Last update: 9 May 2001

1. CHAIRMANSHIP / PRÉSIDENCE

Chair / Président

• Mme. Dominique VOYNET, Ministre de l'Aménagement du Territoire et de l'Environnement (France)

Vice-Chairs / Vice Président

• David ANDERSON, Minister of Environment (Canada)
• Ilias EFTHYMIOPOULOS, Vice Minister of Environment (Greece)
• László MIKLÓS, Minister of Environment (Slovak Republic)

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2. OECD MEMBER COUNTRIES / PAYS MEMBRES DE L'OCDE

  Australia / Australie
            The Hon. Senator Robert HILL, Minister for the Environment and Heritage

  Austria / Autriche            
            Wilhelm MOLTERER, Federal Minister, Agriculture, Forestry, Environment & Water
            Management

  Belgium / Belgique
            Michel FORET, Ministre de l'Amenagement du Territoire, à l'Urbanisme et de l'Environnement, 
            Gouvernement Wallon

  Canada
            David ANDERSON, Minister of Environment         

  Czech Republic / République tchèque
            Milos KUZVART, Minister of Environment         

  Denmark / Danemark
            Svend AUKEN, Minister of Environment and Energy

  Finland / Finlande
            Satu HASSI, Minister of Environment

  France 
            Mme. Dominique VOYNET, Ministre de l'Aménagement du Territoire et de l'Environnement

  Germany / Allemagne                  
            Jürgen TRITTIN, Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation & Nuclear

  Greece / Grèce
            Ilias EFTHYMIOPOULOS, Vice Minister of Environment 

  Hungary / Hongrie
            Béla TURI-KOVÁCS, Minister for the Environment

  Iceland / Icelande
            Siv FRIDLEIFSDOTTIR, Minister of Environment

  Ireland / Irelande
            Noel DEMPSEY, Minister for the Environment and Local Government

  Italy / Italie
            Willer BORDON, Minister of the Environment

  Japan / Japon
            Hisashi KAZAMA, Senior Vice-Minister of the Environment      

  Korea / Corée
            Myung Ja KIM, Minister of Environment

  Luxemburg / Luxembourg
            Charles GOERENS, Ministre de l'Environnement

  Mexico / Méxique
            Victor LICHTINGER, Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources       

  Netherlands / Pays Bas
            Jan PRONK, Minister for Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment

  New Zealand / Nouvelle Zéalande
            Pete HODGSON, Minister for Energy and Forestry

  Norway / Norvège
            Siri BJERKE, Minister of Environment

  Poland / Pologne
            Maciej RUDNICKI, Secretary of State, Ministry for Environment

  Portugal
            José SÓCRATES, Ministre de l'Environnement et de l'Amenagement du Territoire

  Slovak Republic / République slovaque
            László MIKLÓS, Minister of Environment

  Spain / Éspagne
            Jaime MATAS PALOU, Ministre de l'Environnement

  Sweden / Suède
            Kjell LARSSON, Minister for the Environment

  Switzerland / Suisse
            HE Ambassador Beat NOBS, Office Fédéral de l'Environnement, des Forêts et du Paysage

  Turkey / Turquie
             Fevzi AYTEKIN, Minister of Environment

  United Kingdom / Royaume Uni
            Andrew BURCHELL, Director, Environment Protection Strategy Directorate, DETR

  United States / États-Unis
            Hon. Christie WHITMAN, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency

  European Commission / Commission éuropéenne
            Margot WALLSTRÖM, Commissioner for the Environment             

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3. NON MEMBERS / NON MEMBRES

Burkina Faso
Fidele HIEN, Minister of Environment and Water

China / Chine
Xinfang WANG, Vice-Minister, State Environmental Protection Agency

Georgia / Géorgie
Nino CHKOBADZE, Minister of Environment and Natural Resources Protection

Russian Federation / Fédération de russie
Boris YATSKEVICH, Minister of Natural Resources

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4. INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS / ORGANISATIONS INTERNATIONALES

UNCSD
Nitin DESAI, Under-Secretary-General, United Nations

World Bank - Banque mondiale
Ian JOHNSON, Vice-President for Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development

WTO - OMC
Paul RAVIER, Deputy Director-General

UNECE
Patrice ROBINEAU, Senior Advisor to the Executive Secretary of UNECE