30th Meeting of the Ramsar Standing Committee -- Photos -- Dinner
| 30th Meeting of the Ramsar Standing Committee Gland, Switzerland, 13-16 January 2004 |
Photos of the Gala Dinner
Tobias Salathé raises a glass in the Hôtel des Alpes in Nyon
Peter, Henk, Spyros, and Jean-Yves captivated by the floor show
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Left: Trevor Swerdfager (Canada), the floor show; Right: Wolfgang Pelikan (Austria) and Makoto Komoda (Japan) trading baseball cards
Valerie Higgins, Herb Raffaele (USA), Paulette Kennedy
Comfort Molosiwa (Botswana) between Nassima Aghanim and Peter Bridgewater (Ramsar)
Olivier Biber, representing the dinner's host, Switzerland, welcomes all diners, including Margarita Astrálaga and Jorge Cappato (foreground)
Time for another floor show
Dave Pritchard, Nick Davidson, and Walt Reid
Comfort Molosiwa (Botswana), Yaw Ofori-Frimpong (Ghana), and Tunde Ojei (Wetlands International)
José Ramón Picatoste (Spain), Masoud Bagherzadeh Karimi (Iran), Virgil Munteanu (Romania)
John Bowleg (Bahamas), Estelle Gironnet and Ibrahim Shaame (Ramsar)
Jan Kadlecik and Adriána Klindová (Slovak Republic) surrounding Libuse Vlasakova (Czech Republic)
Japanese and Ramsar delegations awaiting the second floor show |  |
Joyce Namde (USA), Colin McLeod (UK), Valerie Higgins (Ramsar (formerly UK))
Jean-Yves Pirot (IUCN), Abou Bamba (Ramsar), Olivier Biber (Switzerland)
Fighting over the check
Olivier Biber (Switzerland), Trevor Swerdfager (Canada), Gordana Beltram (Slovenia)
Peter Bridgewater, Secretary General, and Joyce Namde and Herb Raffaele of the USA signing a new agreement for the Wetlands for the Future Fund
Paul Mafabi (Uganda) ordering dessert with Peter Bridgewater's approval
The second floor show
