National Focal Points | UNEP Law and Environment Assistance Platform

The United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) is the world's highest-level decision-making body on the environment. In its resolution 2/19, UNEA invited Member States to designate national focal points for exchanging information and building capacities to collaborate with and guide the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in strengthening the Montevideo Environmental Law Programme, as well as for monitoring and evaluating its implementation.

Additionally, in its resolution 4/20 of 15 March 2019, UNEA adopted the fifth edition of the Programme and also invited Member States that had not yet done so to designate national focal points. UNEP, as the secretariat of the Programme, maintains a current list of national focal points (available below).

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List of National Focal Points

	Country	Name	Organization	Contact
1.	Afghanistan	Mr. Idrees Malyar	National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA)	Contact
2.	Algeria	Mr. Soualem Lazhar	Ministry of Foreign Affairs	Contact
3.	Angola	Dr. Miranda Cândido Kiala	Minisry of Environment	Contact
4.	Argentina	Ms. Corina Beatriz Lehmann	Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship, Argentina	Contact
5.	Armenia	Mr. Vigen Ananyan	Ministry of Environment	Contact
6.	Australia	Mr Aran Hirsch	Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment	Contact
7.	Australia	Mr Matthew Sielski	Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment	Contact
8.	Australia	Ms Fleur Downard	Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment	Contact
9.	Austria	Ms. Elfriede-Anna MORE	Federal Ministry of Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology	Contact
10.	Bahrain	Mr. Hassan Hassan Abdullah	Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kingdom of Bahrain	Contact
11.	Barbados	Mr. Travis Sinckler	Ministry of Environment and National Beautification	Contact
12.	Barbados	Ms. Daphne Kellman	Ministry of Environment and National Beautification	Contact
13.	Barbados	Ms. Nicole Scholar-Tasker	Ministry of Environment and National Beautification	Contact
14.	Belarus	Mr. Baliaslau Pirshtuk	Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection	Contact
15.	Belgium	Mrs. Leen Chanet	Government of Flanders	Contact
16.	Benin	Ms. Marianne Pulcherie Sessito Donoumassou Simeon	Ministère du Cadre de Vie et du Developpement Durable	Contact
17.	Bhutan	Ms. Kunzang	National Environment Commision, Royal Government of Bhutan	Contact
18.	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	Mr. Ronald Jorge Veliz	Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Agua, La Paz	Contact
19.	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Ms. Azra Rogović-Grubić	Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations	Contact
20.	Brazil	Mr. Arthur Cesar Lima Naylor		Contact
21.	Burkina Faso	Mr. Gontran Some	Ministry of Environment, Green Economy and Climate Change	Contact
22.	Burundi	Mr. Willy Ndayikeza	Ministry of Water Environment, Land and Urban Planning	Contact
23.	Cabo Verde	Mr. José Paulo Pinto	Ministry of Agriculture and Environment	Contact
24.	Cambodia	H.E. Dr. Monyneath Vann	Ministry of Environment, Cambodia	Contact
25.	Cameroon	Mr. Jean Kenfack	Ministry of Environment, Protection of Nature and Sustainable Development	Contact
26.	Canada	Mr. Richard G. Tarasofsky	Global Affairs Canada	Contact
27.	Chad	Mr. Kemba Kya Dambil	Ministry of Agriculture and Environment	Contact
28.	Chile	Mr. Emilio Yáñez Bravo	Ministry of Foreign Affairs	Contact
29.	Chile	Mr. Robert Currie	Ministry of Environment	Contact
30.	China	Dr.LIU Guozhi (Ms.) 刘国智	Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China	Contact
31.	Colombia	Faryde Carlier González	Ministry of Foreign Affairs	Contact
32.	Colombia	Mr. David Felipe Olarte	Ministry of Environment, Colombia	Contact
33.	Comoros	Mr. Fouad Issoufa Ali	National Agency for Civil Aviation and meteorology (ANACM) in the Comoros	Contact
34.	Congo	Mrs. Makanga née Debolo Vouala Judicaëlle Audrey	Direction Generale de l'Environnement	Contact
35.	Costa Rica	Ms. Natalia Camacho Arguello	Ministerio de Ambiente y Energía (MINAE)	Contact
36.	Côte d'Ivoire	Mr. Eugene Zagre	Ministere de l'Environnement et du Developpement Durable	Contact
37.	Croatia	Mr Igor Vuković	Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development	Contact
38.	Cuba	Ms. Yuraiky Seoane Puig	Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología y Medio, Cuba	Contact
39.	Czechia	Ms. Eva Adamova	Ministry of Environment	Contact
40.	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Mrs. Maribe Nsompo Mujinga	Ministry of Environment Conservation and Nature and Sustainable Development	Contact
41.	Dominican Republic	Mr. Edilio Florian	Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources	Contact
42.	Dominican Republic	Ms. Rosa Haydee Otero Nieves		Contact
43.	Ecuador	Patricia Fernanda MlÑO-VARGAS	Ministry of Environment	Contact
44.	Ecuador	Sra. Verónica Vanessa PAZMIÑO	Ministry of Environment	Contact
45.	Egypt	HE Ambassador Mohamed Nasr	Ministry of Foreign Affairs	Contact
46.	El Salvador	Ms. Ana Regina Meléndez de Romero	Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources	Contact
47.	Estonia	Ms. Aire Rihe	Ministry of Environment	Contact
48.	Estonia	Ms. Annemari Vene	Ministry of Environment	Contact
49.	Ethiopia	Dr. Ayele Hegena Anabo	Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change	Contact
50.	Fiji	Mr. Joshua Wycliffe	Ministry of Environment	Contact
51.	Fiji	Ms. Sandeep Singh	Ministry of Environment	Contact
52.	Finland	Ms. Charlotta von Troil	Ministry of the Environment	Contact
53.	France	Hugo Lequertier	Ministry of Foreign Affairs	Contact
54.	Gabon	Mr. Jean-Christian MOUELE LOUNDO	Ministere des Eaux, des Forêt de la Mer de I'Environnement, chargé du Plan Climat et du PIan d'Affectation des Terres	Contact
55.	Georgia	Ms. Nana Totibadze	Ministry of Environment Protection and Agriculture of Georgia	Contact
56.	Germany	Mr. Christian Lindemann	German Federal Ministry for the Environment	Contact
57.	Ghana	Ms. Abena Ayensu	Ministry of Environment, Environment Protection Agency	Contact
58.	Greece	Ms. Katerina Skouria	Ministry of Environment	Contact
59.	Greece	Ms. Stamouli Evangelia	Ministry of Environment	Contact
60.	Guatemala	Mr. Mario Roberto Vides Alvarado	Ministerio de ambiente y Recursos Naturales	Contact
61.	Guatemala	Ms. Ruth Liliana Lopez Salazar	Ministerio de Ambiente y Recursos Naturales	Contact
62.	Guinea	Mr. Aboubacar Kaba	Ministère d'Etat chargé de l'Environnement	Contact
63.	Guinea-Bissau	Mr. Mario Batista Camala	Palacio do Governo	Contact
64.	Guyana	Mr. Khemraj Parsram	Environment Protection Agency	Contact
65.	Guyana	Ms Frances Carryl	Environment Protection Agency	Contact
66.	Haiti	Mr. Pierre Richard Lamothe	Ministry of Environment, Port-au-Prince	Contact
67.	Honduras	Mr. Narciso Manzanares	Natural Resources and Environment (MIAMBIENTE)	Contact
68.	Honduras	Ms. Diana Sequeira	Natural Resources and Environment (MIAMBIENTE),	Contact
69.	Hungary	Mr. András Guti	Ministry of Agriculture	Contact
70.	Hungary	Ms. Maria Galambos	Ministry of Agriculture	Contact
71.	Indonesia	Mr. Rasio Ridho Sani	Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Indonesia	Contact
72.	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Mr. Abbas Golriz	Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Islamic Republic of Iran	Contact
73.	Iraq	Mr. Imad Obaid Jasim Alboradhi	Ministry of Health and Environment of Iraq	Contact
74.	Israel	Ms. Dalit Dror	Ministry of Environmental Protection	Contact
75.	Italy	Mr. Cristiano Piacente	Ministry of Environment	Contact
76.	Jamaica	Ms. Morjorn Wallock	National Environment & Planning Agency	Contact
77.	Japan	NAKAHARA Issei (Mr.)	Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan	Contact
78.	Jordan	Mr. Mohammad Al-Agha		Contact
79.	Kazakhstan	Mr. Akhmedjan Primkulov	Ministry of Environment, Geology and Natural Resources	Contact
80.	Kenya	Ms. Annie Syombua David	Ministry of Environment & Forestry	Contact
81.	Kiribati	Mrs. Nenenteiti. Teariki-Ruatu	Ministry of Environment, Lands and Agricultural Development (MELAD)	Contact
82.	Kuwait	Ms. Nouf Bahbahani	Environment Public Authority	Contact
83.	Kyrgyzstan	Mr. Sadykov Kanatbek Rakhmanberdievich		Contact
84.	Latvia	Mrs. Kristīne Kazerovska		Contact
85.	Lebanon	Judge Nazek Al-Khatib	Ministry of Justice, Lebanon	Contact
86.	Lesotho	Ms. Makhiba Tjela	Ministry of Tourism, Environment and Culture	Contact
87.	Liechtenstein	Ms. Heike Summer	Office for Environment	Contact
88.	Lithuania	Ms. Gintarė Izokaitytė	Ministry of Environment	Contact
89.	Madagascar	Mr. Ratsimisaraka Thelesphone		Contact
90.	Malawi	Mr. Chifundo Chinyama	Ministry of Natural Resources, Energy and Mining	Contact
91.	Maldives	Ms. Fazeela Ahmed Shaheem	Ministry of Environment and Energy	Contact
92.	Mauritania	Mr. BA Moussa	Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development	Contact
93.	Mauritius	Mrs. Najiyah Dauharry-Jeewa	Attorney General's Office	Contact
94.	Mexico	Mr. Rodolfo Godinez Rosales	Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT)	Contact
95.	Mexico	Mtra. Rocío Becerra Montané	Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales	Contact
96.	Micronesia (Federated States of)	Mr. Andrew Yatilman	FSM Office of Environment and Emergency Management (OoEEM)	Contact
97.	Monaco	Prof. Alain PIQUEMAL	Ministère d'Etat	Contact
98.	Mongolia	Mr. Radnaabazar Chadraabal	Ministry of Environment and Tourism, Mongolia	Contact
99.	Mongolia	Ms. Ariuntuya Dorjsuren	Ministry of Environment and Tourism, Mongolia	Contact
100.	Montenegro	Ms. Suzana Otasevic	Ministry of Ecology, Spatial Planning and Urbanism	Contact
101.	Morocco	Mr. Mohammed Baraoui	Ministry of Energy, Transition and Sustainable Development	Contact
102.	Mozambique	Mr. André Fenias Nhaca	Ministry of Land and Environment	Contact
103.	Myanmar	Mr. Kyaw San Naing	Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation, Myanmar	Contact
104.	Namibia	Ms. Betty Schroder	Ministry of Environment and Tourism	Contact
105.	Nepal	Mr. Man Bahadur Basnet	Ministry of Forests and Environment	Contact
106.	Netherlands	Ms. Janine Van Aalst	Ministry of Environment	Contact
107.	New Zealand	Liese Galvin	Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade, Manatū Aorere, New Zealand	Contact
108.	Nigeria	Mr. Ibrahim Musa Mohammed Esq.	National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency	Contact
109.	Norway	Ms. Linda Lund	Ministry of Climate and Environment	Contact
110.	Pakistan	Mr. Hammad Shamimi	Ministry of Climate Change, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad	Contact
111.	Panama	Ms. Luisa Arauz	Ministry of Environment	Contact
112.	Paraguay	Mr. Hugo Cardozo	Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development	Contact
113.	Paraguay	Ms. Maria Laura Bobadilla Diaz	Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development	Contact
114.	Peru	Mr. Jimpson Dávila Ordoñez	Ministry of Environment	Contact
115.	Peru	Mr. Mariano Castro Sánchez-Moreno	Ministry of Environment	Contact
116.	Philippines	Atty. Mr. Norlito A. Eneran	Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)	Contact
117.	Poland	Ms. Edyta Sysło	Ministry of Climate and Environment	Contact
118.	Portugal	Mr. Peter Pitrez	General Secretariat of the Ministry of Environment and Climate Action	Contact
119.	Portugal	Mrs. Águeda Silva	Portuguese Environment Agency (APA)	Contact
120.	Qatar	Mr. Metab Ali Metab Al Kubaisi	Ministry of Municipality and Environment	Contact
121.	Republic of Korea	Mr. Suk-tae Hwang	Ministry of Environment	Contact
122.	Romania	Mrs. Elena-Oana Antonescu Stan	Directorate of Climate Change and Sustainable Development MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, WATERS AND FORESTS	Contact
123.	Saint Lucia	Ms. Kate Wilson	Ministry of Education, Innovation, Gender Relations and Sustainable Development	Contact
124.	Samoa	Ms. Shirley Malielegaoi	Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Samoa	Contact
125.	Sao Tome and Principe	Mr. Mateus Ferreira		Contact
126.	Saudi Arabia	H.H. Prince Khaled Ben Saud Ben Khaled	The General Authority of Meteorology and Environmental Protection	Contact
127.	Senegal	Ms. Khadidiatou Drame	Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development	Contact
128.	Seychelles	Ms. Sharon Gerry	Ministry of Environment, Energy and Climate Change	Contact
129.	Sierra Leone	Mr. Gibrilla Kamara	Environment Protection Agency	Contact
130.	Singapore	Mr. Hazri Hassan	Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment	Contact
131.	Singapore	Ms. Cheryl Leem	Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment	Contact
132.	Slovakia	Mr. Marek Prítyi	Ministry of Environment	Contact
133.	Slovenia	Ms. Natasa Petrovcic	Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning	Contact
134.	Solomon Islands	Mr. Joe Horokou	Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology, Solomon Islands	Contact
135.	Somalia	Mr. Khalif Hassan Dalmar	Environmental Law and Conservation	Contact
136.	South Africa	Mr. Sibusiso Shabalala	Ministry of Environment	Contact
137.	Sri Lanka	Dr. Anil Jasinghe	Ministry of Environment	Contact
138.	Sudan	Mr. Salem Younus Idris Ahmed	Higher Council for Environment and Natural Resources (HCENR)	Contact
139.	Suriname	Ms. Ivette Patterzon	Office of the President of Suriname	Contact
140.	Eswatini	Mr. Sifiso Nkosinathi Dlamini	Swaziland Environment Authority	Contact
141.	Sweden	Mr. Staffan Löwhagen	Legal Affairs Section, Ministry of Environment	Contact
142.	Switzerland	Dr. Sebastian Konig	Federal Office for the Environment FOEN, Bern, Switzerland	Contact
143.	Switzerland	Mr. Vincent Bohnenblust	Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications DETEC	Contact
144.	Syrian Arab Republic	Eng. Iman Blal	Ministry of Local Administration and Environment	Contact
145.	Thailand	Mr. Athapol Chroenshunsa	Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE)	Contact
146.	Thailand	Mr. Chanan Tiranarat	Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment	Contact
147.	North Macedonia	Ms. Frosina Antonovska	Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning	Contact
148.	Timor-Leste	Mr. Carlos Lopes Ximenes	Secretariat of State for Environment	Contact
149.	Togo	Ms. Kayi Obidon Emefa AJAVON	Ministère de l'environnement et des ressources forestières	Contact
150.	Trinidad and Tobago	Ms. Janell Partap	Enviornmental Management Authority	Contact
151.	Trinidad and Tobago	Ms. Judy Daniel	Enviornmental Management Authority	Contact
152.	Turkey	Ms. Cansu Cevher		Contact
153.	Uganda	Mr. Henry Bbosa	International Relations	Contact
154.	Uganda	Ms. Sarah Naigaga		Contact
155.	Ukraine	Mr.Roman Shakhmatenko	Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources	Contact
156.	United Arab Emirates	Dr. Nasir Mohammed Sultan	Ministry of Climate Change and the Environment	Contact
157.	United Arab Emirates	Mrs. Duha Abdullah AlMulla	Ministry of Climate Change and the Environment	Contact
158.	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	Ms. Eva Huehne	Government Legal Department	Contact
159.	United Republic of Tanzania	Mr. Andrew Marcelin Komba	Vice Presidents Office	Contact
160.	United States of America	Mr. Tim Epp	U.S. Environmental Protection Agency	Contact
161.	Uruguay	Mr. Marcelo J. Cousillas	Ministerio de Medio Ambiente, Montevideo, Paraguay	Contact
162.	Uzbekistan	Mr. Bobur Muhamedov	State Committee on Ecology and Environmental Protection	Contact
163.	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of	Mr. Miguel Serrano	Oficina de Integración y Asuntos Internacionales	Contact
164.	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of	Ms. Anabell Colina		Contact
165.	Viet Nam	Mr. Phan Tuan Hung	Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE)	Contact
166.	Zambia	Ms. Karen Banda	Zambia Environmental Management Agency (ZEMA)	Contact
167.	Zimbabwe	Mr. Farai Nyahwa	Environmental Management Agency	Contact