AARHUS CONVENTION Third Working Group on Genetically Modified Organisms Palais des Nations, Geneva, 17-19 June 2002 LIST OF PARTICIPANTS Chairperson: Mr. Helmut Gaugitsch, Austria GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES ALBANIA Mrs. Klodiana Agolli Expert, Ministry of Environment Str. Durresit 27, Tirana, Albania Tel.: +355 4 270 630 or 355 4 224 572 Fax: +355 4 270 627 or 355 4 270 623 E-mail: albnea@albnet.net ARMENIA Mrs. Aida Iskoyan Adviser of the Minister, Ministry of Nature Protection Moskovyan, 35, Yerevan 375002 Republic of Armenia Tel.: +374 1 52 10 99 or +374 1 53 18 61 or 374 1 53 18 62 Fax: +374 1 53 81 87 or +374 1 53 51 65 or 374 1 53 06 69 E-mail: aidaisk@arminco.com epac@arminco.com AUSTRIA Mr. Helmut Gaugitsch Scientific Officer, Federal Environment Agency Spittelauer Lände 5, A-1090 Vienna Tel.: +43 1 3104 3710 Fax: +43 1 3104 3700 E-mail gaugitsch@ubavie.gv.at BELGIUM Ms. Maud Istasse Conseillère Légale, Ministère Fédéral de l’Environnement Cité administrative de l’Etat, Boulevard Pachéco, 19 bte 5 Bruxelles B-1010, Belgique Tel.: +32 2 210 45 44 Fax: +32 2 210 48 52 E-mail: maud.istasse@health.fgov.be Mr. Marc Smaers Legal Adviser, Ministry of Flemish Community Koning Albert II-Laan 20, bus 8, B-1000 Brussels Tel.: +32 2 553 81 26 Fax: +32 2 553 81 65 E-mail: marc.smaers@lin.vlaanderen.be ../.. 1 Ms. Muriel Delvaux Legal Adviser, Ministry of Environment Walloon Region – DGRNE Avenue Prince de Liège, 15, 5100 Jambes, Belgique Tel.: +32 81 33 51 87 Fax: +32 81 33 51 22 E-mail: m.delvaux@mrw.wallonie.be CROATIA Ms. Nevenka Preradovic Senior Expert Adviser Ministry of Environmental Protection and Physical Planning Ulica Grada Vukovara 78 Zagreb HR-10000, Croatia Tel.: +385 1 610 65 69 Fax: +385 1 611 20 73 E-mail: nevenka.preradovic@duzo.tel.hr nevenka.preradovic@mzopu.hr DENMARK Ms. Brigitta Pürschel Head of Section, Danish Forest and Nature Agency Ministry of Environment Haraldsgade 53, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark Tel.: +45 39 47 22 69 Fax: +45 39 47 27 65 E-mail: bpc@sns.dk Mrs. Eva Juul Jensen Head of Section Danish Forest and Nature Agency Copenhagen, Denmark Tel.: +45 39 47 26 55 Fax: +45 39 47 26 90 E-mail: ejj@sns.dk ESTONIA Mrs. Liina Eek Senior Officer, Ministry of Environment 24, Toompuiestee, 15172 Tallinn, Estonia Tel.: +372 62 62 877 Fax: +372 62 62 901 E-mail: leek@ekm.envir.ee FRANCE Mr. Eric Schoonejans Biotechnology, MEDD 20 av. Ségur, 75332 Paris, France Tel.: +33 1 42 19 14 17 Fax: +33 1 42 19 14 67 E-mail: eric.schoonejans@environnement.gouv.fr 2 GEORGIA Ms. Maia Kapanadze Head of Department of Public Relations and Environmental Education Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources Kostava str, 68, Tbilisi 380015, Georgia Tel.: +995 32 94 36 70 or +995 32 33 39 52 Fax: +995 32 33 39 52 or +995 32 94 36 70 E-mail: airdept@caucasus.net GERMANY Mr. Gernot Schubert Ministry for Health 53108, Bonn, Germany Tel.: +49 228 941 3270 Fax: +49 228 941 4936 E-mail: schubert@bmg.bund.de Mr. Marc Auer Engineer, Ministry for the Environment Godesberger Allee 90, 53175 Bonn, Germany Tel.: +49 1888 305 2665 Fax: +49 1888 305 2695 E-mail: marc.auer@bund.bmu.de Mr. Peter Paffgen Conseiller Permanent Mission of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United Nations and other international organizations 28c, chemin du Petit-Saconnex, 1209 Geneva, Switzerland Tel.: +41 22 7301 111 Fax: +41 22 7301 295 ITALY Republic of MOLDOVA SLOVAKIA Ms. Silvia Francescon Ministry of Environment and Territory Via Cristoforo Colombo 44, 00147 Rome, Italy Tel.: +39 06 5722 8120 Fax: +39 06 5722 8177 E-mail: francescon.silvia@minambiente.it Mr. Valentin Plesca Head of Science, Ecological Education & Public Relations Department Ministry of Ecology, Construction and Territorial Development 9 Cosmonautilor str., Chisinau, MD 2005, Republic of Moldova Tel.: +373 2 22 68 53 or 373 2 22 62 61 Fax: +373 2 22 07 48 E-mail: valplesca@moldova.cc Mrs. Bozena Gasparikova Ministry of Environment Tel.: +4212 5956 23 00 Fax: +4212 5956 21 31 E-mail: gasparikova.bozena@enviro.gov.sk 3 SPAIN Mr. Jaime Pérez Lloret Jefe de Area, Secretaría General Técnica, Ministerio de Medio Ambiente Pz San Juan de la Cruz, s/n. 28071, Madrid, Spain Tel.: +91 597 6300 Fax: +91 597 5981 E-mail: area.informacion@vgt.mma.es Mrs. Miren Arretxe Zamakona TécnicoExperto de la Dirección General de Calidad y Evaluación Ambiental Ministerio de Medio Ambiente Pz San Juan de la Cruz, s/n. 28071, Madrid, Spain Tel.: +91 597 6300 Fax: +91 597 5981 E-mail: miren.arretxe.zamakona@es.pwcglobal.com SWITZERLAND UNITED KINGDOM Mr. François Pythoud Senior Scientific Officer Swiss Agency for the Environment, Forest and Landscape Tel.: +41 31 322 93 95 Fax: +41 31 324 71 78 E-mail: francois.pythoud@buwal.admin.ch Dr. Penny Bramwell Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) Zone 3E7, Ashdown House, 123 Victoria St., London, UK Tel.: +44 20 7944 2658 Fax: +44 20 7944 2669 E-mail: penny.bramwell@defra.gsi.gov.uk Mrs. Elizabeth Sawyer Biotechnology Adviser, Biotechnology Policy - Section HSE Rose Court, 2 Southwark Bridge, London SE1 9HS, UK Tel.: +44 207 717 6297 Fax: +44 20 7717 6199 E-mail: liz.sawyer@hse.gsi.gov.uk Ms. Elisabeth Jenkinson Solicitor, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) 55 Whitehall, London SW1A 2EY, UK Tel.: +44 207 270 1970 Fax: +44 207 270 1960 E-mail: elisabeth.jenkinson@defra.gsi.gov.uk UNITED STATES Mr. Michael Meigs Economic Counselor, US Mission Tel.: +022 749 46 10 Fax: +022 749 48 83 E-mail: meigsma@state.gov 4 UKRAINE UZBEKISTAN EUROPEAN COMMUNITY Mr. Andrii Ostapenko Head of Department, Ministry of the Environment & Natural Resources 5, Khreshchatyk str., 01601 Kyiv, Ukraine Tel.: +380 44 288 5072 Fax: +380 44 288 1564 or +380 44 269 0070 E-mail: andrii-ostapenko@ukr.net ecopolicy@menr.gov.ua Mr. Sativaldi Djataev Head of Plant Biotechnology Laboratory State Committee for Nature Protection, Academy of Sciences Glavpochtamt, PO 97, 700000, Uzbeskistan Tel.: +99871 162 99 65 Fax: +99871 264 22 30 E-mail: gceb@sato.gov.uz biotech@uzsci.net Mr. Daniele Franzone Deputy Head of Unit, European Commission DG ENV - BU5 2-151, B-1049 Brussels, Belgium Tel.: +32 2 29 50476 Fax: +32 2 29 66233 E-mail: daniele.franzone@cec.eu.int NGOs and other organizations REC EUROPEAN ECO FORUM Mrs. Magda Toth Nagy Program Head Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe Ady Endre ut.9-11, 2000 Szentendre, Hungary Tel.: +36 26 504 035 Fax: +36 26 311 294 E-mail: tmagdi@rec.org Ms. Iza Kruszewska NGO Co-ordinator, European ECO Forum PO Box 12201, London SWI7 9ZL, UK Tel/Fax: +44 20 8672 3454 E-mail: iza@cpa-iza.u-net.com Ms. Iryna Tustanovska European ECO Forum 2 Krushenitska St., Lviv 79000, Ukraine Tel.: +380 322 72 27 46 Fax: +380 322 97 14 46 E-mail: itustan@darkwing.uoregon.edu irynatustanovska@yale.edu (new available address from 1-09-02) ../. 5 Mr. Juan López Villar European ECO Forum Rue Blanche 29, 1060 Brussels, Belgium Tel.: +32 2 542 01 87 Fax: +32 2 537 55 96 E-mail: juan.lopez@foeeurope.org UMANOTERA The Slovenian Foundation for Sustainable Development Ms. Marjana Dermelj Project Manager, UMANOTERA Resljeva 20, P.O. Box 4110, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia Tel.: +386 1 439 71 00 Fax: +386 1 439 71 05 E-mail: marjana@umanotera.org GLOBE EUROPE Mr. Ilya Trombitsky GLOBE Europe, c/o BIOTICA Ecological Society of Moldova, PO Box 1451, Chisinau 2043, Moldova Tel.: +373 2 24 32 74 Fax: +373 2 24 37 17 E-mail: ilya.trombitsky@biotica-moldova.org UNECE Secretariat Mr. Jeremy Wates Secretary, Aarhus Convention, Environment and Human Settlements Division ECE, Palais des Nations, 1211-Geneva 10, Switzerland Tel.: +41 22 917 2384 Fax: +41 22 907 0107 E-mail: jeremy.wates@unece.org Ms. Sofie H. Flensborg Aarhus Convention - ENHS Division - ECE Tel.: +41 22 917 26 50 Fax: +41 22 907 01 07 E-mail: sofie.flensborg@unece.org Ms. Isabelle Labre Aarhus Convention - ENHS Division – ECE Tel.: +41 22 917 42 26 Fax: +41 22 907 06 34 E-mail: isabelle.labre@unece.org 6