The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands

26th Meeting of the Ramsar Standing Committee -- List of participants

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

 [Contact details of the participants]

VOTING Members

AFRICA

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

ASIA

• India: Mr Achyut GOKHALE, Dr Sidharth KAUL
• Japan: Mr Toshiyuki TAGA, Minister (Head), Dr Makoto KOMODA, Ms Naoko NAKAJIMA, Mr Kazuhiro OKUMA, Mr Akiho SHIBATA

EUROPE

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

NEOTROPICS

• Argentina: Dr Oscar PADÍN, Ms Andrea REPETTI
• Trinidad & Tobago: Mr Sheriff FAIZOOL

NORTH AMERICA

• Mexico: Dr Fernando CLEMENTE (Head), Mr Eleazar LOA LOZA, Dr Mónica HERZIG, Mr Enrique OCHOA

OCEANIA

• Australia: Mr Stephen HUNTER (Chair)

Hosts of COP7 and COP8

• Costa Rica: Lic. Marco A. SOLANO (3-7 Dec)
• Spain: Ms Inés GONZÁLEZ DONCEL (6 Dec), Mr Miguel AYMERICH HUYGHUES (5-7 Dec), Mr José Ramón PICATOSTE (3-7 Dec), Dr Jesús SERRADA HIERRO (3 Dec)

OBSERVERS

STRP

• Dr Jorge A. JIMÉNEZ RAMÓN (Chair)
• Dr Yaa NTIAMOA-BAIDU (former Chair)

Permanent Observers

• Switzerland: Dr Meinrad KÜTTEL, Dr Olivier BIBER, Ms Gabriela NÜTZI-SULPIZIO
• The Netherlands: Ir. Henk J. EGGINK
• BirdLife International: Mr John O’SULLIVAN, Mr David PRITCHARD
• IUCN – The World Conservation Union: Dr Jean-Yves PIROT, Ms Rachel WISEMAN
• Wetlands International: Mr Simon NASH, Dr Douglas TAYLOR
• WWF International: Mr Jamie PITTOCK, Mr. Denis LANDENBERGUE

Contracting Party Observers

• Austria: Dr Gerhard SIGMUND, Dipl.-Ing. Wolfgang PELIKAN
• Canada: Mr Clayton RUBEC
• China: Mr Daming BAO, Mr Guide JIA
• Cuba: Lic. Antonio PERERA PUGA, Ambassador Carlos AMAT FORÉS, Mr Alejandro CASTILLO SANTANA
• Guatemala: Lic. Juan José NARCISO, Licda. María José ITURBIDE, Mr Carlos José ARROYAVE-PRERA
• Iran: Mr Peiman SEADAT, Mr Shahrokh SHAKERIAN
• Israel: Mr Haim WAXMAN
• Libya: Mr Khaled ETAYEB
• Nicaragua: Dr Lester MEJÍA S., Lic. Néstor CRUZ
• Peru: Mr Gustavo LAURIE
• Philippines: Ms Angelina M. STA. CATALINA
• Republic of Korea: Dr Jaeyong CHOI, Mr Hee-Kyong NOH
• Slovenia: Dr Gordana BELTRAM
• Tanzania: Mr Emmanuel SEVERRE, Mr Charles MDOE, Ms Miriam ZACHARIA
• UK: Ms Elizabeth MOORE, Ms Linda SMITH
• USA: Dr Herbert RAFFAELE, Mr Thomas PRASTER, Ms Lynette POULTON

Other Observers

• Dominican Republic : Dra. Magaly BELLO DE KEMPER
• UNEP/AEWA Secretariat: Mr Bert LENTEN

Interpreters

• Ms Béatrice FERGUSSON
• Ms Régine JOBA
• Ms Muriel JULLIARD-GARCÍA
• Ms Eleanor KANTER
• Ms Micheline KARAM-CLEUSIX
• Ms Luz PAZOS

Ramsar Bureau Staff

• Mr Delmar BLASCO, Secretary General
• Dr Nick DAVIDSON, Deputy Secretary General
• Mr Alain LAMBERT, Senior Advisor Environment/Development Cooperation
• Regional Coordinators: Mr Anada TIEGA, Africa; Ms Margarita ASTRÁLAGA, Americas; Mr Najam KHURSHID, Asia; Dr Tobias SALATHÉ, Europe
• Interns/Assistants to Regional Coordinators: Mr Simon RAFANOMEZANTSOA, Africa; Mr Marco FLORES, Americas; Ms Jia MA, Asia; Mr Sergey DERELIEV, Europe
• Rapporteur: Dr Dwight PECK, Executive Assistant for Communications
• Dr Alexandra HAILS, Senior Communications Assistant
• Ms Valerie HIGGINS, Communications Assistant
• Ms Mireille KATZ, Executive Assistant to the Secretary General
• Ms Annette KELLER, Administration Coordinator
• Ms Paulette KENNEDY, Dues and Project Administrator
• Ms Montserrat RIERA, Office Clerk
• Mr Ibrahim SHAAME, Accountant
• Mr Carlos VILLALBA, Technical Officer (COP8 and MedWet)
• MedWet Office Athens : Mr Spyros KOUVELIS, Coordinator; Mr Nejib BENESSAIAH, Policy Advisor (not attending)
• Ramsar Database Manager (WI International): Mr Scott FRAZIER (not attending)

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 ramsar@ramsar.org). Posted 5 January 2002, Dwight Peck, Ramsar.