The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands

25th Meeting of the Ramsar Standing Committee -- List of participants

[Contact details of the participants]

 VOTING Members

AFRICA

• Algeria: Mr Ammar BOUMEZBEUR, Mme Sadija BENMATI
• Togo: Mr Abdou-Kérim MOUMOUNI
• Uganda: Mr Paul MAFABI (Vice Chair)

ASIA

• India: Dr A.K. KUNDRA, Dr. S. KAUL
• Japan: Mr Akira TAKAMATSU (Representative), Mr Hideyuki CHIBA, Mr Hiroyuki EGUCHI, Mr Kazuhiko KOKUBU, Dr Makoto KOMODA, Ms Naoko NAKAJIMA

EUROPE

• Armenia: Dr Karen JENDEREDJIAN
• France: Ms Isabelle VIAL, Mr Thierry BERTHELOT
• Norway: Mr Olav NORD-VARHAUG, Ms Gunn PAULSEN
• Slovak Republic: Dr Ján KADLECIK

NEOTROPICS

• Argentina: Mr Guillermo LINGUA, Ms Andrea REPETTI
• Trinidad & Tobago: Mr Sheriff FAIZOOL

NORTH AMERICA

• Mexico: Biól. José Juan PÉREZ RAMÍREZ

OCEANIA

• Australia: Mr Stephen HUNTER (Chair)

Hosts of COP7 and COP8

• Costa Rica: Lic. Marco A. SOLANO
• Spain: Dr Jesús SERRADA HIERRO, Mr José Ramón PICATOSTE

OBSERVERS

Chair of STRP 

• Dr Jorge A. JIMÉNEZ - Apologies

Permanent Observers

• Switzerland: Dr Meinrad KÜTTEL
• The Netherlands: Ir. Henk J. EGGINK
• BirdLife International: Mr John O’SULLIVAN, Mr David PRITCHARD
• BirdLife Spain: Mr Juan CRIADO HERNÁNDEZ (for meeting of Subgroup on COP8 only)
• IUCN – The World Conservation Union: Mr Ed WILSON (representing the Director General), Dr Jean-Yves PIROT
• Wetlands International: Mr Simon NASH, Dr Douglas TAYLOR
• WWF International: Dr Biksham GUJJA, Mr. Denis LANDENBERGUE, Ms Musonda MUMBA

Contracting Party Observers

• Austria: Dr Gerhard SIGMUND, Dipl.-Ing. Wolfgang PELIKAN
• Benin: Dr Aylté Marcel BAGLO
• Brazil: Ms Maria Carolina HAZIN
• Canada: Mr Alain TELLIER
• China: Mr Xun YAN, Ms Xin LIU
• Germany: Mr Lutz PLAUMANN
• Guatemala: Mr C.J. ARROYAVE-PRERA
• Iran: H.E. Mr Ali Mojtahed SHABESTARI, Mr Javad AMIN-MANSOUR
• Libya: Mr Abdulmaula A. HAMZA, Mr Fadel Abdelateef ASHUR
• Malaysia: Mr R.Z.S. RAJA REZA
• Peru: Mr Gustavo LAURIE
• Philippines: Ms Ma. Angelina STA. CATALINA
• Portugal: Mr Joao Carlos FARINHA
• Slovenia: Dr Gordana BELTRAM
• Syria: Mr Faysal KHABBAZ-HAMOUI
• UK: Mr Richard CHAPMAN,
• USA: Ms Roberta L. CHEW, Dr Herbert A. RAFFAELE

Other Observers

• Cuba: Mr Alejandro CASTILLO SANTANA
• Dominican Republic: Dra. Magaly BELLO DE KEMPER
• Ecosistemas Mayas, Guatemala: Mr Francisco MILIAN CARBALLIDO
• Asociación VIDA, Costa Rica: Mr Adolfo ROJAS BREEDY

Interpreters

• Ms Béatrice FERGUSSON
• Ms Régine JOBA
• Ms Muriel JULLIARD-GARCÍA
• Ms Micheline KARAM-CLEUSIX
• Ms Luz PAZOS
• Ms Becky RUBINE

Ramsar Bureau Staff

• Mr Delmar BLASCO, Secretary General
• Dr Nick DAVIDSON, Deputy Secretary General
• Regional Coordinators: Mr Anada TIEGA, Africa; Ms Margarita ASTRÁLAGA, Americas; Mr Najam KHURSHID, Asia; Dr Tobias SALATHÉ, Europe
• Interns/Assistants to Regional Coordinators: Mr Evans O’KONGO, Africa; Mr Marco FLORES, Americas; Ms Taeko TAKAHASHI, Asia; Mr Alexander BELOKUROV, Europe (until 31 October); Ms Inga RACINSKA, Europe (as from 22 October)
• MedWet Coordinator: Mr Thymio PAPAYANNIS
• Rapporteur: Dr Dwight PECK, Executive Assistant for Communications
• Dr Alexandra HAILS, Advisor, Outreach Programme
• Ms Valerie HIGGINS, Communications Assistant
• Ms Mireille KATZ, Executive Assistant to the Secretary General
• Ms Annette KELLER, Administration Coordinator
• Ms Paulette KENNEDY, Finance Assistant
• Mr Alain LAMBERT, Senior Advisor, Environment/Development Cooperation
• Ms Montserrat RIERA, Office Clerk
• Mr Ibrahim SHAAME, Accountant

For further information about the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, please contact the Ramsar Convention Bureau, Rue Mauverney 28, CH-1196 Gland, Switzerland (tel +41 22 999 0170, fax +41 22 999 0169, e-mail ). Posted 21 November 2000, Dwight Peck, Ramsar.