CONVENTION ON WETLANDS (Ramsar, Iran, 1971)
53rd Meeting of the Standing Committee
Gland, Switzerland29 May – 2 June 2017
List of Participants
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Standing Committee – Voting Members
Australia: David Papps,Mark Graham Taylor
Azerbaijan:Rashad Allahverdiyev
Colombia:Maria Claudia Velez Crismatt, Melissa Laverde, Carlos Alfredo Carretero Socha
Cuba (Alternate for Suriname): Pedro Julio Ruiz Hernandez
Democratic Republic of Congo:Crispin Sedeke Okwul
Estonia:Hanno Zingel
Honduras:Francisco Jose Aceituno Chavez
Iraq:Maitham Abdulah Sultan
Kenya: James Gichiah Njogu
Nepal:Prakash Mathema
Republic of Korea:Kwan-Sung Song, Joon-Woo Seo,Hyun-Ju Lee, Jung Hun Yeum, Jeong-Im Mok, Su Jeong Lee, Yooseop Chang
Romania:Doina Catrinoiu, Grigore Baboianu
Russian Federation (Alternate for Armenia): Andrey Sirin
Senegal: Abdou Salam Kane (Chair of the Sub-Group on Finance), Mamadou Welle
Seychelles:Pugazhendhi Murugaiyan
Tunisia: Habib Abid
United Arab Emirates(COP13 host):Reem Al Mheiri, Hiba Al Shehhi, Obaid Al Shamsi
United States of America: Barbara De Rosa-Joynt, Kristen Akemi Koyama, Cade London
Uruguay (COP12 host):Jorge Guillermo Rucks de Fuentes (Standing Committee Chair), Walter M. Regueiro Laxaga,Agustina Camilli Prado
Observers - Contracting Parties
Andorra: Anna Moles
Argentina: Francisco Fabian Sáez
Austria: Gerhard Schwach, Stephan Glatzel, Gert Michael Steiner, Karl Schwaiger
Botswana: Jobe Manga, Bokani Edith Sesinyi
Brazil: Adriano Koslides Mitre, João Moregola
Canada: Elizabeth Hess
China: Yan Fang, Guangchun Lei, Zhigao Wang
Côte d’Ivoire: Yeboua Koffi Thomas Adam
Czech Republic: Libuse Vlasáková, Petr Martinek
Finland: Tuula Kurikka, Sari Airas
Guatemala: Alicia Maria Marroquín Mogollón
India: Brijesh Sikka
Indonesia: Cherryta Yunia, Antung Deddy Radiansyah, Satryo B. Brotodiningrat
Iran:Ahmad Rajabi, Javad Amin-Mansour
Japan: Eiko Okawa, Yuki Iwashina,Yoshiko Motoyama, Haruya Kato
Madagascar:Solofo A. Razafitrimo, Olga Mahezanony Havanaby
Mexico:Laura Martinez Pepin Lehalleur
Mongolia: Achgerel Nyamjav
Netherlands: Anna Jacoba Roest
Panama: Rolando Luis Pinzón Fuentes
South Africa: Malta Qwathekana,Edward Netshithothole
Sweden: Jenny Lonnstad
Switzerland: Sibylle Vermont, Reinhard Schnidrig, Sabine Herzog
Thailand: Jiravat Ratisoontorn, Nitiphan Trongkarndee, Asdaporn Krairapanond, Wanlop Preechamart
Turkmenistan: Eldar Rustamov
Uganda: Paul Gumonye Mafabi
United Kingdom: Holly Charlotte Kelley-Weil, Anna Fohrbeck
Uzbekistan: Fakhriddin Nabiev
Zambia: Mwangala Simate
Observers - International Organisation Partners
BirdLife International:CaitlinNoble
IUCN:Stewart Maginnis, Stefano Barchiesi
Wetlands International: Jane Madgwick, Lifeng Li
Wetlands International Japan:Emiko Nagakura
WWF International:Denis Landenbergue
Wildfowl Wetlands Trust (WWT): Martin Spray, Christopher Rostron
Other Observers
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea: Song Rim Yun
Ramsar Center Japan:Reiko Nakamura
Ramsar Regional Center – East Asia (RRC-EA): Seung Oh Suh
Ramsar Regional Initiative for Central Asia - Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia (CAREC): Zhanel Karina
STRP Chair: Royal Gardner
UN Environment: Ileana Lopez
UN-Habitat: Jean-Yves Barcelo
Consultants to the Secretariat
Tim Jones, Rapporteur
Jaime Hayes, Finance Consultant
Emma Carmody, Legal Adviser
Interpreters
Ingrid Catton, Lead Interpreter
Christine Adams
Cristina Fernandez Garcia
Starr Pirot
Liliana Ramirez-Pfeiffer
Marta Lumbreras
Ramsar Convention Secretariat
Martha Rojas-Urrego, Secretary General
Jonathan Barzdo, Deputy Secretary General
Mireille Katz, Executive Assistant to the Secretary General
Delphine Brémond, Administrative Assistant
Catherine Lötscher, Administrative Assistant
Montse Riera, Administrative Assistant
Denise Machado, Temporary Administrative Assistant
Khalil Aouad, Temporary Accounting Assistant
Sandra Rücker, Finance Officer
Sharon Oseku-Frainier, External Relations Officer
Magdalena Luczak, Internal Communication Officer
Edmund Jennings, Documentation Officer
Mariam Ali, Manager Culture & Livelihoods
Marcela Bonells, Scientific and Technical Support Officer
Manuel Kern, IT Officer
Maud Pitoiset, HR Business Partner - IUCN/Ramsar
Regional Teams
Africa
Paul Ouedraogo, Senior Advisor
Rasamoelina Rakotomamonjy, Regional Officer
Suzy Gamgne Kamgue, Assistant Advisor
Americas
Maria Rivera, Senior Advisor
Asia-Oceania
Llewellyn Young, Senior Advisor
Solongo Khurelbaatar, Regional Officer
Rosi Waqanisau, Assistant Advisor
Europe
Tobias Salathé, Senior Advisor
Katarzyna Nikraszewicz, Assistant Advisor
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