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TECHNICAL CONSULTATION ON LOW
LEVELS OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED
(GM) CROPS IN INTERNATIONAL FOOD
AND FEED TRADE
Rome, Italy, 20 - 21 March 2014
List of Participants
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
LISTE DES PARTICIPANTS
LISTA DE PARTICIPANTES
AFGHANISTAN - AFGANISTÁN
Ahmad Wali AMINEE
Micronutrient Officer
Public Nutrition Department
Ministry of Public Health
Kabul
Phone: + 0039-700050741
Fax: 068611009
Email: amineeahmadwali@gmail.com
Abdul Razak AYAZI
Agriculture Attache
Alternate Permanent Representative to
FAO
Rome
Phone: 068611009
Fax: 0686322939
Email: arayazi@hotmail.com
ALGERIA - ALGÉRIE - ARGELIA
Amina Amal BENCHEHIDA
Chef de Bureau à la Direction de la
Protection des Végétaux et du Controle
Technique au Ministère de l'Agriculture
et du Développement Rural
Email: a.benchabane@ensa.dz
ANGOLA
Florêncio Mariano da Conceição e
ALMEIDA
Ambassadeur
Représentant permanent auprès de la
FAO
Rome
Carlos Alberto AMARAL
Conseiller
Représentant permanent suppléant
auprès de la FAO
Rome
Manuel DOMINGOS
Conseiller
Représentant permanent suppléant
auprès de la FAO
Rome
ARGENTINA - ARGENTINE
Martín LEMA
Director de Biotecnología
Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganadería y
Pesca
Buenos Aires
Phone: +541143492070
Email: mlema@minagri.gob.ar
Gustavo INFANTE
Ministro
Encargado de Negocios a.i.
Representante Permanente Adjunto ante
la FAO
Roma
Andrea REPETTI
Representante Permanente Alterna ante
la FAO
Roma
ARMENIA - ARMÉNIE
Hermine ARSHAKUNI
Leading specialist at Food safety risk
management department
State Service for Food Safety
Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic
of Armenia
Phone: +374 55 070495
Email: herminearshakuni@gmail.com
AUSTRALIA - AUSTRALIE
Robyn CLELAND
Assistant Secretary
Regulatory Practice and Compliance
Branch
Office of the Gene Technology
Regulator
Email: robyn.cleland@ogtr.gov.au
Christie DOWNARD
Assistant Director
Agricultural Productivity Division
Department of Agriculture
Email: christie.downard@daff.gov.au
AUSTRIA - AUTRICHE
Bernhard JANK
Scientific Expert
Federal Ministry of Health
Vienna
Phone: +43 1 71100 4481
Fax: +43 1 713 7952
Email: bernhard.jank@bmg.gv.at
Alexandra RIBARITS
Austrian Agency for Health and Food
Safety (AGES)
Vienna
Phone: +43 50 555-34914
Fax: +43 50 555-34808
Email: alexandra.ribarits@ages.at
Natalie FEISTRITZER
Counsellor (Agricultural Affairs)
Permanent Reprsentative to FAO
Rome
Phone: 068440141
Email: natalie.feistritzer@bmeia.gv.at
BANGLADESH
Md. Mafizur Rahman
Counsellor (Economic Affairs)
Alternate Permanent Representative to
FAO
Rome
Phone: 39 3895558660
Email: ecromebd7@gmail.com
BELGIUM - BELGIQUE - BÉLGICA
Eline RADEMAKERS
Expert Novel Foods and GMO's
Federal Public Health, Food Chain
Safety and Environment
Brussels
Phone: 003225247383
BENIN - BÉNIN
Clément AGBANGLA
Professor
University of Abomey-CalaviMinistry
of Higher Education and Scientific
Research
Phone: (229) 66445007
Email: clement.agbangla@gmail.com
BHUTAN - BHOUTAN - BHUTÁN
Kinley PELDEN
Chief
Quality Control & Quarantine Division
Agriculture & Food Regulatory
Authority Bhutan
Email: kinleypelden@gmail.com
Tashi YANGZOM
Regulatory & Quarantine Officer
Bhutan
Email: tashiyanz@gmail.com
BOTSWANA
Rosinah Pitinayne-Modise
Food Safety Officer
Food Safety Unit/Public Health
Ministry of Health
Botswana
Phone: 0026772624993
Fax: 002673902092
Email: rpitinyane@gov.bw
BRAZIL - BRÉSIL - BRASIL
PEDRO ARCURI
EMBRAPA Liaison Officer for
Multilateral, Regional & National
Entities in Europe
BULGARIA - BULGARIE
Lubomir IVANOV
Ambassador
Permanent Representative to FAO
Rome
BURUNDI
Dismas HAVYARIMANA
Directeur Général de l'industrie au
Ministère du Commerce, de l'Industrie,
Postes et Tourisme
Phone: 00257 79 19 44 33
Email: dismashavyarimana@yahoo.fr
CAMEROON - CAMEROUN -
CAMERÚN
Moungui MEDI
Deputy Permanent Representative
Email: medimoungui@yahoo.fr
Charles S. NYING
Chef de service, Produits agricoles,
semences et plants
Phone: 00237756670000
Email: nyingcha@yahoo.com
CANADA - CANADÁ
Frédéric SEPPEY
Director General and Chief Ag
Negotiator
Trade Agreements and Negotiations
Directorate
Agriculture and Agri-Food
Canada
Phone: (001) 613-773-0985
Fax: (001) 613-773-1755
Email: frederic.seppey@agr.gc.ca
Veronica MCGUIRE
Executive Director
Program, Regulatory & Trade Policy
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
(CFIA)
Phone: (001) 613-773-5751
Fax: (001) 613-773-5799
Email:
veronica.McGuire@inspection.gc.ca
Kirsten FINSTAD
Deputy Director
Technical Trade Policy Division
Agriculture and Agri-Food
Canada
Phone: (001) 613-773-0662
Fax: (001) 613-773-1616
Email: kirsten.finstad@agr.gc.ca
Sher BUSHELL-VIAU
Manager, Program Policy Integration
Division
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Phone: (001) 613 773 5857
Email:
sherrilee.bushellviau@inspection.gc.ca
Sandy BEYKO
Senior Trade Policy Officer
Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
Division
Department of Foreign Affairs Trade
and Development
Canada
Phone: (001) 613-944-8977
Fax: (001) 613-943-0346
Email:
sandy.beyko@international.gc.ca
Eric ROBINSON
Alternate Permanent Representative of
Canada to the Food and Agriculture
Agencies of the UN
Canadian Embassy in Rome
Phone: (011) 39-06854442554
Fax: (011) 39-06854442930
Email:
eric.robinson@international.gc.ca
CHAD - TCHAD
Himeda MAKHLOUF
Technologue Alimentaire et
Nutritionnis
Responsable Adjoint du C.N.N.T.A
Chad
Phone: (00235) 66 37 47 56
Email: himedamakhlouf@yahoo.fr
CHILE - CHILI
Teresa AGUERO
Analista temas ambientales, recursos
genéticos y bioseguridad
Departamento de Política Agraria
Oficina de Estudios y Políticas Agrarias
- ODEPA
Ministerio de Agricultura
Santiago
Phone: (56-2)2 397 30 39
Fax: (56-2) 2397 30 44
Email: taguero@odepa.gob.cl
Alejandra GUERRA
Consejero
Representante Alterno ante la FAO
Phone: 06 844091
Email: aguerra@chileit.it
CHINA - CHINE
Jianping KOU
Division Director
GMO Safety and IRP
Division of Department of Science,
Technology and Education
MOA
Phone: 0086 10 59193073
Fax: 0086 10 59193072
Email: gmo@agri.gov.cn
Yufa PENG
Researcher
Institute of Plant
Protection
Chinese Academy of Agricultural
Sciences
Phone: 0086 1059192439
Fax: 0086 10 59193621
Email: yfpeng@vip.qq.com
Zhixing WANG
Researcher
Biotechnology Research Institute
Chinese Academy of Agricultural
Sciences
Phone: 0086 1059192439
Fax: 0086 10 59193621
Email: wangcotton@126.com
COSTA RICA
Estela Blanco Solis
Representante Permanente Alterna
Orlando Guzman Vasquez
Representante Permanente Alterno
Simone Chiaramonte
Asistente
CROATIA - CROATIE - CROACIA
Hrvoje FULGOSI
CUBA
Silvia Maria ALVAREZ ROSSELL
REPRESENTANTE ADJUNTO ANTE
ORGANISMOS INTERACIONALES
REPRESENTACION PERMANENTE
DE CUBA
Phone: 06571724304
Fax: 065745445
Email: adjuntocuba@ecuitalia.it
Luis Alberto MARIN LLANES
REPRESENTANTE ALTERNO ANTE
ORGANISMOS
INETRNACIONALES
REPRESENTACION PERMANENTE
DE CUBA
Phone: 06571724308
Fax: 065745445
Email: alternocuba@ecuitalia.it
CYPRUS - CHYPRE - CHIPRE
George POULIDES
Ambassador
Permanenent Representative to FAO
Rome
Phone: +39 06 6865758
Fax: +39 06 68803756
Email: faoprcyp@tin.it
Spyridon ELLINAS
Alternate Permanent Representative to
FAO
Rome
Phone: +39 06 6865758
Fax: +39 06 68803756
Email: saellinas@hotmail.com
CZECH REPUBLIC - RÉPUBLIQUE
TCHÈQUE - REPÚBLICA CHECA
Jozef `pánik
Permanent Representative of the Czech
Republic to FAO and WFP
Phone: 3357356292
Email: jozef_spanik@mzv.cz
CÔTE D'IVOIRE
Stanislas Dewinther TAPE
Président du Comité Résidus de
Pesticides Codex,
Sous-Directeur de la qualité Lanena
Ministère de l'Industrie
Phone: +22503378706
Email: stantape@gmail.com
DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S
REPUBLIC OF KOREA -
RÉPUBLIQUE POPULAIRE
DÉMOCRATIQUE DE CORÉE -
REPÚBLICA POPULAR
DEMOCRÁTICA DE COREA
Chun Guk KIM
Ambassador, Permanent Represntative
to the FAO
Phone: 0654210090
Fax: 0654220791
Email: ekodpr@alice.it
Chol Min KIM
Alternate Permanent Representative to
the FAO
Phone: 0654210090
Fax: 0654220749
Email: ekodpr@alice.it
Kwang Hyok PANG
Deputy Permanent Represnetative to
the FAO
Phone: 0654210090
Fax: 0654220792
Email: ekodpr@alice.it
DENMARK - DANEMARK -
DINAMARCA
Hanne Boskov HANSEN
Special adviser
Danish Veterinary and Food
Administration
Chemicals and Food Quality Division
Phone: +45 72276651
Email: hbo@fvst.dk
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC -
RÉPUBLIQUE DOMINICAINE -
REPÚBLICA DOMINICANA
Mario ARVELO
Embajador
Representante Permanente ante la FAO
Roma
Email: mario@marioarvelo.org
Julia Antonia VICIOSO VARELAS
Ministra Consejera
Representante Permanente Alterna ante
la FAO
Roma
Rawell TAVERAS ARBAJE
Consejero
Representante Permanente Alterno ante
la FAO
Roma
Maria Cristina LAUREANO
Primera Secretaria
Representante Permanente Alterna ante
la FAO
Roma
ECUADOR - ÉQUATEUR
Jose Antonio CARRANZA
Representante Permanente Alterno ante
la FAO
EGYPT - ÉGYPTE - EGIPTO
Ahmed SHALABY
Deputy Permanent Representative of
Egypt to UN Agencies based in Rome
Phone: +39 06 8548956
Fax: +39 06 8542603
Email: egypt@agrioffegypt.it
Khaled EL TAWEEL
Second Secretary
Phone: +39 06 8440191
Email: kheltaweel@gmail.com
Hisham Mohamed Mohamed
ELSHESHTAWY
Researcher
Agriculture Genetic Engineering
Research Intistute and Technical
Secretary in the National Biosafety
Committee
Ministry of Agriculture and Land
Reclamation
Cairo
Phone: +202 35734424
Fax: +202 35731574
Email: h.elshishtawy@gmail.com
Ghehan MOHAMED ALMOGHAZY
Director Regional Centre -
Food and Feed
Agricultural Research Center
Ministry of Agriculture and Land
Reclamation
Giza
Egypt
Ragaee Ibrahim SAFWAT
Senior Veterinary Inspector
Anas SHADI
Third Secretary
Phone: +39 06 8440191
ERITREA - ÉRYTHRÉE
Yohannes TENSUE
First Secretary
Alternate Permanent Representative to
FAO
Rome
Phone: 0642741293
Fax: 06 42086806
Email: yohannes_tensue@live.com
EUROPEAN UNION (MEMBER
ORGANIZATION) - UNION
EUROPÉENNE (ORGANISATION
MEMBRE) - UNIÓN EUROPEA
(ORGANIZACIÖN MIEMBRO)
Dorotheé ANDRE
Head of Unit, Biotechnology
Directorate General for Health and
Consumers
DG SANCO European Commission in
Brussels
Email: Dorothee.Andre@ec.europa.eu
Florence BUCHHOLZER
Minister Counsellor
Alternate Permanent Representative to
FAO
Rome
Email:
Florence.Buchholzer@eeas.europa.eu
Cecilia CAMPANA
Intern, EU Delegation in Rome
Email:
Cecilia.Campana@eeas.europa.eu
Lourdes MAGANA DE LARRIVA
Advisor
EU Delegation in Rome
Email: Lourdes.Magana-De-
Larriva@eeas.europa.eu
Beata MOLENDOWSKA
Assistant Policy Officer, DG TRADE,
Europan Commission
Email:
beata.molendowska@ec.europa.eu
Pablo PINDADO-CARRION
Policy Officer, Biotechnology
Directorate General for Health and
Consumers
DG SANCO European Commission in
Brussels
Email: Pablo.Pindado-
Carrion@ec.europa.eu
Laura SIDDI
Intern
EU Delegation in Rome
Email: Laura.Siddi@eeas.europa.eu
Alessandro VILLA
First Counsellor
Alternate Permanent Representative to
FAO
Rome
Email:
Alessandro.Villa@eeas.europa.eu
Joachim KREYSA
FINLAND - FINLANDE - FINLANDIA
Leena MANNONEN
Commercial Counsellor
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Phone: +358 2951 62177
Email: Leena.Mannonen@mmm.fi
FRANCE - FRANCIA
Emmanuelle MIRALLES
Chargée des questions OGM
Qualité et valorisation des denrées
alimentaires
Ministère des finances
Paris
Phone: 00 331.44.97.24.06
Fax: 00 331.44.97.30.37
Email:
emmanuelle.miralles@dgccrf.finances.
gouv.fr
Ségolène HALLEY DES FONTAINES
Conseillère affaires agricoles
Représentant permanent suppléant
auprès de la FAO
Rome
Phone: 334 626 7724
Email: segolene.halley-des-
fontaines@diplomatie.gouv.fr
Isabelle PION
Chargé des sujets "sanitaires,
phytosanitaires et biotechnologies"
Bureau politique agricole extérieure
Service des affaires multilatérales et du
développement
Direction Générale du Trésor
Ministère de l'Economie, des Finances
et de l'Industrie
Paris
Phone: 00 33 1 44 87 20 48
Email: isabelle.pion@dgtresor.gouv.fr
GABON - GABÓN
Effa Effa BRANLY WILFRYD
Researcher
Institut de Recherches Agronomiques et
Forestières (IRAF)
Phone: +(241)06274707
Email: branlyeffeffa@gmail.com
GERMANY - ALLEMAGNE -
ALEMANIA
Thomas WRIESSNIG
Ambassador
Permanent Representative to FAO and
other International Organizations
The Federal Republic of Germany
Phone: 0649213206
Ursula MONNERJAHN
Desk Officer
Division for New Technologies
Federal Ministry of Food and
Agriculture
Germany
Phone: +49228995294776
Joachim BENDIEK
Head of Division
Federal Office of Consumer Protection
and Food Safety
Germany
Phone: +49301844440099
Georg Friedel CRAMER
Deputy Permanent Representative to
FAO and other International
Organizations
Rome
The Federal Republic of Germany
Phone: 0649213206
Birgit WINKEL
Federal Agency for Nature
Conservation
GMO-regulation, Biosafety
Phone: 06-49213206
GHANA
Evelyn A. STOKES-HAYFORD
Ambassador
Permanent Representative to FAO
Rome
Phone: +390686217191
Fax: +390686325762
Email: ambassador@ghanaembassy.it
Josephine NKETSIA-TABIRI
Consultant
Ghana Focal Point
Ministry of Food and Agriculture
Accra
Phone: +233 244 637 057
Fax: +233 302 663036
Email: josephinetabiri@yahoo.co.uk
Nii QUAYE-KUMAH
Minister Counsellor
Alternate Permanent Representative to
FAO
Rome
Phone: +39 3890 165 333
Fax: +39 0686 325 762
Email: nii.quaye.kumah@gmail.com
GREECE - GRÈCE - GRECIA
Nike-Ekaterini KOUTRAKOU
Minister Counsellor
Deputy Permanent Representative to
FAO
Rome
Sarantis ANDRICOPOULOS
Special Advisor
Permanent Representation to FAO
Rome
HONDURAS
Carmelo RIZZO PERALTA
Embajador
Representante Permanente ante la FAO
Roma
Email: melrizzo@gmail.com
Mayra REINA
Ministro Consejero
Representante Permanente Adjunto ante
la FAO
Roma
Phone: 333 7942650
Email: mayarareina@libero.it
HUNGARY - HONGRIE - HUNGRÍA
Hajnalka HOMOKI
GMO Expert
Biodiversity and Gene Conservation
Unit
Department for Strategy
Ministry of Rural Development
Budapest
Phone: +36 1 795 2076
Fax: +36 1 301 4646
Email: hajnalka.homoki@vm.gov.hu
INDONESIA - INDONÉSIE
Tazwin HANIF
Counsellor
Alternate Permanent Representative to
FAO
Rome
Phone: +39-06-420 0911
Fax: +39-06-488 0280
Email: tazwin.hanif@kemlu.go.id
IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF) -
IRAN (RÉPUBLIQUE ISLAMIQUE
D') - IRÁN (REPÚBLICA ISLÁMICA
DEL)
Seyed Aminollah TAGHAVI
MOTLAGH SEYED A.
Ambassador and Permanent
Representative of the I.R.Iran to FAO
Phone: 06/5780334
Fax: 06/5747636
Email: missiranfao@missiranfao.191.it
Alireza MOHAJER A.
Alternate and Permanent Rerpesentative
of the I.R.Iran to FAO
Phone: 06/5780334
Fax: 06/5747636
Email: missiranfao@missiranfao.191.it
ITALY - ITALIE - ITALIA
Ugo MARCHESI
Anna Rita MOSETTI
JAPAN - JAPON - JAPÓN
Yumi KISAKA
Deputy Director
Ministry of Healty,Labour and Welfare
Tokyo
Phone: +81-3-3595-2341
Email: kisaka-yumi@mhlw.go.jp
Yukiko MORIYAMA
Section Chief
Policy Planning and Communication
Division
Department of Food Safety,
Pharmaceutical and Food Safety Bureau
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
Tokyo
Phone: +81-3-3595-2337
Email: moriyama-yukiko@mhlw.go.jp
JORDAN - JORDANIE - JORDANIA
Fiesal R.S. AL ARGAN
Deputy Permanent Representative of
the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to
FAO
Phone: 06 86205303
Fax: 06 8606122
Email: embroma@jordanembassy.it
KENYA
JOSEPHINE WANGARI GAITA
AMBASSADOR/PERMANENT
REPRESENTATIVE
Phone: 068082714
FABIAN SUMBA MUYA
ALTERNATE PERMANENT
REPRESENTATIVE
Phone: 068082714
WILLY K. TONUI
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
National Biosafety Authority
Kenya
Phone: +254721283353
Email: ceo@biosafetykenya.go.ke
KUWAIT - KOWEÏT
Yousef JHAIL
Counsellor
Chargé d'Affaires, a.i.
Deputy Permanent Representative to
FAO
Rome
Phone: 0039065754598
Email: kuwait_FAO@tiscali.it
Salah ALBAZZAZ
Assistant Permanent Representative of
Kuwait to FAO
Permanent Representation of the
State of Kuwait to FAO
Rome
Manar ALSABAH
Attaché
Alternate Permanent Representative to
FAO
Rome
LATVIA - LETTONIE - LETONIA
Olga ORLOVA
Food Safety, Plant Protection and
Biotechnology Counsellor
Permanent Representation of the
Republic of Latvia to the EU
Belgium
Phone: +32 (0) 2 238 3145
Fax: +32 (0) 2 238 3250
Email: olga.orlova@mfa.gov.lv
LIBERIA - LIBÉRIA
Mohammed S. SHERIFF
Ambassador ad hoc
Chargé d'Affaires a.i.
Permanent Representative to FAO
Rome
Phone: (+39) 06 35453399
Fax: (+39) 06 35344729
Email: liberiaembassy@hotmail.com
A. Haruna-Rashid KROMAH
Secretary
Embassy of the Republic of Liberia
Rome
Phone: (+39) 06 35453399
Fax: (+39) 06 35344729
Email: Liberiaembassy@hotmail.com
LITHUANIA - LITUANIE -
LITUANIA
Kestutis TARNAUSKAS
Permanent representative to FAO
Phone: +390687767370
Fax: +39068559053
Email: kestutis.tarnauskas@zum.lt
Laima CIGRIEJUTE VITKAUSKIENE
Deputy permanent representative to
FAO
Phone: +390687767370
Fax: +39068559053
Email: laima.cigriejute@zum.lt
MADAGASCAR
Nirina Sitefana
RATAHINJANAHARY
Responsible Quality
Ministry of Trade
Antananarivo
Email: rnirina_tahina2008@yahoo.fr
MALAYSIA - MALAISIE - MALASIA
Dzulkifli ABD WAHAB
Attaché (Agricultural Affairs)
Deputy Permanent Representative to
FAO
Rome
Johnny ANDREW
Head of Corporate and Management
Section
Department of Biosafety
Ministry of Natural Resources and
Environment
Putrajaya
Amir Hamzah HARUN
Assistant Agricultural Attaché
Alternate Permanent Representative to
FAO Rome
MEXICO - MEXIQUE - MÉXICO
PEDRO MACÍAS CANALES
DIRECTOR DE BIOSEGURIDAD DE
OGM'S
SENASICA/SAGARPA
Email: pedro.macias@senasica.gob.mx
ROSA INÉS GONZÁLEZ TORRES
SUBDIRECTORA DE
COMUNICACIÓN Y DIVULGACIÓN
DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA Y
BIOSEGURIDAD, COMISIÓN
INTERSECRETARIAL DE
BIOSEGURIDAD DE LOS
ORGANISMOS GENÉTICAMENTE
MODIFICADOS, CIBIOGEM
ALAN ROMERO ZAVALA
REPRESENTANTE ALTERNO DE
MÉXICO ANTE LOS ORGANISMOS
INTERNACIONALES CON SEDE EN
ROMA
MONGOLIA - MONGOLIE
Enkhbayar BUDBAZAR
Counsellor
Deputy Permenant Representative to
FAO
Rome
Phone: (+39)3662334451
Fax: (+39)068540536
Email: enkhbayar@mfa.gov.mn
Battsetseg TSOGTOO
Food Safety Officer
Coordination Department of Food
Production Policy Implementation
Ministry of Industry and Agriculture
Ulaanbaatar
Phone: +976-51261687
Fax: (+39)068540536
Email: Batsuko99@yahoo.com
MOROCCO - MAROC -
MARRUECOS
Amar TAHIRI
Chief, Division of Control of seeds and
seedlings
National Office for Food Safety
Products (ONSSA)
Ministry of Agriculture and Maritime
Fisheries
Rabat, MOROCCO
Email: amar.tahiri@gmail.com
Driss IRAQI
Chercheur à l'INRA
Rabat
Morocco
Abdelali LAAMARI
Economiste
Institut National de la Recherche
Agronomique
Settat
NEPAL - NÉPAL
Jiwan Prava LAMA
Director General
Department of Food Technology and
Quality Control Babarmahal
Kathmandu, Nepal
Phone: +977-9841491721
Email: jiwanlama@gmail.com
NETHERLANDS - PAYS-BAS -
PAÍSES BAJOS
Ana VILORIA ALEBESQUE
Senior Policy Officer
Nutrition, Health Protection and
Prevention Department
Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport
The Hague
Phone: +31 (0)70- 340 6482/ 340 5865
Email: ai.viloria@minvws.nl
Bart CRIJNS
Policy Officer Biotechnology (GMO's)
Ministry of Economic Affairs
The Hague
Phone: +31 6 38825516
Email: b.j.m.crijns@minez.nl
NIGERIA - NIGÉRIA
Lawan Danjuma SULEIMAN
Ag. Director
Food and Industrial Biotechnology
Department
National Biotechnology Debelopment
Agency
Nigeria
Phone: +2348071721620
Email: lawan123@yahoo.com
NORWAY - NORVÈGE - NORUEGA
Knut BERDAL
Ministry of Agriculture and Food
Phone: +4722249202/+4741452720
Email: knut.berdal @lmd.dep.no
OMAN - OMÁN
Nasr Saif Abdullah AL SHAMSI
Assistant Director of Plant Quarantine
Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries
Wealth
Oman
Phone: 00968 99206543
Email: nalshamsi74@gmail.com
PAKISTAN - PAKISTÁN
Sameerah YUNIS
Assistant Director
National Biosafety Centre (NBC)
Pakistan Environmental Protection
Agency (Pak-EPA)
Climate Change Division,
Islamabad, Pakistan
Phone: +92 51 9235764
Email: sameerahyunis@gmail.com
PANAMA - PANAMÁ
GUIDO MARTINELLI ENDARA
MARGARITA QUINONES RUEDAS
Maria Giulia DE CASTRO
PARAGUAY
Carlos VERA AGUILERA
Encargado de Negocio a.i
rimer Secretario
Embajada del Paraguay en Italia
MOISÉS SANTIAGO BERTONI
HICAR
Director General de Planificación
Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería
(MAG)
Paraguay
Linda OVELAR ORTIZ
Primera Secretaria
Embajada del Paraguay
Italia
Silvana ROBLEDO OVELAR
Embajada del Paraguay en Italia
PHILIPPINES - FILIPINAS
Antonio ALFONSO
Program Coordinator
Biotech Program Implementation Unit
Department of Agriculture
Quezon City
Phone: (+632) 922-0057
Amparo AMPIL
Officer in Charge
Policy Research Service
Department of Agriculture
Quezon City
Lupino LAZARO, JR.
Deputy Permanent Representative to
FAO
Esteban PAGARAN
Alternate Permanent Representative to
FAO
POLAND - POLOGNE - POLONIA
Malgorzata WOZNIAK
Head of Division of Genetic Resources
and Genetically Modified Plants
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural
Development
Warsaw
Phone: +48 22 623 2336
Email:
Malgorzata.Wozniak@minrol.gov.pl
REPUBLIC OF KOREA -
RÉPUBLIQUE DE CORÉE -
REPÚBLICA DE COREA
Eun Jeong LEE
Alternate Permanent Representative of
Republic of Korea to FAO
Email: eunjeonglee12@gmail.com
RUSSIAN FEDERATION -
FÉDÉRATION DE RUSSIE -
FEDERACIÓN DE RUSIA
Irina BRAGINA
Deputy Head
Federal Service for Surveillance on
CustomersRights Protection and Human
Well-Being
Moscow
Dmitry DOROKHOV
Head of Plant Genome Laborator
Centre "Bioengineering"
Russian Academy of Sciences
Moscow
Email: dmitry.dorokhov@gmail.com
Yaroslav FEDOSOV
Head of Division
All-Russia State Centre for Quality and
Standardization of Veterinary Drugs
and Feed (VGNKI)
Gennadiy IVANOV
Deputy Head
Department of Sanitary Inspection
Management
Federal Service for Surveillance on
CustomersRights Protection and Human
Well-Being
Moscow
Eduard KIYKO
Senior Expert
Federal Service for Surveillance on
CustomersRights Protection and Human
Well-Being
Moscow
Nikita LEBEDEV
Head
Department for Cooperation with the
WTO and other International
Organizations
Federal Service for Veterinary and
Phytosanitary Surveillance
Moscow
Anton MINAEV
Second Secretary
Department of International
Organizations
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Moscow
Nadezhda TYSHKO
Senior Research Scientist
Institute of Nutrition, RAMS
Moscow
Anatoly VELMATOV
Deputy head of the Department
Ministry of Agriculture
Moscow
Email: a.velmatov@polit.mcx.ru
SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS - SAINT-
KITTS-ET-NEVIS - SAINT KITTS Y
NEVIS
Hiram Jerome WILLIAMS
Bureau of Standards Multi-Purpose Lab
Phone: 1-869-869-465-5279
Fax: 1-869-465-3852
Email: mplbos@gmail.com
SAUDI ARABIA - ARABIE
SAOUDITE - ARABIA SAUDITA
Wared BASHIR ALRASHID
Officer
National Research Center for
Agriculture and Livestock
Riyadh
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
SLOVAKIA - SLOVAQUIE -
ESLOVAQUIA
Marieta OKENKOVÁ
Counsellor
Permanent Representative to FAO
Rome
Phone: 3393718432
Fax: 0636715265
Email: marieta.okenkova@mzv.sk
SOUTH AFRICA - AFRIQUE DU SUD
- SUDÁFRICA
Moshibudi Priscilla RAMPEDI
Counsellor (Agricultural Affairs)
Alternate Permanent Representative to
FAO
Rome
SPAIN - ESPAGNE - ESPAÑA
Santiago MENÉNDEZ DE LUARCA
Consejero
Representante Permanente Adjunto ante
la FAO y el PMA
Roma
Phone: 06 6869539
Fax: 06 6873076
Email: smenendez@magrama.es
Ámparo RAMBLA GIL
Consejera de Agricultura, Alimentación
y Medio Ambiente
Embajada de España
Roma
Phone: 06 6869539
Fax: 06 6873076
Email: arambla@tiscali.it
Francisco Jesús RECHE ANGULO
Asistente Técnico
Embajada de España
Roma
Élias GUÍA LÓPEZ
Agregado Agrícola
Representante Permanente Alterno ante
la FAO y el PMA
Roma
Phone: 06 68695 39
Fax: 06 6873076
Email: eguia@magrama.es
JOSÉ ANTONIO SOBRINO MATÉ
Subdirección General de Medios de
Producción Agrícolas y Oficina
Española de Variedades Vegetales
Dirección General de Producciones y
Mercados Agrarios
Ministerio de Agricultura,
Alimentación y Medio Ambiente
Phone: + 34 91 347 17 40
Email: jasobrino@magrama.es
SRI LANKA
Kethma YAPA RAJAPAKSHA
Second Secretary/Alternate Permanent
Representative of Sri Lanka to FAO
Phone: (00 39 06) 8554560
Fax: (00 39 06) 84241670
Email:
embassy@srilankaembassyrome.org
SUDAN - SOUDAN - SUDÁN
Eisa IBRAHIM EL GAALI
Vice-President
Sudan Academy of Sciences
Ministry of Science and
Communications
Khartoum
Phone: + 249-912297863
Fax: 249-183471063
Email: elgaali@hotmail.com
Ula ABDELAZIZ MAKAAWI
Agriculture Engineer
Food Science and Technology
Federal Ministry of Agticulture and
Irrigation
Khartoum
Phone: 249918075475
Fax: +248 1 83 772046
Abla MALIK OSMAN MALIK
Agricultural Counsellor
Alternate Permanent Representative to
FAO
Rome
SWAZILAND - SWAZILANDIA
Dudu DUBE
Principal Environmental Health Officer
Ministry of Health
Swaziland
Phone: +268 76629280
Email: duduzdube@yahoo.co.uk
SWEDEN - SUÈDE - SUECIA
Anders WANNBERG
Senior Administrative Officer
Ministry for Rural Affairs
Stockholm
Phone: +46705190263
Email:
anders.wannberg@regeringskansliet.se
SWITZERLAND - SUISSE - SUIZA
Doris BÜHLER
Collaboratrice scientifique
Secteur Ressources génétiques et
technologies
Office fédéral de l'agriculture
Berne
Phone: +41 31 322 74 95
Email: doris.buehler@blw.admin.ch
THAILAND - THAÏLANDE -
TAILANDIA
RAPIBHAT CHANDARASRIVONGS
Minister (Agriculture)
Permanent Representative of Thailand
to FAO
Piyawat NAIGOWIT
First Secretary (Agriculture)
Alternate Permanent Representative of
Thailand to FAO
Federica VESCHI
Assistant (Agriculture)
Office of Agricultural Affairs
Royal Thai Embassy
THE FORMER YUGOSLAV
REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA - L'EX-
RÉPUBLIQUE YOUGOSLAVE DE
MACÉDOINE - LA EX REPÚBLICA
YUGOSLAVA DE MACEDONIA
Boshko STOJKOSKI
Associate in Unit for Food Safety of
Food from Non-Animal Origin - GMO
Food and Veterinary Agency
Treta Makedonska Brigada
Skopje
Phone: 0038970409462
Fax: 0038922457871
Email: bstojkoski@fva.gov.mk
TOGO
KOSSI E. KPEMOUA
DOCTEUR EN
PHYTOPATHOLOGIE ET EN
BIOTECHNOLOGIE VEGETALE
Phone: 0022890018757
Email: kossi.kpemoua@gmail.com
TURKEY - TURQUIE - TURQUÍA
Ali Osman SARI
Ministry of Food, Agriculture and
Livestock
Ankara
Phone: +903123157629
Email: aosari@tagem.gov.tr
Ali ALMA
Hilmi Ergin DEDEOGLU
Counsellor
Alternate Permanent Representative to
FAO
Rome
Email: hilmi.ergin@tarim.gov.tr
Emin GURE
UGANDA - OUGANDA
Andrew KIGGUNDU
Principal Research Officer
Head, Biodiversity and Biotechnology
Programme
National Agricultural Research
Laboratories Institute
Kampala
Phone: +256414566102
Fax: +256414566381
Hakim MUFUMBIRO BALIGEYA
Standards Officer (Food Standards)
Ag. Head, Food and Agriculture
Standards Division Institution
Uganda National Bureau of Standards
Kampala
Phone: +256414505995
Fax: +256414286123
Email: hakim.mufumbiro@unbs.go.ug
Robert Sabiiti
Alternate Permanent Representative to
FAO, IFAD and WFP.
Phone: +3906 30892889
Fax: +3906321688
Email: rsabiiti@yahoo.com
UNITED KINGDOM - ROYAUME-
UNI - REINO UNIDO
Sandy LAWRIE
Head of Novel Foods Unit
Food Standards Agency
London
Keith MILLAR
Head of Animal Feed and Animal By-
Products
Food Standards Agency
London
UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA -
RÉPUBLIQUE-UNIE DE TANZANIE -
REPÚBLICA UNIDA DE TANZANÍA
Ayoub MNDEME
Agriculture Attache
Phone: 0633485820
Fax: 0633485828
Email: mndemeay@gmail.com
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA -
ÉTATS-UNIS D'AMÉRIQUE -
ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA
Sharon BOMER LAURITSEN
Assistant USTR
Agricultural Affairs
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
Washington, D.C.
Phone: (202) 395-6127
Email:
Sharon_E_BomerLauritsen@ustr.eop.g
ov
Jack A. BOBO
Senior Advisor for Biotechnology
Biotech and Textile Trade Policy
Division
U.S. Department of State
Washington, D.C.
Phone: (202)-647-1647
Email: boboja@state.gov
George DOUVELIS
Acting Agriculture Counselor
Foreign Agricultural Service
U.S. Mission to the UN Agencies
Rome
Phone: (39) 06-4674-3507
Email: George.Douvelis@fas.usda.gov
Pesach LUBINSKY
Science Advisor
New Technologies and Production
Methods Division
Office of Agreements and Scientific
Affairs
Foreign Agricultural Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Washington, D.C.
Phone: (202) 720-0629
Email: pace.lubinsky@fas.usda.gov
Michael G. SCHECHTMAN
Biotechnology Coordinator
Office of Pest Management Policy
Agricultural Research Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Washington, D.C.
Phone: (202) 720-3817
Email:
michael.schechtman@ars.usda.gov
Laura SCHWEITZER-MEINS
Agricultural Specialist
US Department of Agriculture
U.S. Mission to the UN Agencies
Rome
Phone: +39 06-4674-3508
Email: Laura.Schweitzer@fas.usda.gov
Lucyna KURTYKA
Global Lead, Food Policy & Int'l
Organizations
Monsanto
Phone: (202) 383-2861
Email:
lucyna.k.kurtyka@monsanto.com
Imad SAAB
Senior Biotech Business Affairs
Manager
DuPont Pioneer
Phone: 515-240-2246 (mobile); 515-
535-2124 (desk)
Email: Imad.saab@pioneer.com
Paul B. GREEN
International Trade Consultant
Washington,DC
Phone: 202-236-3732
Email: pbgreendc@gmail.com
URUGUAY
Gonzalo SOUTO
Oficina dede Programación y política
Agropecuaria (OPYPA)
Ministerio de Ganadería, Agricultura y
Pesca
Phone: +598 24104155 int 333
Fax: +598 24126331
Email: gsouto@mgap.gub.uy
Oscar PIÑEYRO
Representante Permanente Alterno de
Uruguay ante la FAO
Phone: 06 4821776
Fax: 06 4823695
Email: uruit@ambasciatauruguay.it
VENEZUELA (BOLIVARIAN
REPUBLIC OF) - VENEZUELA
(RÉPUBLIQUE BOLIVARIENNE DU)
- VENEZUELA (REPÚBLICA
BOLIVARIANA DE)
Gladys URBANEJA DURAN
Embajadora
Representante Permanente ante la FAO
Roma
Luis ALVAREZ FERMIN
Manuel CLAROS OVIEDO
Claudia SILVA
ASISTENTE
Margarita VIGNEAUX
ASISTENTE
YEMEN - YÉMEN
Khalid AL-AKWA
Ambassador
Embassy of the Republic of Yemen
Rome
Email: segreteria@yemenembassy.it
Maeen A. A. AL-JARMOUZI
Yemen
National Genetic Resources Center
Agricultural Research and Extension
Authority, Dhamar
Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation
Sana'a
Email: maeen1@yahoo.com
Haytham SHOJA'AADIN
Deputy Permanent Representative
Embassy of the Republic of Yemen
Rome
Email: segreteria@yemenembassy.it
Abdullah AL-NA'AMI
Alternate Permanent Representative
Embassy of the Republic of Yemen
Rome
Email: segreteria@yemenembassy.it
Mahmoud AL-ASHWAL
Alternate Permanent Representative
Embassy of the Republic of Yemen
Rome
Email: segreteria@yemenembassy.it
ZAMBIA - ZAMBIE
Kayoya MASUHWA
First Secretary
Alternate Permanent Representative to
FAO
Rome
ZIMBABWE
Shepard S. GWENZI
Chargé d'Affairs a.i.,
Minister Counsellor
Alternate Permanent Representative to
FAO
Rome
Phone: 0668308282
Fax: 0668308324
Email: zimrome-wolit@tiscali.it
Placida Shuvai CHIVANDIRE
Counsellor
Alternate Permanent Representative to
FAO
Rome
Phone: 0668308282
Fax: 0668308324
Email: zimrome-wolit@tiscali.it
Joseph L.N. SIKOSANA
Director of Animal and Pastures
Research
Ministry of Agriculture, Mechanization
and Irrigation Development
Harare
Phone: +390668308282
Fax: +390668308324
Email: zimrome-wolit@tiscali.it OBSERVERS
June Ann ARNOLD
Head of Trade policy
The Grain and Feed Trade Association
(Gafta)
Phone: + 41 (0) 22 732 45 77
Email: JuneArnold@gafta.com
Delphine CARRON
Regulatory Affairs Manager
EuropaBio
Phone: +32 2 739 11 61
Email: d.carron@europabio.org
Omar DZHUMAGALIEV
Deputy Head of Phytosanitary
Measures Division
Eurasian Economic Commission
Email: odzhu@eecommission.org
Walter Kirk MILLER
Secretary
The Grain and Feed Trade Association
(Gafta)
Email: post@gafta.com
ANTONIO ONORATI
President
CROCEVIA
Phone: +393408219456
Email: Antonio.onorati48@gmail.com
Lucy SHARRATT
Researcher
ETC Group
Phone: +1 613 241 2267 ext 25
Email: coordinator@cban.ca
Irina Georgievna SHPAK
Advisor, Technical Regulation
Methodology Division
Eurasian Economic Commission
Phone: + 7 (495) 669-24-00 (ext. 5145)
Email: shpak@eecommission.org
Valery SITNIKOV
Head of Veterinary Measures Division
Eurasian Economic Commission
Phone: +7 495 669 24 00 add 5173
Email: sitnikov.v@eecommission.org
Carmen VICIEN
Consultor Senior
ILSI Research Foundation
Center for Environmental Risk
Assessment
Phone: +54 (11) 48163259
Email: cvicien@gmail.com
Stephen A. YARROW
Vice president
Plant Biotechnology
CropLife Canada
Phone: +(613) 291-7601
Email: yarrows@croplife.ca
SPEAKERS
José FALCK-ZEPEDA
INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY
RESEARCH INSTITUTE (IFPRI)
USA
Phone: +1.202.862.8158
Fax: +1.202.467.4439
EMAIL: J.FALCK-
ZEPEDA@CGIAR.ORG
Teresa BABUSCIO
COCERAL
Phone: 0032.2.502.08.08
Fax: 0032.2.502.60.30
Email: Teresa.Babuscio@coceral.com
Michael HANSEN
Senior Scientist
Consumers Union/Consumers
International
Phone: +1-914-378-2452
Email: mhansen@consumer.org
Gijs KLETER
RIKILT Institute of Food Safety
Part of Wageningen UR
The Netherlands
Phone: +31-317-480425
Fax: +31-317-417717
Esther KOK
Expert for the FAO,
RIKILT Wageningen UR
The Netherlands
Phone: +31 (317) 480252/283
Fax: +31 (317) 417717
Email: esther.kok@wur.nl
REPRESENTATIVES OF UNITED
NATIONS AND SPECIALIZED
AGENCIES
REPRÉSENTANTS DES NATIONS
UNIES ET INSTITUTIONS
SPÉCIALISÉES
REPRESENTANTES DE NACIONES
UNIDAS Y ORGANISMOS
ESPECIALIZADOS
ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC
CO-OPERATION AND
DEVELOPMENT (OECD)
ORGANISATION DE
COOPÉRATION ET DE
DÉVELOPPEMENT ÉCONOMIQUES
ORGANIZACIÓN PARA LA
COOPERACIÓN Y EL
DESARROLLO ECONÓMICOS
Peter KEARNS
Phone: +33 1 4524 1677
Fax: +33 1 4430 6180
Email: Peter.KEARNS@oecd.org
UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT
PROGRAMME (UNEP)
PROGRAMME DES NATIONS UNIES
POUR L'ENVIRONNEMENT
PROGRAMA DE LAS NACIONES
UNIDAS PARA EL MEDIO
AMBIENTE
Alex OWUSU-BINEY
Phone: +254207624066
Email: Alex.Owusu-Biney@unep.org
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
(WHO)
ORGANISATION MONDIALE DE LA
SANTÉ
ORGANIZACIÓN MUNDIAL DE LA
SALUD
Awa AIDARA-KANE
Coordinator Foodborne and Zoonotic
Diseases
Department of Food Safety and
Zoonoses
Health Security and Environment
(HSE)
World Health Organization
Phone: +41 22 791 2403
Fax: +41 22 791 4807
Email: aidarakanea@who.int
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
(WTO)
ORGANISATION MONDIALE DU
COMMERCE
ORGANIZACIÓN MUNDIAL DEL
COMERCIO
Christiane WOLFF
Counsellor
World Trade Organization
Phone: +41 22 739 5536
Fax: +41 22 739 5760
Email: Christiane.Wolff@wto.org
CODEX ALIMENTARIUS
Tom HEILANDT
Officer-in-Charge, Secretary
Codex Alimentarius
Phone: +390657054384
Email: Tom.Heilandt@fao.org
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE
ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED
NATIONS (FAO)
Maria Helena SEMEDO
Deputy Director General Natural
Resources
Phone: +390657052060
Email: DDG-N@fao.org
Ren WANG
Assistant Director General
Agriculture and Consumer Protection
Department
Phone: +390657054523
Email: AG-ADG@fao.org
Jamie MORRISON
Senior Officer
Trade and Market Division
Phone: +390657056251
Email: Jamie.Morrison@fao.org
El Mamoun AMROUK
Economist
Trade and Market Division
Phone: +390657056891
Email: ElMamoun.Amrouk@fao.org
Cemal ATICI
Economist
Trade and Market Division
Phone: +390657056260
Email: Cemal.Atici@fao.org
FAO SECRETARIAT
Renata CLARKE
Senior Officer
Food Safety and Quality Unit
Phone: +390657052010
Email: Renata.Clarke@fao.org
Masami TAKEUCHI
Food Safety Officer
Food Safety and Quality Unit
Phone: +390657053076
Email: Masami.Takeuchi@fao.org
Jing PENG
Food Safety and Quality Unit
Phone: +390657056060
Email.JingJ.Peng@fao.org
Mehad OMER
Food Safety and Quality Unit
Phone: +390657053519
Edwin TAVAREZ
Administrative Assistant
Food Safety and Quality Unit
Phone: +390657053543