List of Participants - Regional Review Meeting

Ministerial Conference on

Environment and Development

in Asia and the Pacific 2000

Kitakyushu, Japan 31 August - 5 September 2000

ENR/RRM/MCED/REP

10 May 2000

ENGLISH ONLY

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC

Regional Review Meeting in Preparation for the

Ministerial Conference on Environment and

Development in Asia and the Pacific

Bangkok

8-10 May 2000

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

AZERBAIJAN

Mr. Talat Kangarli, Head of Division of Economy of Nature Utilization and Ecology, Ministry of Economy, Baku

BANGLADESH

Mr. Mosharrof Hossain, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forest, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, Dhaka

BHUTAN

Mr. Ganesh Kumar Pradhan, Joint Director/Technical Advisor to Deputy Minister, National Environment Commission, Thimphu

CAMBODIA

Mr. Sam Chamroeun, Director, Department of Planning and Legal Affairs, Ministry of Environment, Phnom Penh

CHINA

Mr. Zhang Shigang, Deputy Director-General, Department of International Cooperation, State

Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA), Beijing

Mr. Yue Ruisheng, Director, Division of International Organizations, Department of International Cooperation, State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA), Beijing

Mr. Shi Weiqiang, First Secretary, Department of International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Beijing

Mr. Liu Jun, Director, Department of International Cooperation, Ministry of Science and Technology, Beijing

Ms. Huang Wei-bo, Principal Staff Member, Environment Management Division, Department of Regional Economy, State Development and Planning Commission, Beijing

DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA

Mr. Kim Hong Bom, Senior Officer, National Coordinating Committee (NCC) for Environment, Pyongyang

Mr. Jong Myong Hak, Official of National Coordinating Committee (NCC) for Environment, Pyongyang

INDIA

Ms. Sujatha Singh, Deputy Chief of Mission and Deputy Permanent Representative to ESCAP, Embassy of India, Bangkok

Ms. Bhuvaneswari Ravindran, Attaché and Assistant Permanent Representative to ESCAP, Embassy of India, Bangkok.

INDONESIA

Mr. Wyoso Prodjowarsito, Head, Bureau for International Cooperation, State Ministry of the Environment, Jakarta

ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN

Mr. Ali Ashraf Mojtahed-Shabestari, Director, Department of International Economic Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tehran

Mr. Toufigh Sedigh Mostahkam, Attaché and Assistant Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to ESCAP, Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Bangkok

JAPAN

Mr. Kimiaki Jin, Deputy Director, Planning Division, Global Environment Department, Environment Agency, Tokyo

KYRGYZSTAN

Mr. Askar Jolchubekovich Beshimov, Head, Department of Strategic Problems and Information, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bishkek

LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC

Mr. Boun Xou Matmanisone, Head of Office, Office of Minister to Prime Minister’s Office for Science Technology and Environment, Vientaine

MALAYSIA

Mr. Shamsudin Ab Latif, Deputy Director-General, Department of Environment, Kuala Lumpur

MALDIVES

Mr. Mohamed Khaleel, Director, Environmental Affairs, Ministry of Home Affairs, Housing and Environment, Male

MONGOLIA

Mr. Bandi Ganbaatar, Director, International Cooperation Department, Ministry of Nature and Environment, Ulaanbaatar

Mr. Luvsandorj Bayart, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and Permanent Representative to ESCAP, Embassy of Mongolia, Bangkok

Mr. Dorjiin Luvsanjambaa, Third Secretary and Deputy Permanent Representative to ESCAP, Embassy of Mongolia, Bangkok

MYANMAR

Ms. Daw Yin Yin Lay, Director, National Commission for Environmental Affairs, (NCEA), Ministry of Foreign Affairs Complex, Yangon

NEPAL

Mr. Kiran Kumar Karki, Section Officer (Environment Policy), Ministry of Population and Environment (MOPE), Kathmandu

NETHERLANDS

Mr. C.J. van Kuijen, Programme-Director for International Environmental Cooperation, Directorate-General for Environmental Protection, Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment, The Hague

PAKISTAN

Ms. Humera Azam Khan, Section Officer (International Cooperation), Ministry of Environment, Local Government and Rural Development, Islamabad

PHILIPPINES

Mr. Adriano B. Nava, Jr., Assistant Secretary for Management Services, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Quezon City

REPUBLIC OF KOREA

Mr. Chong-chun Kim, Director-General for International Cooperation, Ministry of Environment, Seoul

Mr. Chungheum Lee, Ministry of Environment, Seoul

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Mr. Yuri Platonov, Deputy Head, Department of International Cooperation, State Committee of the Russian Federation for Environmental Protection, Moscow

Mr. Dmitry A. Birichevskiy, Attaché and Assistant Permanent Representative to ESCAP, Embassy of the Russian Federation, Bangkok

SRI LANKA

Mr. B.M.S. Batagoda, Director (Environment and Economics), Ministry of Forestry and Environment, Battaramulla

THAILAND

Ms. Orapin Wongchumpit, Director, International Environmental Affairs Division, Office of Environmental Policy and Planning (OEPP), Bangkok

Ms. Apinya Silpvisuth, Chief, International Cooperation Section II, International Environmental Affairs Division, Office of Environmental Policy and Planning (OEPP), Bangkok

TURKEY

Mr. Okan Ucer, Deputy Under-Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Ankara

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Ms. Mary P. Stickles, Third Secretary and Deputy Permanent Representative to ESCAP, Embassy of the United States of America, Bangkok

Mr. Garth Hancock, Third Secretary and Deputy Permanent Representative to ESCAP, Embassy of the United States of America, Bangkok

UZBEKISTAN

Mr. Sharobiddin T. Mashrabaev, Third Secretary, Department of International Economic Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tashkent

VIET NAM

Mr. Manh Tien Truong, Deputy Director-General, National Environment Agency, Hanoi

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RESOURCE PERSONS

Mr. Hidefumi Imura, Professor, Institute of Environmental Systems Analysis and Planning, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Mr. Kazuo Matsushita, Acting Vice-President, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Hayama, Kanagawa, Japan

Mr. Takashi Otsuka, Research Associate, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Hayama, Kanagawa, Japan

Mr. Hans van Zijst, Technical Director, Environmental Resources Management (ERM), Utrecht, the Netherlands

Mr. Jan Hendrik Michiel Pieters, Senior Economic Advisor, Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment, the Hague, the Netherlands

Mr. Richard Chesher, Tellus Consultants Ltd., Australia

Mr. Delfin J. Ganapin, Jr., Consultant, Block 28, Lot 17, Diego Silang Street, New Capital Estate, Quezon City, Philippines

Professor John E. Hay, Director, International Global Change Institute (ICGI), the University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

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UNITED NATIONS BODIES

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)

Ms. T.V. Luong, Consultant to UNICEF,

Regional Office for East Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Mr. Nirmal Andrews, Regional Director and Representative,

UNEP/Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok

Mr. Yoshihiro Natori, Deputy Regional Director,

UNEP/Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok

Mr. Surendra Shrestha, Regional Coordinator,

EAP-AP, UNEP, Bangkok

Mr. Lal Kurukulasuriya, Chief,

Regional Environmental Law Programme,

UNEP/Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok

Mr. Niclas Svenningsen, Regional Industry Officer,

UNEP/Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok

Mr. Timothy Higham, Regional Information Officer,

UNEP/Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok

Mr. Mahesh Pradhan, Environmental Affairs Officer,

UNEP/Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok

United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)

Mr. U Wai Lin, Regional Coordinator,

Asia Regional Coordinating Unit, UNCCD, Bangkok

SPECIALIZED AGENCIES AND RELATED ORGANIZATIONS

International Labour Organization (ILO)

Ms. Pia Markkanen, Expert in Occupational Safety and Health,

Asia-Pacific Regional Programme on Occupational Safety and Health, ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok

Mr. Tsuyoshi Kawakami, Specialist on Occupational Safety and Health,

EASMAT, ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

Ms. Lucille C. Gregorio, Specialist in Science and Technology Education and

Focal Person for Environment Education,

UNESCO/PROAP, Bangkok

World Health Organization (WHO)

Dr. Z. Jadamba, WHO Liaison Officer with ESCAP,

WHO, Bangkok

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INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Mr. Kunihiro Yamauchi, Sustainable Development Specialist,

Office of Environment and Social Development, ADB, Manila

ASEAN Secretariat

Mr. Kesrat Sukasam, Senior Officer,

Association of Southeast Asian Nations,

ASEAN Secretariat, Jakarta, Indonesia.

South Asia Cooperative Environment Programme (SACEP)

Mr. Ananda Raj Joshi, Director-General,

SACEP, Colombo

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SECRETARIAT

Ms Kayoko Mizuta Deputy Executive Secretary

Mr S. Thampi Special Assistant to the Executive Secretary

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Mr Cengiz Ertuna Chief,

Environment and Natural Resources Development Division

Mr Rezaul Karim Chief,