Global Partnerships for Chemical Safety
Forum Working Group on the Future of IFCS
Members
President / HungaryDr Zoltán Szabó
National Instutute of Environmental Health
Nagyvarad ter 2
Budapest 1096
Hungary
Tel: +36 1 476 11 36
Fax: +36 1 215 68 91
Email:
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Vice Presidents / AFRICA REGION – TANZANIA
Prof Jamidu Katima
University of Dar es Salaam
PO Box 35131
Dar es Salaam
Tanzania (United Republic of)
Tel: +255 22 2410 754
Fax: +255 22 2410 114
Email:
Vice President Africa Region "Co-worker"
Mrs A. Olanipekun
Chief Environmental Scientist
Pollution Control Department
Federal Ministry of Environment
Plot 444,
Aguiyi Ironsi Street
Maitama District
Abuja
Nigeria
Tel: +234 9 5234119/2731067
Fax: +234 9 5234014/4136317
Email:
ASIA PACIFIC REGION – ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN
Mr Gholamhossein Dehghani
Secretary
National Authority for Chemical Conventions
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Building 8 West,
Tehran
Iran
Tel: +98 21 61154336
Fax: +98 21 6740094
Email: or
cc:Mr Nassereddin Heidari
Deputy Secretary
National Authority for Chemical Conventions
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Building 8 West,
Tehran
Iran
Tel: +98 21 61154421
Fax: +98 21 6740094
Email: or
Vice-President Asia Pacific Region "Co-worker"
SAICM Asia Pacific Regional Focal Point
Mr Eisaku Toda
Deputy Director
Environmental Health and Safety Division
Ministry of the Environment
1-2-2 Kasumigaseki Chiyoda Tokio
100-8975 Japan
Tel: +81 3 5521 8260
Fax: +81 3 3580 3596
e-mail:
CENTRAL & EASTERN EUROPE – SLOVENIA
Dr Marta Ciraj
Director
National Chemicals Bureau
Ministry of Health
Mali trg 6, SI-1000 Ljubljana
Slovenia
Tel: +3861 47 86 039
Fax: +386 1 47 86 266
Email:
Vice-President CEE Regional "Co-worker"
cc: Mrs Karmen Krajnc
Undersecretary
National Chemical Bureau
Ministry of Health
Malitrg 6, SI-1000 Ljubljana
Slovenia
Tel: +386 1 478 60 54
Fax: +386 1 478 62 66
Email:
Vice-President CEE "Co-worker"
SAICM CEE Regional Focal Point (Interim)
Ms Luminita Liliana Tirchila
Counselor
Dangerous Substances Directorate
Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development
12 Libertatii Bv., 5 District
Bucherest
Romania
Tel: +04 021 317 40 70
Email:
cc: Mr Teodor Ognean
Email:
LATIN AMERICAS & THE CARIBBEAN – SURINAME
Dr Jules F. M. De Kom
Toxicology Focal Point
Secretariat Director
Ministry of Health
H. Arronstraat 64 B
Paramaribo
Suriname
Tel: +597 477601 or 597 44 2222 Ext. 578
Fax: +597473 923
Email:
Vice-President LAC "Co-worker"
SAICM LAC Regional Focal Point
Mr Gonzalo Entenza
Dirección General de Asuntos Ambientales
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores y Culto
Esmeralda 1212
Buenos Aires 1007
Argentina
Tel: +54 11 5166 8469
Fax: +54 11 4819 7413
Email:
WESTERN EUROPE & OTHER GROUPS – SWITZERLAND
Dr Georg Karlaganis
Head of the Substances, Soil & Biotech. Div.
Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy & Communications
Federal Office for the environment
Worblentalstr.68 3063 Ittigen
Postal address: Berne CH-3003
Switzerland
Tel: +41 31 32 26 955
Fax: +41 31 32 47 978
Email:
Vice-President WEOG "Co-worker"
WEOG SAICM Regional Focal Point
Ms Jane Stratford
Chemicals & Nanotechnologies Division
Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs
2A Nobel House
17 Smith Square
London SW1P 3JR
UK
Tel: +44 207 2381594
Fax:
Email:
Regional Representatives:
Member / Alternate
Africa / Burkino Faso
Prof Abdouraman Bary
Coordonnateur
Autorité nationale pour la Convention sur les Armes chimiques
09 BP 526 Ouagadougou 09
Ouagadougou
Burkina Faso
Tel: +226 76 59 53 47
Fax: +226 50 30 72 42
Email: / Angola
Prof André Nanizeyi Kindudi (Interim)
Director of Technology
Ministry of Science and Technology
Nationasl Centre of Technology
Rua Ho-Chi-Min
C.P. 2981
Luanda
Angola
Tel: +244912212172
Email:
Zambia
Mr Michael Musenga
Environmental Health Officer and Public Prosecutor for Environmental Health
Environmental Health Unit
Monze District Council
PO Box660149
Monze, Southern Province
Zambia
Tel: +260 97436314 (Mobile)
Fax: +26032 50265
Email: / Malawi
Mr Hlale Kelvin Nyangulu (Interim)
Director of Occupational Safety & Health
Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training
Private Bag 344
Lilongwe 3
Malawi
Tel: +265 177 5053
Fax: +265 177 3805/1571
Email:
Asia Pacific / China
Ms Wenchao ZANG
Deputy Director
Division of Solid Waste Management
Department of Pollution Control
State Evnrionmental Protection Administration
No 115 Xizhimennai Nanxiaojie
Beijing 100035
China
Tel: +861066556258
Fax: +861066556236
Email:
Korea (Republic of)
Dr Kyung-Hee Choi
Director
National Institute of Environmental Research
Ministry of the Environment
Environmental Research Complex
Kyungseo-dong, Seo-gu,
Inchon
Seoul 404-170
Korea (Republic of)
Tel: +82 32 56 07206
Fax: +82 32 568 2041
Email:
Asia Pacific / Thailand
Dr Chatri Banchuin
Secretary General
Food and Drug Administration
Ministry of Public Health
Tiwanon Rd.
Nontaburi 11000
Thailand
Tel: +662 590 7001
Fax: +662 590 7287
Email:
cc: Mrs. Werawan Tangkeo
Deputy Secretary General
Food and Drug Administration
Ministry of Public Health
Tiwanon Road, Nonthaburi11000
Thailand
Tel:+662-5907012
Fax: +662-5907287
e-mail:
cc: Mrs. Amornrat Leenanithigul
Tel:+662-5907289, +662-5918478
Fax: +662-5907287
e-mail: ,
cc:Dr Aurus Kongpanich
Tel: +662 590 7021
Fax: +662 590 7287
Email:
Central and Eastern Europe
Belarus
Dr Irina Zastenskaya
Deputy Director
Republican Scientific PracticalCenter of Hygiene
8 Academicheskaya Str
Minsk - 12 220012
Belarus
Tel: +375 17 292 5015
Fax: +375 17 284 0345
Email:
Latvia
Mr Arnis Ludborzs
Head of Chemicals Division
Latvian Environment, Geology and Meteorology Agency
Maskavas iela 165
Riga 1019
Latvia
Tel: +371 7146138
Fax: +371 7145154
Email:
Latin American & the Caribbean
Brazil
Mrs Rudolf Noronha
Director
Department of Environmental Quality
Email:
cc: Mrs Tais Pitta Cotta
Manager of Hazardous Waste and Clean Technology,
SQN 213 Bloco A
Apto 605 ASA Norte
Brasilia DF 70872-010
Brazil
Tel: +55 61 33171486
Email: or / ArgentinaHaiti
Mr Gonzalo Entenza
Dirección General de Asuntos Ambientales
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores y Culto
Esmeralda 1212
Buenos Aires 1007
Argentina
Tel: +54 11 5166 8469
Fax: +54 11 4819 7413
Email:
Chile
Mr Cristian Maquieira
Ambassador
Director, Medio Ambiente, Antártica y Asuntos Marítimos
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores
Teatinos 180, piso 13
Santiago (562)
Chile
Tel: +562 6794375 / 6794200
Fax: +562 6996640 / 6732152
Email:
/ Haiti
Dr Jean Claude Carre(Interim)
Chemical Safety Coordinator
Ministere de l’Environnement
181 Haut-Turgeau
Avenue Jean Paul II
Boite Postal 19260
Port au Prince
Haiti
Tel: +509 245 9309
Fax: +509 245 7360
Email:
Western Europe and others groups
Austria
Dr. Thomas Jakl
Federal Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management
Division V/2 - Chemicals Policy
A-1010 Vienna, Stubenbastei 5
Tel: +43-1-51522-2330
Fax: +43-1-51522-7334
Email:
cc: Dr Michael Wittmann Email:
France
Mr Philippe Chemin
Deputy Head of Sub-Division for Products and Wastes Division for Pollution and Risk Prevention Ministry in charge of the Environment
20 avenue de Ségur
75302 Paris
France
Tel: +33 1 42 19 15 85
Fax: +33 1 42 19 14 68
Email:
Germany
Ms Monika Luxem
Assistant Head of Division
Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
3 Robert-Schuman Platz
Bonn D-53175
Germany
Tel: +49 228 305 2722
Fax: +49 228 305 3524
Email:
NGO Science / ISDE
Dr Lilian Corra
ISDE President and resposible for Latin America
International Society of Doctors for the Environment
Bulnes 2009, 2°A
Buenos Aires 1425
Argentina
Tel: +54 11 4823 2298 Home: +54 11 4821 7782
Fax: +54 11 4823 2298
Email:
NGO Labour / ITUC
Mr Bjorn Erikson
Industrial Hygenist
Landsorganisasjonen i Norge
Youngsgaten 11
Oslo N-0181
Norway
Tel: +47 2306 1714
Fax: +47 2306 1753
Email:
NGO Public Interest / Shared membership
Pesticide Action Network (PAN) Philippines
Dr Romeo F. Quijano
President
Pesticide Action Network (PAN) Philippines
Lot 2
Block 30
Salome Tan St
BF Executive Village
Las Pinas City Metro-Manila 1740
Philippines
Tel: +63 2 8050585
Fax: +63 2 5218251
Email:
Center for International Environmental law (CIEL)
Mr Glenn Wiser
Senior Attorney
Center for International Environmental law (CIEL)
1350 Connecticut Avenue NW
Suite1100
Washington DC20036
United States of America
Tel: +1 202 785 8700
Fax: +1 202 785 8701
Email:
NGO Industry / Replacement/designation awaited
IOMC / IOMC/IOCC Chair
Dr Sameera Al-Tuwaijri
Director, SAFEWORK
International Labour Organization
Route des Morillons 4
Geneva 1211
Switzerland
Tel: +41 22 7998628
Fax: +41 22 7996878
Email:
cc: Ms Carolyn Vickers
IOMC Secretariat
c/o World Health Organization
20 Avenue Appia
1211 Geneva
Switzerland
Tel: +41 22 7911286
Fax: +41 22 7914848
Email:
cc: Dr T. Meredith
IOMC Secretariat
c/o World Health Organization
20 Avenue Appia
1211 Geneva
Switzerland
Tel: +41 22 7914348
Fax: +41 22 7914848
Email:
Host Country
Forum Vl / Senegal
Mr Cheikh Ndiaye Sylla
Deputy Director of Environment
Ministry of Environment
123 rue Calmette
BP6557
Dakar Etoile
Dakar
Senegal
Tel: +221 822 6211
Fax: +221 822 6212
Email:
Immediate Past President / Thailand
Dr Suwit Wibulpolprasert
Senior Advisor on Health Economics
The Office of Permanent Secretary
Ministry of Public Health
Tiwanon Road, Muang District
Nonthaburi 11000
Thailand
Tel: +66 2 59 0 1122
Fax: +66 2 59 1 8513
Email:
SAICM Secretariat
"Observer" / Dr Matthew Gubb
UNEP
15 Chemin des Anémones
Châtelaine
1219 Geneva
Switzerland
Tel: +41 22 9178200
Fax: +41 22 7973460
Email:
IFCS Executive Secretary / Dr Judy Stober
IFCS Secretariat
c/o World Health Organization
Avenue Appia
1211 Geneva 27
Switzerland
Tel: +41 22 7913650
Fax: + 41 22 7914875
Email:
cc: Mrs Pauline Lynch-Keep
IFCS Secretariat
c/o World Health Organization
Avenue Appia
1211 Geneva 27
Switzerland
Tel: +41 22 7913873
Fax: + 41 22 7914875
Email:
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