Ms. Idiatou CAMARA, Guinea
National Director of the Environment

She has worked extensively on environmental issues; participated ot the negotiations of several international documents on biological diversity, climate change, the Montreal Protocol etc.; participated to the elaboration of the Guinean National Plan on the Environment; has also worked on women and environment issues, particularly on women's perception of environmental degradation.

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(in French)

Mr. Salvano BRICENO
Director, Inter-Agency Secretariat of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UN/ISDR), OCHA

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(in English)

Ms. Elaine ENARSON, USA
Independent scholar, teacher and consultant in Australia, Canada and the United States

Has worked extensively on the topic of gender and natural disasters, participant in the EGM Turkey (2001); External consultant for the International Labour Organization's InFocus Programme on Crisis Response and Reconstruction.

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(in English)

Ms. Yolene SURENA, Haiti
Director, Civil Protection Direction, Ministry of Interior

She holds a MA in Public Health and has attended training and seminars on Disaster and Emergency Management, Caribbean Regional Disaster Relief, etc.; has worked for many years in the Ministry of Public Health and Population

Written Statement [  ]
(in French)