National Committees

The IYSPE 2005 encourages UN member states to actively participate in the commemoration by establishing National Committees and designating a National Focal Person to coordinate the domestic activities in accordance with the IYSPE 2005 concept and inline with resolution 1980/67 of the UN Economic and Social Council.

The National Committees or focal points have the responsibility for promoting activities related to the observance of the IYSPE 2005. The Committees should engage and include a broad range of country level actors, including: local governments, national Olympic Committees, sports federations and clubs, athletes, the private sector, interested academic circles, UN Country Teams and the NGO community. Committees are encouraged to develop inclusive strategies, and implement a diverse set of activities. National Committees may:

• Host special events, meetings, conferences and propose the integration of existing events into their promotional and public awareness campaign.
• Establish national committee websites and links to the official website of the IYSPE 2005.
• Engage the private sector in initiatives that recognize the connectivity between private sector development and sport and physical education.
• Organize national awards for development through sport and physical education.
• Report on activities to the UN Office for the IYSPE 2005.

Please find below the list of identified focal points:

In case your country is not listed below and you need or have information about pertinent activities in commemoration of the IYSPE 2005 in your country, please e-mail the Office for the IYSPE 2005 (Veronique.ntamach@undp.org).

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Albania

Ms. Shpresa Sulo
Specialist, Department of Sports
Ministry of Tourism, Culture, Youth & Sports
Tel. (mobile): + 355 68 22 29852
Email: shpresasulo@yahoo.co.uk

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Algeria

Mr. Brahim Asloum
Director of Development
Ministry of Sport and Youth
03 rue Mohamed
Belouizdad Place
du 1er mai Alger
16600 Algeria

Tel:  +213 21 65 55 55
Fax: +213 21 66 22 63
Website: http://www.mjs.dz/sports/progactiv_aieps.htm

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Australia

Ms. Fran Emerson
Manager
Sport Programs
Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts
Tel : +61 2 6271 1757
Fax: +61 2 6271 7066
Email: fran.emerson@dcita.gov.au

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Austria

Ms. Barbara Spindler
Federal Chancellery/Sports Division
Department for International Affairs
(Bundeskanzleramt/Sektion Sport)
Prinz-Eugen-Strasse 12
1040 Vienna, Austria
Tel: +43 1 53 115 - 5249
Email: barbara.spindler@bka.gv.at
Website: http://www.sport.austria.gv.at/

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Bahrain

H.E. Sheikh Fawaz bin Mohammed Al Khalifa
President
General Organisation for Youth and Sports (Goys)
P.O. Box: 5498
Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain
Tel : +973 1781 0000
Fax : +973 1772 8341
Email: fawaz@goys.org.bh
Email: info@goys.org.bh
Website: www.goys.org.bh

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Belarus

Mr. Nikolay Yakovlevich Bolshakov
Head of Department of International Relations of the Ministry of Sports and Tourism of Belarus
Tel: +37517 227 12 89
Fax: +37517 227 76 22
Email: intersport@mst.by

Mr. Vladimir Andreevich Kireev
Head of Directorate of Physical Culture of the Ministry of Sports and Tourism of Belarus
Tel: +37517 227 30 31
Fax: +37517 227 76 22
Email: intersport@mst.by

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Bhutan

Mr. Kinley Dorji
Director of Youth,Culture & Sports in the Ministry of Education
Royal Government of Bhutan
Tel:  02-315084/323219
Fax:  02-325199
email:  ygcdhead@druknet.bt

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Bolivia

Dr. Félix Sandoval Ríos
Vice Minister of Sports
Tel. +591 2 2433162
Email: boliviadeportes@hotmail.com

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Brazil

Luiz Garcia Jr.
Head of the International Department
Ministry of Sport of Brazil

Tel:  +55 61 217-1726 office
       +55 61 217-1806 fax
       +55 61 8123-0405 cell
Email: luiz.garcia@esporte.gov.br


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Bulgaria

Mr. Nikolai Ivanov
Head, European Coordination and International Activities Directorate
State Agency for Youth and Sport
75, Vassil Levski Blvd.
Sofia 1040
Bulgaria

Tel: 00359 2 930 05 75
Fax 00359 2 988 40 32
E-mail: nivanov@youthsport.bg
www.youthsport.bg

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Burkina Faso

Mr. Ledi Ousmane Sawadogo
Director-General
Ministry of Sport and Culture
BP 7035 Ouagadougou 03
Burkina Faso

Tel / Fax: +226 50 31 46 77
Mobile:    +226 70 26 99 14
Email: ledi.sawadogo@mailer.gov.bf

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Cameroon

Mr. Mathias Mpabe
Director of Sports and Physical Education
Ministry of Sports and Physical Education
P.O. Box 11291
Yaounde, Cameroun
Tel / Fax: (237) 2233071
Mobile: (237) 7642778
Email: mathiasmpabe@yahoo.fr

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Canada

Mr. Lane MacAdam
Executive Director
Canadian Sport Policy Division Sport Canada
Department of Canadian Heritage
Canadian Heritage
25 Eddy Street
Gatineau, Quebec K1A 0M5
Canada
Tel: +1 (819) 956 8009
Email: lane_macadam@pch.gc.ca

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Central African Republic

M. Patrick Ngaguene Nambeanre
Conseiller du Premier Ministre en Matière de Jeunesse, Sport, Art et Culture
Tel : (236) 50 50 24
Email: nambeanre@yahoo.fr

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Chad

Mr. Youssouf Djibrine
Director of Sports and Physical Education
Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports
Palais du Gouvernement
P.O. Box 638
Villa Garbit, Rue 1058
N’Djaména
Chad

Tel:      +235 51 40 38
Mobile: +235 24 67 80
Fax: +235 52 55 38

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Chile

Ms. Macarena Carvallo
Undersecretary for Sport in Chiledeportes
Tel: +56 2 2253475, +56 2 2744676, +56 2 7540419
Email: mcarvallo@chiledeportes.gov.cl
Website: http://www.chiledeportes.gov.cl


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Colombia

Mr. Diego Torres
Asesor de Dirección Coldeportes
Avenida 68 No. 55 - 65 Bogotá DC
Colombia
Tel: +571 437 7030 EXT. 4083
Fax: +571 6300 363
Email: dtorres@coldeportes.gov.co
Website: http://www.coldeportes.gov.co

Mr. Danilo Euse
Universidad de Antioquia
Departamento de Educación Física
Tel: +574 4259281
Medellín, Antioquia
Colombia


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Comoros

Mr. ABOUD SAID Hilmy
Commissariat National à la Culture à la Jeunesse et
aux Sports
Union des Comores
Tel: +269321977
Email: hilmy2000@yahoo.fr


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Cuba

Dra. Gladys Bequer Diaz
Head of the National Department of Physical Education
The National Institute of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation (INDER)
Coliseo de la Ciudad Deportiva, Vía Blanca y Boyeros, Cerro, Ciudad Habana, Cuba
Fax: (537) 335310
Email: convencion@inder.co.cu
Website: http://www.inder.co.cu/indernet/init/index.asp

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Eritrea

Brig. General Tekie Russom
Vice Commissioner
National Sports Commission
Tel: 00291 1 161788
Fax: 00291 1 161368

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Ethiopia

Mr. Getahun Gebre Giorgis
Department Head of Sports for All and Culture Sports
Ministry of Youth and Sports and Culture
P.O. Box 1907
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tel: +251 11 515 42 24, +251 11 550 51 33
Fax: +251 11 51 3345
Email: mysctsfa@ethionet.et

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Fiji (also covering Nauru, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and Western Samoa)

Mr Stanley Simpson
Communications Associate
UNDP Fiji Office
Tower Level 6
Reserve Bank Building Pratt Street,
Suva, Fiji Islands
Tel: (679) 331 2500
Fax: (679) 330 1718
Email: stanley.simpson@undp.org

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Finland

Mr. Ari Koivu
Toiminnanjohtaja - Executive Director
Liikunnan Kehitysyhteisty?LiiKe ry - Sports Development Aid
00093 SLU, Finland
Tel: +358 9 3481 2610
Fax: +358 9 3481 2602
Mobile: +358 40 765 9900B
Email: ari.koivu@liike.fi
Website : www.liike.fi

Suomen Liikunta ja Urheilu ry
FIN-00093 SLU, FINLAND
Email: ari.koivu@slu.fi
Website: www.slu.fi

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Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Mr. Tomislav Andonovski
Head of Sport Sector in Agency for Youth and Sport in Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Tel: +389 2 3126 - 270
Email: tome@ams.gov.mk

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France

Mr. Andrzej Rogulski
Chef du bureau des relations internationales et des grands évènements sportifs

Direction des sports
Ministère de la jeunesse, des sports et de la vie associative

95 avenue de France
75650 Paris Cedex 13
France
Tel: +33 1 40 45 94 66
Fax: +33 1 40 45 96 04
Email: andrzej.rogulski@jeunesse-sports.gouv.fr
Website: www.jeunesse-sports.gouv.fr

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Georgia

Mr. George Bokuchava
Assistant to the Prime Minister
7, Ingorokva str.
0134 Tbilisi
Georgia

Tel: (995 32) 990019  or (995 32) 921069
Fax: (995 32) 921069
Mob: (995 99) 510302 or (995 99) 940087
gbokuchava@geo.gov.ge

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Germany

Mr. Peter Glass
Leiter "Internationale Sportangelegenheiten - SH I 1 (G)"
Bundesministerium des Innern
Dienstsitz Bonn
Graurheindorfer Straße 198
53117 Bonn, Germany
Tel: +49 (0)1888 681 3132
Fax: +49 (0)1888 681 3491
Email: peter.glass@bmi.bund.de

Mr. Ernst Wilzek
Bundesministerium des Innern
Dienststelle Bonn
Postfach 170290
53108 Bonn, Germany
Tel: +49-1888 681 3395
Fax: +49-1888 681 53395
Email: Ernst.Wilzek@bmi.bund.de

Website: www.UNO-JahrdesSports.de

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Ghana

Dr. Emmanuel Owusu-Ansah
National Director for Sport and Development
Ministry of Education and Sports
of the Republic of Ghana
P.O. Box M 252
Ministry Post Office
Accra
Ghana
Tel: 021 683415
Email: kyaadee@yahoo.com

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Greece

Mrs. Iro Orfanou
In charge of the International Relations of the Deputy Minister's of Culture with Responsibilities for Sport Bureau
Secretariat General of Sport - Ministry of Culture
7, Kifissias Avenue
5th floor
Deputy Minister's Bureau
Athens 11523, Greece
Tel.: + 30 210 6496 514
Fax: + 30 210 6496 601
Email: diusof@sportsnet.gr
Website: http://www.sportsnet.gr

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India

Ms. Meenaxi Anand Chaudhry
Secretary, Youth Affairs and Sports
Room No. 103, C Wing, Shastri Bhavan
New Delhi-110001, INDIA
Phone: +91 11 2338 2897
Email: manand@nic.in

Mr. S. Krishnan
Joint Secretary, Sports
Room No. 504, B Wing, Shastri Bhavan
New Delhi-110001, INDIA
Tel: +91 11 2338 4152
Email: skrish@nic.in

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Israel

Mr. Ofer Shimoni
Vice-Superintendent for Physical Education & Sport
Hashlosha St. Nr. 2
Yad Eliyahu
Tel Aviv, Israel
Tel: +972 3 6896136 / 2
Fax: +972 3 6896135 / 759
Email: ofersh@education.gov.il

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Lebanon

Mr. Saleh Farroukh
Advisor to the Minister of Youth and Sports Ministry of youth and sports - Sami El Solh Avenue - Beirut - Lebanon
Tel.: + 961 1 426659
Fax: + 961 1 424388
Email: farroukhsaleh@hotmail.com
Website: www.minijes.gov.lb

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Malawi

Mr. Justin Saidi
Acting Director of Sports
Ministry of Sports
Tel: (265) 8 873 567
E-mail:
sportsministry@malawi.gov.mw
saidijustin@yahoo.co.uk

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Mauritania

Mr. Alioune Gatta
Ministry of Youth and Sports

Tel: 00 222 634 28 93

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Mauritius

Mr. Mahendur Purbhoo
Senior Sports Officer
Ministry of Youth and Sports
3rd Floor
Emmanuel Anquetil Building
Port Louis, Mauritius
Tel: (230) 201 17 86
Fax: (230) 210 7754
Email: mpurbhoo@mail.gov.mu

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Mexico

Professor Nelson Nargas Basañez
Director General
Comisión Nacional de Cultura Física y Deporte (CONADE)
Camino a Santa Teresa No. 482
Colonia Pena Pobre
Delegacion Tlalpan
14060 Mexico, D.F.
Tel: (52-55) 59.27.52.00
Email : presidencia@conade.gob.mx
Website: http://www.conade.gob.mx/

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Mongolia

Dr. Jargalsaikhan
Adviser
Mongolian State Committee
Of Physical Culture and Sports
Implementary Agency of the Government of Mongolia Central P.O. Box 1169
Ulaanbaatar-13
Mongolia

Tel: (+ 976-11) 324050
Fax: (+976-991190993
Email: monssf@mongolnet.mn

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Morocco

Ms. Leïla Barakat
Responsable de l'Unit?Partenariat et communication
Expert du PNUD en sport pour le développement
Programme des Nations Unies pour le Développement (PNUD /UNDP)
Angle Avenue Moulay Hassan et Rue Moulay Ahmed Loukili
Casier ONU
Rabat-Maroc
Tel: 212 (0) 37 70 35 55
Fax: 212 (0) 37 70 15 66
Email : leila.barakat@undp.org

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Mozambique

Mr. Ignacio Bernardo
National Director
Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports
Av. 24 de Julho 1921
P.O. Box 4030
Maputo, Mozambique
Tel: + 258 (82) 321 2510
Email: inaciobernardo@yahoo.com.br


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Nauru

Please consult National Focal Point for Fiji

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Netherlands

Ms. Helga van Kampen
Program Manager Sport and Development

Ms. Tessa Kocken
Project Coordinator Sport and Development

NCDO
Mauritskade 63,
1092 AD, Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Tel: +31 20 568 87 68
Fax: +31 20 568 87 87
Email: h.van.kampen@ncdo.nl
Email: t.kocken@ncdo.nl
Website: www.vnjaarsport.nl

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New Zealand

Mr. Lawrie Stewart
Senior Advisor
Sport & Recreation New Zealand (SPARC)
Level 4, 78 Victoria Street
PO Box 2251,Wellington
New Zealand

Tel:  +64 4 472 8058
Fax: +64 4 471 0813
Email: lawrie.stewart@sparc.org.nz
Website: http://www.sparc.org.nz/

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Niger

Mr. Yahaya Mahaman
National Director of Sports
Ministry of Sports and Recreation
P.O. Box 215
Niamey
Niger

Tel:      +227 73 36 03
Fax:     +227 96 46 91
Mobile: +227 72 23 36


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Norway

Ms. Thale Berg Husby
Consultant
United Nations Association of Norway
FN-sambandet
Storgata 33 A
0184 OSLO
Tel: +47 22 86 84 00
Fax: +47 22 86 84 01
Email:
tbh@fn.no
thale.berg.husby@fn.no

Ms Heidi Stensland
Email: heidi.stensland@fn.no

Website:
http://www.fn.no/temasider/fns_internasjonale_idrettsaar_2005/
international_year_of_sport_and_physical_education http://www.fn.no/temasider/fns_internasjonale_idrettsaar_2005

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Paraguay

Mr. Arturo Giménez Gallardo,
Youth Vice-Minister
Tel: +595 21 453842
Email: arturoggallardo@hotmail.com

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Philippines

Mr. Feliciano N. Toledo II
Coordinator, Task Force on School Sports
Department of Education (DepEd)
DepEd Complex, Meralco Avenue
Pasig City 1600
Philippines
Tel: +63-2 633 7202
Cell Phone +639202338755
Fax: +63-2 6364879
Email: fntoledo@yahoo.com
Website: www.deped.gov.ph

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Poland

Mr. Robert Korzeniowski
President

Mr. Maciej Zdziarski
Secretary

Mr. Wojciech Lewandowski
International Projects Coordinator

Secretariat of the National Committee for the Celebration of the International Year of Sport and Physical Education
SPIDR
ul. Murna 3, 61-771 Poznan, POLAND
Tel: +48 61 855 33 81 or +48 61 855 33 82
Fax: +48 61 855 33

Email:
zdziarski@radiowiec.pl
lewandowski@sobermind.org

website:
www.roksportu.pl

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Qatar

H.E. Sheikh Saoud bin Abdurrahman Al Thani
Secretary General
Qatar National Olympic Committee
P.O. Box: 7494
Doha
State of Qatar
Tel : +974 4944 444
Fax : +974 4944 733
Email: qnoc@qatarolympics.org
Website: http://www.qatarolympics.org

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Republic of Latvia

Mr. Edgars Šneps
Deputy State Secretary of Sport Issues
Ministry of Education and Science
Valnu Iela 2
Riga, LV 1050
Tel: +371 722 2415
Fax: +371 721 3992

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Russia

Mr. Roman Ryssev
Head of the International Cooperation Division
Department of International Regional Cooperation

ROSSPORT
18 Kazakova Str.
105064 Moscow, Russia
Tel: + 7 095 995 35 66
Fax: + 7 095 261 81 53
Email:
tsy1979@yandex.ru
info@rossport.ru
Website: www.rossport.ru

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Sao Tome and Principe

Mr. Luis Mario Almeida
Chefe Departamento Técnico e das Actividades Desportivas da Direccão
como Coordenador Nacional junto as Nacões Unidas em S.T.P.
Ministério da Educacão, Cultura e Desporto
Avenida Marginal 12 de Julho
B.P. 87
Sao Tome and Principe

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Seychelles

Mr. Jean Larue
Director General
Sports Planning and Policy Development
Ministry of Local Government, Sports and Culture

P.O. Box 731 Oceangate-House
Victoria, Mahe
Seychelles
Tel: 00 (248) 224 481
Mobile: 00 (248) 722 021
Fax: 00 (248) 225 590
Email: jlarue@seychelles.net

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Sierra Leone

Mr. Alphan Koker
Secretary National Committee On Sport and Development
National Sports Council
P.O. Box 1181
Freetown, Sierra Leone

Tel:  +232 766 391 28
       +232 302 670 95
Fax: +232 222 240 07
Email: koker25@yahoo.com

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South Africa

Mr. Greg Fredericks
Senior Manager: Funding, Policy & Liaison
Sport & Recreation South Africa (SRSA)
Private Bag X896
Pretoria 0001
Republic of South Africa
Tel: 012 334 3239
Fax: 012 324 3341
Email: greg@sport1-pwv.gov.za

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Spain

Mr. Antonio Montalvo de Lamo
Subdirector General de Promoción Deportiva
y Deporte Paralimpico del Consejo Superior de Deportes Espagna
Ministerio de Education y Ciencia
Martin Fierro S/N 28040 Madrid
Spain
Tel: + 34 91 589 67 00
Fax: +34 91 589 66 14
Email: antonio.montalvo@csd.mec.es
website: http://www.csd.mec.es


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Sri Lanka

Dr. Saman Amarasinghe
Chairman, National Sports Council
Director-National Youth Award Authority
Director-National Youth Services Council

Ministry of Sport & Youth Affairs
33, Independence Square
Colombo 7
Sri Lanka
Tel: +94-11 2676639
Fax: +94-11 2599395
Email: samansrilanka@visual.lk

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Sweden

Mr. Tomas Johansson
Political Advisor to the Deputy Prime Minister
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Gustav Adolfs torg 1
SE-103 39 Stockholm
Tel:  +46 8 405 10 00
Fax:  +46 8 723 11 76
Email: tomas.johansson@foreign.ministry.se

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Switzerland

Ms. Marilen Matter
Koordinator Internationales Jahr des Sports 2005
Bundesamt für Sport (BASPO)
CH-2532 Magglingen
Tel: +41 (0) 32 327 61 17
Fax: +41 (0) 32 327 64 04
Email: marilen.matter@baspo.admin.ch
Website: http://www.sport2005.ch

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Thailand

Dr. Santiparb Tejavanija
Governor
Sports Authority of Thailand (SAT)
2088 Ramkhamhaeng Road, Hua Mark, Bangkapi,
Bangkok 10240
Thailand
Tel: (662) 318 0940 Ext. 1001, 3180949
E-mail: santiSA@hotmail.com
website: http://www.sat.or.th

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Tonga

Please consult National Focal Point for Fiji

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Trinidad & Tobago

Mr. Mark Mungal
Chaiman
The Trinidad & Tobago Alliance
for Sport and Physical Education
312 Soogrim St.
Gulf View
La Romaine
Republic of Trinidad and Tobago

Tel: +868 788-6815
Fax: +868 657-1283
Email: mmungal@ttaspe.org
Website: www.ttaspe.org

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Tunisia

Mr. Naceur Ghrib
Membre du Cabinet du Ministre
Ministère de la Jeunesse, des Sports et de l'Education Physique
Avenue Med Ali Akid, Cit?El Khadra 1003 Tunis
Tunisia
Tel: +216 71 842 508
Fax: +216 71 785 822
Email: naceur.ghrib@sport.tn
Website: http://www.sport.tn/

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Turkey

Mr. Adnan Gul
Head of Department of Youth Services
Prime Ministry General Directorate of Youth and Sports
Ulus Ishani A Blok Ulus, Ankara, Turkey
Tel: +90 312 430 33 78
Email: adnangul61@hotmail.com

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Tuvalu

Please consult National Focal Point for Fiji

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United Arab Emirates

H.E. Sultan Saqr Al Suwaidi
Secretary-General
General Authority of Youth and Sports Welfare
P.O. Box: 539
Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates
Tel : +9712 4491000
Fax : +9712 4491666
Email: alsuwaidi.s@youth-sport.gov.ae
Email: uaeyouth@youth-sport.gov.ae
Website: http://www.youth-sport.gov.ae

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United Kingdom (UK)

Ms. Pippa Lloyd
International Development Consultant
UK Sport
40 Bernard Street London
WC1N 1ST
UK
Tel: +44-207-211 5161
Fax: +44-207-211 5249
Email: pippa.lloyd@uksport.gov.uk
Website: www.uksport.gov.uk/worldwideimpact

Vanuatu

Please consult National Focal Point for Fiji

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Western Samoa

Please consult National Focal Point for Fiji

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Zambia

Mr. Isaac Bulalo Mwape
Chief Sport Development Officer
Ministry of Sport, Youth and Child Development
Lusaka, Zambia
Email: georgekakomwe@yahoo.com