Contact information of members of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee
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Nominated members of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee for the terms 5 May 2014–4 May 2018
Australia
Mr. Jack Holland
Principal Peer Reviewer,
Risk Assessment and Policy Section
Chemicals and the Environment Branch
Environment Australia
P.O. Box 787
Canberra City ACT 2601
Australia
Tel.: 02 6274 1434
Email:
Austria
Ms. Ingrid Hauzenberger
Toxicologist
Umweltbundesamt GmbH Österreich
Spittelauer Lände 5
1090 Vienna
Austria
Tel.: +43 1 31304 3405
Fax: +43 1 31304 3211
Email:
Belarus
Ms. Tamara Kukharchyk
Chief Researcher
Institute for Nature Management,
NationalAcademy of Sciences of Belarus
Skoriny st., 10
220114 Minsk
Belarus
Tel.: +375 17 266 34 27
Fax: +375 17 266 34 27
E-mail: ;
Canada
Ms. Michelle Kivi
Environmental Assessment Directorate
Pest Management Regulatory Agency, Health Canada
2720 Riverside Drive
Ottawa, OntarioK1A 0K9
Canada
Tel.: +1 613-736-3501
Fax: +1 613-736-3870
Email:
CzechRepublic
Dr. Pavel Čupr
Senior Scientific Advisor
Research Centre for Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology (RECETOX)
MasarykUniversity
Kamenice 126/3
62500 Brno
CzechRepublic
Tel.: +420 549 493 511
Fax: +420 549 492 840
Email:
Ecuador
Ms. Consuelo Meneses
Poison Information National Center (CIATOX)
National Institute of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Ministry of Public Health
Avenida República del Salvador 36-64 y Suecia
Quito
Ecuador
Tel.:+593 2 2905 162
Fax:
Email:; ;
Gabon
Mr. Hubert Binga
Directeur Général Adjoint
Centre National Anti-Pollution
Ministère de l'Habitat, du Logement, de l'Urbanisme, de l'Environnement et du Développement Durable
B.P. 3241
Libreville
Gabon
Tel.: +241 07 90 06 08
Email:
Islamic Republic of Iran
Mr. Seyed Jamaleddin Shahtaheri
Department of Occupational Health Engineering
School of Public Health
TehranUniversity of Medical Sciences,
P.O.Box 14155-6446
Tehran
Iran
Tel.: +98 21 88951390
Fax: +98 21 88954781
Email:
Lesotho
Dr. Mantoa Sekota
Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Technology
NationalUniversity of Lesotho
P.O. Roma 180, Lesotho
Tel.: +266 22340601, Ext 3501
Fax: +266 22340000
Email: ;
Mauritania
Mr. Sidi Ould Aloueimine
Directeur
Direction des Pollutions et des Urgences Environnementales
Ministère de l’Environnement et Développement Durable
Rue 21-185 No. 834, B.P. 170, Nouakchott
Mauritania
Tel: +222 45 24 31 45
Fax: +222 45 24 31 38
Email:
Oman
Mr. Said Ali Issa Alzedjali
Director
Department of Chemical Substances
Ministry of Environment and Climate Affairs
P.O. Box 323, Muscat PC 100
Oman
Tel.: +968 24404765 / +968 99417710
Fax: +968 24404796
Email:
Pakistan
Mr. Zaigham Abbas
Deputy Director (Chemical)
International Cooperation Wing
Ministry of Climate Change
LG & RD Complex, 4th Floor, Room 410
Sector G-5/2, LocalGovernmentBuilding
44000 Islamabad
Pakistan
Tel: +92 51 924 5536
Fax: +92 51 924 5524
Email:
Saint Vincent and Grenadines
Mr. Marcus Richards
Agricultural Officer
Head of Plant Protection, Quarantine and Laboratory Services
Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Transformation. Forestry and Fisheries:
P.O. Box 370, Kingstown
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Tel. (784) 456- 5349
Fax: (784) 457 - 1688
E-mail:
Senegal
Mr. Ousmane Sow
Point Focal Convention de Stockholm
Direction de l'Environnement et des Etablissements Classés
Ministère de l'Environnement et du Developpement Durable
106 Rue Carnot, B.P. 6557
Dakar
Senegal
Tel: +221 33 821 0725
Fax: +221 33 822 6212
Email:
Sri Lanka
Mr. Jayakody Sumith
Research officer
Office of the Registrar of Pesticides, Department of Agriculture,
1056, Getambe, P.O. Box 49, Peradeniya20400, Sri Lanka
Tel.: +94 81 2388135
Fax: +94 81 2388135
E-mail:
Sweden
Ms. Maria Delvin
Senior Advisor
International Secretariat
Swedish Chemicals Agency
P.O. Box 2
172 13 Sundbyberg
Sweden
Tel: +46 8 5194 1270
Fax: +46 8 735 7698
Email:
Venezuela, BolivarianRepublic of
Mr. Armando A. Diaz Cortes
Ingeniero Químico
Ministerio del Ambiente y dechos
Recursos Naturales
Venezuela
Dirección : Centro Simón Bolivar,
Torre Sur, Piso 28, El Silencio,
Caracas
Tel.: +58 212 4081116
Fax : +58 212 4084898
Email : ;
Members of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee for the terms 5 May 2012–4 May 2016
Brazil
Dr. Estefania Gastaldello Moreira
Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology
Department of Physiological Sciences
StateUniversity of Londrina (UEL)
Rua Professor Samuel Moura, 510 – Ap 1001
86061-060 Londrina
Brazil
Tel.: +55 (43) 3357 3923
Fax:
Email:
Cameroon
Mr. Joswa Aoudou
Chef de Brigade des Inspections Environnementales
Direction des Normes et du Contrôle
Ministère de l'Environnement et de la Protection de la Nature et du Développement Durable
Yaoundé
Cameroon
Tel.: +237 77263046
Fax: +237 22221106
Email:
Cuba
Mr. Jorge Alvarez Alvarez
Director of the Environmental Control and Inspection’s Center
Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment
Street 28, No 504 Corner, 5th Avenue, Playa
Havana
Cuba
Tel.: +53 7 202 7573
Fax.:
Email:
France
Dr. Sylvain Bintein
Policy co-ordinator
Directorate-General for the Environment
European Commission
Avenue de Beaulieu, 9
1160 Brussels
Belgium
Tel.: +32 2 29 95 452
Fax: +32 2 29 66 995
Email:
India
Mr. Ram Niwas Jindal
Additional Director
Hazardous Substances Management Division
Ministry of Environment and Forests
Room n° 556, Paryavaran Bhawan
CGO Complex, Lodhi Road
110 510 New Delhi
India
Tel: +91 11 2436 6347
Fax: +91 11 2436 6347
Email:
Indonesia
Mr. Agus Haryono
Head of Science and Technology Services Division
ResearchCenter for Chemistry, Indonesian Institute of Sciences LIPI (RCChem-LIPI)
Kawasan Puspiptek Serpong
Tangerang 15314
Indonesia
Tel.: +62 21 7587 4922; +62 21 757 0929
Fax: +62 21 756 0549
Email:;
Kenya
Ms. Caroline Njoki Wamai
Assistant Government Chemist
Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation
P.O. Box 29751-00202
00100-Nairobi
Kenya
Tel.: +254 722311489
Fax:
Email:
Kuwait
Dr. Lulwa Ali
Research Scientist / Coordinator
StockholmConventionRegionalCenter on
POPs
Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research
(KISR)
P.O. Box 24885
Safat 13109
Kuwait
Tel.: +965 2498 9090
Fax: +965 2498 9089
Email:
Madagascar
Ms. Haritiana Rakotoarisetra
Point Focal National de la Convention de Stockholm
Direction Générale de l'Environnement
Ministère de l'Environnement et des Forêts
B.P. 571 Ampandrinomby
101 Antananarivo
Madagascar
Tel.: +261 20 3311 94709;+261 20 3405 62380
Fax: +261 20 22 419 19
Email:
Netherlands
Dr. Martien Janssen
Senior Scientist
National Institute of Public Health and the Environment
P.O. Box 1
3720 BA Bilthoven
Netherlands
Tel.: +31 30 274 2276
Fax: +31 30 374 4401
Email:
Norway
Ms. Liselott Säll
Senior Advisor
Section for Biocides and Global Chemical Conventions
Climate and Pollution Agency
P.O. Box 8100 Dep.
N-0032 Oslo
Norway
Tel.: +47 22 573577; +47 22 573400
Fax: +47 22 676706
Email:
Republic of Korea
Dr. Kyunghee Choi
Director, Indoor Environment & Noise
Research Division
Environmental Infrastructure Research
Department
National Institute of Environmental Research
Ministry of Environment
Environmental Research Complex, 184
Nangi-Ro
Kyungseo-dong, Seo-gu
Incheon
404-708
Republic of Korea
Tel.: +82 32 560 8321
Fax: +82 32 567 7097
Email: ;
Sudan
Mr. Azhari Abdelbagi
Associate Professor
Department of Crop Protection, Faculty of Agriculture
University of Khartoum
P.O. Box 321
13314 Khartoum North
Shambat
Sudan
Tel.: +249 1221 80599; +249 185 310101
Fax: +249 183 781 267
Email:
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Dr. Trajče Stafilov
Institute of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, SS
Cyril and MethodiusUniversity
P.O. Box 162, 1000
Skopje
Macedonia
Tel: +389 2 3249 906
Fax: +389 2 3226 865
Email:
Members of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee for the terms 5 May 2010–4 May 2014
Argentina
Dr. Norma Ethel Sbarbati-Nudelman
Professor, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales
Depto. Química Orgánica
Universidad de Buenos Aires
Pab. II P.3, Ciudad Universitaria
AGH 1428 Buenos Aires
Argentina
Tel.: +54 15 6834 5221
Fax: +54 11 4576 3346
Email:
Canada
Dr. Robert Chénier
Director
Ecological Assessment Division
Environment Canada
Gatineau, QC K1A 0H3
Canada
Tel.: +1 819 953 1680
Fax: +1 819 994 3120
Email:
China
Prof. Jianxin Hu
Executive Director
College of Environmental Sciences & Engineering
PekingUniversity
100871 Beijing
China
Tel.: +86 10 627 565 93
Fax: +86 10 627 607 55
Email:
Colombia
Mr. José Álvaro Rodríguez
PCBs Elimination Project Coordinator
Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development
Calle 37 N° 8-40
11711 Bogotá
Colombia
Tel.: +57 1 332 3400 Ext. 1264
Fax: +57 1 332 3400 Ext. 1289
Email:;
Costa Rica
Dr. Floria Roa-Gutierrez
University Professor
Costa Rica Institute of Technology
P.O.Box 159-7050
7050 Cartago
Costa Rica
Tel.: +506 2550 2685; +506 89900620 (M)
Fax: +506 2550 2364
Email:
CzechRepublic
Dr. Ivan Holoubek
Director
MasarykUniversity
Research Centre for Toxic Compounds in the Environment (RECETOX)
Kamenice 126/3
625 00 Brno
CzechRepublic
Tel.: +420 549 491475; +420 602 753138
Fax: +420 549 492 840
Email:
Egypt
Mr. Raouf Okasha
Department of Polymer Chemistry
NationalCenter for Radiation Research and Technology (NCRRT)
P.O. Box 29, NasrCity, Cairo
Egypt
Tel.:
Fax:
E mail:
Finland
Mr. Timo Seppälä
Senior Adviser
Centre for Sustainable Consumption and Production / Contaminants Unit
Finnish Environment Institute
Mechelininkatu 34 a
P.O. Box 140
Fl-00251, Helsinki
Finland
Tel.: +358 400 148 643
Fax: +358 9 5490 2490
Email:;
Germany
Dr. Reiner Arndt
Senior Advisor
Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA)
Friedrich-Henkel-Weg 1 - 25
D 44149 Dortmund
Germany
Tel.: +49 179 1534 597
Fax:
Email:
Japan
Dr. Masaru Kitano
Professor
ShukutokuUniversity
5-5-2 Maenocho Itabashi
Tokyo 174-8645
Japan
Tel.: +81 3 5916 3126
Fax:
E-mail:
Jordan
Dr. Mohammed Oglah Hussein Khashashneh
Director
Hazardous Substances and Waste Management Directorate
Ministry of Environment
King Feisal bin Abdel Aziz Street 84
P.O. Box 1408
Amman 11941
Jordan
Tel.: +962 77 629 6294; +962 6 556 0113 Ext. 140
Fax: +962 6 552 1943; +962 77 552 5315
Email:;
New Zealand
Dr. Peter Dawson
Principal Scientist
Environmental Protection Authority
215 Lambton Quay
Private Bag 63002
Wellington 6140
New Zealand
Tel.: +64 4 474 5570; +64 4 916 2426
Fax: +64 4 914 0433
Email:
Nigeria
Ms. Stella Uchenna Mojekwu
Assistant Director / Official Contact Point for the Stockholm Convention
Federal Ministry of Environment
14, Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama District
Abuja
Nigeria
Tel.: +234 8059649475
Fax:
Email:
Thailand
Dr. Jarupong Boon-Long
Advisor
Pollution Control Department
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
Phahon Yothin 7, Phahon Yothin Road, Phayathai
Bangkok 10400
Thailand
Tel.: +66 2 298 2764
Fax: +66 2 298 2765
Email:
Ukraine
Dr. Svitlana Sukhorebra
Senior Scientist
NationalAcademy Of Sciences
Gas Institute
39, Degtyarivska Str.
03113 Kyiv
Ukraine
Tel.: +380 44 4555905
Fax: +380 44 4555905
Email:;
United Republic of Tanzania
Dr. Francisca Katagira
Principal Agriculture Officer
Plant Health Services Section
Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security and Cooperatives
P.O. Box 9071
Dar Es Salaam
United Republic of Tanzania
Tel.: +255 22 2865642
Fax: +255 22 2865642
Email:
Zambia
Prof. Samuel F. Banda
Department of Chemistry
University of Zambia
P.O.Box 32379
10101 Lusaka
Zambia
Tel.: +260 979 48 6601
Fax:
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