Chairperson: Mr. Helmut Gaugitsh, Austria

UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE AARHUS CONVENTION
SECOND MEETING OF THE WORKING GROUP ON GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS

FROM 1 TO 3 OCTOBER 2003
PALAIS DES NATIONS IN GENEVA

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

Chairperson: Mr. Helmut Gaugitsh, Austria

Countries

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Participants

ARMENIA / Mrs. Aida Iskoyan
Adviser of the Minister
Ministry of Nature Protection
Republic Square
3rd Governmental Building
375010 Yerevan
Phones:+374 1/539 255 or /584 349 or /523 835
Fax:+374 1 530 669
E-mails: or

AUSTRIA / Mr. Helmut Gaugitsch
Director
Federal Environment Agency
Spittelauer Lande 5
1090 Vienna
Phone:+43 1 31304 3133
Fax:+43 1 31304 3700
E-mail:
BELGIUM / Ms. Maud Istasse
Expert
Federal Public Service Health, Food Chain SafetyandEnvironment
Boulevard Pachéco, 19 bte 5
1010 Brussels
Phone:+32 2 210 45 44
Fax:+32 2 210 48 52
E-mail:
Ms. Martine Delanoy
GGO Expert
Federal Public Service Health, Food Chain SafetyandEnvironment
Arcades 19/5 Boulevard Pachéco
1010 Brussels
Phone:+32 2 210 50 86
Fax:+32 2 210 51 15
E-mail:
BULGARIA / Ms. Katya Trichkova
Legal Expert
Ministry of Environment and Water
67 W. Gladstone Street (Office 408)
1000 Sofia
Phone:+359 2 940 62 82
Fax:+359 2 988 53 16
E-mail:
CANADA / Ms. Aline Dimitri-Hakim
Biotechnology Policy Officer
59 Camelot DR. Office 3369E
Ottawa/Ontario K1A 0Y9
Phone:+613 225 2342
Fax:+613 228 6604
E-mail:
CROATIA / Ms. Nevenka Preradovic
Senior Expert Adviser
Ministry of Environmental Protection and Physical Planning
Palmoticeva 24
Zagreb 10000
Phone:+385 1 4870 142
Fax:+385 1 4870 143
E-mails:

CZECH
REPUBLIC / Mrs. Milena Roudná
Expert in the Ministry of the Environment
Vrsovická 65
100 10 Prague 10
Phone:+420 267 122 769
Fax:+420 267 311 949
E-mail:
DENMARK / Ms. Brigitta Pürschel
Head of Section, Danish Forest and Nature Agency
Ministry of Environment
Haraldsgade 53
2100 Copenhagen
Phone:+45 39 47 22 69
Fax:+45 39 47 27 65
E-mail:
ESTONIA [*]
(Permanent Mission) / Mrs. Tiina Vares
Counsellor
Permanent Representation to the United Nations
Headquarters and Other International Organizations
Chemin du Petit-Saconnex 28A
1209 Geneva
Phone:+41 22 91 91 986
Fax:+41 22 91 91 981
E-mail:
FRANCE / Mr. Eric Schoonejans
MEDD/DPPR/SEI
20 Avenue de Ségur
75302 Paris Cedex 07
Phone:+33 1 42 19 14 17
Fax:+33 1 42 19 14 67
E-mail:
Mr. Christophe Leprêtre
Bureau de la Réglementation alimentaire et des biotechnologies
Ministère de l’Agriculture, l’alimentation, la pêche et des affaires rurales
251 rue de Vaugirard
75732 Paris Cedex 15
Phone:+33 1 49 55 50 10
Fax:+33 1 49 55 59 48
E-mail:
GEORGIA / Ms. Maia Kapanadze
Head of the Public Relations & Environmental Education Department
Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources
Kostava street 68a
Tbilisi 380015
Phone:+995 32 94 36 70
Fax:+995 32/94 36 70/33 39 52
E-mail:
GERMANY / Mr. Volker Matzeit
Federal Ministry of Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture
PO Box 14 02 70
53107 Bonn
Phone:+49 228 529 4489
Fax:+49 228 529 3743
E-mail:
Mr. Marc Auer
Federal Ministry for the Environment
Robert-Schuman-Platz 3
53175 Bonn
Tel/Fax:+49 228 305 2665
E-mail:
GREECE [*]
(Permanent Mission) / Mr. Andreas Cambitsis
Minister-Counselor
Permanent Mission of Greece in Geneva
Phone:+41 22 909 89 40
Fax:+41 22 732 21 50
E-mail:
IRELAND / Dr. Brian C. Leech
Department of the Environment, Heritage & Local Government
Custom House
Dublin I
Phone:+353 1 888 25 54
Fax:+353 1 888 26 91
E-mail:brian_
ITALY / Ms. Luisa Pierantonelli
Ministry of Environment and Territory
Via Cristoforo Colombo 44
00147 Rome
Phone:+39 06 5722 8146
Fax:+39 06 5722 8177
E-mail:
Ms. Luisa Marena
Ministry of Environment and Territory
Via Cristoforo Colombo 44
00147 Rome
Phone:+39 06 5722 8176
Fax:+39 06 5722 8177
E-mail:
Ms. Federica Rolle
Ministry of Environment and Territory
Via Cristoforo Colombo 44
00147 Rome
Phone:+39 06 5722 8129
Fax:+39 06 5722 8177
E-mail:
(Permanent Mission) / Mr. Federico Ferrini
Permanent Representation to the United Nations
Phone:+39 06 5722 8129
Fax:+39 06 5722 8177
E-mail:
MONACO [*]
(Permanent Mission) / Ms. Carole Lanteri
Premier Secrétaire
Mission Permanente de la Principauté de Monaco
56 rue de Moillebeau
1209 Genève
Phone:+41 22 919 04 65
Fax:+41 22 919 04 69
E-mail:
NETHERLANDS / Ms. Frederique van Zomeren
Ministry of Environment
Directorate for International Environmental Affairs (IPC 670)
PO Box 30945
2500 GX The Hague
Phone:+31 70 339 4568
Fax:+31 70 339 1306
E-mail:
Mr. Philip Drost
Legal Counsel
Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment
PO Box 20951
2500 EZ The Hague
Phone:+31 70 339 2381
Fax:+31 70 339 1592
E-mail:
NETHERLANDS
(continued) / Mr. Hans. Bergmans
Senior Scientist RIVM/SEC/Bureau GGO
PO Box 1
3720 BA De Bilt
Phone:+31 30 274 4195
Fax:+31 30 274 4461
E-mail:
Ms. Imke Haenen
Civil Servant for Biotechnology
Radiation, Nuclear and Biosafety (SNB) IPC 645
Postbus 30945
2500 GX The Hague
Phone:+31 70 339 48 66
Fax:+31 70 339 13 16
E-mail:
REPUBLIC
OF MOLDOVA / Mr. Valentin Plesca
Head of the Science, Ecological Education & Public Relations Department
Ministry of Ecology, Construction and Territorial Development
9 Cosmonautilor street
MD 2005 Chisinau
Phone:+373 2 20 45 31
Fax:+373 2 22 07 48
E-mail:
ROMANIA / Ms. Ana Maria Comanoiu
Counselor
Ministry of Agriculture, Forests, Waters and Environment
24 Bd. Carol I
Sector III Bucharest
General Directorate for Environmental Protection
12 Bd. Liberatii
Sector V Bucharest
Phone:+40 021 335 3382
Fax:+40 021 410/ 05 31 or /02 82
E-mail:
SERBIA
AND
MONTENEGRO / Mrs. Jasminka Milcic Terzic
Ministry for Protection of Natural Resources and Environment
22-26 Nemanjina street
11000 Belgrade
Phone:+381 11 2453 148
Fax:+381 11 158 793
E-mails: or
SLOVAKIA[*] / Mr. Igor Ferencik
Ministry of the Environment of the Slovak Republic
Biosafety Department
Manestie L. Stura
812 35 Bratislava
Phone:+421 2 5956 2185
Fax:+421 25956 2533
E-mail:
SLOVAKIA [*]
(continued) / Mr. Peter Siekel
Food Research Institute
Institute of Molecular Biology
Slovak Academy of Sciences
Priemyselna 4, PO Box 25
824 75 Bratislava 26
Phone:+421 2 5556 6114
Fax:+421 2 5557 1417
E-mail:
SLOVENIA / Mrs. Julijana Lebez Lozej
Counsellor to the Minsiter
Ministry of the Environment, Spatial Planning and Energy
Dunajska 48
1000 Ljubliana
Phone:+386 1 478 7318
Fax:+386 1 478 7424
E-mail:
SPAIN / Mrs. Susana Drake
Head of the Information Unit
Ministerio de Medio Ambiente
Plaza San Juan de la Cruz S/n
28071 Madrid
Phone:+34 91 597 6997
Fax:+34 91 597 5981
E-mail:
Mrs. Lucia Roda
Technical Consultant
Ministerio de Medio Ambiente
Plaza San Juan de la Cruz S/n
28071 Madrid
Phone:+34 91 597 6371
Fax:+34 91 597 5816
E-mail:
SWEDEN / Mr. Hakan Bengtsson
Legal Affairs Section
Swedish Environmental Protection Agency
10648 Stockholm
Phone:+46 8 698 1408
Fax:+46 8 698 1480
E-mail:
Mr. Camilla Adolfsson
Legal Advisor
Ministry of the Environment
10648 Stockholm
Phone:+46 8 405 1422
E-mail:
SWITZERLAND / Mr. François Pythoud
Senior Scientific Officer
Swiss Agency for the Environment, Forest and Landscape
3003 Berne
Phone:+41 31 322 93 95
Fax:+41 31 321 79 78
E-mail:
THE FORMER
YUGOSLAV
REPUBLIC OF
MACEDONIA / Mrs. Marija Dirlevska-Caloska
Advisor in the Biodiversity Department
Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning
Drezdenska 52
Phone:+389 2 3066 930 (ext. 153)
Fax:+389 2 3066 931
E-mail:
TURKEY / Mr. Vehbi Eser
General Directorate for Agriculture Research
PO Box 78
Yenimahalle
06171 Ankara
Phone:+90 312 343 56 75
Fax:+90 312 315 34 48
E-mail:
UNITED
KINGDOM / Mrs. Elizabeth Sawyer
Biotechnology Policy Adviser
Health and Safety Executive
Rose Court, 2 Southwark Bridge
London SE1 9HS
Phone:+44 20 7717 6297
Fax:+44 20 7717 6199
E-mail:
Mr. Jolyon Thomson
Legal Adviser
Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
DEFRA Legal (Office 235)
Nobel House, 17 Smith Square
London SW1P 3JR
Phone:+44 20 7238 6245
Fax:+44 20 7238 3398
E-mail:
Mr. Benjamin Dent
Civil Servant
Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
3/E7, Ashdown House
123 Victoria street
London SW1E 6DE
Phone:+44 20 7944 2658
Fax:+44 20 7944 2669
E-mail:
UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA
(Permanent Mission) / Ms. Lynette Poulton Kanakura
Science Officer
Permanent Mission of the United States of America
Route de Pregny 11
1292 Chambesy
Phone:+41 22 749 4309
Fax:+41 22 749 4883
E-mail:
UZBEKISTAN / Pr. Abdusattor Abdukarimov
Institute Genetics
Jükari Yuz
702151 Tashkent
Phone:+998 712 642 390
Fax:+998 712 642 230
E-mail: or
EUROPEAN
COMMISSION / Mr. Julien Mousnier
DG Environment
BU-5 2/115
1049 Brussels
Phone:+32 2 299 56 03
Fax:+32 2 296 62 33
E-mail:

Organizations

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Participants

Regional and International Organizations

REC EEC
Hungary / Mrs. Magda Toth Nagy
Head of Programme
Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe
Ady Endre ut 9-11
2000 Szentendre
Phone:+36 26 504 000
Fax:+36 26 311 294
E-mail:
Ms. Marianna Bolshakova
Project Manager
Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe
Ady Endre ut 9-11
2000 Szentendre
Phone:+36 26 504 000
Fax:+36 26 311 294
E-mail: or
Russian
REC / Ms. Olga Razbash
RREC Program Administrator
Bol. Yakimanka 39/20, Bldg.1
119049 Moscow
Phones:+7 095 238 /17 96 or /46 66
Fax:+7 095 238 27 76
E-mail:

United Nations Organizations

UNEP
Switzerland / Mr. Piet van der Meer
International Environment House
13-15 Chemin des Anémones
1219 Châtelaine Genève
Phone:+41 22 917 86 65
Fax:+41 22 917 86 70
Mrs. Liina Eek
Assistant CEE Regional Consultant
International Environment House
15 Chemin des Anémones
1219 Châtelaine Genève
Switzerland
Phone:+41 22 917 84 04
Fax:+41 22 917 80 70
E-mail:
EU PROJECT
Ukraine / Ms. Veronica Vann, Royal Haskoning
Team Leader of the EU Project
“Environmental Information Education and Public Awareness”
Offices 577-81
Ministry of Environment of Ukraine
5 Kreshchatyk Street
01166 Kiev
Phone:+380 44 462 0613
E-mail:

Non-governmental Organizations

Environmental NGOs

European ECO
Forum / Ms. Iza Kruszewska
NGO Co-ordinator
PO Box 12201
London SWI7 9ZL
United Kindgom
Tel/Fax:+44 20 8672 3454
E-mail:
Mr. Juan López Villar
Adviser
Rue B Lanche 29
1060 Brussels
Belgium
Phone:+32 2 542 02 80
Fax:+32 2 537 55 96
E-mail:
Mrs. Veronika Mora
Programme Coordinator
Hungarian Environmental Partnership Foundation
PO Box 931
1463 Budapest
Hungary
Phone:+36 1 411 35 10
Fax:+36 1 411 35 15
E-mail:
European ECO
Forum
(continued) / Mr. George Magradze
The Greens Movement of Georgia/Friends of the Earth
182 Agmashenebeli Avenue
Mushtaidi Park/Green House
Tbilisi 380012
Georgia
Phone:+380 56 778 1301
Fax:+380 56 370 9573
E-mail:
International
Environmental
Resources / Mrs. Laura van der Meer
26 Avenue de Miremont Apt. 42
1206 Geneva
Phone:+41 22 347 4910
Mobile:+41 79 410 51 73
Fax:+41 22 347 4911
E-mail:

Parliamentarian NGOs

GLOBE Europe / Mr. Ilya Trombitsky
C/o BIOTICA Ecological Society
Cosmonautilor street 6 (Office 403)
Chisinau 2005
Republic of Moldova
Phone:+373 2 498 837
Fax:+373 2 /550 953 or /243 717
E-mails: or

Business NGOs

CropLife
International / Mr. Michael Leader
International Regulatory Policy
Avenue Louise 143
1050 Brussels
Belgium
Phone:+32 496 850 496
Fax:+32 2 542 04 19
E-mail:
Mr. Marin Velcev
Registration & Regulatory Affairs of CE/CIS/ME/NA
Monsanto Europe S.A.
Na Safrance 27
101 00 Praha 10
Czech Republic
Phone:+420 2 727 375 73
Fax:+420 2 727 426 26
E-mail:

Observer OrganizationS

Center for Policy
in GMOs Risk
Management / Mr. Alexander Golikov
1-1-46 B. Sadovaya Street
Moscow 103001
Phone:+7 926 202 84 52
Fax:+7 095 209 03 48
E-mail:
Arnold & Porter / Mr. Thomas Yongo
Lawyer
555 12th Street NW
Washington DC 20004
United States of America
Phone:+202 942 65 69
Fax:+202 942 59 99
E-mail:
UNECE/ENHS
Palais des Nations
1211 Geneva 10
Switzerland /

Mr. Jeremy WatesSecretary to the Aarhus Convention (Office 332)Environment and Human Settlements DivisionPhone:+41 22 917 23 84Fax:+41 22 907 01 07E-mail:

Ms. Ljiljana Stancic
Aarhus Convention (Office 321)
Environment and Human Settlements Division
Phone:+41 22 917 18 79
Fax:+41 22 907 01 07
E-mail:
Ms. Ida Reutersward
Aarhus Convention
Environment and Human Settlements Division
Phone:+41 22 917 15 02
Fax:+41 22 907 01 07
E-mail:
Ms. Isabelle Labre
Aarhus Convention (Office 328)
Environment and Human Settlements Division
Phone:+41 22 917 42 26
Fax:+41 22 907 01 07
E-mail:

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