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The Bureau

The International Conference has a Bureau in accordance with its rules of procedure. 

The Bureau advises the President and the Secretariat on the conduct of the business of the International Conference and its subsidiary bodies. The current Bureau will be in office until the closure of the first session of the International Conference. 

 
  • President of the Bureau

    Mr. Hammad Shamimi (Asia-Pacific)

    Mr. Hammad Shamimi
    Additional Secretary-II
    Ministry of Climate Change and Environmental Coordination
     
    Address: 03rd Floor, LG & RD Complex, Sector G-5/2, Islamabad, Pakistan
     
    E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] 
     
    Phone: +92-51-9245585
  • Vice presidents
    AFRICA
    Mr. Santos Virgilio
    Focal point
    Ministry of Environment Angola 

    Address: Luanda, Angola 

    E-mail: [email protected]
    LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
    Ms. Vanesa Aliaga Araujo
    Third Secretary 
    Permanent Mission of Peru to International Organizations in Geneva Peru 

    Address: Geneva, Switzerland 

    E-mail: [email protected]
    CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE
    Ms. Magdalena Frydrych
    Head of Unit 
    Bureau for Chemical Substances Poland 

    Address: Lodz, Poland 

    E-mail: [email protected]
    WESTERN EUROPEAN AND OTHERS
    Mr. Audun Heggelund
    Senior Advisor 
    Norwegian Environment Agency Norway 

    Address: Oslo, Norway 

    E-mail: [email protected]

Consistent with the multi-sectoral character of the Global Framework on Chemicals – For a Planet Free of Harm from Chemicals and Waste and in accordance with rule 15 of the rules of procedure, four representatives of non-governmental participants as well as the chair of the Inter-Organization Programme for the Sound Management of Chemicals (IOMC) participate in Bureau meetings. 

The following were elected by and from non-governmental participants to represent each of the health, industry, trade union and public interest groups (the chair of the IOMC is elected by the IOMC Participating Organizations):

  • Multi-sectoral representatives
    Health
    Ms. Susan Wilburn
    Senior Sustainability Advisor
    Health Care Without Harm, United States of America

    Address: Reston, United States of America

    E-mail: [email protected]
    Industry
    Ms. Chrysanthi Sofokleus
    Chemical Legislation Manager
    International Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA), Belgium

    Address:Brussels, Belgium

    E-mail: [email protected]
    Public Interest Group
    Ms. Sara Brosche
    Science Advisor
    International Pollutants Elimination Network (IPEN), Sweden

    Address: Molndal, Sweden

    E-mail: [email protected]
    Trade Union
    Mr. Rory O'Neill
    Labour standards and OHS adviser
    International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

    Address: Bradford, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

    E-mail: [email protected]
    IOMC
    Mr. Bob Diderich
    Head of Division / Chair of IOMC, OECD

    Address: 2, Rue André Pascal, 75775 Paris Cedex, 16 France

    Phone: +33 1 4524 14 85

    E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]
  • Regional focal points
    Regional focal points
    LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
    Mr. Francisco Napoleón García Ortíz
    Counselor Ministry of Foreign Affairs El Salvador 

    Address: Geneva, Switzerland 

    E-mail: [email protected]
    ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
    Ms. Itsuki Kuroda
    Deputy Director Ministry of the Environment Japan 

    Address: Tokyo, Japan 

    E-mail: [email protected]
    WESTERN EUROPEAN AND OTHERS
    Mr. Ivo de Zwaan
    Alternate Head of Delegation
    Ministry of Infrastructure and Water management, The Netherlands

    Address: Den Haag, Netherlands (Kingdom of the)

    E-mail: [email protected]
    AFRICA
    Mr. Lamin Jaiteh
    National Environment Agency

    Address: Banjul, Gambia

    E-mail: [email protected]
    CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE
    Ms. Suzana Andonova, DMD
    National Project Coordinator
    Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning / POPs Unit North Macedonia 

    Address: Presveta Bogorodica 3 1000 Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia

    Phone: (+389) 70 645 941

    E-mail: [email protected]
Last updated: 17 Mar 2025, 14:09
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