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NATIONS RC
UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.15/INF/3
Distr.: General
Rotterdam Convention on the Prior 13 August 2019
Informed Consent Procedure for English only
Certain Hazardous Chemicals and
Pesticides in International Trade
Chemical Review Committee
Fifteenth meeting
Rome, 8–10 October 2019
Item 4 of the provisional agenda
Rotation of the membership
Information on the rotation of the membership of the Chemical

Review Committee
Note by the Secretariat
1. In paragraph 3 of decision RC-9/2 on the operation of the Chemical Review Committee, the
Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for
Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade confirmed the appointments of Mr.
Dinesh Runiwal (India) to replace Mr. Manoj Kumar Gangeya and Mr. Simon Hoy (United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) to replace Ms. Johanna Pelthola-Thies as members of the
Committee to serve for the remainder of Mr. Gangeya’s and Ms. Pelthola-Thies’s terms, until 30 April
2020. The curricula vitae of those members, with the exception of Mr. Lacroix, are set out in
document UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.14/INF/3/Rev.1.
2. In paragraph 4 of the same decision the Conference of the Parties also confirmed the
appointments of Mr. Martin Lacroix (Canada) to replace Mr. Jeffery Goodman, Ms. Gloria Judith
Venegas Calderón (Ecuador) to replace Ms. Cristina Salgado, Ms. Kristīne Kazerovska (Latvia) to
replace Ms. Līga Rubene, Mr. Muhammad Shakeel Malik (Pakistan) to replace Mr. Iftikhar-ul-Hassan
Shah Gilani, and Ms. Agnieszka Jankowska (Poland) to replace Ms. Dorota Wiaderna as members of
the Committee to serve for the remainder of Mr. Goodman’s, Ms. Salgado’s, Ms. Rubene’s,
Mr. Gilani’s and Ms. Wiaderna’s terms, until 30 April 2022. The curricula vitae of these members,
with the exception of Mr. Lacroix, are set out in document UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.14/INF/3/Rev.1. Mr.
Lacroix’s curriculum vitae is set out in document UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.9/INF/50.
3. By paragraph 5 of the same decision, the Conference of the Parties appointed the 14 designated
experts listed in the annex to that present decision to serve as members of the Committee, with terms
of office from 1 May 2020 to 30 April 2024. The curricula vitae of those members are set out in
document UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.9/INF/4/Rev.1.
4. In paragraph 6 of decision RC-9/2, the Conference of the Parties elected Ms. Noluzuko Gwayi
(South Africa) as the Chair of the Committee.
5. Following the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties, Pakistan designated Zaigham
Abbas in July 2019 as replacement of Mr. Muhammad Shakeel Malik for the remainder of his term,
until 30 April 2022. The curriculum vitae of Mr. Abbas is set out in annex IV to the present note.
According to paragraph 8 of decision RC-1/6 of the Conference of the Parties on the establishment of
the Chemical Review Committee, any vacancy in the Committee arising during the intersessional
period shall be filled on an interim basis in accordance with such procedure as the region concerned
* UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.15/1.
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may determine. The appointment of this member is subject to confirmation by the Conference of the
Parties at its tenth meeting, to be held from 17 to 28 May 2021.
6. A table summarizing the rotation of the membership of the Committee, including the names of
the appointed members, is set out in annex I to the present note. The contact information of the current
and newly appointed members is set out in annexes II and III, respectively, to the present note.
7. The fifteenth meeting is the last meeting for two members of the Bureau: Vice-Chairs Ms.
Norma Sbarbati Nudelman (Argentina) and Ms. Marit Randall (Norway) as their terms of office end as
of 30 April 2020. For Vice-Chair Ms. Anahit Aleksandryan (Armenia), her Committee membership
has been extended for a second term from May 2020 to April 2024. At its fifteenth meeting the
Committee is to elect two Bureau members to succeed the outgoing Bureau members.
8. The present note, including its annexes, has not been formally edited.
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Annex I
Summary of the rotation of the membership of the Chemical Review Committee
1 Oct 2005 – 1 Oct 2005 – 1 Oct 2007 – 1 Oct 2009 – 1 Oct 2011 – 1 May 2014 – 1 May 2016 – 1 May 2018 – 1 May 2020 –
30 Sep 2007 30 Sep 2009 30 Sep 2011 30 Apr 20141 30 Apr 20162 30 Apr 2018 30 Apr 2020 30 Apr 2022 30 Apr 2024
(CRC-1–CRC-3) (CRC-1–CRC-5) (CRC-4–CRC-7) (CRC-6–CRC-9) (CRC-8–CRC-11) (CRC-10–CRC-13) (CRC-12–CRC-15) (CRC-14–CRC-17) (CRC-16–CRC-19)
African Mr. Alain Donatien Mr. Mohamed Mr. Mansourou Mr. Droh Lanciné Mr. Victor N'Goka Mr. Peter Ayuk Mr. Ahmed Houssein Mr. Victor N’Goka Ms. Aïta Sarr Seck
group Buluku (Democratic Ammar Khalifa Moudachirou Goné (Côte d’Ivoire) (Congo) Enoh (Cameroon) Bouh (Djibouti) (Congo) (Senegal)
Republic of Congo) (Libyan Arab (Benin) Mr. Peter Opiyo Mr. Alieu Sallah Mr. Mohammed Ali Mr. Arsonina Bera Mr. Joseph Mr. Clorence
Mr. John Pwamang Jamahiriya) Mr. Hubert Binga (Kenya) (Gambia) Mohammed (Madagascar) Cantamanto Edmund Matewe (Zimbabwe)
(Ghana) Mr. Ousmane Sow (Gabon) Mr. Sidi Ould Mr. Gaoussou (Ethiopia) Ms. Alimatou Abdou (Ghana) Mr. Youssef Zidi
Ms. Oluronke (Senegal) Mr. Idris Adamu Aloueimine Kanouté (Mali) Ms. Amal Lemsioui Douki (Niger) Mr. Christian (Tunisia)
Ajibike Soyombo3 Mr. Ernest Goji5 (Nigeria) (Mauritania) Mr. Boniface (Morocco) Mr. Kamaleldin Sekomo Birame Mr. Daniel William
(Nigeria) Mashimba4 (United Ms. Noluzuko Mr. Azhari Omer Mbewe7 (Zambia) Mr. N’ladon Nadjo8 Abdelmahmoud (Rwanda) Ndiyo (United
Mr. Sibbele Republic of Gwayi (South Abdelbagi6 (Sudan) (Togo) Amein Bakr9 (Sudan) Ms. Noluzuko Republic of
Hietkamp (South Tanzania) Africa) Gwayi10 (South Tanzania)
Africa) Mr. Aloys Kamatari Africa)
(Rwanda)
1
In decision RC-6/3, the term of office was extended to 1 May 2014.
2
In decision RC-6/3, the term of office was extended to 1 May 2016.
3
Ms. Oluronke Ajibike Soyombo (Nigeria) was a Vice-Chair and the rapporteur of the Committee at its first, second and third meetings.
4
Mr. Ernest Mashimba (United Republic of Tanzania) was a Vice-Chair of the Committee at its fourth and fifth meetings.
5
Mr. Idris Adamu Goji (Nigeria) was a Vice-Chair of the Committee at its sixth and seventh meetings.
6
Mr. Azhari Omer Abdelbagi (Sudan) was a Vice-Chair of the Committee at its eighth and ninth meetings.
7
Mr. Boniface Mbewe (Zambia) was a Vice-Chair of the Committee at its tenth and eleventh meetings.
8
Mr. N’ladon Nadjo (Togo) was a Vice-Chair of the Committee at its twelfth and thirteenth meetings.
9
Mr. Kamaleldin Abdelmahmoud Amein Bakr was nominated by his Government to replace Mr. Khidir Gibril Musa Edres.
10
Ms. Noluzuko Gwayi (South Africa) served as the interim Chair of the Committee at its fourteenth meeting.
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19 21
Asian and Mr. Isak Djumaev Mr. Mohammed Mr. Shan Zhengjun Mr. Mehdi Mr. Ram Niwas Ms. Jinye Sun Mr. Dinesh Runiwal Ms. Sun Jinye Ms. Yenny Meliana
Pacific (Kyrgyzstan) Khashashneh (China) Ghaemian14 (Islamic Jindal17 (India) (China) (India) (China) (Indonesia)
group Mr. Halimi Bin (Jordan) Mr. Manoranjan Republic of Iran) Ms. Amal Al- Mr. Mohd Fauzan Ms. Champa Mr. Shankar Prasad Mr. Hassan Azhar
Mahmud (Malaysia) Mr. Hamoud Hota12 (India) Mr. Muhammad Rashdan18 (Kuwait) Yunus (Malaysia) Magamage (Sri Lanka) Paudel (Nepal) (Maldives)
Mr. William Cable Darwish Salim Al- Mr. Masayuki Ikeda Bashir Khan Mr. Jung-Kwan Mr. Iftikhar-ul- Mr. Viliami Toalei Mr. Zaigham Mr. Jayakody A.
(Samoa) Hasani (Oman) (Japan) (Pakistan) Seo (Republic of Hassan Shah Gilani20 Manu (Tonga) Abbas22 (Pakistan) Sumith (Sri Lanka)
Ms. Supranee Ms. Kyunghee Choi Ms. Jeevani Ms. Hala Sultan Saif Korea) (Pakistan) Mr. Shehab Qaid Al- Ms. Nuansri Mr. Dinesh Runiwal
Impithuksa (Republic of Korea) Prasadika Al-Easa15 (Qatar) Mr. Mohamad Ms. Nuansri Shameri (Yemen) Tayaputch (India)
(Thailand) Mr. Mohammed Marasinghe13 (Sri Mr. Abdullah Saleh Makki (Saudi Tayaputch (Thailand)
Jamal Hajjar11 Lanka) Shamlan16 (Yemen) Arabia) (Thailand)
(Syrian Arab
Republic)
Central Mr. Tamás Kömíves Ms. Karmen Ms. Darina Ms. Anahit Ms. Parvoleta Ms. Magdalena Ms. Anahit Ms. Kristīne Ms. Anahit
and (Hungary) Krajnc23 (Slovenia) Liptakova25 (Czech Aleksandryan26 Luleva (Bulgaria) Frydrych28 (Poland) Aleksandryan29 Kazerovska30 Aleksandryan
Eastern Mr. Yuriy Illich Republic) (Armenia) Ms. Tatiana Tugui (Armenia) (Latvia) (Armenia)
European Kundiev24 (Ukraine) Ms. Magdalena (Republic of Ms. Agnieszka
group Balicka27 (Poland) Moldova) Jankowska31
(Poland)
11
Mr. Mohammed Jamal Hajjar (Syrian Arab Republic) was a Vice-Chair of the Committee at its first, second and third meetings.
12
Mr. Manoranjan Hota (India) was nominated by his Government to replace Mr. Shri Jasbir Singh and Mr. G. K. Pandey.
13
Ms. Jeevani Prasadika Marasinghe (Sri Lanka) was nominated by her Government to replace Mr. Gamini Manuweera.
14
Mr. Mehdi Ghaemian (Islamic Republic of Iran) was nominated by his Government to replace Mr. Hesameddin Nasirzadeh.
15
Ms. Hala Sultan Saif Al-Easa (Qatar) was a Vice-Chair and the rapporteur of the Committee at its sixth and seventh meetings and the Chair of the Committee at its eighth and ninth meetings.
16
Mr. Abdullah Shamlan (Yemen) was nominated by his Government to replace Mr. Shoki Abdulwali A. Al-Dobai.
17
Mr. Ram Niwas Jindal (India) was nominated by his Government to replace Mr. Manoranjan Hota.
18
Ms. Amal Al-Rashdan (Kuwait) was a Vice-Chair of the Committee at its tenth and eleventh meetings.
19
Ms. Jinye Sun (China) was a Vice-Chair of the Committee at its twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth meetings.
20
Mr. Iftikhar-ul-Hassan Shah Gilani was nominated by his Government to replace Ms. Khalida Bashir.
21
Mr. Dinesh Runiwal (India) was nominated by his Government to replace Mr. Wangkheimayum Bharat Singh, Mr. Manoj Kumar Gangeya and Mr. Ram Bharosey Lal.
22
Mr. Zaigham Abbas was nominated by his Government to replace Mr. Iftikhar-ul-Hassan Shah Gilani and Mr. Muhammad Shakeel Malik.
23
Ms. Karmen Krajnc (Slovenia) was a Vice-Chair of the Committee at its fourth meeting and the Chair of the Committee at its fifth meeting.
24
Mr. Yuriy Illich Kundiev (Ukraine) was a Vice-Chair of the Committee at its first, second and third meetings.
25
Ms. Darina Liptakova (Czech Republic) was a Vice-Chair of the Committee at its sixth meeting.
26
Ms. Anahit Aleksandryan (Armenia) was a Vice-Chair of the Committee at its eighth and ninth meetings.
27
Ms. Magdalena Balicka (Poland) was a Vice-Chair of the Committee at its seventh meeting.
28
Ms. Magdalena Frydrych (Poland) was previously known as Ms. Magdalena Balicka and was a Vice-Chair and the rapporteur of the Committee at its tenth to thirteenth meetings.
29
Ms. Anahit Aleksandryan (Armenia) was a Vice-Chair of the Committee at its fourteenth meeting.
30
Ms. Kristīne Kazerovska was nominated by her Government to replace Ms. Līga Rubene.
31
Ms. Agnieszka Jankowska was nominated by her Government to replace Ms. Dorota Wiaderna.
4
Latin Mr. Cesar Koppe Ms. Norma Sbarbati Mr. Ignacio Figueroa Ms. Jacqueline Mr. Gilberto Mr. Malverne Ms. Normal Sbarbati Ms. Gloria Judith Ms. Eliana Rosa
American Grisolia (Brazil) Nudelman32 Cornejo (Chile) Arroyo35 (Ecuador) Fillmann36 (Brazil) Spencer38 (Antigua Nudelman39 Venegas Calderón40 Munarriz
and Ms. Mercedes (Argentina) Ms. Leonor Cedillo Mr. Michael Frank Mr. Arturo Gavilán and Barbuda) (Argentina) (Ecuador) (Argentina)
Caribbean Bolaños (Ecuador) Mr. Michael Frank Becerril34 (Mexico) Ramsay (Jamaica) García37 (Mexico) Ms. Elsa Ferreras de Mr. Jorge Luis Mr. Suresh Mr. Jonah Ormond
group Ramsay33 (Jamaica) Sanchez (Dominican Requena Núñez Amichand (Guyana) (Antigua and
Ms. Vilma Morales
Ms. Ana Laura Quillama (Peru) Republic) (Panama) Ms. Lady Jhoana Barbuda)
Chouhy Gonella Ms. Ana Gabriela Dominguez Majin
(Uruguay) Ramírez Salgado (Colombia)
(Honduras)
32
Ms. Norma Sbarbati Nudelman (Argentina) was a Vice-Chair of the Committee at its first, second and third meetings.
33
Mr. Michael Frank Ramsay (Jamaica) was a Vice-Chair of the Committee at its fifth meeting and was nominated by his Government to replace Ms. Hyacinth Chin Sue who was the Chair of the Committee at its
fourth meeting.
34
Ms. Leonor Cedillo Becerril (Mexico) was nominated by her Government to replace Mr. Mario Yarto.
35
Ms. Jacqueline Arroyo (Ecuador) was a Vice-Chair of the Committee at its sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth meetings.
36
Mr. Gilberto Fillmann (Brazil) was a Vice-Chair of the Committee at its tenth and eleventh meetings.
37
Mr. Arturo Gavilan Garcia (Mexico) was nominated by his Government to replace Ms. Leonor Cedillo Becerril.
38
Mr. Malverne Spencer (Antigua and Barbuda) was a Vice-Chair of the Committee at its twelfth and thirteenth meetings.
39
Ms. Norma Sbarbati Nudelman (Argentina) was a Vice-Chair of the Committee at its fourteenth meeting.
40
Ms. Gloria Judith Venegas Calderón (Ecuador) was nominated by her Government to replace Ms. Cristina Alexandra Salgado Torres.
5
50
Western Mr. Mario Nichelatti Mr. Angelo Anthony Ms. Anja Bartels Ms. Hang Tang Ms. Anja Bartels Mr. Jack Holland Ms. Parvoleta Mr. Martin Lacroix Mr. Juergen Helbig
European (France) Valois42 (Australia) (Austria) (Canada) (Austria) (Australia) Angelova Luleva (Canada) (Austria)
and others Ms. Bettina Ms. Hang Tang43 Mr. Mario Ms. Susan Jane Ms. Mirijam Seng Mr. Jeffery (Germany) Mr. Timo Seppälä Ms. Mara Curaba
group Hitzfeld41 (Canada) Nichelatti, replaced Collier (New (Germany) Goodman (Canada) Ms. Marit Randall48 (Finland) (Belgium)
(Switzerland) Mr. Magnus by Ms. Mirijam Zealand) Ms. Sarah Ms. Leonarda (Norway) Mr. Peter Korytar Ms. Sarah Maillefer
Mr. LeoneIlo Attias Nyström (Finland) Kristina Brigitta Ms. Leonarda Maillefer Christina van Ms. Simon Hoy49 (Malta) (Switzerland)
(Italy) Seng (France) Christina van (Switzerland) Leeuwen (United Kingdom of
Mr. Klaus Berend44 Mr. Peter Dawson
(Netherlands) Ms. Marit Randall45 Leeuwen (Netherlands) Great Britain and (New Zealand)
(Norway) (Netherlands)46 Mr. Jürgen Helbig Northern Ireland)
Mr. Jürgen Helbig47 (Spain)
(Spain)
41
Ms. Bettina Hitzfeld (Switzerland) was the Chair of the Committee at its second and third meetings.
42
Mr. Angelo Anthony Valois (Australia) was nominated by his Government to replace Mr. André Mayne who was the Chair of the Committee at is first meeting.
43
Ms. Hang Tang (Canada) was nominated by her Government to replace Mr. Lars Juergensen.
44
Mr. Klaus Berend (Netherlands) was a Vice-Chair and the rapporteur of the Committee at its fourth and fifth meetings.
45
Ms. Marit Randall (Norway) was the Chair of the Committee at its sixth and seventh meetings.
46
Ms. Leonarda Christina van Leeuwen (Netherlands) was nominated by her Government to replace Mr. Jan B. H. J. Linders.
47
Mr. Jürgen Helbig (Spain) was a Vice-Chair and the rapporteur of the Committee at its eighth and ninth meetings and the Chair of the Committee at its tenth to thirteenth meetings.
48
Ms. Marit Randall (Norway) was a Vice-Chair of the Committee at its fourteenth meeting.
49
Mr. Simon Hoy (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) was nominated by his Government to replace Mr. Steven Morris and Ms. Johanna Peltola-Thies.
50
Mr. Martin Lacroix (Canada) was nominated by his Government to replace Mr. Jeffery Goodman.
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Annex II
Contact information of the current members of the Chemical Review
Committee
Argentina Colombia
Ms. Norma Ethel Sbarbati-Nudelman Ms. Lady Jhoana Domínguez Majin
Professor, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales MSc in Toxicology-Environmental Engineer/ Consultant
Chemistry Ministry of Environmental and Sustainable Development
University of Buenos Aires/ National Academy of Sciences Calle 77B #129-70 Torre 4 Apto 306
Sucre 2950 Parque Central de Occidente 1, Barrio Gran Granada
AGH 1428 Buenos Aires Bogota
Argentina Colombia
Tel: +5411 4785 5182 Tel: +57 1 386 0817
Fax: +5411 4811 6951 Fax:
Email: sbarbati04@gmail.com Email: ljdominguezma@unal.edu.co /
ldominguez@minambiente.gov.co
Armenia
Congo
Ms. Anahit Aleksandryan
Head Mr. Victor N'Goka
Hazardous Substances and Waste Policy Division Professor
Ministry of Nature Protection Organic and Analytic Chemistry
Governmental Building 3 Faculty of Science and Technology Marien Ngouabi
Republic Square University
0010 Yerevan 81, rue Dahomey Potopoto
Armenia B.P. 13922
Tel: +374 11 818 519 Brazzaville
Fax: Congo
Email: anahit.aleksandryan@yahoo.com Tel: +242 06 663 7606
Fax:
Canada Email: ehatingoka@hotmail.com
Mr. Martin Lacroix Djibouti

Head, Export Controls Unit
Chemical Production Division Mr. Ahmed Houssein Bouh
Environment and Climate Change Canada Conseiller Technique du Ministre / Point Focal de la
351 St. Joseph Boulevard Convention de Stockholm sur les POPs
K1A 0H3 Gatineau Ministère de l’Habitat, de l’Urbanisme et de
Canada l’Environnement
Tel: +1 819 938 5207 Zone Boulaos
Fax: +1 819 938 4218 B.P. 11
Email: martin.lacroix2@canada.ca Djibouti
Djibouti
China Tel: +253 21 35 00 06
Fax: +253 21 35 16 18
Email: pops_djibouti@yahoo.fr
Ms. Jinye Sun
Professor
Solid Waste and Chemicals Management Centre Ecuador
Ministry of Ecology and Environment
1 Yuhuiwanlu Road, Chaoyang District Ms. Gloria Judith Venegas Calderón
100029 Beijing Especialista de Información y Asesoramiento Toxicológico
China Centro de Información y Asesoramiento Toxicológico
Tel: +86 10 8466 5460 Ministerio de Salud Pública
Fax: +86 10 8463 4708 Edifico ECU-911, Sala Operativa
Email: sunjinye@mepscc.cn Calle Julio Endara (sin número) Sector Parque Itchimbía
170136 Quito
Ecuador
Tel: +593 2 380 0746
Fax:
Email: gloria.venegas@msp.gob.ec
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Finland Latvia
Mr. Timo Seppälä Ms. Kristīne Kazerovska
Senior Adviser Senior Expert
Centre for Sustainable Consumption and Production / Pollution Prevention Division / Environmental Protection
Contaminants Unit Department
Finnish Environment Institute Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional
Latokartanonkaari 11 Development
00790 Helsinki Peldu iela 25
Finland 1494 Riga
Tel: +358 400 148 643 Latvia
Fax: +358 9 5490 2490 Tel: +371 6702 6516
Email: timo.seppala@ymparisto.fi / Fax: +371 6782 0442
timo.seppala@environment.fi Email: kristine.kazerovska@varam.gov.lv
Germany Madagascar
Ms. Parvoleta Angelova Luleva Mr. Arsonina Bera
Expert in Chemicals Management Directeur en charge
1632 Sofia Direction de la Gestion des Pollutions
Bulgaria Ministère de l'Environnement et des Forêts
Tel: +359 888 665458 B.P. 571
Fax: Tananarive
Email: pluleva1@gmail.com Madagascar
Tel: +261 33 33 210 46
Ghana Fax: +261 20 22 304 88
Email: dgp@mef.gov.mg / beraarsonina@yahoo.com
Mr. Joseph Cantamanto Edmund
Deputy Director Malta
Chemicals Control and Management Centre
Environmental Protection Agency Mr. Peter Korytár
Starlet 91 Street Policy Officer / Administrator
P.O. Box M326 DG Environment
Accra European Commission
Ghana Avenue de Beaulieu, 9
Tel: +233 302 664 697 1160 Brussels
Fax: Belgium
Email: kweku_orchard@yahoo.com / Tel: +32 2 299 17 86
joseph.edmund@epa.gov.gh Fax:
Email: peter.korytar@ec.europa.eu
Guyana
Nepal
Mr. Suresh Lochan Amichand
Deputy Registrar Mr. Shankar Prasad Paudel
Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals Control Board Senior Divisional Chemist
Ministry of Agriculture Pollution Control and Regulate Section
Lot 12, Block 'Y' Cornelia Ida Department of Environment
West Coast Demerara Ministry of Forest and Environment
Guyana Babarmahal, Kathmandu
Tel: +592 220 7887 Nepal
Fax: +592 220 8933 Tel: +977 1 555 1161
Email: amichands@yahoo.com / samichand@ptccb.org.gy Fax: +977 1 555 1149
Email: shankar_prasad_paudel@yahoo.com
India
Mr. Dinesh Runiwal
Joint Director
Hazardous Substance Management Division
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Room No. J-212
Level II, Jal Wing
Indira Paryavaran Bhawan, Jor Bagh Road, Aliganj
110003 New Delhi
India
Tel: +91 11 2469 5245
Fax:
Email: d.runiwal@gov.in / d.runiwal@nic.in
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New Zealand Poland

Mr. Peter Dawson Ms. Agnieszka Jankowska
Principal Scientist Senior Specialist
Science Group Department for Risk Assessment
Environmental Protection Authority Bureau for Chemical Substances
Waterloo Quay 30/34 Dowborczykow Street
Private Bag 63002 90 019 Lodz
6140 Wellington Poland
New Zealand Tel: +48 42 253 8412
Tel: +64 4 474 5570 Fax: +48 42 253 8444
Fax: +64 4 914 0433 Email: ajankowska@chemikalia.gov.pl /
Email: peter.dawson@epa.govt.nz biuro@chemikalia.gov.pl
Niger Rwanda
Ms. Abdou Alimatou Douki Mr. Christian Sekomo Birame
Directrice de la Réglementation Phytosanitaire et du Suivi Senior Lecturer
Environnemental School of Science / Department of Chemistry
Direction Générale de la Protection des Végétaux University of Rwanda
Ministère de l’Agriculture et de l’Elevage College of Science and Technology
B.P. 323 P.O. Box 4285
Niamey, Niger Kigali
Tel: +227 20 74 25 56 Rwanda
Fax: +227 20 73 20 08 Tel: +250 788 879 785
Email: douki_a@yahoo.fr / dpv@intnet.ne Fax:
Email: csekomo@gmail.com / c.sekomo_birame@ur.ac.rw
Norway
South Africa
Ms. Marit Espevik Randall
Senior Adviser Ms. Noluzuko Gwayi
Section for Biocides and Declaration of Chemicals Senior Policy Advisor / Director
Norwegian Environment Agency International Chemicals and Waste Cooperation
Torgarden Department of Environmental Affairs
P.O. Box 5672 Private Bag X447
7485 Trondheim 0001 Pretoria
Norway South Africa
Tel: +47 9346 0826 Tel: +27 12 399 9854
Fax: Fax: +27 12 320 0346
Email: marit.randall@miljodir.no Email: ngwayi@environment.gov.za
Pakistan Sri Lanka

Mr. Zaigham Abbas Ms. Champa Magamage
Deputy Director Principal Agricultural Scientist in Chemistry
Ministry of Climate Change Department of Agriculture
LG& RD Complex, 4th Floor, Sector G-5/2 Analytical Laboratory of the Department of Agriculture,
Islamabad Horticulture Crop Research Institution
Pakistan Gannoruwa
Tel: +92 51 924 5536 / 0300-4248131 20400 Peradeniya
Fax: +92 51 924 5731 Sri Lanka
Email: mzaigham75@yahoo.com Tel: +94 81 238 8011
Fax: +94 81 238 8011
Panama Email: champamgmg@gmail.com
Mr. Jorge Luis Requena Nuñez

Subdirector Nacional de Sanidad Vegetal
Dirección Nacional de Sanidad Vegetal
Ministerio de Desarrollo Agropecuario
Río Tapia, Tocumen
Apartado Postal 0816-01611
Panamá City
Panama
Tel: +507 775 6169
Fax: +507 775 6169
Email: jrequena@mida.gob.pa / jrequena5711@yahoo.es
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Sudan Yemen
Mr. Kamaleldin Abdelmahmoud Amein Bakr Mr. Shehab Qaid Al-Shameri
Registrar Adviser of General Plant Protection Department
National Pesticides Council General Department of Plant Protection
Federal Ministry of Agriculture Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation
P.O. Box 14 Zaid Street
Khartoum North P.O. Box 26
Sudan Sana'a
Tel: +249 913 207800 Yemen
Fax: +249 913 338777 Tel: +967 123 5193
Email: kamalbakr91@yahoo.com Fax: +967 1 22 8064
Email: sshameri36@gmail.com
Thailand
Ms. Nuansri Tayaputch
Executive Consultant
Central Laboratory ,Thailand
Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives
Inside Kasetsart University
50, Paholyothin Road, Jatujak
10900 Bangkok
Thailand
Tel: +662 579 8482
Fax: +662 005 7645
Email: nuansri2011@gmail.com
Tonga
Mr. Viliami Manu
Chief Executive Officer
Ministry of Agriculture, Food, Forestry and Fisheries
(MAFFF)
P.O. Box 14
Nuku'Alofa
Tonga
Tel: +676 23 042
Fax: +676 23 093
Email: mafsoils@kalianet.to /
viliamitoaleimanu@yahoo.com
United Kingdom of Great Britain and

Northern Ireland
Mr. Simon Patrick Hoy
Senior Specialist
Chemicals Assessment Unit
Environment Agency
First Floor, Foss House
Kings Pool, Peasholme Green
YO1 7PX York
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Tel: +44 77 8536 7044
Fax:
Email: simon.hoy@environment-agency.gov.uk
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Annex III
Contact information of the newly appointed members of the

Chemical Review Committee with terms of office commencing on
1 May 2020
Antigua and Barbuda Belgium
Mr. Jonah Ormond Ms. Mara Curaba
Registrar Attaché
Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals Risk Management Unit - Department of Product Policy and
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Barbuda Affairs Chemical Substances
Dunbars, Friars Hill Road Federal Public Service Health, Food Chain Safety and
St. John's, Antigua Environment
Antigua and Barbuda DG 5 Risk Management Desk, Eurostation
Tel: +1 268 462 9191 Place Victor Horta, 40/10
Fax: 1060 Brussels
Email: jonah.ormond@ab.gov.ag Belgium
Tel: +32 2 524 96 56
Argentina Fax: +32 2 524 96 03
Email: mara.curaba@environnement.belgique.be
Ms. Eliana Rosa Munarriz
Jefa de Trabajos Prácticos en la Cátedra de Bioquímica India
Facultad de Agronomía
Universidad de Buenos Aires Mr. Dinesh Runiwal
Buenos Aires Joint Director
Argentina Hazardous Substance Management Division
Tel: Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Fax: Room No. J-212
Email: eliana.munariz@gmail.com Level II, Jal Wing
Indira Paryavaran Bhawan, Jor Bagh Road, Aliganj
Armenia 110003 New Delhi
India
Tel: +91 11 2469 5245
Ms. Anahit Aleksandryan
Fax:
Head
Email: d.runiwal@gov.in / d.runiwal@nic.in
Hazardous Substances and Waste Policy Division
Ministry of Nature Protection
Governmental Building 3 Indonesia
Republic Square
0010 Yerevan Ms. Yenny Meliana
Armenia Head of Management and Dissemination Research Division
Tel: +374 11 818 519 Research Center for Chemistry
Fax: Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI)
Email: anahit.aleksandryan@yahoo.com Kawasan Puspiptek Serpong, Building No. 452
15314 Tangerang Selatan
Austria Indonesia
Tel: +62 81 581 96433
Fax: +62 21 7560549
Mr. Juergen Helbig
Email: meliana2303@yahoo.com / yenn001@lipi.go.id
International Chemicals Policy Coordinator
ENV.B2 “Sustainable chemicals”, DG Environment
European Commission Maldives
1049 Brussels
Belgium Mr. Hassan Azhar
Tel: +32 2 298 8521 Assistant Director
Fax: +32 2 298 8874 Ministry of Environment
Email: juergen.helbig@ec.europa.eu Green Building
Handhuvaree Hingun, Maafannu
20392 Male'
Maldives
Tel: +960 301 8300
Fax: +960 301 8301
Email: hassan.azhar@environment.gov.mv /
secretariat@environment.gov.mv
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Senegal Zimbabwe
Ms. Aïta Sarr Seck Mr. Clorence Matewe
Chef de Division / Point Focal Rotterdam Environmental Quality Manager
Direction de l'Environnement et des Etablissements Classés Environmental Protection
Ministère de l'Environnement et du Développement Durable Environmental Management Agency
Parc Forestier et Zoologique de Hann 5409 Knowe
Route des Pères Maristes Norton
Dakar Zimbabwe
Senegal Tel: +263 712 458 181
Tel: +221 77 511 4759 Fax:
Fax: +221 33 822 6212 Email: clorencematewe@gmail.com
Email: aitasec@yahoo.fr
Sri Lanka
Mr. Sumith Jayakody Arachchige
Registrar of Pesticides
Office of the Registrar of Pesticides
Ministry of Agriculture
1056, Getambe
P.O. Box 49
20400 Peradeniya
Sri Lanka
Tel: +94 81 2388 076
Fax: +94 81 2388 135
Email: mail2me.sumith@yahoo.com / pest@slt.lk
Switzerland
Ms. Sarah Maillefer
Expert on Chemicals Policy
Air Pollution Control and Chemicals Division
Federal Office for the Environment
3003 Bern
Switzerland
Tel: +41 31 322 83 44
Fax: +41 31 324 01 37
Email: sarah.maillefer@bafu.admin.ch
Tunisia
Mr. Youssef Zidi
Directeur de l’Environnement Industriel
Direction Générale de l’Environnement et de la Qualité de la
Vie
Ministère des Affaires Locales et de l’Environnement
Boulevard de la Terre, Centre Urbaine Nord
1080 Tunis
Tunisia
Tel: +216 70 728 644
Fax: +216 70 728 655
Email: josephzidi@yahoo.fr / youssef.zidi@mineat.gov.tn
United Republic of Tanzania

Mr. Daniel William Ndiyo
Director
Chemicals Management Directorate
Government Chemist Laboratory Agency
Barrack Obama Drive
P.O. Box 164
Dar Es Salaam
United Republic of Tanzania
Tel: +255 22 211 3320
Fax:
Email: daniel.ndiyo@gcla.go.tz
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Annex IV
Curriculum vitae of Mr. Zaigham Abbas
Dr. Zaigham Abbas

Ministry of Climate Change
th
LG& RD Complex, 4 Floor, Room No 410, Sector G-5/2, Islamabad
Tel (Off): 92-51-9245536
Fax (Off): 92-51-9245731
Cell: 0300-4248131
Email: mzaigham75@yahoo.com
Date of Birth: 20-04-1975
Professional Experience
DEPUTY DIRECTOR (CHEMICAL)
Ministry of Climate Change, Government of Pakistan , Islamabad Oct.2005-Present
• To Examine, Review, Evaluate, Monitor, Coordinate Process and Response to the policy
issues, Project Proposals, Reports, Surveys Studies, Plan of Actions, Convention and
Treaties in the following areas;
o Pesticides, Herbicides, Fungicides and Persistent Organic Pollutants
o Industrial Chemicals and Wastes (Basel Convention)
o Pesticides Wastes
o Environmental Safe Disposal of Obsolete Pesticides
o Import and Export of Hazardous Chemical and Pesticides, Prior Informed Consent
(PIC)Rotterdam Convention, Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) Stockholm
Convention
o Tanneries, Textile and Chemical Industries Waste and Effluents
o Vienna Convention and Montreal Protocol
o Minamata Convention on Mercury
NATIONAL PROGRAMME MANAGER,

National Ozone Unit
United Nations Industrial Development Organization/United Nations Development Programme/United Nations
Environment Programme (UNIDO/UNDP/UNEP)
2014-2016
• Ensure that all government inputs committed to the project are available to the project.
• Manage the project administratively, financially, logistically, professionally and technically
according to the UNDP’s standard procedures.
• Supervise project’s staff
• Carry out any other relevant duties identified from time to time to further develop the project.
• Liaise with project donors, to keep them informed of the progress of project activities.
• Draft requests or proposals for additional project activities.
• Liaise with other GoP offices, and civil society organizations etc.
• Liaise with country’s defence organisations /establishments for implementation of
provisions of Montreal protocol.
• Prepare and revise project work plans and budgets.
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• Manage the mobilization and provision on inputs of the project and production of outputs,
according to the project document and the procedures provided in the PCOM.
• Supervise staff and consultants to adhere to financial disbursements and control procedures.
• Prepare all technical and financial reports and terminal reports with the assistance of
Programme Assistant, Sr. Assistant and Admin and Finance Assistant to be submitted to the
Government and international organizations.
• Advise the government on project management issues as necessary. To assist in preparation
of project work plan, including annualized targets, indicators for monitoring progress and
data collection procedures. To ensure close linkages and interaction between the UNDP,
project staff, Government and other implementing partners.
• Conduct regularly resource and constraint analysis and develop strategic plans accordingly.
• Approve certain payments of project funds according to the transparent procedures in the
Project Cycle Operations Manual.
• Represent the project at various national / international meetings (i.e. ODS Officers Network
Meeting, OEWG Meeting & MoP and other such meetings / conferences)
• Carry out field monitoring visits and hold meetings with different stakeholders.
• Arrange the holding of seminars and workshops on various ozone related issues
• Prepare awareness material, reports on the proceedings of seminars and workshops for
dissemination among concerned stakeholder and civil society members
• Prepare quarterly / annual progress reports
MANAGER CHROME RECOVERY PLANT &ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY (CEPTP),
Kasur Tannery Waste Management Agency (KTWMA)/United Nations Industrial Development Organization/United
Nations Development Programme (UNIDO/UNDP), Kasur 2001-2005
o Operation & maintenance of Chrome Recovery Plant
o To design Chrome Recovery and Recycling Plants for tanneries
o To analyze the wastewater quality of 2nd largest waste water treatment of World (Capacity 12700
m3/day) and to give proper technical suggestions for its improvement.
o To analyze the quality of sub surface water near leachate pond of solid waste disposal site
o To develop new methods for wastewater treatment.
o To maintain documents according to the requirements of ISO 14001 standards.
o To inspect the implementation of Health & Safety precautions.
o Coordinator of KTWMA for the introduction of cleaner production technologies in leather industry.
o Introduction of posters for cleaner production technologies in the tanneries.
o Coordinate with the foreign wastewater treatment experts in field visits and arrange meetings with
the tanners.
MANAGER TECHNICAL
Environmental Processes Engineering Company (EPEC), Lahore 2003-2005
• Feasibility study and design of Common Effluent Treatment Facility for Sind Industrial
Trading Estate (SITE), Karachi.
• Feasibility study and design of Common Effluent Treatment Facility for Korangi Industrial
Area, Karachi.
• Feasibility study and design of Hazardous Waste Handling Facility, Jam Chakro, Karachi.
• Feasibility study and design of Common Effluent Treatment Facility for Tannery Zone,
Sialkot.
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• Feasibility study and design of Common Effluent Treatment Facility for Industrial Estate
Township, Lahore.
• Feasibility study and design of Common Effluent Treatment Facility for Textile Industrial
Estate Khurrianwala, Faisalabad.
• Feasibility study and design of Hazardous Waste Handling Facility, Sunder, Lahore.
• Feasibility study and design of Common Effluent Treatment Facility for Tannery Zone,
Multan.
• Design of various textile and leather industries.
QUALITY CONTROL MANAGER,
Perfect Pharma (Pvt.) Limited, Lahore 2000 - 2001
QUALITY CONTROL MANAGER,

Apex Pharmaceutical International, Lahore 1997 – 2000
Instrumental Skills
➢ Spectrophotometer
➢ BOD Incubator
➢ Polarographic & Trace Element Analyzer
➢ HPLC
➢ Automatic Sampler
➢ Flow Meter Recorder
➢ Automatic Kjeldahl Distillation Apparatus
➢ COD Reflux Apparatus
➢ Vacuum Filtration Apparatus
➢ DO Meter
➢ pH Meter (Bench and Portable Type)
➢ Conductivity / TDS Meter
➢ Potentiometer Titrator
Education & Credentials
COLLEGE OF EARTH & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

University of the Punjab, Lahore
Ph.D. (Environmental Sciences) 2015
Research Topic: “Determination of Mercury and Mercury exposure in Pakistan”
POST GRADUATE CENTER FOR EARTH SCIENCES

M.Sc. (Applied Environmental Sciences) 2003
Research Topic: “Cleaner Production Technologies in the leather industry
INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY
M.Sc. (Chemistry) 1997
Research Topic:” To enhance the strength of cement by water reducing Admixtures”
FACULTY OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY

P.G.D. (Chemical Engineering & Technology) 1998
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GOVERNMENT COLLEGE, D.G.KHAN

BhahudinZakria University, Lahore
B.Sc. (Chemistry, Physics, Math) 1995
GOVERNMENT COLLEGE, D.G.KHAN

D.G.Khan Board,
F.Sc. (Pre-Engg) 1992
GOVERNMENT HIGH SCHOOL NO.1, D.G.KHAN

Matric (Science) 1990
Professional Courses
National Institute of Management,
Lahore
14thMid Career Management Course (MCMC) 3-Nov to 27-Dec, 2012
International Projects
❖ Worked as National Project Coordinator in ”Mercury Inventory Pilot Project” with the collaboration of
UNEP Chemicals Branch ,Geneva from January 2008 to November,2008
❖ Worked as National Project Coordinator in Management of Mercury and Mercury containing waste
Project with the collaboration of UNEP Chemicals Branch ,Geneva from December 2008 to June,2010
❖ Worked as National Project Coordinator in the project on the Guidance for Chlor-alkali industry in
Pakistan with the collaboration of UNEP Chemicals Branch ,Geneva from July 2010 to October,2010
❖ Worked as National Independent Consultant in Regional Project on PCBs Management with the
Collaboration of BCCC, Beijing, China.
❖ Working as National Project Coordinator in ”Development of Minamata Initial Assessment in Pakistan”
with the collaboration of International Environmental Technology Centre(IETC), UNEP, Osaka, Japan
since March 2016
❖ Working as Incharge National Coordination Unit of project titled “Review and update of National
Implementation Plan of Stockholm Convention in Pakistan” with the collaboration of United Nations
Environment Programme (UNEP) since February 2016.
Affiliation with International Organizations
❖ Member of Expert Group on Best Available Technologies (BAT)/Best Environmental Practices(BEP)

for Minamata Convention on Mercury (United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
❖ Member of UNEP Global Mercury Partnership Advisory Group
❖ Member/Vice Chair of Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee (POPRC) of Stockholm
Convention (United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) (for the years 2014-2018)
❖ Member of DDT Expert Group of Stockholm Convention(01 September 2015 to 31 August 2019)
❖ National expert in the field of emission and measurement to releases of Persistent Organic Pollutants
(POPs), UNEP
❖ National Project Coordinator for Mercury Inventory Pilot Project , Mercury waste Project in Pakistan
,Guidance for chlor-alkali industry and Minamata Initial Assessment Project of UNEP funded by GEF
❖ In charge National Coordination Unit for the project on “ Review and updating of National
Implementation Plan of Stockholm Convention in Pakistan” by UNEP and funded by GEF
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❖ Resource person for the project on “elimination and reduction of persistent organic pollutants in
Pakistan” from 2015-2019 funded by GEF
❖ Contact Person on UNITAR – SAICM Implementation
❖ Project Manager for SAICM – Quick Start Programme Trust Fund
❖ Contact Person for Globally Harmonized System of Chemical Classification and Labeling of Chemicals
(GHS)
❖ Vice Chairperson of Steering Committee for Basel Convention Regional Center, Tehran, Iran
❖ Applicant representative for the project on “Strengthening of national legislation and capacity building
of stakeholders for sound chemicals and hazardous waste management in Pakistan”
Personal Achievements
❖ “Proceedings of the International Conference on Pollution Control in Tanning Industry of Pakistan”,
Lahore June 11 – 13, 2002
❖ Publication (The Nation) “Caffeine, not just a cup of Tea.” 1st April, 2004
❖ Publication on “Cleaner Production Technologies in the leather industry.” in 4th international & 14th
National Chemistry Conference
❖ Publication on” wastewater treatment through constructed wetland” in The Environ Monitor, May
2005
❖ Paper published in Science International on “toxicity of mercury in different samples (water and
soils) and its exposure in Pakistan” 2012
❖ Paper published in Nature Scientific Reports on “Reactive gaseous mercury is generated from chlor-
alkali factories resulting in extreme concentrations of mercury in hair of workers" February 2018
❖ Paper published in Pakistan Journal of Science on “Spatio-temporal monitoring of stratospheric ozone
for big cities in Pakistan and its effects on humans and climate March 2018
❖ Paper published in ELSEVIER on “Assessing the generation, recycling and disposal practices of
electronic/electrical-waste (E-Waste) from major cities in Pakistan”
November 2018
❖ Chapter published in ELSEVIER on “Phytoremediation of Cd-Contaminated Soil and Water” in the book
titled Cadmium Toxicity and Tolerance in Plants from Physiology to Remediation
January 2019
❖ Research Projects
M. Sc. Projects Co-Supervised on
1. Planning & Management of treated wastewater of KTWMA and Municipal wastewater of Kasur
2. Wastewater treatment by constructed wetland
3. Study of contaminated water in Kasur City
4. Solid waste management of tanning industry
5. Wastewater treatment by using coagulants
6. Cleaner Production options in the leather industry
7. Evaluation the efficiency of waste stabilization / oxidation pond
Ph.D. Project Assisted on
Phytoremediation of contaminated soil in Kasur
M.Phil Thesis Examined on
i. Environmental Impact Assessment of Shuhada Town, DHA Phase IX, Lahore
ii. Occupational Health, Safety and Environmental Practices in Construction Industry; A
Case Study of Power Plant related to Sugar Mill
iii. Green House Gas (GHG) Inventory from Waste Sector in selected areas of Rawalpindi
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MPH Project Assisted on

“Environmental Impact of tanning industry on Health”
B. Sc.(Hons) Report Co-Supervised on
“Study on tanning process and wastewater treatment plant”
References
1. Prof. Dr. Sajid Rashid Ahmad,

Principal
College of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Punjab University Lahore
Cell: 923129801510
2. Prof. Dr. Muhammad Nawaz Chaudhary
Head, Environmental Sciences Department,
Lahore School of Economics, Lahore
Cell: 923454005008
3. Dr. Muhammad Abdul Qadir
Professor and Director, Institute of Chemistry,
Tel: 042-9230463
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Education & Credentials

COLLEGE OF EARTH & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

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FACULTY OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY

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