Who's Who

Please note this is a DRAFT LIST subject to change. The missing names will be added as soon as they are confirmed.

(Last updated on 31 March 2006).

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1. CO-CHAIRS OF THE MINISTERIAL MEETING

            
            Ms. Lena SOMMESTAD, Minister for the Environment (Sweden)
            Mr.  Richard MANNING, Chair of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC)
           
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2. OECD MEMBER COUNTRIES

  Australia
            Ms. Veronique INGRAM, Ambassador, Permanenet Delegation of Australia to the OECD

  Austria            
            Mr. Johannes KYRLE, Secrectary-General for Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs
            Mr. Werner WUTSCHER, Secretary-General for Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry,
            Environment and Water Management

  Belgium
            Mr. Armand DE DECKER, Minister for Development Cooperation

  Canada
            Mr. David MCGOVERN, A/Assistant Deputy Minister, International Affairs, Environment Canada
            Mr. Stephen WALLACE, Vice-President, Head of Delegation, Canadian International
            Development Agency           

  Czech Republic 
            Mr. Tomas NOVOTNY, Deputy  Minister – Director General of the Section of Foreign Project
            Cooperation, Ministry of the Environment
            Ms. Helena BAMBASOVÁ, Director-General, Bilateral Relations and Development Cooperation,
            Ministry of Foreign Affairs          

  Denmark
           
Ms. Mr. Thomas Becker, Ministry for the Environment
            Ms. Ulla TØRNÆS, Minister for Development Cooperation        

  Finland 
           
Mrs. Paula LEHTOMÄKI, Minister for Foreign Trade and Development
            Ms. Satu NURMI, Director, Ministry of Environment

  France 
            Mme. Nelly OLIN, Ministre de l’écologie et du développement durable 
            Mr. Philippe ETIENNE, Directeur Général, Coopération Internationale et du Développement,
            Ministère des Affaires Etrangères

  Germany                  
            Ms. Astrid KLUG, Parliamentary State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Environment,
            Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
            Dr. Michael HOFMANN,  Director-General, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and
            Development (BMZ)

  Greece 
            Mr. Stavros KALOGIANNIS, Vice Minister for the Environment

  Hungary
           
Mr. Karoly LOTZ, Permanenet Delegation of Hungary to the OECD
            Mr. István ÕRI, Deputy State Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Water

  Iceland
            Ms. Sigrídur Anna THÓRDARDÓTTIR, Minister for the Environment             

  Ireland
            Mr. Conor LENIHAN, T.D., Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs with Special
            Responsibility for Overseas Development and Human Rights
            Mr. Tom O'MAHONY, Assistant Secretary at the Department of the Environment, Heritage and
            Local Government

  Italy
            Mr. Corrado CLINI, Director General, Directorate for Environmental Research and Development,
            Ministry for Environment and Territory   
            Mr. Guido SCALICI, Plenipotentiary Minister - Environmental Coordinator, Directorate General for
            Development Cooperation - Environmental Coordination, Ministry of Foreign Affairs             

  Japan
            Mr. Toshiro KOJIMA, Vice-Minister for Global Environment Affairs, Global Environment
            Department, Ministry of the Environment
            Mr. Shigekazu SATO, Director General, Economic Cooperation Bureau, Ministry of Foreign
            Affairs       

  Korea
            Mr. Kyu-hyung LEE, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade
            Mr. Jae Young Ko, Deputy Minister for Environmental Policy

  Luxembourg
           
Mr. Jean-Louis SCHILTZ, Ministre de la Coopération et de l'Action humanitaire
            Mr. Marc BICHLER, Directeur de la Cooperation au Développement, Ministrère des Affaires
            Etrangères, du Commerce de la Coopération, de l'Action humanitaire et de la Défense

  Mexico
           
Mr. Fernando TUDELA, Under Secretary for Planning and Environmental Policy of the Ministry for
            Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT)          

  Netherlands
            Hon Agnes VAN ARDENNE-VAN DER HOEVEN, Minister for Development Cooperation           
           
Mr.  Pieter VAN GEEL, State Secretary for Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment

  New Zealand 
            Dr. Peter ADAMS, Executive Director, New Zealand Agency for International Development

  Norway    
            Mr.  Erik SOLHEIM, Minister of International Development
            Ms. Henriette WESTHRIN, State Secretary, Ministry of the Environment

  Poland
           
Ms. Agnieszka BOLESTA, Undersecretary of State of the Environment Ministry
            Mr. Rafal WISNIEWSKI, Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

  Portugal
            Mr. Rui BALEIRAS, Secretary of State for Regional Development, Ministry of Environment, Spatial
            Planning and Regional Development
            Mrs. Ruth ALBUQUERQUE, President of the Portuguese Institute for Development Assistance,
            Ministry of Foreign Affairs 

  Slovak Republic 
            Mr. Kamil VILINOVIC, Director General, Environmental Policy, Legislation & EU Affairs Division,
            Ministry of Environment

  Spain
            Ms. Cristina NARBONA RUIZ, Minister for the Environment
            Mr. Juan Pablo DE LAIGLESIA, Secrétaire Général pour la Prévention de la Contamination et le
            Changement Climatique, Ministère des Affaires Etrangères et de la Coopération

  Sweden 
            Mrs. Annika SÖDER, State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs 
            Ms. Lena SOMMESTAD, Minister for the Environment (Co-Chair)

  Switzerland
           
Mr. Walter FUST, Director-General of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation,
            Federal Department of Foreign Affairs
            Mr. Bruno OBERLE, Director of Federal Office for the Environment

  Turkey
             Ms. Oya KARAKAS, Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Delegation of Turkey to the
            OECD           

  United Kingdom
            Mr. Elliot MORLEY, Minister of State for Climate Change and Environment
            Mr. Masood AHMED, Director General, UK Department for International Development

  United States 
            Mr. Fred SCHIECK, Acting Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development
            Ms. Claudia MCMURRAY, Assistant Secretary, Office of Oceans and International Environmental
            and Scientific Affairs, US Department of State 

  European Commission 
            Ms. Soledad Blanco, Director of International Affairs, DG Environment
             

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3. INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS

International Monetary Fund

United Nations Development Programme
Mr. Ad MELKERT, UNDP-UNDG Associate Administrator

United Nations Environment Programme

World Bank
Mr. Danny LEIPZIGER, Vice-President and Head of the Network, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management
Mr. Warren EVANS, Director, Environment Department

World Heath Organisation
Ms. Suzanne WEBER-MOSDORF, Assistant Director-General, Sustainable Development and Healthy Environments

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4. OECD SECRETARIAT

Mr. Kiyotaka AKASAKA, Deputy Secretary-General

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