INTERAGENCY MEETING ON OUTER SPACE ACTIVITIES OPEN INFORMAL

inter-agency meeting on outer space activities ============================================== open informal session ===================

INTER-AGENCY MEETING ON OUTER SPACE ACTIVITIES
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OPEN INFORMAL SESSION
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Theme of the Session:
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"Space technology for sustainable development and disaster management:
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opportunities within the United Nations system”
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Venue: UNESCO Headquarters, Room IX (level –1)
Date: Friday, 20 January 2006
Time: 14:30 – 17:30 hrs
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LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
Representatives of the United Nations entities
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UN Entity
Representative
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United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs
Mr. Sergio Camacho, Director
Ms. Natercia Rodrigues, Programme Officer, Committee Services and
Research Section
Mr. Shuhrat Sulaymanov, Associate Programme Officer, Committee
Services and Research Section
Department of Peace-keeping Operations
Mr. Kyoung-Soo Eom, Officer-in-Charge, Cartographic Section
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
Mr. Abdishakour Gulaid, Cartographic Affairs Officer, Development
Information Services Division
Secretariat for the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
Mr. Pedro Basabe, Senior Technical Adviser
World Food Porgramme
Mr. Menghestab Haile, Deputy Chief, Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping
Unit
UNOSAT
Mr. Alain Retiere, Director
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Dr. Robert Missotten, Secretary, International Geoscience Programme,
Chief, Earth Observation Section, Division Ecological and Earth
Sciences
Ms. Yolanda Berenguer, Space Education Programme, Earth Observation
Section, Division Ecological and Earth Sciences
Ms. Jessica Bunning, Remote Sensing Unit, Division Ecological and
Earth Sciences
Mr. Yves Barthelemy, Remote Sensing Unit, Division Ecological and
Earth Sciences
International Civil Aviation Organization
Mr. J. Vanier, Regional Officer, Air Traffic Management, European and
North Atlantic Office
World Meteorological Organization
Prof. Jian Liu, WMO Space Programme
Member States of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space
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Country
Representative
Argentina
Mr. José Luis Fernández Valoni, Permanent Mission to UNESCO
Australia
Ms. Anne Siwicki, Permanent Delegation to UNESCO, Paris
Belgium
Mr. Jean-Francois Mayence
Ms. Elke Delvoye
Brazil
Ms. Silvia Whitaker, Permanent Mission to UNESCO
Bulgaria
Ms. V. Ivanova, Permanent Mission to UNESCO
Ms. Snejana Manoilova, Permanent Mission to UNESCO
China
Mr. Hong Tianhua, Permanent Mission to UNESCO
Czech Republic
Ms. Irena Moozová, Permanent Delegate to UNESCO
Colombia
Mr. Ciro Arevalo, Alternative Representative, Permanent Mission,
Vienna
France
Ms. Isabelle Bouvet, CNES
Helene Sekutouriz-le Bujemt, Permanent Mission to UNESCO
India
Mr. B. Vasudevan, Embassy of India
Iran
Mr. Kashani, Permanent Mission to UNESCO
Mexico
Mr. Alfredo Miranda Ortiz, Permanent Mission to UNESCO
Dr. Ismael Madrigal Monarrez, Permanent Mission to UNESCO
Nigeria
Mr. Tare Charles Brisibe, National Space Research and Development
Agency (NASRDA)
Ms. Rakiya Abdullahl, National Space Research and Development Agency
(NASRDA)
Peru
Mr. Carlos Cueto, Permanent Mission to UNESCO
Russian Federation
Mr. Vasiliy Popov, Permanent Mission to UNESCO
South Africa
Mr. Kevin Brennan, Permanent Mission to UNESCO
Ukraine
Mr. Yuriy Pyvovarov, Embassy of Ukraine
United States of America
Mr. Kenneth Hodgkins, Department of State
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