, Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development

E-mail: ablaye.diao[at]environnement.gouv.sn / ass[at]ambasenegal-ke.org

Sierra Leone
Name Contact Details
Edwin Baimba

Acting Director, Environmental Quality Control and Management, Ministry of the Environment

E-mail: ebaimba[at]yahoo.com

South Africa
Name Contact Details
Margaret Molefe

Acting Chief Director, Chemicals Management

E-mail: MMolefe[at]dffe.gov.za

Sudan
Name Contact Details
Mona Ali Mohammed Ahmed

Secretary General, High Council for Environment and Natural Resources (HCENR)

E-mail: hcenr2005[at]yahoo.com

Togo
Name Contact Details
Débi Mawulé Broohm

cheffe division installations classées et des substances dangereuses, Ministère de l'environnement et des ressources forestières / Direction de l'environnement

E-mail: megbroohm[at]yahoo.fr

Tunisia
Name Contact Details
Youssef Zidi

Director of Industrial Environment, Ministry of Environment

E-mail: youssef.zidi[at]mineat.gov.tn; tunisiaembassy2018[at]gmail.com

Uganda
Name Contact Details
Innocent Achaye

Manager, Chemical Safety, Radiation and Pollution Prevention, National Environmental Management Authority

E-mail: innocent.achaye[at]nema.go.ug

United Republic of Tanzania
Name Contact Details
Tanzania Permanent Mission to UNEP in Nairobi

Tanzania Permanent Mission to UNEP in Nairobi

E-mail: Nairobi[at]nje.go.tz

Zambia
Name Contact Details
Douty Chibamba

Director General, Zambia Environment Management Agency

E-mail: dchibamba[at]zema.org.zm

Zimbabwe
Name Contact Details
Abraham Z. Matiza

Deputy Director Environment and Natural Resources, Ministry of Environment

E-mail: matiza.abraham[at]gmail.com

Asia-Pacific States
Bahrain
Name Contact Details
Abdulla Habib

Ministry of Oil and Environment

E-mail: ahabib[at]sce.gov.bh

Bangladesh
Name Contact Details
Mohammad Abdul Wadud Chowdhury

Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

E-mail: env2moefcc[at]gmail.com

Bhutan
Name Contact Details
Sachin Limbu

Chief Environment Officer of Waste Management Division, Department of Environment and Climate Change, Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources

E-mail: slimbu[at]moenr.gov.bt

Cambodia
Name Contact Details
Channarith Ro

Official, Hazardous Substances Management Department, Ministry of Environment

E-mail: rochannarith.moe[at]gmail.com

Laska Sophal

Director, Hazardous Substances Management Department, Ministry of Environment

E-mail: sophallaska.moe[at]gmail.com

Kim On Korn

Deputy Bureau Chief, Hazardous Substances Management Department, Ministry of Environment

E-mail: kornkimonie[at]gmail.com

China
Name Contact Details
Ren Yong

Division Director of International Organizations, Department of International Cooperation, Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China

E-mail: div-org[at]mee.gov.cn

Cook Island
Name Contact Details
Muraai Herman

Senior Environment Partnership Coordinator, National Environment Service

E-mail: muraai.herman[at]cookislands.gov.ck

Cyprus
Name Contact Details
Savvas Vladimirou

High commissioner of the Republic of Cyprus

E-mail: cyhighcommission.ke[at]gmail.com

India
Name Contact Details
Shri Naresh Pal Gangwar

Additional Secretary, Hazardous Substances Management Division, Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change

E-mail: asnpg.mefcc[at]gov.in

Indonesia
Name Contact Details
Achmad Gunawan Widjaksono

Director of hazardous and non-hazardous waste management

Ministry of Environment and Forestry

E-mail: achmadgunawan[at]menlhk.go.id; mitta.rdj[at]gmail.com;

nairobi.kbri[at]kemlu.go.id; danny[at]kemlu.go.id

Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Name Contact Details
Afasaneh Hassani

Officer of the International Affairs and Conventions Center, Department of Environment

E-mail: afsaneh.hassank.doe[at]gmail.com; a.hassani[at]doe.ir

Sajad Motaharnia

(Alternate) Officer of the Division of the Chemical Conventions, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Email: sajadmotaharnia84[at]gmail.com

Japan
Name Contact Details
Koki Tataki

Deputy Director, Environmental Health Department, Ministry of Environment

E-mail: ehs[at]env.go.jp

Jordan
Name Contact Details
Mohammad Al-Khashashneh

Secretary-General of the Ministry of Environment

E-mail: consular.nairobi[at]fm.gov.jo

Kuwait
Name Contact Details
Abdullah Shallal Alotaibi

(Alternate) Director of the Department of Waste Environment, Environment Public Authority

E-mail: a.alotaibi[at]epa.org.kw

Fatemah Alqahtani

Head of Municipal Waste, Environment Public Authority

email: f.alqahtani[at]epa.gov.kw

Kyrgyzstan
Name Contact Details
Asel Aiylchieva

Head of the Analytical Department, Ministry of Natural Resources, Ecology and Technical Supervision

E-mail: nurgazieva14an[at]gmail.com

Lao People's Democratic Republic
Name Contact Details
Sounadeth Soukchaleun

Deputy Director General, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment

E-mail: sounadeth[at]gmail.com

Maldives
Name Contact Details
Aminath Maiha Hammed

Air quality management officer, Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Technology

E-mail: aminath.maiha[at]environment.gov.mv

Nepal
Name Contact Details
Sanjeev Kumar Rai

Joint Secretary and Chief, Environment and Biodiversity Division, Ministry of Forests and Environment

E-mail: sanjeev.rai[at]nepal.gov.np

Pakistan
Name Contact Details
Saqlain Syedah

Ambassador of Pakistan to Germany

E-mail: saqlain1967[at]yahoo.com

Philippines
Name Contact Details
William P. Cunado

Director, Environmental Management Bureau, Department of Environment and Natural Resources

E-mail: william_cunado[at]emb.gov.ph; nairobi.pe[at]dfa.gov.ph

Marcelino Rivera, Jr.

Director, Environmental Management Bureau, Department of Environment and Natural Resources

E-mail: marcelino_rivera[at]emb.gov.ph; nairobi.pe[at]dfa.gov.ph

Qatar
Name Contact Details
Khalifa Al Dagher

Ministry of Environment and Climate Change

E-mail: ksaldagher[at]mecc.gov.qa

Republic of Korea
Name Contact Details
Yumi Chung

Research Specialist, International Environmental Cooperation Center

Email: yumic[at]keiti.re.kr

Sujeong Lee

Program Officer, International Cooperation Bureau, Ministry of Environment

Email: suj100[at]korea.kr

SeungKeon Youm

Deputy Director, International Cooperation Bureau, Ministry of Environment

E-mail: ysk123[at]korea.kr

Saudi Arabia
Name Contact Details
Nawaf Bilasi

CEO Advisor for Technical Affairs, National Center for Waste Management

E-mail: nbilasi[at]mwan.gov.sa

Nasser Mshai

(Alternate) Director for Licensing and Permitting, National Center for Waste Management,

E-mail: nmshai[at]mwan.gov.sa

Solomon Islands
Name Contact Details
Melchior Mataki

Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management & Meteorology

E-mail: mmataki[at]mecdm.gov.sb

Sri Lanka
Name Contact Details
Senarath Werahera

Director of Environmental Pollution Control and Management Division, Ministry of Environment

E-mail: smwerahera[at]yahoo.com

Syrian Arab Republic
Name Contact Details
Ali Issa

Central Laboratories Directorate, Ministry of Local Administration and Environment

E-mail: int.coop[at]mola.gov.sy

Thailand
Name Contact Details
Pinsak Suraswadi

Director General, Pollution Control Department

E-mail: pinsak[at]gmail.com; chem[at]pcd.go.th; hazwaste[at]pcd.go.th

The State of Palestine
Name Contact Details
Leen Awartani

Manager at the Palestinian Environment Quality Authority

E-mail: leenms8[at]yahoo.com

Viet Nam
Name Contact Details
Le Ngoc Tuan

Director General, Department of International Cooperation, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment

E-mail: lntuan[at]monre.gov.vn

Yemen
Name Contact Details
Omer Ahmed Baeshen

Ministry of Water and Environment

E-mail: mwe[at]mwe-ye.org; Info[at]epa-ye.org; cites.yem[at]gmail.com

Eastern European States
Albania
Name Contact Details
Sofjan Jaupaj

Director General of Economic Affairs and Support Services, Ministry of Tourism and Environment

E-mail: Sofjan.Jaupaj[at]turizmi.gov.al

Artenida Duraku

(Alternate) Director, Department of Integration, Coordination, Assistance and Agreements, Ministry of Tourism and Environment

E-mail: Artenida.Duraku[at]turizmi.gov.al

Armenia
Name Contact Details
Anahit Aleksandryan

Legal Adviser, Ministry of Environment

E-mail: anahit.aleksandryan[at]env.am; anahit.aleksandryan[at]yahoo.com

Azerbaijan
Name Contact Details
Sugra Ibrahimli

Lead advisor of Environmental policy division, Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources

E-mail: suqra.etsn[at]gmail.com

Belarus
Name Contact Details
Pronina Tanya

Head of international cooperation department, Ministry of Health, Scientific Practical Centre oif Hygiene

Email: pro_tanya[at]mail.ru; int_cooperation[at]rspch.by

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Name Contact Details
Džejna Milaković-Ramadani

Head of Chemicals Department, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare of Republic of Srpska

E-mail: d.milakovic-ramadani[at]mzsz.vladars.net; dzejna.milak[at]gmail.com

Bulgaria
Name Contact Details
Petya Yankova Horozova

Chief Expert of Strategic Environmental Assessment, Ministry of Environment and Water

E-mail: pkostadinova[at]moew.government.bg

Croatia
Name Contact Details
Mario Vujić

Senior Adviser Specialist at Directorate for Climate Transition; Sector for Air, Soil and Protection from Light Pollution, Ministry of Environmental Protection and Green Transition 

E-mail: mario.vujic[at]mzozt.hr

Czechia
Name Contact Details
Michaela Vytopilová

Policy Officer, Ministry of Environment of the Czech Republic

E-mail: Michaela.vytopilova[at]mzp.cz

Estonia
Name Contact Details
Liina Tarkus

Advisor at the Environmental Technology Department, Ministry of the Environment

E-mail: liina.tarkus[at]envir.ee

Georgia
Name Contact Details
Ana Berejiani

Head of Chemicals Management Division, Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture

E-mail: ana.berejiani[at]mepa.gov.ge

Hungary
Name Contact Details
Fanny Nagy

Head of unit, Department of Environmental Technologies and Remediation, Ministry of Energy

E-mail: fanny.nagy[at]em.gov.hu; ktkf[at]em.gov.hu

Vivien Csákány

(Alternate) EU and international affairs officer, Department of Environmental Technologies and Remediation, Ministry of Energy

E-mail: vivien.csakany[at]em.gov.hu

Gabriella Szenderák

(Alternate) EU and international affairs officer, Department of Environmental Technologies and Remediation, Ministry of Energy

E-mail: gabriella.szenderak[at]em.gov.hu

Bianka Vántus

(Alternate) EU and international affairs officer, Department of Environmental Technologies and Remediation, Ministry of Energy

E-mail: bianka.vantus[at]em.gov.hu

Latvia
Name Contact Details
Judite Dipane

Senior Expert, Ministry of Climate and Energy

E-mail: judite.dipane[at]kem.gov.lv

Lithuania
Name Contact Details
Donata Pipiraitė-Vališkienė

Senior Advisor, Pollution Prevention Policy Group, Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Lithuania

E-mail: donata.valiskiene[at]am.lt

Orinta Vaitkutė

Chief Specialist, Waste Policy Group, Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Lithuania

E-mail: orinta.vaitkute[at]am.lt

Ingrida Varžgalienė

Advisor, Pollution Prevention Policy Group, Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Lithuania

E-mail: ingrida.varzgaliene[at]am.lt

Montenegro
Name Contact Details
Jelena Kovačević

Head of Department of Pollution Control and chemicals management, Ministry of Ecology, Spatial Planning and Urbanism

E-mail: jelena.kovacevic[at]mepg.gov.me

North Macedonia
Name Contact Details
Emilija Kjupeva Nedelkova

Head of Unit for chemicals, Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning, Republic of North Macedonia

E-mail: E.Cupeva-Nedelkova[at]moepp.gov.mk; emilija503[at]yahoo.com

Poland
Name Contact Details
Łukasz Turowski

Head of Unit

Ministry of Climate and Environment

Email: lukasz.turowski@mos.gov.pl

Republic of Moldova
Name Contact Details
Tatiana Tugui

Director, Expert Association ProMediu

Email: tuguitatiana[at]ymail.com

Romania
Name Contact Details
Alexandru Roznov

Counsellor Assistant of the General Directorate of Waste, Contaminated Sites and Hazardous Substances, Ministry of Environment, Waters and Forests

E-mail: Alexandru.Roznov[at]mmediu.ro

Russia Federation
Name Contact Details
Galina Bublikova

Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Russia

E-mail: gvbublikova[at]mid.ru; galinlikova[at]gmail.com

Vladimir Lenev

(Alternate) Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Russia

E-mail: vladimirlenev[at]mail.ru

Serbia
Name Contact Details
Sonja Roglic

Head of Department for Chemicals, Ministry of Environmental Protection

E-mail: sonja.roglic[at]eko.gov.rs

Slovakia
Name Contact Details
Silvia Ruzsikova

Department of the Environmental Risks and Biosafety, Ministry of Environment

E-mail: silvia.ruzsikova[at]enviro.gov.sk

Stanislava Marcekova

(Alternate) Department of the Environmental Risks and Biosafety, Ministry of Environment

E-mail: stanislava.marcekova[at]enviro.gov.sk

Slovenia
Name Contact Details
Barbara Blaznik Marc

Chemicals Office of the Republic of Slovenia

E-mail: gp-ursk.m[at]gov.si; Barbara.Blaznik-Marc[at]gov.si

Ukraine
Name Contact Details
Roman Filonenko

Head of Waste Management and Environment Safety Department, Ministry of Environment

E-mail: r.s.filonenko[at]gmail.com

Latin American and Caribbean States
Antigua and Barbuda
Name Contact Details
Linroy Christian

Director of Department of Analytical Services, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Barbuda Affairs

E-mail: Linroy.Christian[at]ab.gov.ag

Argentina
Name Contact Details
Francisco Barbieri

Dirección de Asuntos Ambientales, Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Comercio Internacional y Culto

E-mail: bfb[at]mrecic.gov.ar

Sergio Federovisky

(Alternate) Secretario de Control y Monitoreo Ambiental, Ministerio de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible

E-mail: jetcharran[at]ambiente.gob.ar; otaborda[at]ambiente.gob.ar; sustanciasquimicas[at]ambiente.gob.ar

Brazil
Name Contact Details
Luciana Melchert Saguas Presas

Head of the Environmental Policy Division, Department of the Environmental, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

E-mail: dipas[at]itamaraty.gov.br

Thaianne Resende Henriques Fábio

Deputy Director, Department of Environmental Quality, Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change

Email: dipas[at]itamaraty.gov.br; dqa[at]mma.gov.br; asin[at]mma.gov.br

 

Chile
Name Contact Details
Osvaldo Patricio Álvarez Pérez

Diplomat, Department for the Environment, Climate Change, and Oceans, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile

E-mail: oalvarez[at]minrel.gob.cl

Cecilia Aburto

(Alternate) Officer in charge of the international chemical and waste agenda, International Affairs Office of the Ministry of Environment of Chile

E-mail: caburto[at]mma.gob.cl

Colombia
Name Contact Details
Victor Alfonso Rey Arismendy

Tercer Secretario, Coordinación de Asuntos Ambientales Dirección de Asuntos Económicos, Sociales y Ambientales, Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores

E-mail: victor.rey[at]cancilleria.gov.co

Ángela Patricia Rivera Galvis

(Alternate) Oficina de Asuntos Internacionales, Ministerio de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible

E-mail: arivera[at]minambiente.gov.co

Costa Rica
Name Contact Details
María del Mar Solano Trejos

Chemical Project Manager Development and Research Department, Ministry of Environment and Energy

E-mail: msolano[at]minae.go.cr

Cuba
Name Contact Details
Ulises Fernandez Gomez

Director, Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment

E-mail: ulises[at]citma.gob.cu

Antonio Casanova Guilarte

(Alternate) Policy Expert, Office of Environmental Regulation , Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment

E-mail: segundomision[at]ke.embacuba.cu; embajador[at]ke.embacuba.cu

Dominican Republic
Name Contact Details
Claudia Marcela Taboada Flores

Director for Science, Technology and Environment, Ministry of Foreign Relations

E-mail: ctaboada[at]mirex.gob.do

Domingo Melenciano

(Alternate) Head of Science and Technology , Ministry of Foreign Affairs

E-mail: dmelenciano[at]mirex.gob.do

Ecuador
Name Contact Details
Evelyn Estefania ESPIN AREVALO

Especialista en Sustancias Quimicas y Desechos Peligrosos, Ministerio de Ambiente, Agua y Transición Ecológica

E-mail: evelyn.espin[at]ambiente.gob.ec

Yadira Elizabeth Flores Pazmino

(Alternate) Especialista en Sustancias Quimicas y Desechos Peligrosos, Ministerio de Ambiente, Agua y Transición Ecológica

E-mail: yadira.flores[at]ambiente.gob.ec

El Salvador
Name Contact Details
Italo Andrés Flamenco Córdova

Especialista en Materiales Peligrosos, Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales

E-mail: icordova[at]ambiente.gob.sv

Grenada
Name Contact Details
Safiya Sawney

Policy Strategist – Oceans

E-mail: Safiya.sawney[at]gmail.com

Lyndon Charles

(Alternate) IT Manager, Grenada Solid Waste Management Authority

E-mail: lyndon.charles[at]gswma.com

Guatemala
Name Contact Details
Laura Verónica López de Guillen

Jefe a.i. del Departamento de Coordinación para el Manejo Ambientalmente Racional de Productos Químicos y Desechos Peligrosos, Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores

E-mail: lvlopez[at]marn.gob.gt

Mexico
Name Contact Details
Jose Alberto Rosales Castillo

Verificador o dictaminador sanitario D Adscrito a la Subdirección ejecutiva de factores de riesgo, Comisión Nacional para la Protección Contra Riesgos Sanitarios

E-mail: Jarosales[at]cofepris.gov.mx

Dirección General para Temas Globales

Subsecretaría para Asuntos Multilaterales y Derechos Humanos Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores

Email: focalpointmexico[at]sre.gob.mx

Luis Daniel Sifuentes Vazquez

Director of Research on Pollutants, Residue Substances and Biosafety, Instituto Nacional de Ecología y Cambio Climático

E-mail: luis.sifuentes[at]inecc.gob.mx

Ania Mendoza Cantu

Deputy Director of Research on Substances and Residues, Instituto Nacional de Ecología y Cambio Climático

E-mail: ania.mendoza[at]inecc.gob.mx

Nicaragua
Name Contact Details
Hazy Johanna Garcia Velasquez

Directora de Evaluación y Protección Ambiental de la Dirección General de Calidad Ambiental, Ministerio del Ambiente y los Recursos Naturales

E-mail: enlace[at]cancilleria.gob.ni; sumayacastillolara[at]gmail.com

Panama
Name Contact Details
Yoani González

Téchnica del Departamento de Saneamiento Ambiental, Ministerio de Salud 

Email: ygonzalez[at]minsa.gob.pa

Kirving Lañas

Coordinator del Proyecto Instrumentos de Gestión Ambiental y Participación Empresarial en la Producción más Limpia, Dirección de Verificación del Desempeño Ambiental

Email: klanas[at]miambiente.gob.pa / mflores[at]miambiente.gob.pa

Peru
Name Contact Details
Paulo José Porta Bedón

Director de la Dirección de Control de la Contaminación y Sustancias Químicas, Ministerio del Ambiente

E-mail: pporta[at]minam.gob.pe; ssqq[at]minam.gob.pe

Bernardo Roca-Rey Ross

(Alternate) Misión Permanente del Perú ante el PNUMA, Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores

E-mail: brocarey[at]onuperuginebra.ch

Victoria Yolanda Rivera Chale

(Alternate) Directora en Instrumentos de Gestión de Residuos Sólidos, Ministerio del Ambiente

E-mail: vriverac[at]minam.gob.pe

Trinidad and Tobago
Name Contact Details
Keima Gardiner

Waste Management Specialist, Ministry of Planning and Development

E-mail: keima.gardiner[at]planning.gov.tt

Uruguay
Name Contact Details
Judith Torres

Officer, Ministry of Environment

E-mail: jmtorres1426[at]gmail.com; judith.torres[at]ambiente.gub.uy

Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Name Contact Details
Jesús A. Manzanilla Puppo

Ambassador Permanent Representative of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to the Office of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Email: jmanzanilla.embavenez.kenia[at]gmail.com; embavenez.kenia.despacho[at]gmail.com; embve.kenrb[at]mppre.gob.ve

Rubén Darío Molina

(Alternate) Office of the Vice Minister for Multilateral Issues, Ministry of People's Power for Foreign Affairs

Email: dir.asuntosmultilateral[at]mppre.gob.ve; despacho.temasmultilateral[at]gmail.com; doi.correspondencia[at]gmail.com

José Leonardo Garcia Zambrano

(Alternate) General Director of Environmental Quality Management, Ministry of People's Power for Ecosocialism, MINEC

Email: dggcalidadambiental1[at]gmail.com

Others
European Union and its Member States **
Name Contact Details
Sebastian Gil

Deputy Head of Unit, Unit F.3 "Global Environmental Cooperation and Multilateralism",

Directorate F “Green Diplomacy and Multilateralism”,

Directorate General for the Environment,

European Commission,

E-mail: sebastian.gil[at]ec.europa.eu

Marijana Mance

(Alternate) Team Leader, Unit F.3 "Global Environmental Cooperation and Multilateralism",

Directorate F “Green Diplomacy and Multilateralism”,

Directorate General for the Environment,

European Commission,

E-mail: marijana.mance[at]ec.europa.eu

Western European and other States
Australia
Name Contact Details
Rachel Burgess

Branch Head, Chemicals and Atmosphere Branch, Circular Economy Division,

Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

E-mail: rachel.burgess[at]dcceew.gov.au; chemicals[at]dcceew.gov.au

Sarah Stone

(Alternate) Senior Policy Projects Officer, Chemicals and Atmosphere Branch, Circular Economy Division,

Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

E-mail: sarah.stone[at]dcceew.gov.au

Austria
Name Contact Details
Martina Reisner-Oberlehner

Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology

E-mail: martina.reisner-oberlehner[at]bmk.gv.at

Thomas Jakl

(Alternate) Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology

E-mail: thomas.jakl[at]bmk.gv.at

Belgium
Name Contact Details
Bart Rymen

Belgian Science Policy Office - Belspo

E-mail: bart.rymen[at]belspo.be

Luc Int Panis

(Alternate) Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO)

Email: luc.intpanis[at]vito.be

Canada
Name Contact Details
Isabella Mayr

Head, International Engagement on Chemicals, CMD, Environment and Climate Change Canada

E-mail: isabelle.mayr[at]ec.gc.ca

Pascale Collas

(Alternate) Environment and Climate Change Canada

E-mail: pascale.collas[at]ec.gc.ca

Stefan Ferris

(Alternate) Environment and Climate Change Canada

E-mail: stefan.ferris[at]ec.gc.ca

Anna-Marie Muise

(Alternate) Environment and Climate Change Canada

E-mail: anna-marie.muise[at]ec.gc

Denmark
Name Contact Details
Lone Schou

Senior Advisor on International Issues, Chemical Division, Ministry of Environment

E-mail: los[at]mim.dk

Finland
Name Contact Details
Hinni Papponen

Ministerial Adviser, Ministry of Environment

E-mail: hinni.papponen[at]gov.fi

France
Name Contact Details
Marie-Claire Lhenry

Head of Unit of European and International Affairs, Ministry for the Environment

E-mail: marie-claire.lhenry[at]developpement-durable.gouv.fr

Hugo Lequertier

(Alternate) Policy Officer, Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs

E-mail: hugo.lequertier[at]diplomatie.gouv.fr

Germany
Name Contact Details
Josephine Moldenhauer

Policy officer, Government

E-mail: josephine.moldenhauer[at]bmuv.bund.de

Greece
Name Contact Details
Sofia Zisi

Director General, General Directorate of the Chemical State Laboratory, Independent Authority for Public Revenue

E-mail: s.zissi[at]aade.gr

Georgia Mantzava

(Alternate) Technical Expert, Waste Management Directorate, Hellenic Ministry of Environment and Energy

E-mail: g.mantzava[at]prv.ypeka.gr

Alexandra Karpodini

(Alternate) Technical Expert, National Focal Point of the Basel Convention, Hellenic Ministry of Environment and Energy

E-mail: a.karpodini[at]prv.ypeka.gr

Anna Tarli

(Alternate) Officer, National Expert in Chemicals, Directorate of Energy and Chemical Products, General Directorate of the Chemical State Laboratory, Independent Authority for Public Revenue

E-mail: a.tarli[at]aade.gr

Eleni Foufa

(Alternate) Officer, National Expert in Chemicals, Directorate of Energy and Chemical Products, General Directorate of the Chemical State Laboratory Independent Authority for Public Revenue

E-mail: e.foufa[at]aade.gr

Ireland
Name Contact Details
Darren Byrne

Technical/Scientific Advisor, Environment and Climate Research and Advisory Unit, Department of Environment, Climate and Communications

E-mail: darren.byrne[at]decc.gov.ie

Israel
Name Contact Details
Gal Zagron

Veterinary Public Health Expert, Science & Research Manager, Chief Scientist Office, Ministry of Environmental Protection

E-mail: political[at]nairobi.mfa.gov.il; AdamS[at]sviva.gov.il

 

Italy
Name Contact Details
Diana Corradi

Ministry of Environment and Energy Security

E-mail: corradi.diana[at]mite.gov.it

Claudia Organtini

(Alternate) Ministry of Environment and Energy Security

E-mail: organtini.claudia[at]mite.gov.it

Netherlands
Name Contact Details
Ronald Flipphi

Senior Policy Advisor, Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management 

E-mail: Ronald.Flipphi[at]minbuza.nl

New Zealand
Name Contact Details
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(Alternate) Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade

E-mail: UNEP-NZ[at]mfat.govt.nz

Mariska Woulters

(Alternate) Ministry for the Environment

E-mail: mariska.wouters[at]mfe.govt.nz

Norway
Name Contact Details
Heidi Morka

Specialist Director, Ministry of Climate and the Environment

E-mail: heidi.morka[at]kld.dep.no

Portugal
Name Contact Details
Antonio Miguel Luis

Senior Officer, Permanent Mission of Portugal to UNEP and UN-Habitat

E-mail: antonio.luis[at]mne.pt

Lilia Martins

Head of Division, Environmental Risk Assessment and Emergency Division, Environmental Management Department, Ministry for Environment and Climate Change

E-mail: lilia.martins[at]apambiente.pt

Spain
Name Contact Details
Marta Gallegos Hurtado

Deputy Coordinator Deputy Directorate General of Clean Air and Industrial Sustainability, Ministry of Ecological Transition

E-mail: mgallegos[at]miteco.es

Oscar González Sánchez

Area Coordinator, Deputy Directorate General of Clean Air and Industrial Sustainability, Directorate General of Quality and Environmental Evaluation, Ministry of Ecological Transition

E-mail: ogonzalez[at]miteco.es

Sweden
Name Contact Details
Sofia Tingstorp

Senior Advisor , Ministry of Environment, Division for Chemicals

E-mail: sofia.tingstorp[at]regeringskansliet.se

Switzerland
Name Contact Details
Michel Tschirren

Head Global Affairs, Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN)

E-mail: michel.tschirren[at]bafu.admin.ch

Türkiye
Name Contact Details
Banu Gozet

Expert, Ministry of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change

E-mail: abanu.gozet[at]csb.gov.tr

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Name Contact Details
Helena Richards

Team Leader, International Hub, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

E-mail: Helena.Richards[at]defra.gov.uk

Matthew Lovatt-Wood

(Alternate) Senior Executive Officer, International Hub, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

E-mail: Matthew.Lovatt[at]defra.gov.uk

United States of America
Name Contact Details
Elizabeth Nichols

U.S. Department of State (DOS)

E-mail: nicholses[at]state.gov; howardr3[at]state.gov