Proceedings of the Regional Preparatory Meeting for the 2017 meetings of the conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions for the Central and Eastern European and Central Asian region Riga, Latvia, 21 to 23 March 2017 Background In order to assist Parties in preparing for the back-to-back meetings of the conferences of the Parties in 2017, the conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions requested the Executive Secretary of the conventions to support regional meetings to assist regional preparatory processes, coordinated with other regional meetings (decisions BC-12/23, RC-7/13 and SC-7/31). The regional preparatory meetings for the 2017 COPs are being held back to back with working sessions to address regional specific issues related to ratification and early implementation of the Minamata Convention on Mercury. The regional preparatory meetings have been organized in close cooperation with the bureaux members of the concerned regions. 1. The regional preparatory meeting for the 2017 meetings of the conferences of the Parties (COPs) to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions for the Central and Eastern European and Central Asian region was held in the al Protection and Regional Development, Riga, Latvia, from 21 to 23 March 2017. The meeting was held back-to-back with a regional working session of the Minamata Convention on Mercury held on 24 March 2017, at the same venue. 2. The regional preparatory meeting was hosted by the Government of Latvia and organized thanks to the generous support of the Government of Switzerland, with support from the Basel and Stockholm conventions regional centre in Slovakia. 3. The objective of the meeting was to provide an opportunity to participants to familiarize themselves with the items on the provisional agendas of the COPs as well as the tentative organization of work of the meetings. It also aimed at enabling Parties to discuss regional priorities and regional positions for the meetings. The programme of the meeting is set out in annex I to the present proceedings. 4. The meeting was attended by a total of 67 participants, including 55 representatives from 26 Central and Eastern European and Central Asian country Parties and 12 representatives from observer organizations. The list of participants is set out in annex II to the present proceedings. 5. Participants exchanged views on the 2017 COPs meeting documents for those agenda items that were part of the programme of the Central and Eastern European and Central Asian regional preparatory meeting. All COPs documents can be found on the meeting website at: http://brsmeas.org/2017cops/.
Annex I PROGRAMME PREPARATORY MEETING FOR THE 2017 MEETINGS OF THE CONFERENCES OF THE PARTIES TO THE BASEL, ROTTERDAM AND STOCKHOLM CONVENTIONS TUESDAY 21 MARCH 2017 8:30-9:30 Registration 9:30-10:00 Opening and welcome FOR THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPEAN AND CENTRAL ASIAN REGION RIGA, LATVIA, 21 TO 23 MARCH 2017 Item 1. Introduction to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions 2017 COPs 9:30-10:30 Organization of work: schedule of work, high-level segment, practical arrangements, credentials and election of officers and members of subsidiary bodies 11:00-11:20 Coffee break Item 2. Regional consultations: Joint issues at the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions COPs 11:20-12:30 Review of the synergies arrangements International cooperation and coordination Technical assistance and capacity building Regional centres (Basel and Stockholm) 12:30-14:00 Lunch break 14:00-15:00 Financial resources Compliance (Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm) Programme of work and budget 15:00-15:20 Coffee break 15:20-17:00 Break out group on joint issues (closed session for Governments only) 17:00-17:30 Recap from break out group in plenary WEDNESDAY 22 MARCH 2017 Item 3. Regional consultations: Stockholm Convention 9:30-10:30 Listing of chemicals in Annexes A, B and/or C to the Convention: decabromodiphenyl ether, short-chain chlorinated paraffins and hexachlorobutadiene Effectiveness evaluation and reporting Brominated diphenyl ethers PCB Exemptions and PFOS, its salts and PFOSF 10:30-10:50 Coffee break 10:50-12:10 Break out group on Stockholm Convention issues (closed session for Governments only) 12:10-12:30 Recap from break out group in plenary 12:30-14:00 Lunch break
Item 4. Regional consultations: Basel Convention 14:00-15:30 Technical guidelines on POPs wastes, e-waste and mercury wastes Follow-up to the Indonesian-Swiss country-led initiative to improve the effectiveness of the Basel Convention Cartagena Declaration Partnerships under the Basel Convention Operations and work programme of the Open-ended Working Group for 2018 2019 15:30-15:50 Coffee break 15:50-17:10 Break out group on Basel Convention issues (closed session for Governments only) 17:10-17:30 Recap from break out group in plenary THURSDAY 23 MARCH 2017 Item 5. Regional consultations: Rotterdam Convention 9:30-10:30 Consideration of chemicals for inclusion in Annex III to the Convention: fenthion, trichlorfon, paraquat, chrysotile asbestos, short-chain chlorinated paraffins, tributyltin compounds, carbofuran, carbosulfan Intersessional work on the process of listing chemicals in Annex III, including proposals for amendments to the Convention submitted by African countries 10:30-10:50 Coffee break Status of implementation of the Convention 10:50-12:10 Break out group on Rotterdam Convention issues (closed session for Governments only) 12:10-12:30 Recap from break out group in plenary 12:30-14:00 Lunch break Item 6. Update on recent developments under the Minamata Convention 14:00-14:30 Update on recent developments under the Minamata Convention (by the interim secretariat of the Minamata Convention) Item 7. Closure of the regional preparatory meeting for the 2017 Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions COPs 14:30-16:30 Conclusions, recommendations and closure of the meeting --------------------------------------------------------- The regional preparatory meeting for the 2017 meetings of the conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions was hosted by the Government of Latvia and organized thanks to the generous support of the Government of Switzerland. ---------------------------------------------------------
Annex II Regional preparatory meeting for the 2017 meetings of the conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions --------------- Working session to address regional specific issues related to ratification and early implementation of the Minamata Convention on Mercury Riga, Latvia 21 24 March 2017 LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
I. PARTIES Albania (BC, RC, SC) Ms. Ledjana Bojaxhi Head of Sector Waste Sector Blv.Zhan D'Ark No.23 1001 Tirana Albania Tel: + 355 694112110 Email: lediana.karalliu@moe.gov.al / ledjana_k@yahoo.com Ms. Laureta Dibra Head of Sector Air and Climate Change Sector Blv.Zhan D'Ark No.23 1001 Tirana Albania Tel: +355 692040456 Email: Laureta.Dibra@moe.gov.al Armenia (BC, RC, SC) Ms. Anahit Aleksandryan Head of Division Hazardous Substances and Waste Policy Division Ministry of Nature Protection Governmental Building 3, Republic Square 0010 Yerevan Armenia Tel: +374 11 818 519 Email: anahit.aleksandryan@mnp.am / anahit.aleksandryan@yahoo.com Mr. Artak Khachatryan Head of Division Division of Waste Inventory, Classification and Technology Investigation Waste Research Center Ministry of Nature Protection 46 Charents Street 0025 Yerevan Armenia Tel: +374 10554835 Email: wr_center@mnp.am / khachart7@yahoo.com Azerbaijan (BC, SC) Mr. Yashar Karimov Lead advisor Environmental Protection Department Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources B.Aghayev str 100A 1073 Baku Azerbaijan Tel: +994 554553544 +994124925907 Email:yashaoper@rambler.ru Mr. Tural Huseynov Lead advisor International Cooperation Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources B. Aghayev Street 100A 1073 Baku Azerbaijan Tel: +994 552607700 +994 124925907 Email: thuseynov90@gmail.com Belarus (BC, SC) Ms. Maryna Belavus Member of Council NGO Ecological Initiative 14,Ignatovskogo str.,apt. 75 220055 Minsk Belarus Tel: +375 296497137 +375 173065367 Email: maryna.belavus@gmail.com Mr. Ruslan Mikhalevich Deputy Head Waste Management Department Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection 21,Nemanskaya str.,apt. 94 220017 Minsk Belarus Tel: +375 297708048 +375 172004776 Email: ecologyhelp2@gmail.com Bosnia and Herzegovina (BC, RC, SC) Ms. Nermina Skejović-Hurić NFP Stockholm Convention Department for Environmental Protection Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations Musala 9 71000 Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina Tel: +387 33953531 +387 33262165 Email: nermina.skejovic-huric@mvteo.gov.ba / nerabosnia@yahoo.com / Bulgaria (BC, RC, SC) Ms. Lina Patarchanova Chief Expert/NFP Basel Convention Waste Management and Soil Protection Directorate and Water 22 Maria Luiza Boulevard 1000 Sofia Bulgaria Tel: +359 29406554 +359 29406635 Email: lpatarchanova@moew.government.bg Ms. Tsvetanka Dimcheva State Expert/NFP Stockholm Convention Hazardous Chemicals Department
and Water 22 Maria Luiza Boulevard 1000 Sofia Bulgaria Tel: +359 29406261 +359 29803317 Email: dimcheva@moew.government.bg Croatia (BC, RC, SC) Ms. Romana Grizelj Senior Expert Advisor Directotare for climate activitie, sustainable development and protection of soil, air and sea and Energy Radnicka Cesta 80 10000 Zagreb Croatia Tel: +385 1 371 72 35 +385 1 371 7135 Email: romana.grizelj@mzoip.hr Ms. Gordana Vesligaj Senior Expert Advisor Directorate for environmental impact assessment and sustainable waste management and Energy Radnicka Cesta 80 10000 Zagreb Croatia Tel: +385 1 371 71 48 +385 1 371 71 35 Email: gordana.vesligaj@mzoip.hr Czech Republic (BC, RC, SC) Ms. Milada Vomastková (attending the BRS regional preparatory Senior Officer Deparment of Environmental Hazards and Environmental Damages Ministry of the Environment Vršovická 65 10010 Prague Czech Republic Tel: +420 267 122 194 +420 267 310 310 Email: milada.vomastkova@mzp.cz Ms. Irena Sedlačkova (attending the BRS regional preparatory Junior Officer Waste Management Department Ministry of the Environment Vršovická 65 10010 Prague Czech Republic Tel: +420 267 122 283 +420 267 310 308 Email: irena.sedlackova@mzp.cz Estonia (BC, RC, SC) Ms. Liis Kaar Chief Specialist Department of Public Health Ministry of Social Affairs Gonsiori 29 15027 Tallin Estonia Tel: +372 6269154 Email: liis.kaar@sm.ee Ms. Mari-Liis Ummik Senior Officer Waste Department Narva mnt 7A 15172 Tallinn Estonia Tel: +372 6262863 +372 6262801 Email: mari-liis.ummik@envir.ee Georgia (BC, RC, SC) Ms. Ana Berejiani Chief Specialist Waste and Chemicals Management Service and Natural Resources Protection 6 G. Gulua Str. 0114 Tbilisi Georgia Tel: +995 593948617 Email: a.berejiani@moe.gov.ge / falestras@gmail.com Mr. Alverdi Chankseliani Head Waste and Chemical Management Service and Natural Resources Protection 6 G. Gulua Street 0114 Tbilisi Georgia Tel: +995 591819601 Email: a.chankseliani@moe.gov.ge Hungary (BC, RC, SC) Ms. Teodóra Fáta Kristóf (attending the BRS regional preparatory Environment Technology Expert Department of Environmental Development Ministry of Agriculture Kossuth Lájos tér 11 1055 Budapest Hungary Tel: +36 17955129 +36 17950037 Email: fata.teodora.kristof@fm.gov.hu Kazakhstan (BC, RC, SC) Ms. Ardagul Alimkhanova Chief Expert Waste Management Department Ministry of Energy Block A, 19 Kabanbai Str.
010000 Astana Kazakhstan Tel: +77172 740815 +77172768255 Email: a.alimkhanova@energo.gov.kz Ms. Amina Beibitova Consultant Waste Management Department Ministry of Energy Block A, 19 Kabanbai Str. 010000 Astana Kazakhstan Tel: +7 7172 740815 +7 7172 740837 Email: son1deb@mail.ru Kyrgyzstan (BC, RC, SC) Mr. Ali Khalmurzaev Chief Specialist Regulation Center of environment protection and Ecological Safety State Agency on Environment Protection and Forestry of the Kyrgyz Republic 228, Toktogul Str. 720001 Bishkek Kyrgyz Republic Tel: + 996 312 352727 +996 312 350102 Email: envforest@elcat.kg Ms. Zhamalkan Kadoeva Head Division of Environmental Legislation State Agency on Environment Protection and Forestry of the Kyrgyz Republic 228, Toktogul Str. 720001 Bishkek Kyrgyz Republic Tel: + 996 312 900662 +996 312 900662 Email: jamal.kadoeva@gmail.com Latvia (BC, RC, SC) Ms. Ilze Donina (attending the BRS regional preparatory Senior Desk Officer Environmental Protection Department al Protection and Regional Development 25, Peldu Street 1494 Riga Latvia Tel: +371 6 702 6515 +371 6 782 0442 Email: ilze.donina@varam.gov.lv Ms. Silvija Nora Kalnins Senior Expert Department of Environmental Protection al Protection and Regional Development Peldu Iela 25 LV-1494 Riga Latvia Tel: +371 29141606 Email: silvija.kalnins@varam.gov.lv Ms. Daina Ozola Senior Official Environment Protection Department al Protection and Regional Development Peldu Iela 25 LV 1494 Riga Latvia Tel: +371 6 7026514 Email: daina.ozola@varam.gov.lv Ms. Sanda Ilgaža (attending the BRS regional preparatory Senior Official Environment Protection Department al Protection and Regional Development Peldu Iela 25 LV 1494 Riga Latvia Tel: +371 6 7026513 Email: sanda.ilgaza@varam.gov.lv Ms. Dagnija Jirgensone (attending the BRS regional preparatory Senior Official Environment Protection Department al Protection and Regional Development Peldu Iela 25 LV 1494 Riga Latvia Tel: +371 6 7026514 Email: dagnija.jirgensone@varam.gov.lv Lithuania (BC, RC, SC) Ms. Justina Grigaraviciene (attending the BRS regional preparatory Chief Desk Officer Waste Department A.Jakšto g.4 LT-01105 Vilnius Lithuania Tel: +370 706 63537 +370 526 63663 Email: justina.grigaraviciene@am.lt Montenegro (BC, RC, SC) Mr. Dragan Asanovic General Director Directorate for Waste Management and Communal Development Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism IV Proleterske Brigade 19 81000 Podgorica
Montenegro Tel: +382 20446208 +382 20446215 Email: gogoasanovic@yahoo.com / dragan.asanovic@epa.org.me / dragan.asanovic@mrt.org.me Ms. Jelena Kovaćević Head Department for Industrial Pollution Control and Chemicals Management Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism IV Proleterske Brigade 19 81000 Podgorica Montenegro Tel: +382 67209349 +382 20446215 Email: jelena.kovacevic@mrt.gov.me Poland (BC, RC, SC) Ms. Anna Graczyk (attending the BRS regional preparatory Head of Division Division for International Instruments Bureau for Chemical Substances Dowborczykow 30/34 90-019 Lodz Poland Tel: +48 422 538413 +48 422 538444 Email: anna.graczyk@chemikalia.gov.pl Mr. Przemyslaw Kurowicki (attending the BRS regional preparatory Head of Unit Department of Market Control Chief Inspectorate of Environmental Protection Wawelska 52/54 Street 00 922 Warsaw Poland Tel: +48 22 3692249 +48 22 3692302 Email: p.kurowicki@gios.gov.pl Mr. Marek Porycki (attending the BRS regional preparatory Expert Department of Market Control Chief Inspectorate of Environmental Protection Wawelska 52/54 Street 00 922 Warsaw Poland Tel: +48 22 3692249 +48 22 3692302 Email: m.porycki@gios.gov.pl Republic of Moldova (BC, RC, SC) Ms. Svetlana Bolocan Head Department of Pollution Prevention and Waste Management 9 Constantin Tanase Street 2005 Chisinau Republic of Moldova Tel: +373 22204525 +373 22206858 Email: bolocan@mediu.gov.md Ms. Carolina Banaru Consultant Department of Pollution Prevention and Waste Management 9 Constantin Tanase Street 2005 Chisinau Republic of Moldova Tel: +373 22204524 Email: banaru@mediu.gov.md Ms. Tatiana Tugui Manager Environmental Prevention Pollution Office 9 Constantin Tanase Street 2005 Chisinau Republic of Moldova Tel: +373 6924539 +373 22222542 Email: tuguitatiana@ymail.com / tatiana.tugui@eppo.md Romania (BC, RC, SC) Ms. Claudia Dumitru (attending the working session of the MC only) Senior Adviser/NFP Minamata Convention General Directorate of Waste, Contaminated Sites and Hazardous Substances Libertii Boulevard 12, Sector 5 040129 Bucarest Romania Tel: +40 724390063 +40 213160298 Email: claudia.dumitru@mmediu.ro Ms. Mihaela Claudia Paun (attending the BRS regional preparatory Senior Policy Adviser Pollution Control and Impact Assessment Directorate Libertii Boulevard 12, Sector 5 040129 Bucarest Romania Tel: +4072 1366685 +4021 3160421 Email: mihaela.ciobanu@mmediu.ro Ms. Maria Olteanu (attending the BRS regional preparatory Senior Scientific Adviser General Directorate of Waste, Contaminated Sites and Hazardous Substances Libertii Boulevard 12, Sector 5 040129 Bucarest Romania Tel: +4021 4089582 +4021 3160298 Mobile: +40754231017 Email: maria.olteanu@mmediu.ro
Russian Federation (BC, RC, SC) Mr. Vladimir Lenev (attending the working session of the MC only) Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to International Organizations in Nairobi Lenana Road 30049 00100 Nairobi Kenya Tel: +7 499 244 4696 +254-20-272-87-00 Email: vladimirlenev@mail.ru Ms. Khalidya Khamidulina Director Health Department Russian Register of Potentially Hazardous Chemical and Biological Substances Varshavskoye Shosse, 19A 117105 Moscow Russian Federation Tel: +7499 940 9787 +7 499 940 9775 Email:director@rosreg.info; secretary@rosreg.info; khalidia@yandex.ru Mr. Alexander Romanov Deputy Director General for international cooperation Scientific Research Institute for atmospheric air protection JSC 7, Karbyshev st. 194021 Saint-Petersburg Russian Federation Tel: +7 812 372 5785 +7 812 2978662 Email: ALEXANN.RM@GMAIL.COM Ms. Olga Mukhina (attending the BRS regional preparatory Consultant Department of science and international cooperation Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights and Human Well-being 18, Vadkovsky lane Moscow Russian Federation Tel: +74999782406 Email: muhina_oy@gsen.ru Mr. Evgeny Kovalevskiy (attending the BRS regional preparatory Department of hygienic regulation FSBSI Research Institute of Occupational Health 31, Budennogo Prospect 105275 Moscow Russian Federation Tel: +79852221073 +74953660583 Email: kovevgeny2008@yandex.ru Serbia (BC, RC, SC) Ms. Suzana Andrejevic Stefanovic Head of Division/DNA Rotterdam Convention Department for Chemicals Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection 22-26, Nemanjina Street Novi Beograd 11000 Belgrade Serbia Tel: +381 117155221 +381 113132574 Email: suzana.a.stefanovic@eko.minpolj.gov.rs. Ms. Gordana Petkovic Head of Department/NFP Basel Convention Department for EU Integration and International Cooperation in the field of Environmental Protection Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection 22-26, Nemanjina Street Novi Beograd 11000 Belgrade Serbia Tel: +381 112691672 +381 113132574 Email: gordana.petkovic@eko.minpolj.gov.rs Slovakia (BC, RC, SC) Ms. Jana Mičáková State Aadvisor Department of Environmental Risk and Biosafety of the Slovak Republic Námestie Ľ. Štúra 1 81235 Bratislava I Slovak Republic Tel: +421 2 59 56 2266 +421 2 5956 2511 Email: jana.micakova@enviro.gov.sk Ms. Oľga Trcková (attending the BRS regional preparatory State Advisor Waste Management Department of the Slovak Republic Námestie Ľ. Štúra 1 81235 Bratislava Slovakia Tel: +421 2 5956 2292 +421 2 5956 2511 Email: olga.trckova@enviro.gov.sk Tajikistan (BC, SC) Mr. Rakhmatullo Khairulloev Director Сentry Stockholm Convention on POPs Committee on Environmental Protection under the Government of Tajikistan 5/1 Shamsi street 734034 Dushanbe Tajikistan Tel: +992 937001385 Email: ecorms@mile.ru Mr. Abdusalim Juraev Head Department on Monitoring and Ecological Policies
Committee on Environmental Protection under the Government of Tajikistan 5/1 Shamsi street 734034 Dushanbe Tajikistan Tel: +992 907717213 Email: abdusalim_juraev@mail.ru 9, Uzbekistan street 100029 Tashkent Uzbekistan Tel: +998712334937 +998712338755 Email: water@tiv.uz The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (BC, RC, SC) Ms. Lendita Dika State Counselor Industrial Pollution and Risk Management Department and Physical Planning Pitu Guli No. 1 1250 Debar The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Tel: +389 75266058 +389 23220165 Email: lenditadika@hotmail.com / l.dika@moepp.gov.mk / Ukraine (BC, RC, SC) Ms. Natalia Shorobura Chief Specialist Department of Ecological Safety Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources 35, Vasilya Lipkivs kogo Str. 03035 Kyiv Ukraine Tel: +44 2063106 +44 2063106 Email: shorobura@menr.gov.ua Mr. Ruslan Koval Director SE Hygienic Regulation Committee of Ministry of Health of Ukraine 75, Saksagansky Str. 01033 Kyiv Ukraine Tel: +38 0442894705 +38 0442893643 Email: koval@uhrc.gov.ua Uzbekistan (BC) Mr. Diyor Pulatov Chief Specialist The Department of international relations and programs The State Committee for Nature Protection 2 a, Toytepa street 100047 Tashkent Uzbekistan Tel: +99871207-07-70 (1043#) +99871-236-13-05 Email: dpulatov@uznature.uz Mr. Nazrulislom Bakiev 3rd Secretary Department for cooperation with SCO and CIS Ministry of Foreign Affairs
II. OBSERVERS Global Environment Facility (GEF) Ms. Masako Ogawa Senior Environmental Specialist Program Unit 1818 H St. NW, Mail Stop N8-800 20433 Washington, DC U.S.A. Tel +1(202) 458 2789 + Email: mogawa2@thegef.org United Nations Environment Europe Office Ms. Mijke Hertoghs Regional Coordinator - Chemicals & Waste United Nations Environment Europe Office International Environment House 11-13 Chemin des Anémones CH-1219 Châtelaine, Geneva Switzerland Tel. + 41 (0)22 9178931 Email mijke.hertoghs@unep.org United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Ms. Rodica Ella Ivan Industrial Development Officer Environment Department United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Vienna International Center, Wagramer Straße 5, 1400 Wien Austria Tel: +43 1260265085 +43 1260266804 Email: r.ivan@unido.org United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) Mr. Joost Dittkrist Consultant Chemicals and Waste Management Programme (CWM) United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) 11-13 Chemin des Anémones 1219 Chatelaine, Geneva Switzerland Tel: +41 229178173 Email: jost.dittkrist@unitar.org Basel Convention Regional Centre for Training and Technology Transfer for Central and Eastern Europe (BCRC Slovakia) Mr. Martin Jakuš Waste management specialist Basel Convention Regional Centre Slovakia Karloveská 2, P.O.BOX 132 840 00 Bratislava Slovakia Tel.: +421 906 314 007 Email: martin.jakus@sazp.sk Basel Convention Regional Centre for CIS countries (BCRC Russian Federation) Mr. Mikhail Tagilov Research Centre «Waste» FSBI «VNII Ecology» Znamenskoe-Sadki estate 117628 Moscow Russian Federation Tel: +7(911)9460291 Email: m.tagilov@vniiecology.ru Stockholm Convention Regional Centre for Capacity-Building and the Transfer of Technology (SCRC Czech Republic) Ms. Kateřina Šebková Director /SCRC in the Czech republic Research Centre for Toxic Compounds in the Environment Masaryk University Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 753/5 625 00 Brno Czech Republic Tel: +420 549493063 +420 549492840 Email: sebkova@recetox.muni.cz Armenian Women for Health and Healthy Environment (AWHHE) Ms. Elena Manvelyan (attending the BRS regional preparatory President Armenian Women for Health and Healthy Environment Baghramyan Str. 24B 0019 Yerevan Armenia Tel: +374 91197997 Email: office@awhhe.am Arnika Association (AA) Ms. Jitka Strakova Coordinator Toxics And Waste Programme
International POPs Elimination Network (IPEN) Delnicka 13 170 00 Prague Czech Republic Tel: +420 777266386 Email: jitka.strakova@arnika.org International POPs Elimination Network (IPEN) Sustainability Design Division EX Research Institute, Ltd. 2-17-22 Takada, Toshima-ku 171-0033 Tokyo Japan Tel: +81 3 5956 7517 +81 3 5956 7523 Email: takashi.nishida@exri.co.jp Ms. Olga Speranskaya IPEN Co-Chair The International POPs Elimination Network (IPEN) 37-61 Sheremetievskaya Str. Moscow Russia Tel: +7 916 685 5193 Email: olga@ipen.org International Alliance of Trade Union Organizations Chrysotile Mr. Dmitrii Selianin Adviser for International Affairs International Affairs International Alliance of Trade-Unions Organizations Chrysotile Pobedy Street, 23 624261 Asbest Russian Federation Tel: +7 9126368002 +7 3436541001 Email: selyanind@gmail.com International Chrysotile Association Mr. Emiliano Alonso Legal Advisor 1 Place Ville Marie, Suite 3900 H3B 4M7 Montreal Canada Tel: +1 418 332 3871 +1 418 332 2904 Email: e.alonso@alonsoasociados.com EX Research Institute Ltd. Ms. Kaoru Oka (attending the working session of the MC only) Deputy Division Director Sustainability Design Division EX Research Institute, Ltd. 2-17-22 Takada, Toshima-ku 171-0033 Tokyo Japan Tel: +81 3 5956 7517 +81 3 5956 7523 Email: oka@exri.co.jp Mr. Takashi Nishida (attending the working session of the MC only) Consultant