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No. Participant Status of Ratifications List of nominated official contact points
Signature, Succession to Signature (d) Ratification, Acceptance (A), Approval (AA), Accession (a)
 1 Armenia 23/05/2001 26/11/2003 Dr. Anahit Aleksandryan
Head of Division
Ministry of Nature Protection
Hazardous Substances and Wastes Management Division
Governmental Building 3
Republic Square
Yerevan
Armenia
Tel: +374 10 53 88 38, +374 10 540 896
Fax: +374 10 53 88 38
email: analeks@xter.net, anahit_aleksandryan@yahoo.com
 2  Azerbaijan       13/01/2004 (a)    Mr. Gulmali Suleymanov
Chief of Division
Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources
Division of Climate Change and Ozone Centre
50 Haydar Aliyev Avenue
Baku
Azerbaijan
Tel: +994 12 598 2795, +994 12 438 8513
Fax: +994 12 441 56 85
email: elimoz@online.az
 3  Bahrain      22/05/2002  31/01/2006  
 4  Bangladesh    23/05/2001   12/03/2007    Dr. Nasir Uddin
Deputy Secretary
Ministry of Environment and Forests
Room No.: 1301
Building No.: 6
Bangladesh Secretariat
Dhaka
Bangladesh
Tel: +880 2 7167472
Fax: +880 2 7169210
email: dsenv1@moef.gov.bd
 5  Brunei Darussalam    21/05/2002    
 6  Cambodia    23/05/2001      25/08/2006  Mr. Heng Nareth
DirectorMinistry of Environment
Department of Pollution Control
48, Samdech Preah Sihanouk
Tonle Bassac, Chamkarmon
Phnom PenhCambodia
Tel: +885 12 926 108
Fax: +885 23 987 880
email: heng.nareth@online.com.kh
 7  China     23/05/2001   13/08/2004    Ms. Jieqing Zhang
Director, Division of International Organizations and Conventions
Department of International Cooperation
Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP)
No. 115 Xizhimennei Nanxiaojie
Beijing
China
Tel: +86 (10) 6655 6520
Fax: +86 (10) 6655 6513
email: zhang.jieqing@mep.gov.cn
 8

 Cyprus   

    07/03/2005 (a)   Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary,
Permanent Representative
Permanent Mission of the Republic of Cyprus to the United Nations Office at Geneva and Specialized Institutions in Switzerland
Rue du Grand-Pré 66
Geneva
Switzerland
Tel: +41 22 798 21 50
Fax: +41 22 791 00 84
email: cyprus@cyprusmission.ch

The Minister for Foreign Affairs
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Demostenis Severis Avenue
Govenment House 18
Nicosia
Cyprus

 9  Georgia   23/05/2001    04/10/2006    Mr. Alverd Chankseliani
Head of Division
Waste and Chemicak Substabces Management Division
Ministry of Environment Protection and Natural Resources
6 Gulua Street
Tbilisi
Georgia
Tel: +995 (32) 727227
Fax: +995 (32) 727223
email: chem_ira@yahoo.com
 10  India     14/05/2002   13/01/2006   Mr. Shri Rajiv Gauba
Joint Secretary
Ministry of Environment and Forests
Hazardous Substances Management Division
Paryavaran Bhawan
c.g.o Complex, Lodhi road
New Delhi
India
Tel: +91 (11) 24360634
Fax: +91 (11) 24363577
email: r.gauba@nic.in
 11  Indonesia     23/05/2001   28/09/2009    Ms. Halimah Syafrul
Assistant Deputy for Hazardous and Toxic Substance Management
Deputy Minister for Hazardous Substances, Hazardous Wastes and Solid Wastes Management
Ministry of Environment
Jl. D.I. Panjaitan Kav 24, Kebon Nana
Building C, 2nd floor
Jakarta 13410Indonesia
Tel: +62 (21) 85905639
Fax: +62 (21) 85906679
email: halimah_syafrul@yahoo.com
 12

 Iran (Islamic Republic of)  

 23/05/2001    06/02/2006    Mr. Gholamhossein Dehghani
Director General for International Political Affairs
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Building No. 8.West
United Nations Avenue, Imam Khomeini Sq.
Tehran
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Tel: +98 (21) 6115 4336, +98 (21) 6671 6900
Fax: +98 (21) 6674 0094
email: gdehghani7@gmail.com

Mr. Nassereddin Heidari
Deputy Secretary
National Authority for Conventions on Chemicals
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
United Nations Avenue
Building No. 8.2
Imam Sq.
Tehran
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Tel: +98 (21) 61154448
Fax: +98 (21) 66740094
email: nheidari63@gmail.com

 13  Israel     30/07/2001      ISRAEL
Dr. Gilly Zimand
Deputy Director
Ministry of Environmental Protection - Israel
Division of Hazardous Substances
PO Box: 34033
Jerusalem
Israel
Tel: +972 2 655 3766, +972 2 655 3771
Fax: +972 2 655 3763
email: giliz@sviva.gov.il
 14

 Japan   

   30/08/2002 (a)    JAPAN
Mr. Toshikatsu Aoyama
Senior Coordinator, Global Environment Division
International Cooperation Bureau
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2-2-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku
100-8919 TokyoJapan
Tel: +81 (3) 5501 8245
Fax: +81 (3) 5501 8244
email: toshikatsu.aoyama@mofa.go.jp,
 mayuka.ishida@mofa.go.jp

JAPAN
Environment Officer
Permanent Mission of Japan in Geneva
3 Chemin des Fins 1211
PO Box: 337
Geneva 19
Switzerland
Tel: +(41) 22 717 3111
Fax: +(41) 22 788 3811
email: mission@ge-japan.ch

 15  Jordan       18/01/2002  08/11/2004   JORDAN
H.E. Eng. Khaled Anis Irani
Minister
Ministry of Environment
Oum Othenah, P.O. Box 1408
PO Box: 1408
Amman
Jordan
Tel: +962 6 5560113 (Ext. 205, 222)
Fax: +962 6 5560288, +962 6 5525315
email: moenv@moenv.gov.jo
 16  Kazakhstan     23/05/2001   09/11/2007  
 17  Korea, Democratic People´s Republic of       26/08/2002 (a)  
 18  Korea, Republic of    04/10/2001    25/01/2007    KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Mr. Park Heung-kyeong
Director
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and TradeEnvironmental Cooperation Division
Room # 710
95-1 Doryemdong, Jongrogu
Seoul
Korea, Republic of
Tel: +82 2 2100 7745
Fax: +82 2 2100 7991
email: Environment@mofat.go.kr
 19  Kuwait     23/05/2001   12/06/2006    KUWAIT
Captain Ali Haider
Acting Director General
Environment Public Authority
P.O. Box 24395
Safat
Kuwait
Tel: +965 24820590
Fax: +965 24820570
email: farman101@hotmail.com
 20  Kyrgyzstan     16/05/2002   12/12/2006   KYRGYZSTAN
Ms. Taisia Neronova
Head
Section of Industrial Ecology
State Agency for Environment Protection and Forestry
228 Toktogul Str.
Bishkek
Kyrgyzstan
Tel: +996 (312) 611833
Fax: +996 (312) 611396, +996 (312) 545282
email: min-eco@elcat.eg, neronova@rambler.ru
 21  Lao People´s Democratic Republic     05/03/2002   28/06/2006    LAO PEOPLE´S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
Mrs. Monemany Nhoybouakong
Director General of Environment Research Institute
Environment Research Institute
Science Technology and Environment Agency
PO Box: 2279
Vientiane
Lao People´s Democratic Republic
Tel: +856 21 21 89 15
Fax: +856 21 21 34 72
email: mone_many@yahoo.com
 22  Lebanon    23/05/2001    03/01/2003  
 23

 Malaysia  

 16/05/2002       MALAYSIA
Dr. Nadzri Yahaya
Deputy Undersecretary
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
Conservation and Environmental Management Division
6th floor, Tower Block 4G3, Precinct 4
Federal Government Administrative Centre
Putrajaya
Malaysia
Tel: +603 8886 1129, +603 8888 4473
email: nadzri@nre.gov.my

MALAYSIA
Dr. Lian Kok Fei
Undersecretary
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
Conservation and Environmental Management Division
6th Floor, Tower Block 4G3, Precint 4,
Federal Government Administrative Centre
Putrajaya
Malaysia
Tel: +6 03 8886 1125
Fax: +6 03 8888 4473
email: drlian@nre.gov.my

 24  Maldives        17/10/2006 (a)   MALDIVES
H. E. Dr. Mohamed Shareef
State Minister
Ministry of Housing, Transportation and Environment
Fen Building, 3rd Floor, Ameenee Magu
Male' 20156
Maldives
Tel: +960 3004300
Fax: +960 3004341
email: mohamed.shareef@mhe.gov.mv
 25  Mongolia      17/05/2002   30/04/2004   MONGOLIA
Mrs. Jargalsaikhan Lkhasuren
Secretary and Chair of Council's Office
Ministry of Nature, Environment and Tourism
National Chemicals Management Council
Room 209, Government Building No. 2
Negdsen Vndestnii Gudamg 5/2
Ulaanbaatar 210646
Mongolia
Tel: +976 (51) 266528
Fax: +976 (51) 266528
email: jargalsaikhan@mne.gov.mn, l.jargals@yahoo.com
 26  Myanmar         19/04/2004 (a)  MYANMAR
Mr. Hla Maung Thein
Joint Secretary / Director
National Commission for Environmental Affairs
Ministry of Forestry
Building No. 28
Nay Pyi Taw
Myanmar
Tel: +95 (67) 405381
Fax: +95 (67) 405391
email: env.myan@mptmail.net.mm
 27  Nepal   05/04/2002    06/03/2007    NEPAL
Ms. Meena Khanal
Joint Secretary
Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology
Singha Durbar
Kathmandu
Nepal
Tel: +977 (1) 4211 996
Fax: +977 (1) 4211 754
email: meenakhanal@hotmail.com
 28  Oman      04/03/2002    19/01/2005  OMAN
Mr. Said Al-Zadjali
Director of Chemical Substances
Ministry of Regional Municipalities, Environment and Water Resources
PO Box: 323
Muscat
Oman
Tel: +968 24 692 417
Fax: +968 24 692 462
email: dcs@mrmewr.gov.om
 29  Pakistan    06/12/2001     17/04/2008   PAKISTAN
Mr. Muhammad Ashraf
Joint Secretary
International Cooperation
Ministry of Environment
LG & RD Complex, 4th Floor, Room 408
Sector G-5/2, Local Government Building
Islamabad-44000
Pakistan
Tel: +92 (51) 924 5523
Fax: +92 (51) 924 5524
email: jsicenv@gmail.com, aali90@yahoo.com
 30  Philippines     23/05/2001   27/02/2004    PHILIPPINES
Mr. Juan Miguel T. Cuna
Director
Environment and Management Bureau (EMB)
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)
DENR Compound, Visayas Avenue
Diliman, Quezon City
Manila
Philippines
Tel: +63 (2) 920 2246
Fax: +63 (2) 927 1518
email: attymitchcuna@yahoo.com, embcentral@yahoo.com
 31  Qatar        10/12/2004 (a)   QATAR
Eng. Mohammed Guloom Al-Ibrahim
Head of Chemical Management SectionSupreme Council for the Environment & Natural Reserves
PO Box: P.O. Box 7634
Doha
Qatar
Tel: +974 443 7171 ext 244
Fax: +974 441 5246
email: mgibrahim@qatarenv.org
 32  Saudi Arabia    14/03/2002    
 33  Singapore     23/05/2001    24/05/2005   SINGAPORE
Ms. Rohaya Saharom
Senior Engineer, Chemical Control Section
Pollution Control Department
National Environment Agency
Environment Building
40 Scotts Road, No. 13-00
Singapore
Tel: +65 (6731) 9654
Fax: +65 (6836) 2294
email: rohaya_saharom@nea.gov.sg
 34

 Sri Lanka   

 05/09/2001    22/12/2005   SRI LANKA
Ms. Leela Padmini Batuwitage
Additional Secretary
Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources
82, Sampathpaya, Rajamal Watte Rd.
Battaramulla
Sri Lanka
Tel: +94 (11) 287 5327
Fax: +94 (11) 287 9834
email: padmini@menr.lk

SRI LANKA
H. E. Hon. Patali Champika Ranawaka
Minister
Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources
No. 82 Sampathpaya, Rajamalwatta Road
Battaramulla
Sri Lanka
Tel: +94 (11) 2866617, +94 (11) 2866618
Fax: +94 (11) 2866613, +94 (11) 2877281
email: secoffiee@menr.lk

SRI LANKA
Mr. M. A. R. D. Jayathilake
Secretary
Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources
No. 82 Sampathpaya
Rajamalwatta Road
Battaramulla
Sri Lanka
Tel: +94 (11) 287 7290, +94 (11) 287 7291
Fax: +94 (11) 287 7292
email: secoffice@menr.lk

SRI LANKA
H. E. Mrs. Kshenuka Senewiratne
Ambassador, Permanent Representative
Permanent Mission of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka to the United Nations Office and other International Organizations in Geneva
Rue de Moillebeau 56 (5th Floor)
Case postale 436
Geneva 19
Switzerland
Tel: +41 (22) 919 12 50, +41 (22) 734 90 84
Fax: +41 (22) 734 90 84
email: mission@lankamission.org

SRI LANKA
Mr. S. M. D. P. A Jayatilake
Director
Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources
No. 342, Third Floor
Pittakotte Junction
Kotte
Sri Lanka
Tel: +94 (11) 2816970
Fax: +94 (11) 4410236
email: eeconga@yahoo.com

 35  Syrian Arab Republic      15/02/2002  05/08/2005    SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC
Eng. Fouad Elok
Director, Chemical Safety and Waste Management
Chemical safety Directorate
Ministry of State for Environmental Affairs
Yousef Azmeh Seq
P.O. Box 3773
PO Box: 3773
Damascus
Syrian Arab Republic
Tel: +963 944646595
Fax: +963 (11) 2320885
email: fa-ok@scs-net.org, fa-ok@aloola.sy
 36  Tajikistan    21/05/2002     08/02/2007   TAJIKISTAN
Mr. Abdusalim Juraev
Head of Department
Ministry of Agriculture and Environment Protection
Nature Resources Use and Environment Protection
5/1 Shamsi street
734034 Dushanbe
Tajikistan
Tel: +99 237 221 78 38, +99 237 221 79 52
Fax: +99 237 221 18 39
email: office@pops.tj
 37  Thailand    22/05/2002    31/01/2005    THAILAND
Dr. Supat Wangwongwatana
Director General
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
Pollution Control Department
92 Soi Phahon Yothin 7, Phahon Yothin Rd.
Phayathai
Bangkok
Thailand
Tel: +66 2298 2121
Fax: +66 2298 21 29, +66 2298 2425
email: supat.w@pcd.go.th, dvase.c@pcd.go.th
 38  Turkey    23/05/2001    14/10/2009   TURKEY
Mr. Abdurrahman Uluirmak
Head of Chemical Management Department
The Ministry of Environment and Forestry
General Directorate of Environmental Management
Bestepe
Ankara
Turkey
Tel: +90 312 207 6464
Fax: +90 (312) 287 38 27
email: auluirmak@cevreorman.gov.tr
 39  United Arab Emirates    23/05/2001    11/07/2002    UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Dr. Muna Al Falasi
Director
Department of Chemicals and Hazardous Waste
Ministry of Environment and Waste
P.O. Box 1509
Dubai
United Arab Emirates
Tel: +971 (42) 148474
Fax: +971 (42) 655822
email: mbalfalasi@moew.gov.ae
 40  Viet Nam     23/05/2001   22/07/2002    VIET NAM
Mr. Hoang Minh Dao
Director
Pollution Control Department (PCD)
Vietnam Environment Administration
409 Kim Ma Street
Dong Da District
Hanoi
Viet Nam
Tel: +84 (4) 37713175
Fax: +84 (4) 37713176
email: hmdao@monre.gov.vn, daohm52@yahoo.com
 41  Yemen    05/12/2001    09/01/2004    YEMEN
Mr. Salem Baquhaizel
General Director, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
Environment Protection Authority (EPA)
Ministry of Water and Environment
P.O. Box 19719
Sana'a
Yemen
Tel: +967 120 7817
Fax: +967 120 73 27
email: epa-yemen@yemen.net.ye
 42 Afghanistan      
 43 East Timor      
 44 Palestine      
 45 Turkmenistan      
 46  Iraq      IRAQ
Mr. Baraa Natik Nuaman
Ministry of Environment
Iraq
Tel: +964 7901855290
email: baraanatik@yahoo.com
 47 Bhutan      
 48 Uzbekistan      

 

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