IGM – Inter-Governmental Meeting

The IGM is the APN’s general policy and decision-making body and it approves the operational arrangements and activities for the year. Each member country appoints a government official to act as a National Focal Point (nFP) who attends the annual IGM. NFPs also interact with the SPG Member of their respective country, the Secretariat, and the national and global change communities.

AUSTRALIA (Identifying nominees is in progress)
BANGLADESH
Mr. A.N.Shamsuddin Azad Chowdhury
Additional Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forests
Building #6, Room #1307 (13th Floor), Bangladesh Secretariat
Dhaka-1000, BANGLADESH
Tel:+880-2-7167240; Fax:+880-2-7169210
Email: jsadmin@moef.gov.bd; chowdhurynasim59@yahoo.com
BHUTAN
Mr. G. Karma Chhopel
Head, Water Resources Coodination Division, National Environment Commission, P.O BOX 466, Thimphu, BHUTAN
Tel: + 975-2-323384
Fax: +975-2-323385
Email: gkchhopel@hotmail.com
CAMBODIA
Mr. Sundara SEM
Director, Department of ASEAN and International Cooperation
Ministry of Environment, Kingdom of Cambodia
#44, Samdech Preah Sihanouk Blvd., Chamkar Morn, Phnom Penh
P.O. Box 2643, PP3 CAMBODIA
Tel: +855-23-213-462; Fax: +855-23-214-185
Email: semsundara@yahoo.com
CHINA
Dr. Chengyong SUN
Counsellor
Ministry of Science and Technology
Fuxing Road 15 B, Beijing 100862, CHINA
Tel: +86 10 58881437; Fax: +86 10 58881471
Email: suncy@most.cn
FIJI (Identifying nominees is in progress)
INDIA
Dr. Subodh SHARMA
Adviser, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India
Room 564, CGO Complex, Lodi Road, New Delhi 110003, INDIA
Tel: +91-11-2436-0861; Fax: +91-11-2436-0861
Email: subodh.kumar@nic.in; subodh14@yahoo.com
INDONESIA
Ms. Hermien ROOSITA
Executive Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Jl. D.I. Panjaitan kav 24, Kebon Nanas, Jakarta 13410, INDONESIA Nanas, Jakarta 13410, INDONESIA
Tel: +62-21-8580112; Fax: +62-21-8580112
Email:dyahpoerwayanti@gmail.com
JAPAN
Mr. Yutaka MATSUZAWA
Director, Office for Global Environment Research, Ministry of the Environment, 1-2-2 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8975, JAPAN
Tel: +81 – 3 – 5521-8247; Fax: +81 – 3 – 3581-4815
Email: yutaka_matsuzawa@env.go.jp
LAO PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
Dr. Bountanh BOUNVILAY
Deputy Director General, Water Resources and Environment Research Institute, P.O. Box 2270, Vientiane, LAO PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
Tel: +856-21-219003; Fax: +856-21-263799
Email: boun28@yahoo.com
MALAYSIA
Dr. Kok Seng YAP
Director-General, Malaysian Meteorological Department
Jalan Sultan, 46667 Petaling Jaya, Selangor, MALAYSIA
Tel: +60-3-7967-8046; Fax: +60-3-7955-0964
Email: yks@met.gov.my
MONGOLIA
Mr. Bayarbat DASHZEVEG
Secretary for National Committe to Combat Desertification
Ministry of Nature, Environment and Tourism, Government Building 2
United Nation’s street 5/2, Ulaanbaatar-210646, MONGOLIA
Tel: +976-51-261726; Fax: +976-11-450161
Email: bayarbt@yahoo.com
NEPAL
Ms. Meena KHANAL
Joint Secretary, Chief of Environment Division, Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology, Singha Durbar, Kathmandu, NEPAL
Tel: +977-1-4225596; Fax: +977-1-4225474
Email: meenakhanal@most.gov.np;
meenakhanal@hotmail.com
NEW ZEALAND
Dr. W. Andrew MATTHEWS
Commissioner, New Zealand National Commission for UNESCO
13 Kabul Street, Wellington, NEW ZEALAND
Tel: +64-4-9761741; Fax: +64-4-9721741
Email: wa.matthews@gmail.com
PAKISTAN
Mr. Syed Mujtaba HUSSAIN
Deputy Secretary (Climate Change), Ministry of Environment, Government of Pakistan, Local Government Complex, G-5/2, Islamabad, PAKISTAN
Tel: +92-51-924-5529;Fax: +92-51-924-5533
Email: hussainmujtaba@hotmail.com
PHILIPPINES
Mr. Eriberto C. ARGETE
Director, Planning and Policy Studies Office, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Visayas Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City, 1101 PHILIPPINES
Tel: +632-9251184;Fax: +632-9251184
Email: jingwins@yahoo.com; mmcunanan@yahoo.com
REPUBLIC OF KOREA
Ms. Eunhae Jeong
Director, Global Environmental Division, Ministry of Environment
Government Complex, Gwacheon 1, Joongang-dong, Gwacheon-si, Gyunggi-do, 427-729, REPUBLIC OF KOREA
Tel: +82-2-2110-6557; Fax: +82-2-504-9206
Email: trees@korea.kr
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Dr. Andrey V. ADRIANOV
Director, Institute of Marine Biology, Far East Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences Palchevsky Street, 17 Vladivostok 690041, RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Email: inmarbio@mail.primorye.ru
SRI LANKA
Mr. Basnayake Mudiyanselage Uthpala Dayananda Basnayake
Secretary, Ministry of Environment,
82, Sampathpaya, Rajamalwatta Road, Battaramulla, SRI LANKA
Tel: +94-11-2877290; Fax: +94-11-2877292
Email: secoffice@menr.lk
THAILAND
Mr. Chote TRACHU
Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment,
92, Soi Phahon Yhotin 7, Phajon Yhotin Road, Bangkok, 10400 THAILAND
Tel: +66-2-278-8544; Fax: +66-2-278-8545
Email: chote.t@mnre.mail.go.th
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Identifying nominees is in progress)
VIET NAM
Dr. Xuan Bao Tam NGUYEN
Deputy Director General, International Cooperation Department
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, 83 Nguyen Chi Thanh, Hanoi, VIET NAM
Tel: +84-903-232-150; Fax: +84-4-8352191
Email: baotam@monre.gov.vn