Country

Date

Focal Point

Contact Information

Azerbaijan

30 January -
2 February

Mr. Ali Hasanov
Deputy Prime Minister of the Azerbaijan Republic

State Commission
Baki seh., Lermontov kuc., 68
Baku 370066
Tel. No. (994 12) 924 161 or       925613
Fax No. (994 12) 924 161 or       989786

Tunisia

20 - 22 February

Mr. Dali Najeh
Director for International Cooperation

Ministry of Environment and Management of Land Use
1080 Tunis
Tel. No. (216 1) 708 431
Fax No. (216 1) 702 431

Bolivia

6 - 9 March

Mr. Bernard Requena
Subsecretario de Inversion

Ministerio de Inversion Publica Y Financiamiento Externo
Palacio de Comunicaciones
Piso II
La Paz
Tel. --
Fax No. (591 2) 392 891

Cambodia

13 - 16 March

Mr. Khieu Muth
Director General

Ministry of Environment
8 Samdech Preah Sihanouk
Tonle Bassac, Chamkamon
Phnom Penh
Tel. No. (855 16) 821 180
Fax No. (855 23) 427 844

Pakistan

14 -16 May

Mr. Mahboob Elahi
Director General

Ministry of Environment, Local Government and Rural Development
Government of Pakistan
Islamabad
Tel. No. (92 51) 920 1145
Fax No. (92 51) 920 5883

Niger

15 - 18 May

Mr. Abdullah Boureina
Minister of Finance

Ministry of Finance
Niamey
Tel. No. (227) 722 037
Fax No. (227) 735 983

Russian Federation

7 - 9 June

Mr. Amirkhan M. Amirkhanov
Head for the Department for Environment Protection and Ecological Safety

Ministry of Natural Resource
Moscow 117874
Tel. No. (7-095) 125 43 14
Fax No. (7 095) 125 55 59

Ukraine

12 - 15 June

Mr. Yaroslav Movchan
Head of the Department on Protection, Usage and Restoration of Natural Resources

Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources
5, Khreshchatyk
P. O. Box 190
03179 Kyiv
Tel./Fax (380 44) 228-2067 or
(380 44) 450 77-12

Iran

16 - 19 June

Ambassador Pirooz Hosseini
Permanent Representative to the United Nations and other International Organizations

Permanent Mission of Iran to the United Nations Office in Vienna
Ateliergasse 4
1220 Vienna
Austria
Tel. No. (43 1) 269 9660
Fax No. (43 1) 269 9791

Comoros, Mauritius and Seychelles

10 - 13 July

Mr. Guy Wong So 
Director

Ministry of Economic Planning and Development
Emmanuel Anquetil Building
9th floor
Port Louis
Mauritius
Tel. No. (230) 201 1261
Fax No. (230) 212 4124

Small Island Developing States (SIDS) - Pacific

17 - 20 September

Mr. Mose Pouvi Sua
Secretary for Foreign Affairs

Ministry of Foreign Affairs
P.O. Box L1859
Apia, Samoa
Tel. No. (685) 25313
Fax No. (685) 21504

Lebanon

8 - 11 October
(please note new dates are 8-11 January 2002)

Ms. Nancy Khoury
Public and International Relations

Ministry of Environment
Antelias
Tel. No. (961 4) 522 222
Fax No. (961 4) 525 080

Kazakhstan

31 October -
2 November

Mr. Nikolai Baev
Minister

Ministry of Ecology and Bioresources
106, Panfilov St.
Almaty 480091
Tel. No. (732 72) 631 273
Fax No. (732 72) 635 244

Ecuador

21 - 23
May 2002

Mr. Luis Carera de la Torre

President

Environmental Advisory Commission
Av. 10 de Agosto No. 3560 y
Mariana de Jesus
Edificio Metrocar, 4to. Piso
Quito
Tel. No. (593 2) 540 455
Fax No. (593 2) 565 80

Uganda

11 - 14
December

Mr. Chris K. Kassami
Permanent Secretary

Ministry of Planning and Economic Development
P.O. Box 7086
Kampala
Tel. No. (256 41) 241 529
Fax No. (256 41) 233 035