Ramsar Convention on Wetlands19th Meeting of the Standing Committee, 28 October - 1 November 1996
List of Participants
MEMBERS |
PERMANENT OBSERVERS |
Africa |
Switzerland (A. Antonietti) |
| Senegal (S. Sylla) | Netherlands (G. Boere) |
| Alternate: Uganda (P. Mafabi) | IUCN (M. Ejigu, J.-Y. Pirot; C. Durocher, G. Alvarez) |
Asia |
Wetlands International (Y. Chew, R. Jaensch, M. Moser) |
| Malaysia (D. Danabalan, M. Menon) | OBSERVERS |
| Alternate: Islamic Republic of Iran (B. Riazi, M. Roozebehani, M. Salamat) | Contracting Parties |
Eastern Europe |
Austria (R. Turk) |
| Hungary (L. Lakos, Chair | China (X. Tong) |
Neotropics |
Indonesia (D. Wahab) |
| Uruguay (R. Cal Johnston, Vice Chair) | Japan (K. Kawase) |
| Alternate: Panama (E. Guerra-Quijano) | Trinidad and Tobago (N. Nathai-Gyan) |
North America |
UK (L. Smith, D. Stroud) |
| USA (M. Jones, G. Cintron) | Invited NGOs |
| Alternate: Canada (C. Rubec) | BirdLife International (J. O'Sullivan, D. Pritchard) |
Oceania |
WWF International (B. Gujja, C. Phillips) |
| Papua New Guinea (S. Antiko) | Conservatoire du Littoral (C. Lefebvre) |
Western Europe |
STRP |
| Germany (F. Dieterich) | Y. Ntiamoa-Baidu (Ghana), Chair |
| Alternate: France (F. Lerat) | SECRETARIAT |
Host of the 1996 Conference |
Secretary General (D. Blasco) |
| Australia (B. Phillips) | Senior Policy Advisor (M. Smart) |
Host of the 1999 Conference |
Technical Officers (M. Carbonell, T. Jones, T. Kabii, S. Kobayashi) |
| Costa Rica (M. Peters, M. Solano) | Support (J. Tucker, A. Pavlic) |
| Apologies: Russian Federation, New Zealand |
Rapporteur (D. Peck) |
For further information, please contact the Ramsar Convention Bureau,
Rue Mauverney 28, CH-1196 Gland, Switzerland (+41 22 999 0170, fax +41 22 999
0169, e-mail ramsar@ramsar.org). Posted
1 December 1996, Dwight Peck, Ramsar.
