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CSD-13: Bureau
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H.E. Dr. John W. Ashe, Chair (Antigua and Barbuda)
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Dr. John W. Ashe was elected Chairman of the thirteenth session of
the Commission on Sustainable Development
(CSD-13), a session which will focus on the thematic cluster
of water, sanitation and human settlements, and
which will complete the second or Policy year of the first
two-year (2004-2005) Implementation Cycle of the CSD.
As Chairman, Dr. Ashe will oversee the Commission's negotiations
on measures to speed up implementation and mobilize action to
overcome obstacles and constraints, and build on lessons learned
in the focal areas of the thematic cluster ・issues which were
highlighted by participants during the "Review year" that was
CSD-12.
Dr. Ashe's chairmanship caps a long association with the
Commission, on which he has served in various capacities. He was
a member of the Bureaux of CSD-1 and CSD-7, and was
Vice-President of the Bureau of the Johannesburg Summit. Dr.
Ashe also possesses an intimate knowledge of the negotiating
atmosphere of the CSD, having chaired negotiations on finance,
energy, SIDS and the Means of Implementation chapter of the
Johannesburg Plan of Implementation.
Dr. Ashe is Antigua and Barbuda's Permanent Representative to the
United Nations, its Ambassador to the World Trade Organization
and has Ministerial Responsibility for Sustainable Development
Matters and the WTO. He has also served as Vice-Chairman of the
Executive Boards of UNDP/UNFPA and UNICEF; Chairman of the
Executive Board of the Clean Development Mechanism of the Kyoto
Protocol; Chairman of the UNFCCC's Subsidiary Body on
Implementation; and Chairman of negotiations on budgetary and
administrative matters within the CBD, UNCCD, the Basel
Convention, and the Montreal Protocol.
Dr. Ashe is a citizen of Antigua and Barbuda and holds a Ph.D in
Bioengineering from the University of Pennsylvania. He is
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Ms. Husniyya Mammadova,
Vice-Chairperson (Azerbaijan)
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Ms. Husniyya Mammadova joined the Permanent Mission of the
Republic of Azerbaijan to the United Nations, New York in 2003.
Prior to this post, she was working in the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan in the Department of Human
Resource Management. Then, she worked at the Department of
Economic Cooperation and Development. In the latter, she was
handling the Second Committee and ECOSOC.
Her previous professional experience includes consultancy at the
National Interagency Task Force on the elaboration of PRSP. Her
expertise involves: advisor on sustainable development issues;
participant of the national preparatory process to the World
Summit on Sustainable Development; and a consultant on the
elaboration of the very first national report on the
implementation of Agenda 21.
Ms. Mammadova holds a bachelor degree in Economics from the
Western University, Azerbaijan and diploma with honors from the
Vienna Diplomatic Academy.
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Mr. Khaled Elbakly,
Vice-Chairperson (Egypt) |
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Mr. Khaled Elbakly started his diplomatic career
in January 1985 and served in the diplomatic missions of Egypt
in Romania, Italy and Ethiopia. He joined the Permanent Mission
of Egypt to the United Nations in New York in the position of
Counsellor in September 2003.
Mr. Elbakly participated as a member of the Egyptian delegation in a
number of regional and international conferences, including the
World Food Summit in Rome in 1996, the International Labour
Organisation meetings in Geneva in 1997 and the First Meeting of
the Committee on Sustainable Development for the African region
in Addis Ababa in 1999. He also attended various expert and
ministerial meetings of the Economic Commission for Africa and
the African Union (formerly OAU) during the period of 1997-2001.
Most recently, he participated in the UNEP Eighth Special
Session of the Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment
Forum held in Jeju, Republic of Korea, in March 2004, and the
Global Environment Facility Council meeting in May 2004.
From 2001 to 2003, Mr. Elbakly worked in the office of the Minister
of State for Foreign Affairs, supervising, among other issues,
matters related to NEPAD and international cooperation.
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Ms. Dagmara Berbalk,
Vice-Chairperson (Germany) |
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Ms. Dagmara Berbalk is Head of Division at the
German Federal Ministry of Environment, Nature Conservation and
Nuclear Safety which is based in Berlin and Bonn and is in
charge of national and international water policy issues.
In this capacity, she represented the German Federal government as
one of the conveners of the International Conference on
Freshwater in Bonn, December 2001.
She has been with the Ministry of Environment since its
establishment in 1986 and has a long career experience in
managing German environmental and sustainable development
policy. Her areas of responsibility has covered protection of
the marine environment, waste management, international
relations with the European Union, the OECD, the CSD, UNEP and
others.
Prior to her current position she was in charge of international
cooperation with the United Nations agencies and developing
countries on environment and sustainable development issues
during which she was the chief negotiator for the European Union
during the German Presidency in 1999. Ms. Dagmara Berbalk is a
lawyer by profession.
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Mr. Boo Nam Shin,
Vice-Chairperson (Republic of Korea) |
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Mr. Boo Nam Shin is Counsellor for Environment and Development in the
Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations.
Prior to his current assignment in New York, Mr. Shin was Director of
Economic Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Mr. Shin participated as a member of the delegation of the Republic of
Korea in the World Summit on Sustainable Development in 2002.
Mr. Shin also had responsibilities for trade and bilateral relations.
He was Counsellor in the Embassy of the Republic of Korea to
Germany. He was also First Secretary in the Embassy of the Republic
of Korea to the Philippines.
In other diplomatic postings, Mr. Shin served as Second Secretary in
the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations
Office in Geneva
Mr. Shin holds an MA in International Relations from Boston University
and a BA in German Literature from Seoul National University.
Mr. Shin is married with two daughters.
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