Convention on Wetlands

CONVENTION ON WETLANDS (Ramsar, Iran, 1971)

48th Meeting of the Standing Committee

Gland, Switzerland26 – 30 January 2015

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS26 – 30 January 2015

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Contracting Parties:

Argentina:Maria RODRIGUEZ;

Bolivia: Natalia Pacheco;

Brazil: Janaina LOURENÇATO;

*Burundi: Evariste RUFUGUTA;

*Cambodia:Sunleang SREY;

*Canada:Elizabeth HESS(Chair of Finance Subgroup);

*Chile: Nancy CÉSPEDES;

China: Yan FANG, Jing LIAO, Zhongming ZHAO;

Colombia: Carlos CARRETEROSOCHA, Maria GOMEZ;

*Croatia:Marijana JURIC, Goran GUGIC;

*Cuba: Hector CONDE ALMEIDA;

Czech Republic: Libuse VLASAKOVA;

*Denmark:Peter POUPLIER;

El Salvador: Eugenia M. O’BYRNE RODEZNO;

Estonia:Herdis FRIDOLIN;

*Fiji: apologies;

*Finland:Kristiina NIIKKONEN, Sanna-Kaisa JUVONEN;

*France:Ghislaine FERRERE;

Greece: Rhea TSITSANI;

*Guatemala:ManuelBenedicto LUCAS LÓPEZ, Michelle BRAN;

*Guinea: Namory KEITA;

Indonesia:SatryoBROTODININGRAT;

Iran, I.R.: Jafar BARMAKI;

Japan:Kazuhiro TAKAHASHI, Kaori TSUJITA, Hiroki SATO,Masato NAGATSU, Yuki IWASHINA, Reiko IITSUKA;

Kazakhstan: Nurzhan TULENDIYEV;

Latvia:Ilona MENDZINA,Ivita OZOLINA, Agnese BALANDINA;

Luxembourg: Claude ORIGER;

Mexico:Talia CRUZCASTAÑEDA, Rául VARGAS JUAREZ;

Namibia:Kenneth UISEB;

Nepal: Maheshwar DHAKAL;

Oman: Bader AL BULUSHI,

Ahmed AL SAIDI;

Peru: Manuel MUNDACA;

Philippines:Marlynn MENDOZA,Arnel TALISAYON;

*Republic of Korea:Daehyun KO, Hyejin KO, Sang Kyun MOON, TaeSung KIM, Taekyu KIM, Doohun PARK, Dukhaeng LEE,Insuk GAN, Byunghee JUNG, Dojin JO;

*Romania:Doina CATRINOIU(Chair of Standing Committee);

*South Africa:Malta QWATHEKANA (Vice-Chair ofStanding Committee), Edward NETSHITHOTHOLE, StanleyTSHITWAMULOMONI, Lucia MOTAUNG, Thizwi RAMBAU;

Switzerland:Martin KREBS, Sibylle VERMONT, Reinhard SCHNIDRIG, Sabine HERZOG;

Thailand:Nirawan PIPITSOMBAT, Praopan TONGSOM;

*Tunisia: Habib ABID;

Uganda: Paul MAFABI;

*United Arab Emirates: Mohamed AL AFKHAM HAMMOUDI, Aseilah AL HASHMI, Maral CHREIKI, Hiba AL-SHEHHI;

United Kingdom: Laura-Louise O’Reilly;

United States of America: Barbara DE ROSA JOYNT, Krishna ROY;

*Uruguay:Carlos RODRIGUEZ BRIANZA, Agustina CAMILLI, Walter REGUEIRO LAXAGA;

*Standing Committee Regional Representatives (Voting Members)

Observers:

Non Contracting Party State

DPR Korea: Song Rim YUN;

Other observers

**BirdLife:Melanie HEATH, Carolina HAZIN;

Gyeongnam Ramsar EnvironmentalFoundation: Jae Yun KO;

ICLEI: Shela PATRICKSON;

**IUCN:Inger ANDERSEN, Mark SMITH, Stefano BARCHIESI;

**IWMI:apologies;

MedWet: Delmar BLASCO;

Ramsar Regional Center - East Asia:

Seung Oh SUH;

UNEP:Margaret ODUK;

**Wetlands International:Jane MADGWICK, Eduardus HAGEMEIJER, Frank HOFFMANN;

**WWF:Lifeng LI, Denis LANDENBERGUE;

WWT: Martin SPRAY;

Royal GARDNER, STRP Chair;

**International Organization Partners (IOPs).

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Ramsar Convention Secretariat:

Secretary General’s office

Christopher BRIGGS, Secretary General;

Mireille KATZ, Exec. Assistant to the SG;

Partnerships

Chris PERCEVAL, Head of Partnerships;

Communications

Camilla CHALMERS, Head of Communications;

Oana BARSIN, Communications Officer;

Sharon OSEKU-FRAINIER, Communications Officer – External Relations;

Edmund JENNINGS, Documentation Officer;

Manu KERN, IT Coordinator;

Montse RIERA, Administrative Assistant;

Finance and administration

Edmond LEFEBVRE, Finance Officer;

Delphine BREMOND, Administrative Assistant;

Catherine LOETSCHER, Administrative Assistant;

Regions

Paul OUEDRAOGO, Senior Advisor, Africa;

Dede AMAH, Asst. Advisor, Africa;

Maria RIVERA, Senior Advisor, Americas;

Sara CASALLAS, Asst. Advisor, Americas;

Llewellyn YOUNG, Senior Advisor, Asia-Oceania;

Samridhi RIJAL, Asst. Advisor, Asia-Oceania;

Tobias SALATHE, Senior Advisor, Europe;

Elise ALLELY-FERME, Asst. Advisor, Europe;

Alexia DUFOUR, Regional Affairs Officer;

STRP support

Marcela BONELLS, Scientific & Technical Officer;

Consultants to the Secretariat:

Marie-Claire CORDONIER-SEGGER,Senior Legal Adviser;

Peter HISLAIRE;

Tim JONES;

Emily PERSSE;

Freedom-Kai PHILIPPS, CISDL;

Luna REYNAL, Intern

Interpreters:

Ingrid CATTON;

Christine ADAMS;

Starr PIROT;

Lilliana RAMIREZ-PFEIFFER;

Carmen STEFANI-GARI.

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