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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. (Senator) Maureen Hyman-Payne	Ministry of Legal Affairs, National Security and Labour	Contact
5.	Antigua and Barbuda	Ms. Nneka Nicholas	Ministry of Justice and Legal Affairs	Contact
6.	Argentina	Ms. Eliana Ester Saissac	Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Comercio Internacional y Culto	Contact
6.	Argentina	Mr. Francisco José Mozetic	Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Comercio Internacional y Culto	Contact
7.	Armenia	Mr. Arsen Nikoyan	Ministry of Environment	Contact
8.	Australia	Ms. Fleur Downard	International Environment and UN Section, Department of Climate Change, the Environment and Water	Contact
8.	Australia	Ms. Ariana Magini	International Environment and UN Section, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water	Contact
9.	Austria	Ms. Elfriede-Anna More	Federal Ministry of Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology	Contact
10.	Azerbaijan	Ms. Aysel Rzayeva	Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources	Contact
11.	Bahrain	Mr. Hassan Hassan Abdullah (AlEtaibi)	Supreme Court for Environment	Contact
12.	Bangladesh	Mr. Mohammad Abdul Wadud Chowdhury	Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change	Contact
13.	Barbados	Mrs. Yolande Howard	Ministry of Environment and National Beautification	Contact
		Mr. Travis Sinckler	Ministry of Environment and National Beautification	Contact
		Ms. Nicole Scholar-Tasker	Ministry of Environment and National Beautification	Contact
14.	Belarus	Mr. Ivan Prykhodzka	Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection	Contact
15.	Belgium	Mr. Mehdi Karimi	Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation	Contact
16.	Benin	Ms. Marianne Pulcherie Sessito Donoumassou Simeon	Ministère du Cadre de Vie et du Developpement Durable	Contact
17.	Bhutan	Mr. Kunzang Rinzin	Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources	Contact
18.	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Ms. Azra Rogović-Grubić	Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations	Contact
19.	Botswana	Ms. Kelebogile Nkgowa	Ministry of Environment and Tourism, Botswana	Contact
19.	Botswana	Ms. Lone Okakeng Gabalebatse	Ministry of Environment and Tourism, Botswana	Contact
20.	Brazil	Mr. Victor Campos Cirne	Ministry of Foreign Affairs	Contact
21.	Bulgaria	Ms. Bilyana Yordanova	Ministry of Environment and Water	Contact
22.	Burkina Faso	Mr. Gontran Some	Ministry of Environment, Water and Sanitation.	Contact
23.	Burundi	Mr. Willy Ndayikeza	Ministry of Water Environment, Land and Urban Planning	Contact
24.	Cabo Verde	Mr. José Paulo Pinto	Ministry of Agriculture and Environment	Contact
25.	Cambodia	H.E. Dr. Monyneath Vann	Ministry of Environment	Contact
26.	Cameroon	Mr. Jean Kenfack	Ministry of Environment, Protection of Nature and Sustainable Development	Contact
27.	Canada	Mr Richard Tarasofsky	Global Affairs Canada	Contact
28.	Chad	Mr. Kemba Kya Dambil	Ministry of Agriculture and Environment	Contact
29.	Chile	Ms. Macarena Sarras	Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile	Contact
29.	Chile	Ms. Paula Fuentes	Ministry of the Environment of Chile	Contact
30.	China	Dr. Liu Guozhi (Ms.) 刘国智	Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China	Contact
31.	Colombia	Mrs. Ambassador Diana Patricia Mejía Molina	Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Colombia	Contact
31.	Colombia	Mr. Sergio Raul Chaparro Hernandez	Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development	Contact
32.	Comoros	Mr. Fouad Issoufa Ali	National Agency for Civil Aviation and meteorology (ANACM) in the Comoros	Contact
33.	Congo	Mrs. Makanga née Debolo Vouala Judicaëlle Audrey	Direction Generale de l'Environnement	Contact
34.	*Cook Islands (the)	Ms. Roselyn Strickland	National Environment Service.	Contact
34.	*Cook Islands (the)	Ms. Tekura Moeka'a	National Environment Service	Contact
35.	Costa Rica	Ms. Ana Lorena Polanco Morales	Ministerio de Ambiente y Energía (MINAE)	Contact
36.	Côte d'Ivoire	Mr. Eugene Zagre	Ministere de l'Environnement et du Developpement Durable la transition ecologique	Contact
37.	Croatia	Mr. Josip Kovilić	Ministry of Environmental Protection and Green Transition	Contact
38.	Cuba	Ms. Yuraiky Seoane Puig	Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología y Medio, Cuba	Contact
39.	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Mrs. Maribe Nsompo Mujinga	Ministry of Environment Conservation and Nature and Sustainable Development	Contact
40.	Denmark	Mr. Jonas V. Freiesleben	Ministry of Environment of Denmark	Contact
41.	Dominican Republic	Ms. Rosa Haydee Otero Nieves	Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources	Contact
42.	Ecuador	Patricia Fernanda Miño-Vargas	Ministry of Environment	Contact
43.	Egypt	HE Ambassador Mohamed Nasr	Ministry of Foreign Affairs	Contact
44.	El Salvador	Mr. Rodrigo Silverio Henriquez Moreno	Ministerio De Medio Ambiente Y Recursos Naturales	Contact
45.	Estonia	Ms. Annemari Vene	Ministry of Climate	Contact
45.	Estonia	Ms. Aire Rihe	Ministry of Climate	Contact
46.	Eswatini	Ms. Nonophile I. Mavuso	Ministry of Tourism and Environmental Affairs	Contact
47.	Ethiopia	Dr. Ayele Hegena Anabo	Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change	Contact
48.	**European Union	Mr. Sylvain Gambert	European Union	Contact
49.	Fiji	Dr. Sivendra Michael (Mr)	Ministry of Environment	Contact
49.	Fiji	Ms. Senimili Baleicakau	Ministry of Environment	Contact
50.	Finland	Ms. Charlotta von Troil	Ministry of the Environment	Contact
51.	France	Mme Chloé Godefroy	Ministère de l’Europe et des Affaires étrangères	Contact
51.	France	Geoffroy Savet	Ambassade de France à Nairobi, Peponi Gardens	Contact
52.	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
53.	Georgia	Mr. Giorgi Pantskhava	Ministry of Environment Protection and Agriculture of Georgia	Contact
54.	Germany	Dr. Marcus Schroeder	Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection	Contact
55.	Ghana	Mr. Amos Sarfo Opuku	Environmental Protection Authority, Ministry of Environment, Accra Tel: 302 662465	Contact
56.	Greece	Ms. Katerina Skouria	Ministry of Environment	Contact
56.	Greece	Ms. Stamouli Evangelia	Ministry of Environment	Contact
57.	Guatemala	Mr. Edwin Josué Castellanos López	Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, Guatemala	Contact
57.	Guatemala	Ms. Heizell Chinchilla	Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources	Contact
58.	Guinea	Mr. Paul Traore	Ministère de l'Environnement et du developpement durable	Contact
58.	Guinea	Ms. Mariama Diallo	Ministere de l'environnement et du developpement durable	Contact
59.	Guinea-Bissau	Mr. Welena da Silva	Ministerio do Ambiente e Biodiversidad and Climatica	Contact
60.	Guyana	Mr. Khemraj Parsram	Environment Protection Agency	Contact
61.	Haiti	Mr. Junior Augustin Jean Philippe	Ministry of Environment	Contact
62.	Hungary	Ms. Maria Galambos Molnarne	Ministry of Agriculture	Contact
63.	Indonesia	Mr. Turyawan Ardi	Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Indonesia	Contact
64.	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Dr. Seyed Mohammad Sadati Nejad	Ministry of Foreign Affairs	Contact
65.	Iraq	Dr. Tallal Badr Abdulla	Ministry of Environment	Contact
66.	Israel	Ms. Neta Drori, Adv.	Ministry of Environmental Protection	Contact
67.	Italy	Mr. Cristiano Piacente	Ministry of Environment	Contact
68.	Jamaica	Ms. Kimberley Krystal-Ann Myrie Essor	National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Jamaica	Contact
68.	Jamaica	Ms. Neidene Robinson	National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA)	Contact
69.	Japan	Mr. Hiroyuki Chishiki	Ministry of Environment	Contact
		Ms. Abe Yukina	Ministry of Environment, Global Environment Bureau	Contact
		Ms. Mariko Kimura	Embassy of Japan in Kenya	Contact
70.	Jordan	Mr. Mohammad Al-Agha	Ministry of Environment	Contact
71.	Kazakhstan	Ms. Inkar Abzhali	Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan	Contact
72.	Kenya	Ms. Linah Meeme	Ministry of Environment, Climate Change & Forestry	Contact
72.	Kenya	Ms. Annie Syombua David	Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry	Contact
73.	Kiribati	Mr. Mitateti Mote Tira	Ministry of Environment, Lands and Agricultural Development (MELAD), Kiribati.	Contact
73.	Kiribati	Mrs. Nenenteiti. Teariki-Ruatu	Ministry of Environment, Lands and Agricultural Development (MELAD)	Contact
74.	Kuwait	Ms. Nouf Bahbahani	Environment Public Authority	Contact
75.	Kyrgyzstan	Ms. Asel Raimkulova	Ministry of Natural Resources, Ecology and Technical Supervision	Contact
75.	Kyrgyzstan	Ms. Omurova Bermet Namirovna	Ministry of Natural Resources, Ecology and Technical Supervision of the Kyrgyz Republic	Contact
76.	Lao People's Democratic Republic	Ms. Phakkavanh Phissamay	Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment	Contact
77.	Latvia	Mrs. Kristīne Kazerovska	Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development	Contact
78.	Lebanon	Ms. Nazek Al-Khatib	Ministry of Justice, Lebanon	Contact
79.	Lesotho	Ms. Matseliso Machai-Ndumo	Ministry of Environment and Forestry	Contact
80.	Liberia	Ms. Salimatu Lamin-Gilayeneh	Energy & Environment Programme Coordinator and Legal Advisor	Contact
81.	Liechtenstein	Mr. Andreas Gsthöl	Office for Environment	Contact
82.	Lithuania	Mr. Roberts Bulkevičius	Ministry of Environment	Contact
83.	Madagascar	Ms. Ralivelo Lynah Fenohasambarana	Ministere de L'environnement et du Developpement Durable (Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development)	Contact
83.	Madagascar	Ms. Rakotomavo Nathalie Rosette	Ministere de L'environnement et du Developpement Durable (Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development)	Contact
84.	Malawi	Mr. Neverson Chisiza	Ministry of Justice in Malawi	Contact
85.	Maldives	Ms. Fazeela Ahmed Shaheem	Ministry of Climate Change, Environment and Energy	Contact
86.	Mauritania	Mr. BA Moussa	Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development	Contact
87.	Mauritius	Mrs. Najiyah Dauharry-Jeewa	Attorney General's Office	Contact
88.	Mexico	Lic. José Rubén Jiménez Pineda	Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales	Contact
89.	Micronesia (Federated States of)	Mr. Andrew Yatilman	FSM Office of Environment and Emergency Management (OoEEM)	Contact
90.	Monaco	Mr. Alain Piquemal	Ministère d'Etat	Contact
91.	Mongolia	Mr. Radnaabazar Chadraabal	Ministry of Environment and Tourism, Mongolia	Contact
91.	Mongolia	Ms. Ariuntuya Dorjsuren	Ministry of Environment and Tourism, Mongolia	Contact
92.	Montenegro	Ms. Suzana Otasevic	Ministry of Ecology, Spatial Planning and Urbanism	Contact
93.	Morocco	Mr. Mohammed Baraoui	Ministry of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development	Contact
93.	Morocco	Ms. Zineb Benmasoud	Ministry of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development	Contact
94.	Mozambique	Mr. André Fenias Nhaca	Ministry of Land and Environment	Contact
95.	Myanmar	Mr. Kyaw San Naing	Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation	Contact
96.	Namibia	Ms. Betty Schroder	Ministry of Environment and Tourism	Contact
97.	Netherlands	Ms. Gudi Alkemade	Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands	Contact
98.	New Zealand	Ms. Charlotte Skerten	Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade, Manatū Aorere, New Zealand	Contact
99.	Nicaragua	Mr. Uriel Morales Acuna	Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources	Contact
100.	Nigeria	Mr. Ibrahim Musa Mohammed Esq.	National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency	Contact
101.	*Niue	Dr. Josie Tamate	Ministry of Infrastructure, Government of Niue	Contact
102.	North Macedonia	Ms. Frosina Antonovska	Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning	Contact
103.	Norway	Ms. Solveig Crompton	Ministry of Climate and Environment	Contact
104.	Pakistan	Mr. Muhammad Farooq	Ministry of Climate Change and Environmental Coordination	Contact
104.	Pakistan	Mr. Muhammad Asif Sahibzada	Ministry of Climate Change and Environmental Coordination	Contact
105.	Panama	Mr. Bolivar Canizalez	Ministry of Foreign Affairs	Contact
106.	Paraguay	Mr. Víctor González Bedoya	Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development	Contact
107.	Peru	Ms. Susana Julieta Gallegos Vargas	Ministerio del Ambiente, Perú	Contact
107.	Peru	Mr. Mirbel Alberto Epiquién Rivera	Ministerio del Ambiente, Perú	Contact
108.	Philippines	Mr. Norlito A. Eneran	Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)	Contact
109.	Poland	Ms. Edyta Sysło	Ministry of Climate and Environment	Contact
110.	Portugal	Mrs. Águeda Silva	Portuguese Environment Agency (APA)	Contact
110.	Portugal	Mr. Peter Pitrez	General Secretariat of the Ministry of Environment and Climate Action	Contact
111.	Qatar	Mr. Metab Ali Metab Al Kubaisi	Ministry of Municipality and Environment	Contact
112.	Republic of Korea	Mr. Suk-tae Hwang	Ministry of Environment	Contact
113.	Romania	Mrs. Cristina Petrache	Ministry of Environment, Waters and Forests	Contact
113.	Romania	Mrs. Maria-Claudia Aaron-Andrieș	Ministry of Environment, Waters and Forests	Contact
114.	Rwanda	Mr. Sangwa Erneste	Rwanda Environment Management Authority	Contact
115.	Saint Lucia	Mrs. Anita Montoute	Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Sustainable Development	Contact
116.	Sao Tome and Principe	Mr. Mateus Ferreira	Ministry of Infrastructure, Natural Resources and Environment	Contact
117.	Senegal	Ms. Khadidiatou Drame	Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development	Contact
118.	Seychelles	Ms. Beatrice Morel	Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Energy and Natural Resources	Contact
119.	Sierra Leone	Mr. Gibrilla Kamara	Environment Protection Agency	Contact
120.	Singapore	Mr. Ranjeet Singh	Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment	Contact
		Mr. Moh Tiing Liang	International Policy Division	Contact
		Ms. Kexian NG	Attorney-General's Chambers	Contact
121.	Slovakia	Ms. Petra Korbíniová	Ministry of Environment of the Slovak Republic	Contact
122.	Slovenia	Ms. Tanja Pucelj Vidović	Ministry of the Environment, Climate and Energy, Slovenia	Contact
123.	Solomon Islands	Mr. Joseph Hurutarau	Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology, Solomon Islands	Contact
124.	Somalia	Mr. Mohamud Mohamed Khadar	Ministry of Environment and Climate Change	Contact
125.	South Africa	Mr Sibusiso Kobese	Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment	Contact
125.	South Africa	Mr. Kgauta Mokoena	Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment	Contact
126.	Spain	Mr. Antonio Nieto Magro	Ministerio para la Transición Ecológica y el Reto Demográfico	Contact
127.	Sri Lanka	Mr. B.K. Prabath Chandrakeerthi	Ministry of Environment	Contact
128.	*State of Palestine	Mr. Murad Monzir ALMadani	Environment Quality Authority, Palestine	Contact
129.	Sudan	Mr. Salem Younus Idris Ahmed	The Higher Council for Environment and Natural Resources (HCENR)	Contact
130.	Sweden	Mr. Staffan Löwhagen	Ministry of Climate and Enterprise	Contact
131.	Switzerland	Mr. Vincent Bohnenblust	Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications DETEC	Contact
131.	Switzerland	Ms. Andrea Zbinden	Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications DETEC	Contact
132.	Syrian Arab Republic	Ms. Iman Blal	Ministry of Local Administration and Environment	Contact
133.	Tajikistan	Mr. Faromuz Saidov		Contact
134.	Thailand	Mr. Chaowalit Jangaksorn	Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment	Contact
134.	Thailand	Ms. Preeyaporn Suwanaged	Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment	Contact
135.	Timor-Leste	Mr. Carlos Lopes Ximenes	Secretariat of State for Environment	Contact
136.	Togo	Ms. Kayi Obidon Emefa Ajavon	Ministère de l'environnement et des ressources forestières	Contact
137.	Trinidad and Tobago	Mr. Maurice Wishart	Enviornmental Management Authority	Contact
137.	Trinidad and Tobago	Ms. Rhea Robinson	Environment Management Authority	Contact
138.	Tunisia	Ms. Nahed Jmour Kelai	Ministry of Environment	Contact
139.	Turkey	Mr. Cem Bahadir Şener	Ministry of Environment and Urbanization	Contact
140.	Uganda	Ms. Doreen Tumuhaire	National Environment Management Authority (NEMA)	Contact
141.	United Arab Emirates	Ms. Aisha Mohamed Abdullah Al Abdooli	Ministry of Climate Change and the Environment	Contact
142.	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	Ms. Eva Huehne	Government Legal Department	Contact
143.	United Republic of Tanzania	Ms. Kemilembe Mutasa	Vice Presidents Office	Contact
144.	United States of America	Mr. Patrick Huber	U.S. Environmental Protection Agency	Contact
145.	Uruguay	Mr. Marcelo J. Cousillas	Ministerio de Medio Ambiente, Montevideo	Contact
146.	Uzbekistan	Mr. Mukhammadyusufkhon Ikromov	Ministry of Ecology, Environmental Protection and Climate Change	Contact
147.	Vanuatu	Mr. Philip Benedict	Ministry of Climate Change	Contact
148.	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of	Mrs. Ada Carolina Fernandez Urdaneta	Ministry of People's Power for Ecosocialism	Contact
149.	Viet Nam	Mr. Phan Tuan Hung	Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE)	Contact
150.	Zambia	Ms. Karen Banda	Zambia Environmental Management Agency (ZEMA)	Contact
151.	Zimbabwe	Mr. Farai Nyahwa	Environmental Management Agency	Contact