SC – Steering Committee

The Steering Committee (SC) acts on behalf of the IGM during the period between IGMs, implementing IGM decisions, with assistance from the Secretariat. The Committee facilitates administrative and management arrangements necessary to implement the programme of activities of the APN including thorough consideration of the APN budget.

Elected Members

Ms. Peldon TSHERING (nFP for Bhutan)
Chief, Policy & Planning Services, National Environment Commission
P.O BOX 466, Thimphu, BHUTAN
Tel: + 975-2-323384; Fax: +975-2-323385
Email: Peldon@nec.gov.bt

Dr. Chengyong SUN (nFP for China)
Counsellor, Ministry of Science and Technology
Fuxing Road 15 B, Beijing 100862, CHINA
Tel: +86-10-5888-1437; Fax: +86-10-5888-1471
Email: suncy@most.cn

Mr. Hendra SETIAWAN (nFP for Indonesia)
Assistant Minister for Economy and Sustainable Development, Ministry of Environment
JL. D.I  Panjaitan kav 24, Kebon Nanas, Jakarta 13410, INDONESIA
Tel : +6221-85904937 / Fax: +6221-85904937
Email: hendra61@gmail.com

Mr. Gokarna Mani DUWADEE (nFP for Nepal)
Joint Secretary/Chief of Planning, Evaluation and Administration Division
Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment
Singha Durbar, Kathmandu, NEPAL
Tel: +977-1-4211996 Fax: +977-1-4211954
Email: gduwadee@hotmail.com

Mr. Basnayake Mudiyanselage Uthpala Dayananda BASNAYAKE (nFP for Sri Lanka)
Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Renewable Energy,
82, Sampathpaya, Rajamalwatta Road, Battaramulla, SRI LANKA
Tel: +94-11-2877290; Fax: +94-11-2877292
Email: secoffice@menr.lk

Host of the 19th IGM/SPG Meeting

Mr. Sundara SEM (nFP for Cambodia)
Director, Department of ASEAN and International Cooperation
Ministry of Environment, Kingdom of Cambodia, #48, Preah Sihanouk Blvd.,
Tonle Bassac, Khan Chamkarmon, Phnom Penh, CAMBODIA
Tel: +855-23-213-462; Fax: +885-23-214-185
Email: semsundara@yahoo.com;

Ex Officio Members

Prof. Alexander STERIN (SPG Co-Chair)
Deputy Director, Russian Research Institute for Hydrometeorological Information
- World Data Center (RIHMI-WDC)
6 Korolyov Street, Obninsk, Kaluga Region 249035, RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Tel: +7-48439-74658; Fax: +7-48439-68611
Email: sterin@meteo.ru

Dr. Luis M. TUPAS (SPG Co-Chair)
Division Director, Global Climate Change
United States Department of Agriculture, National Institute of Food and Agriculture
800 9th St. SW., Washington, DC 20024, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Tel: +1-202-4014926; Fax: +1-202-7207803
Email: ltupas@nifa.usda.gov

Mr. Hiroshi TSUJIHARA (donor country nFP)
Director, Research and Information Office, Global Environment Bureau
Ministry of the Environment, JAPAN
1-4-2 Kasumigaseki, Chioyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0013, JAPAN
Tel: +81-3-35813351; Fax: +81-3-55218247
Email: hiroshi_tsujihara@env.go.jp

Mr. Kyeong Yun JEONG (donor country nFP)
Director, Global Environment Division, Ministry of Environment
Government Complex – Sejong 11, Doum 6-Ro Sejong Special Self-Governing City
Sejong, 339-012, REPUBLIC OF KOREA
Tel: +82-44-201-6581; Fax: +82-44-201-6594
Email: tempus99@hotmail.com

Dr. Maria UHLE (donor country nFP)
Program Director for International Activities
Directorate for Geosciences, National Science Foundation
4201 Wilson Boulevard Room 705, Arlington, VA 22230, USA
Tel: +1-703-292-2250; Fax: +1-703-292-9042
Email: muhle@nsf.gov

Co-Opted Members

Mr. Louis BROWN
Senior Fellow for International Scientific Cooperation, Climate Institute
900 17th Street N.W., Suite 700, Washington, D.C., 20006, USA
Tel: +1-202-5460571
Email: loubrowngcr@gmail.com

Prof. Roland John FUCHS
Adjunct Senior Fellow, East West Center
1601 East-West Center Road, Honolulu, Hawaii 9684-1601, USA
Tel: +1-808-9447518; Fax: +1-808-9447339
Email: FuchsR@EastWestCenter.org

Dr. W. Andrew MATTHEWS
Commissioner, New Zealand National Commission for UNESCO
13 Kabul Street, Wellington 6035, NEW ZEALAND
Tel: +64-4-9761741; Fax: +64-4-9721741
Email: wa.matthews@gmail.com

Mr. Kazuhiko TAKEMOTO
Senior Fellow, Institute of Advanced Studies, United Nations University
Pacifico-Yokohama, 1-1-1 Minato Mirai, Nishi-ku, Yokohama, 220-8502, JAPAN
Tel: +81-45-2212300
Email: takemoto@ias.unu.edu