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National Focal Points to the Montevideo Programme V

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). Countries can designate a national focal point or update their contact information by sending a formal notification to the secretariat via e-mail (unep-montevideo@un.org).

List of National Focal Points:

	Country	Name	Organization	Contact
1.	Afghanistan	Mr. Idrees Malyar	National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA)	Contact
2.	Albania	Mr Sofjan Jaupaj	Ministry of Tourism and Environment	Contact
3.	Algeria	Mr. Soualem Lazhar	Ministry of Foreign Affairs	Contact
4.	Angola	Dr. Miranda Cândido Kiala	Ministry of Environment	Contact
5.	Antigua and Barbuda	Ms. Nneka Nicholas	Ministry of Justice and Legal Affairs	Contact
6.	Antigua and Barbuda	Senator Maureen Hyman-Payne	Ministry of Legal Affairs, National Security and Labour	Contact
7.	Argentina	Ms. Corina Beatriz Lehmann	Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship Argentina	Contact
8.	Armenia	Mr. Arsen Nikoyan	Ministry of Environment	Contact
9.	Australia	Ms Amy Graham	International Environment and UN Section, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water	Contact
10.	Australia	Ms. Fleur Downard	International Environment and UN Section, Department of Climate Change, the Environment and Water	Contact
11.	Australia	Ms. Penny Dunn	International Environment and UN Section, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water	Contact
12.	Austria	Ms. Elfriede-Anna More	Federal Ministry of Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology	Contact
13.	Azerbaijan	Ms. Aysel Rzayeva	Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources	Contact
14.	Bahrain	Mr. Hassan Hassan Abdullah	Ministry of Foreign Affairs	Contact
15.	Bangladesh	Mr. Mohammad Abdul Wadud Chowdhury	Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change	Contact
16.	Barbados	Mr. Travis Sinckler	Ministry of Environment and National Beautification	Contact
17.	Barbados	Mrs. Yolande Howard	Ministry of Environment and National Beautification	Contact
18.	Barbados	Ms. Nicole Scholar-Tasker	Ministry of Environment and National Beautification	Contact
19.	Belarus	Mr. Ivan Prykhodzka	Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection	Contact
20.	Belgium	Mr. Mehdi Karimi	Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation	Contact
21.	Benin	Ms. Marianne Pulcherie Sessito Donoumassou Simeon	Ministère du Cadre de Vie et du Developpement Durable	Contact
22.	Bhutan	Mrs. Nima Om	Legal Division of the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources	Contact
23.	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	Dr. Ever Tarquino Mamani	Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Agua, La Paz	Contact
24.	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	Ing. Victoria Coaquira Moruno		Contact
25.	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Ms. Azra Rogović-Grubić	Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations	Contact
26.	Brazil	Mr. Marcos Dementev Alves Filho	Ministry of Foreign Affairs	Contact
27.	Bulgaria	Ms. Bilyana Yordanova	Ministry of Environment and Water	Contact
28.	Burkina Faso	Mr. Gontran Some	Ministry of Environment, Water and Sanitation.	Contact
29.	Burundi	Mr. Willy Ndayikeza	Ministry of Water Environment, Land and Urban Planning	Contact
30.	Cabo Verde	Mr. José Paulo Pinto	Ministry of Agriculture and Environment	Contact
31.	Cambodia	H.E. Dr. Monyneath Vann	Ministry of Environment	Contact
32.	Cameroon	Mr. Jean Kenfack	Ministry of Environment, Protection of Nature and Sustainable Development	Contact
33.	Canada	Mr. Philip Lupul	Global Affairs Canada	Contact
34.	Chad	Mr. Kemba Kya Dambil	Ministry of Agriculture and Environment	Contact
35.	Chile	Mr. AndrésTroncoso	Ministry of the Environment of Chile	Contact
36.	Chile	Ms. Constance Nalegach	Ministry of the Environment of Chile	Contact
37.	Chile	Ms. Macarena Sarras	Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile	Contact
38.	China	Dr. LIU Guozhi (Ms.) 刘国智	Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China	Contact
39.	Colombia	Constanza Bejarano Ramos	Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores	Contact
40.	Colombia	Maria Teresa Becerra	Ministerio de Ambiente y Desarollo Sostenible	Contact
41.	Colombia	Ms. Daniela Almario Aristizábal	Ministerio de Ambiente y Desarollo Sostenible	Contact
42.	Colombia	Ms. Luisa Fernanda Altuzarra	Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development	Contact
43.	Comoros	Mr. Fouad Issoufa Ali	National Agency for Civil Aviation and meteorology (ANACM) in the Comoros	Contact
44.	Congo	Mrs. Makanga née Debolo Vouala Judicaëlle Audrey	Direction Generale de l'Environnement	Contact
45.	Costa Rica	Ms. Ana Lorena Polanco Morales	Ministerio de Ambiente y Energía (MINAE)	Contact
46.	Côte d'Ivoire	Mr. Eugene Zagre	Ministere de l'Environnement et du Developpement Durable la transition ecologique	Contact
47.	Croatia	Mr. Igor Vuković	Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development	Contact
48.	Cuba	Ms. Yuraiky Seoane Puig	Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología y Medio, Cuba	Contact
49.	Czechia	Ms. Eva Adamova	Ministry of the Environment	Contact
50.	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Mrs. Maribe Nsompo Mujinga	Ministry of Environment Conservation and Nature and Sustainable Development	Contact
51.	Dominican Republic	Ms. Marisol Castillo	Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources	Contact
52.	Dominican Republic	Ms. Rosa Haydee Otero Nieves	Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources	Contact
53.	Ecuador	Patricia Fernanda MlÑO-VARGAS	Ministry of Environment	Contact
54.	Egypt	HE Ambassador Mohamed Nasr	Ministry of Foreign Affairs	Contact
55.	El Salvador	Mr. Carlos Elías Roque Bueso	Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources	Contact
56.	Estonia	Ms. Aire Rihe	Ministry of Environment	Contact
57.	Estonia	Ms. Annemari Vene	Ministry of Environment	Contact
58.	Ethiopia	Dr. Ayele Hegena Anabo	Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change	Contact
59.	European Union*	Ms. Rasa Ščeponavičiūtė	European Union	Contact
60.	Fiji	Dr. Sivendra Michael (Mr)	Ministry of Environment	Contact
61.	Fiji	Ms. Senimili Baleicakau	Ministry of Environment	Contact
62.	Finland	Ms. Charlotta von Troil	Ministry of the Environment	Contact
63.	France	M. Clément Payeur	Ambassade de France à Nairobi, Peponi Gardens	Contact
64.	France	Mme Chloé Godefroy	Ministère de l’Europe et des Affaires étrangères	Contact
65.	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
66.	Gambia	Ms Reneta Rohey Jack	Ministry of Justice	Contact
67.	Georgia	Mr. Giorgi Pantskhava	Ministry of Environment Protection and Agriculture of Georgia	Contact
68.	Germany	Dr. Marcus Schroeder	Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection, Strategic Aspects of International Cooperation, G7/G20, International Law, International Trade Law	Contact
69.	Ghana	Ms. Abena Ayensu	Ministry of Environment, Environment Protection Agency	Contact
70.	Greece	Ms. Katerina Skouria	Ministry of Environment	Contact
71.	Greece	Ms. Stamouli Evangelia	Ministry of Environment	Contact
72.	Guatemala	Ms. Heizell Chinchilla	Ministerio de Ambiente y Recursos Naturales de Guatemala	Contact
73.	Guatemala	Ms. Silvia Marisol Sandoval Alarcón	Ministerio de Ambiente y Recursos Naturales de Guatemala	Contact
74.	Guinea	Mr. Paul Traore	Ministère de l'Environnement et du developpement durable	Contact
75.	Guinea	Ms. Mariama Diallo	Ministere de l'environnement et du developpement durable	Contact
76.	Guinea-Bissau	M. Welena da Silva	Ministerio do Ambiente e Biodiversidad and Climatica	Contact
77.	Guyana	Mr. Khemraj Parsram	Environment Protection Agency	Contact
78.	Guyana	Ms Frances Carryl	Environment Protection Agency	Contact
79.	Haiti	Mr. Junior Augustin Jean Philippe	Ministry of Environment	Contact
80.	Honduras	Mr Melvin Ariel Madrid Rivas	Secretaria de Recursos Naturales y Ambiente (MiAmbiente+)	Contact
81.	Honduras	Mrs. Carol Karen Maldonado Zuniga	Secretaria de Recursos Naturales y Ambiente (MiAmbiente+)	Contact
82.	Hungary	Ms. Maria Galambos	Ministry of Agriculture	Contact
83.	Indonesia	Mr. Rasio Ridho Sani	Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Indonesia	Contact
84.	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Mr. Gholamhossein Darzi	Ministry of Foreign Affairs	Contact
85.	Iraq	Dr. Tallal Badr Abdulla	Ministry of Environment	Contact
86.	Israel	Ms. Dalit Dror	Ministry of Environmental Protection	Contact
87.	Italy	Mr. Cristiano Piacente	Ministry of Environment	Contact
88.	Japan	Yukina Abe	Ministry of Environment, Global Environment Bureau	Contact
89.	Japan	Mr. Hama Ichiro	Ministry of Environment	Contact
90.	Japan	Mr. IKI Noriaki	Ministry of Environment	Contact
91.	Japan	Ms. KIMURA Mariko	Embassy of Japan in Kenya	Contact
92.	Jordan	Mr. Mohammad Al-Agha	Ministry of Environment	Contact
93.	Kazakhstan	Mr. Akhmedjan Primkulov	Ministry of Environment, Geology and Natural Resources	Contact
94.	Kenya	Ms. Annie Syombua David	Ministry of Environment & Forestry	Contact
95.	Kiribati	Mrs. Nenenteiti. Teariki-Ruatu	Ministry of Environment, Lands and Agricultural Development (MELAD)	Contact
96.	Kuwait	Ms. Nouf Bahbahani	Environment Public Authority	Contact
97.	Kyrgyzstan	Ms. Asel Raimkulova	Ministry of Natural Resources, Ecology and Technical Supervision	Contact
98.	Lao People's Democratic Republic	Mr. Bounpakone Phongphichit	Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment	Contact
99.	Lao People's Democratic Republic	Ms. Phakkavanh Phissamay	Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment	Contact
100.	Latvia	Mrs. Kristīne Kazerovska	Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development	Contact
101.	Lebanon	Judge Nazek Al-Khatib	Ministry of Justice, Lebanon	Contact
102.	Lesotho	Ms. Matseliso Machai-Ndumo	Ministry of Environment and Forestry	Contact
103.	Liberia	Ms. Salimatu Lamin-Gilayeneh	Energy & Environment Programme Coordinator and Legal Advisor	Contact
104.	Liechtenstein	Ms. Heike Summer	Office for Environment	Contact
105.	Lithuania	Mr. Roberts Bulkevičius	Ministry of Environment	Contact
106.	Madagascar	Ms. Rakotomavo Nathalie Rosette	Ministere de L'environnement et du Developpement Durable (Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development)	Contact
107.	Madagascar	Ms. Ralivelo Lynah Fenohasambarana	Ministere de L'environnement et du Developpement Durable (Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development)	Contact
108.	Maldives	Ms. Fazeela Ahmed Shaheem	Ministry of Climate Change, Environment and Energy	Contact
109.	Mauritania	Mr. BA Moussa	Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development	Contact
110.	Mauritius	Mrs. Najiyah Dauharry-Jeewa	Attorney General's Office	Contact
111.	Mexico	Lic. José Rubén Jiménez Pineda	Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales	Contact
112.	Micronesia (Federated States of)	Mr. Andrew Yatilman	FSM Office of Environment and Emergency Management (OoEEM)	Contact
113.	Monaco	Prof. Alain PIQUEMAL	Ministère d'Etat	Contact
114.	Mongolia	Mr. Radnaabazar Chadraabal	Ministry of Environment and Tourism, Mongolia	Contact
115.	Mongolia	Ms. Ariuntuya Dorjsuren	Ministry of Environment and Tourism, Mongolia	Contact
116.	Montenegro	Ms. Suzana Otasevic	Ministry of Ecology, Spatial Planning and Urbanism	Contact
117.	Morocco	Mr. Razi Bouzekri	Ministry of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development	Contact
118.	Mozambique	Mr. André Fenias Nhaca	Ministry of Land and Environment	Contact
119.	Myanmar	Mr. Kyaw San Naing	Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation	Contact
120.	Namibia	Ms. Betty Schroder	Ministry of Environment and Tourism	Contact
121.	Nepal	Mr. Mahendra Prasad Shankhi	Ministry of Forests and Environment	Contact
122.	Netherlands	Ms. Gudi Alkemade	Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands	Contact
123.	New Zealand	Ms. Charlotte Skerten	Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade, Manatū Aorere, New Zealand	Contact
124.	Nicaragua	Mr. Uriel Morales Acuna	Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources	Contact
125.	Nigeria	Mr. Ibrahim Musa Mohammed Esq.	National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency	Contact
126.	Norway	Ms. Astrid Forberg Ryan	Ministry of Climate and Environment	Contact
127.	Pakistan	Mr. Muhammad Asif Sahibzada	Ministry of Climate Change and Environmental Coordination	Contact
128.	Pakistan	Mr. Muhammad Farooq	Ministry of Climate Change and Environmental Coordination	Contact
129.	Panama	Ms. Jenny Villarreal Jaramillo	Ministerio de Ambiente	Contact
130.	Peru	Héctor Daniel Benítez Castro	Ministry of Environment (MINAM)	Contact
131.	Peru	Mr. Mirbel Alberto Epiquién Rivera		Contact
132.	Philippines	Atty. Mr. Norlito A. Eneran	Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)	Contact
133.	Poland	Ms. Edyta Sysło	Ministry of Climate and Environment	Contact
134.	Portugal	Mr. Peter Pitrez	General Secretariat of the Ministry of Environment and Climate Action	Contact
135.	Portugal	Mrs. Águeda Silva	Portuguese Environment Agency (APA)	Contact
136.	Qatar	Mr. Metab Ali Metab Al Kubaisi	Ministry of Municipality and Environment	Contact
137.	Republic of Korea	Mr. Suk-tae Hwang	Ministry of Environment	Contact
138.	Romania	Mrs. Gabriela Dorojan	Ministry of Environment, Waters and Forests	Contact
139.	Romania	Mrs. Maria-Claudia Aaron-Andrieș	MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, WATERS AND FORESTS	Contact
140.	Russian Federation	Ms Olga Zosimova	Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology	Contact
141.	Rwanda	Mr. Sangwa Erneste	Rwanda Environment Management Authority	Contact
142.	Saint Lucia	Ms. Kate Wilson	Ministry of Education, Innovation, Gender Relations and Sustainable Development	Contact
143.	Samoa	Ms. Shirley Malielegaoi	Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Samoa	Contact
144.	Sao Tome and Principe	Mr. Mateus Ferreira	Ministry of Infrastructure, Natural Resources and Environment	Contact
145.	Saudi Arabia	H.H. Prince Khaled Ben Saud Ben Khaled	The General Authority of Meteorology and Environmental Protection	Contact
146.	Senegal	Ms. Khadidiatou Drame	Ministère de l'environnement et du développement durable	Contact
147.	Seychelles	Ms. Sharon Gerry	Ministry of Agriculture, Climate Change and Environment	Contact
148.	Sierra Leone	Mr. Gibrilla Kamara	Environment Protection Agency	Contact
149.	Singapore	Mr Chng Yee Siang	Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment	Contact
150.	Singapore	Mr Marcus Chew	Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment	Contact
151.	Singapore	Mr. Moh Tiing Liang	International Policy Division	Contact
152.	Singapore	Mr. Ranjeet Singh	Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment	Contact
153.	Singapore	Ms. Kexian NG	Attorney-General's Chambers	Contact
154.	Slovakia	Ms. Pamela Palkova	Ministry of Environment	Contact
155.	Slovenia	Ms. Tanja Pucelj Vidović	Ministry of the Environment, Climate and Energy, Slovenia	Contact
156.	Solomon Islands	Mr. Joe Horokou	Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology, Solomon Islands	Contact
157.	Somalia	Mr. Mohamud Mohamed Khadar	Ministry of Environment and Climate Change	Contact
158.	South Africa	Mr Sibusiso Kobese	Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment	Contact
159.	Sri Lanka	Mr. B.K. Prabath Chandrakeerthi	Ministry of Environment	Contact
160.	Sudan	Mr. Salem Younus Idris Ahmed	Higher Council for Environment and Natural Resources (HCENR)	Contact
161.	Suriname	Mrs. Meredith Henry-Cumberbatch	Ministry of Spatial Planning and Environment	Contact
162.	Eswatini	Ms. Nonophile I. Mavuso	Ministry of Tourism and Environmental Affairs	Contact
163.	Sweden	Mr. Staffan Löwhagen	Ministry of Environment	Contact
164.	Switzerland	Mr. Vincent Bohnenblust	Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications DETEC	Contact
165.	Switzerland	Ms. Andrea Zbinden	FFederal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications DETEC	Contact
166.	Syrian Arab Republic	Eng. Iman Blal	Ministry of Local Administration and Environment	Contact
167.	Tajikistan	Mr. Faromuz Saidov		Contact
168.	Thailand	Mr. Athapol Chroenshunsa	Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE)	Contact
169.	Thailand	Mr. Chanan Tiranarat	Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment	Contact
170.	North Macedonia	Ms. Frosina Antonovska	Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning	Contact
171.	Timor-Leste	Mr. Carlos Lopes Ximenes	Secretariat of State for Environment	Contact
172.	Togo	Ms. Kayi Obidon Emefa AJAVON	Ministère de l'environnement et des ressources forestières	Contact
173.	Trinidad and Tobago	Mr. Maurice Wishart	Enviornmental Management Authority	Contact
174.	Trinidad and Tobago	Ms. Rhea Robinson	Environment Management Authority	Contact
175.	Tunisia	Mr. Ezzedine Berzine	Ministry of Environment	Contact
176.	Türkiye	Mr. Cem Bahadir SENER	Ministry of Environment and Urbanization	Contact
177.	Uganda	Mr. Henry Bbosa	International Relations	Contact
178.	Uganda	Ms. Sarah Naigaga	Ministry of Infrastructure, Natural Resources and Environment	Contact
179.	Ukraine	Mr.Roman Shakhmatenko	Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources	Contact
180.	United Arab Emirates	Dr. Nasir Mohammed Sultan	Ministry of Climate Change and the Environment	Contact
181.	United Arab Emirates	Mrs. Duha Abdullah AlMulla	Ministry of Climate Change and the Environment	Contact
182.	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	Ms. Eva Huehne	Government Legal Department	Contact
183.	United Republic of Tanzania	Mr. Andrew Marcelin Komba	Vice Presidents Office	Contact
184.	United States of America	Ms. Rachel Westrate	U.S. Environmental Protection Agency	Contact
185.	Uruguay	Mr. Marcelo J. Cousillas	Ministerio de Medio Ambiente, Montevideo	Contact
186.	Uzbekistan	Ms. Makhliyo Karimova	Ministry of Ecology, Environmental Protection and Climate Change	Contact
187.	Vanuatu	Mr. Philip Benedict	Ministry of Climate Change	Contact
188.	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of	Mrs. Ada Carolina Fernandez Urdaneta	Ministry of People's Power for Ecosocialism	Contact
189.	Viet Nam	Mr. Phan Tuan Hung	Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE)	Contact
190.	Zambia	Ms. Karen Banda	Zambia Environmental Management Agency (ZEMA)	Contact
191.	Zimbabwe	Mr. Farai Nyahwa	Environmental Management Agency	Contact
192.	State of Palestine*	Mr. Murad Monzir ALMadani	Environment Quality Authority	Contact
193.	Paraguay	Mr. Victor Andres Gonzalez Bedoya	Ministerio del Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible	Contact
194.	Cook Islands (the)*	Ms. Tekura Moeka'a	National Environment Service	Contact
195.	Cook Islands (the)*	Ms. Roselyn Strickland	National Environment Service.	Contact