General Assembly

Government Members

AUSTRIA
IRENE FREUDENSCHUSS - REICHL
Director, Department of International Cooperation
Federal Ministry of Environment, Youth and Family

BULGARIA
YORDAN UZUNOV
Deputy Minister
Ministry of Environment

CANADA
BRIAN EMMETT
Assistant Deputy Minister
Environment Canada

CROATIA
ANTE KUTLE
Director
State Directorate of the Environment

CZECH REPUBLIC
VLADISLAV BIZEK
Deputy Minister
Ministry of the Environment

DENMARK
DAVID REHLING
Director
Danmarks Naturfredningsforening

ESTONIA
REIN RATAS
Secretary General
Ministry of Environment

FINLAND
JAAKKO HENTTONEN
Director, Eastern Europe Project
Ministry of the Environment

GERMANY
KARL TIETMANN
Head of Department
Federal Environmental Agency

HUNGARY
GYULA BANDI
President
Environmental Management and Law Association

JAPAN
TOYOJIRO SOEJIMA
Minister
Embassy of Japan, Budapest

LATVIA
UGIS RUSMANIS
Deputy State Secretary
Ministry for Environment and Regional Development

LITHUANIA
EVALDAS VEBRA
Head, International Cooperation Unit
Ministry of the Environment

FYR MACEDONIA
ALEKSANDER NASTOV
Senior Adviser
Ministry of Urban Planning, Construction and Environment

THE NETHERLANDS
HUBERT MENALDA VAN SCHOUWENBOURG
Head, Bilateral cooperation, Eastern Europe Division
Directorate of International Environmental Affairs
Ministry of Housing, Physical Planning and Environment

NORWAY
RICHARD FORT
Special Adviser
Ministry of Environment

POLAND
ANDRZEJ DWORZAK
Deputy Director
Department of International Cooperation
Ministry of Environmental Protection, Natural Resources and Forestry

ROMANIA
IOAN JELEV
Secretary of State
Ministry of Water, Forestry and Environmental Protection

SLOVAKIA
JOZEF SKULTETY
Director, International Relations and Protocol Department
Ministry of Environment

SLOVENIA
DUSAN PICHLER
Head, Department of Law
Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Planning

SWITZERLAND
ROBERT ABEGGLEN
Deputy Director
Division of Cooperation with Eastern Europe and CIS
Federal Department of Foreign Affairs

USA
RAFE POMERANCE
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Environment
US Department of State

FR YUGOSLAVIA
MIROSLAW SPASOJEVIC
Senior Adviser
Federal Ministry for Development, Science and Environment

EUROPEAN COMMISSION
ROBERT DE BAUW*
Adviser
European Union

Other Members

FRANCE
BRENDAN GILLESPIE
Head, Non-Member Countries Branch
OECD Environmental Directorate

HUNGARY
TIBOR KERTESZ
Chief Executive Officer
Electrolux/Lehel Hutogepgyar Kft.

ROMANIA
VALENTIN POPESCU
ECOSENS'94

SLOVAKIA
MIKULAS HUBA
Vice President
Society for Sustainable Living

* President of General Assembly