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Focal Points
Bahamas
H.E. Ronald THOMPSON
(Political Focal Point) since January 29, 2008
Ambassador for the Environment
BEST Commission, Office of the Prime Minister
Nassau Court
Nassau
Bahamas
Tel: 242 322 4546
Fax: 242 326 3509
EMail: ronaldthompson@bahamas.gov.bs
Mr. Phillip WEECH
(Operational Focal Point) since February 13, 2008
The Bahamas Environment, Science and Technology Commission
Nassau Court
Nassau
Bahamas
Tel: 242 322 4546
Fax: + 1 242 326 3509
EMail: philipweech@bahamas.gov.bs
Bangladesh
Mr. Iqbal MAHMOOD
(Political Focal Point) since October 26, 2011
Secretary, Economic Relations Division
Ministry of Finance
Sher-e Bangla Nagar
Dhaka - 1207
Bangladesh
Tel: + 880 2 911 3743
Fax: + 880 2 811 3088
EMail: secretary@erd.gov.bd
Mr. Mesbah ul ALAM
(Operational Focal Point) since January 31, 2011
Secretary
Ministry of Environment and Forests
Bangladesh Secretariat,
Building # 6,
Room # 1309
Dhaka - 1000
Bangladesh
Tel: + 88 02 71 60481
Fax: + 88 02 716 9210
EMail: mesbah02@gmail.com, secretary@moef.gov.bd
Barbados
Mr. Charles BURNETT
(Political Focal Point) since December 14, 2010
Permanent Secretary
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade
No.1 Culloden Road
St. Michael
Barbados
Tel: + 246 431-2211
Fax: + 246 429-6652
EMail: cburnett@foreign.gov.bb, jbrathwaite@foreign.gov.bb
Mr. Rickardo WARD
(Operational Focal Point) since April 01, 2009
Project Manager
Ministry of Environment and Drainage
1st Floor,
Musson Building,
Hincks Street
Bridgetown - BB 11144
Barbados
Tel: + 246 467 5700/02
Fax: + 246 437 8859
EMail: wardr@gob.bb, jbrathwaite@foreign.gov.bb, jreid@foreign.gov.bb
Ms. Jane BRATHWAITE
(GEF Advisor) for Barbados
Counselor, Embassy of Barbados in Washington DC
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Barbados
2144 Wyoming Avenue, NW
Washington, DC - 20008
USA
Tel: 202 939-9200
Fax: 202 332-7467
EMail: jbrathwaite@foreign.gov.bb
Belarus
Mr. Vitaly KULIK
(Political/Operational Focal Point) since March 18, 2010
First Deputy Minister
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection
10 Kollektonaja Street
Minsk - 220048
Belarus
Tel: + 375 17 200 6762
Fax: + 375 17 200 9047
EMail: climate.belarus@tut.by, icd@minpriroda.by, minproos@tut.by
Belgium
Mr. Jozef BUYS
(Political Focal Point) since March 17, 2008
Chief of Mission
Ministry of Finance
Directorate General for Development Cooperation
15 Karmelietenstraat
Brussels - B1000
Belgium
Tel: 011 32 2 501 4897
Fax: 011 32 251 9 0570
EMail: jozef.buys@diplobel.fed.be
Belize
Mr. Martin ALEGRIA
(Council Member for the Constituency of: Antigua And Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Kitts And Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago/Operati since February 02, 2011
Chief Environment Officer
Department of the Environment,
Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment
10/12 Ambergris Avenue
Belmopan
Belize
Tel: + 501 802 2542, +501 802 2816,
Fax: + 501 822 2892
EMail: martinalegria@hotmail.com, envirodept@btl.net
Mr. Alexis ROSADO
(Political Focal Point) since May 27, 2008
Chief Executive Officer
Government of Belize
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Nemo Building
P.O Box 174
Belmopan
Belize
Tel: 501 822 2322, 501 822-2167
Fax: 501 822-2854
EMail: belizemfa@btl.net, alexisr99@yahoo.com
Benin
Mr. Theophile Chabi WOROU
(Political Focal Point) since March 01, 2005
Directeur de Cabinet du Ministre
Ministere de l'Environnement et de la Protection de la Nature
01 B.P. 3621
Cotonou
Benin
Tel: 011 229 2131 4137
Fax: 011 229 2131 5081
EMail: theo_worou@yahoo.fr
Mr. Delphin AIDJI
(Operational Focal Point) since November 27, 2009
Secretaire General Adjoint du Ministere
Ministere de l'Environnement, de l'Habitat et de l"Urbanisme
01 B.P. 3621Cotonou
Cotonou
Benin
Tel: +229 2131 8045
Fax: + 229 2131 5081
EMail: ecartype@yahoo.fr
Bhutan
Mr. KINZANG
(Political Focal Point) since September 07, 2011
Chief, International Organization Division
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Thimphu
Bhutan
Tel: + 975 2 323 297
Fax: + 975 2 331 707
EMail: kinzang@mfa.gov.bt, kparop@aol.com
Mr. Karma TSHITEEM
(Operational Focal Point) since August 15, 2007
Secretary
Gross National Happiness Commission
P O Box 187,
Tashichhodzong
Thimphu - 11001
Bhutan
Tel: + 975 2 323 176
Fax: + 975 2 322 928
EMail: ktshiteem@gnhc.gov.bt
Bolivia
Ms. Viviana CARO HINOJOSA
(Political Focal Point) since April 19, 2011
Minister
Ministry of Planning and Development
Avenida Mariscal Santa Cruz Esquina Oruro #1092,
Ex Edificio Comibol
La Paz
Bolivia
Tel: + 591 22 31 07 74, + 591 22 11 6000
EMail: jjaille@gmail.com, ftorrico@planificacion.gob.bo
Ms. Cynthia Viviana SILVA MATURANA
(Operational Focal Point) since April 19, 2011
Vice-Minister of Environment, Biodiversity, Climate Change and Forest Management
Ministry of Environment and Water
Av. Camacho No. 1471 entre Calles Loayza y Bueno
La Paz, La Paz
Bolivia
Tel: + 591 2 214-1124, 591 2 214-6383
Fax: + 591 2 214-6385
EMail: cynthia.silva@mmaya.gob.bo, silvacynthiavm@gmail.com
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Mr. Senad OPRASIC
(Alternate Member for the Constituency of: Albania, Bulgaria, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Georgia, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Ukraine/Operational Focal Point) since December 09, 2011
Head, Department for Environment Protection
Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economical Relations
Musala 9
Sarajevo - 7130
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Tel: + 387 33 552 365
Fax: + 387 33 552 366
EMail: senadoprasic@yahoo.com, senad.oprasic@mvteo.gov.ba
Mr. Mladen ZIROJEVIC
(Political Focal Point) since February 17, 2009
Minister
Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations
Musala 9
Sarajevo - 71000
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Tel: + 387 33 47 3123
Fax: + 387 33 47 3123
EMail: mvtured@bih.net.ba
Botswana
Mr. Stevie Chilume MONNA
(Political Focal Point) since February 02, 2010
Director, Department of Environmental Affairs
Ministry of Environment, Wildlife and Tourism
Private Bag 0068
Gaborone
Botswana
Tel: + 267 3902050
Fax: + 267 3902051
EMail: smonna@gov.bw, environbotswana@gov.bw, tlphuthego@gov.bw, tlphuthego@yahoo.com
Mrs. Ingrid M. OTUKILE
(Operational Focal Point) since February 02, 2010
Chief Natural Resource Officer and Head of Policies and Programmes Division
Ministry of Environment, Wildlife and Tourism
Department of Environmental Affairs
Private Bag 0068
Gaborone
Botswana
Tel: + 267 3902050
Fax: + 267 3902051
EMail: iotukile@gov.bw, mpundu.chite@gmail.com, tlphuthego@gov.bw, tlphuthego@yahoo.com
Brazil
Mr. Raphael AZEREDO
(Alternate Member for the Constituency of: Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador/Political Focal Point) since September 06, 2011
Chief of Staff, Under Secretariat for Environment, Energy, Science and Technology
Ministry of External Relations
SGAET- Ministerio das Relacoes Exteriores
Esplanada dos Ministerios,
Bloco "H", Anexo I, Sala 230
Brasilia, DF - 70170-900
Brazil
Tel: + 5561 3411-6360
Fax: + 5561 3411-6365
EMail: raphael.azeredo@itamaraty.gov.br
Mr. Rodrigo VIEIRA
(Operational Focal Point) since July 13, 2011
General Coordinator for External Financing
Ministry of Planning, Budget and Management
Secretaria de Assuntos Internacionais,
Esplanada dos Ministerios
Bloco K, No. 5 Andar
Brasilia, DF - 70040-906
Brazil
Tel: + 55 61 2020 4463/4464
Fax: + 55 61 2020 5006
EMail: seain@planejamento.gov.br
Bulgaria
Ms. Ivelina VASILEVA
(Political Focal Point) since November 09, 2009
Deputy Minister
Ministry of Environment and Water
22 Maria Louisa Blvd.
Sofia - 1000
Bulgaria
Tel: + 359 2 940 6182
Fax: + 359 2 980 9641
EMail: ivvasileva@moew.government.bg
Ms. Emiliya KRAEVA
(Operational Focal Point) since October 26, 2004
Director for Strategies
Ministry of Environment and Water
EU Affairs and International Cooperation Directorate
22 Maria Louisa Blvd.
2nd Floor, Room 211
Sofia - 1000
Bulgaria
Tel: 011 359 2 940 6132 // 988 2577
Fax: 011 359 2 980 8406
EMail: ek@moew.government.bg, ekraeva@gmail.com
Burkina Faso
Mr. Mamadou HONADIA
(Operational Focal Point) since June 10, 2009
Permanent Secretary
Permanent Secretariat for the National Council for Environment and Sustainable Development
01 BP 6486
Ouagadougou 01
Ouagadougou, Kadiogo
Burkina Faso
Tel: 226 503 13166 and 226 70240240
Fax: 226050316491
EMail: spconedd@fasonet.bf, mhonadia@gmail.com
Burundi
Mr. Jean Marie NIBIRANTIJE
(Political Focal Point) since October 26, 2010
Minister
Ministry of Water, Environment, Land and Urban Planning
POBox 631
Bujumbura
Burundi
Tel: + 257 22 22 49 79, + 257 793275 27
Fax: + 257 22 228902
EMail: nibijamariu@yahoo.fr
Mr. Epimaque MURENGERANTWARI
(Operational Focal Point) since October 26, 2010
Chief of Cabinet
Ministry of Water, Environment, Land and Urban Planning
POBox 631
Bujumbura
Burundi
Tel: + 257 22 22 06 26, + 257 79 97 73 06/ 77 76 56 10
Fax: + 257 22 228902
EMail: epicelly@yahoo.fr
