SPECIAL MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE ON AGRICULTURE IN SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES

CONFÉRENCE MINISTÉRIELLE SPÉCIALE SUR L'AGRICULTURE DANS LES PETITS ÉTATS INSULAIRES EN DÉVELOPPEMENT

CONFERENCIA MINISTERIAL ESPECIAL SOBRE LA AGRICULTURA EN LOS PEQUEÑOS ESTADOS INULARES EN DESARROLLO

Rome, 12 March 1999
Rome, 12 mars 1999
Roma, 12 de marzo de 1999

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
LISTE DES PARTICIPANTS
LISTA DE PARTICIPANTES

Chairperson: Arvin Boolell (Mauritius)

Vice-chairpersons: H E P Carbon - (Dominica)

Papu Vaai -(Samoa)

Ms V K Delawie -(United States)

ANGOLA

Kiala Kia Mateva
Représentant Permanent Suppléant
auprès de la FAO
Rome

ARGENTINA - ARGENTINE

Ariel Fernández
Representante Permanente Alterno
ante la FAO
Roma

AUSTRALIA - AUSTRALIE

*Rory Steele
Permanent Representative to FAO
Rome

*Paul Ross
Alternate Permanent Representative to FAO
Rome

AUSTRIA - AUTRICHE

Ernst Zimmerl
Permanent Representative to FAO
Rome

BAHAMAS

Simeon Pinder
Deputy Director
Department of Agrioculture
Nassau

BARBADOS

Anthony Wood
Minister for Agriculture and Rural
Development
Bridgetown

Winston Small
Permanent Secretary
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural
Development
Bridgetown

Ms. Sandra Phillips
First Secretary
Embassy of Barbados at Brussels
Brussels

BELIZE

Wendel Parham
Acting Permanent Secretary
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and
Cooperatives
Belmopan

BRAZIL - BRÉSIL - BRASIL

Julio César Gomes dos Santos
Permanent Representative to FAO
Rome

João Mauricio Cabral de Mello
Alternate Permanent Representative to FAO
Rome

BULGARIA - BULGARIE

Krassimir Kostov
Permanent Representative to FAO
Rome

BURKINA FASO

Mme Béatrice Damiba
Représentant permanent auprès de la FAO
Rome

André Anatole Yameogo
Représentant permanent adjoint auprès
de la FAO
Rome

CANADA - CANADÁ

Jean Devlin
Alternate Permanent Representative to FAO
Rome

CAPE VERDE - CAP-VERT -
CABO VERDE

José A. Monteiro
Ministre de l'Agriculture, alimentation et
environnement
Praia

Elvio Fernandes
Représentant permanent auprès de la FAO
Rome

Eduardo Silva
Représentant permanent adjoint auprès
de la FAO
Rome

CHILE - CHILI

Humberto Molina
Representante Permanente Adjunto ante la
FAO
Roma

CHINA - CHINE

Liang Qu
Permanent Representative to FAO
Rome
Shengzhi Sun
Alternate Permanet Representative to FAO
Rome

COMOROS

Msaidie HOUMED MDAHOMA
Ministre du Développement rural, de la
pêche et de l'environnement
Moroni

Abdou SOIMADOU ALI
Chef du Service Planification Suivi et
Evaluation du Cabinet du Ministre
Moroni

Youssouf HAMADI
Directeur Général de l'Environnement
Moroni

CONGO, REPUBLIC OF
CONGO, RÉPUBLIQUE DE
CONGO, REPÚBLICA DEL

Rufin Gabriel Ambero
Représentant permanent adjoint auprès de la
FAO
Rome

Georges Guito
Premier Conseiller
Ambassade de la République du Congo
Rome

COOK ISLAND
Mark Brown
Secretary of Agriculture
Ministry of Agriculture
Rarotonga

COSTA RICA

Sra Victoria Guardia de Hernández
Embajador ante la FAO
Representante Permanente ante la FAO Roma

Sra Yolanda Gago
Ministro Consejero
Representante Permanente Alterno ante
la FAO
Roma

CUBA

Fidel Ramos Perera
Viceministro Area Forestal
Ministerio de Agricultura
La Habana
Marcos I. Nieto Lara
Director, Dirección de Ciencia y Técnica
Ministerio de Agricultura
La Habana

Juan Nuiry Sánchez
Embajador
Representante Permanente ante la FAO
Roma

CYPRUS - CHYPRE - CHIPRE

Costas Themistocleous
Minister of Agriculture, Natural Resources
and Environment
Nicosia

Panayiotis Aristotelous
Director of Administration
Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources
and Environment
Nicosia

Fotis G. Poulides
Ambassador of Cyprus to the UN Agencies
for Food and Agriculture
Rome

George F. Poulides
Alt. Permanent Representative of Cyprus to
the UN Agencies for Food and Agriculture
Rome

Andreas Roushias
Agricultural Attaché
Permanent Representation of Cyprus to the
UN Agencies for Food and Agriculture
Rome

Harris Zannetis
Agricultural Officer
Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources
and Environment
Nicosia

DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA - RÉPUBLIQUE POPULAIRE DÉMOCRATIQUE DE CORÉE - REPÚBLICA POPULAR DEMOCRÁTICA DE COREA

Hung Rim Kim
Ambassador
Permanent Representative to FAO
Rome

Tae Song Han
Alternate Representative to FAO
Rome

DENMARK - DANEMARK - DINAMARCA

Birgitte Møller Christensen
Deputy Permanent Representative
Rome

DOMINICA - DOMINIQUE

Peter Carbon
Minister of Agriculture and the
Environment
Ministry of Agriculture and the
Environment
Roseau

Ms Hannelore Angela Benjamin
Permanent Representative to FAO
Rome

*Nigel Lawrence
Chief Fisheries Officer
Ministry of Agriculture
Roseau

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC -
RÉPUBLIQUE DOMINICAINE - REPÚBLICA DOMINICANA

Amilcar ROMERO
Secretario de Estado de Agricultura
Santo Domingo

*Juan Borg Gil
Ministro Consejero
Representante Permanente Alterno ante la
FAO
Roma

ECUADOR - EQUATEUR

*Carlos H. Larrea-Dávila
Representante Permanente Alterno ante la
FAO
Roma

EGYPT - EGYPTE - EGIPTO

* Mohamed Khalifa
Permanent Representative to FAO
Rome

*Ms. Nahed El Ashry
Counsellor
Alternate Permanent Representative to FAO
Rome

EL SALVADOR

*Sra María Eulalia Jiménez
Ministro Consejero
Representante Permanente Adjunto ante la
FAO
Roma

EUROPEAN COMMUNITY - MEMBER ORGANIZATION -
COMMUNAUTÉ EUROPÉENNE - ORGANISATION MEMBRE -
COMUNIDAD EUROPEA - ORGANIZACIÓN MIEMBRO

*Francisco Granell
Conseiller principal à la Direction Generale
VIII "Développement"
Bruxelles

*Andrew Byrne
Premier secrétaire
Représentant permanent suppléant auprès de
la FAO
Rome

*Frances-Anne Hunter
Représentant permanent suppléant
auprès de la FAO
Rome

FIJI - FIDJI

*Militoni Leweniqila
Minister for Agricultrue, Fisheries and
Forests
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and
Forests
Raiwaqa

*Peniasi Kunatuba
Acting Permanent Secretary for
Agriculture, Fisheries and Forests
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and
Forests
Raiwaqa

L. Jiko
Acting Conservator of Forests
Raiwaqa

FINLAND - FINLANDE - FINLANDIA

*Ulla-Maija Finskas
Minister Counsellor
Permanent Representative to FAO
Rome

Seija TORO
Counsellor
Deputy Permanent Representative to FAO
Rome

FRANCE - FRANCIA

Louis DOMINICI
Ambassadeur
Représentant Permanent de la France
auprès de l'OAA
Rome

*Daniel Berthery
Conseiller scientifique
Représentation permanente auprès de l'OAA
Rome

GABON - GABÓN

*Mme Ivone Alves Dias da Graça
Représentant permanent adjoint auprès
de la FAO
Rome

GERMANY - ALLEMAGNE - ALEMANIA

*Michael Bohnet
Director General
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation
and Development
Bonn

*Ute Heinbuch
Assistant Head of Division

Federal Ministry for Economic Co-operation
and Development
Bonn

*Dietrich Lincke
Ambassador
Permanent Representative to FAO
Rome

*Karl-Josef Weiers
Deputy Permanent Representative to FAO
Rome

GREECE - GRÈCE - GRECIA

* Dionhyssios A. Kyvetos
Deputy Permanent Representative to FAO
Rome

Mrs Catherine Guini
Second Secretary
Alternate Permanent Representative to FAO
Rome
*John Economides
Minister-Counsellor
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Athens

GRENADA - GRANADA

Michael Baptiste
Minister for Agriculture, Lands, Forestry
and Fisheries
St George's

*Michael Church
Chief Technical Officer
Ministry of Agriculture, Lands, Forestry
and Fisheries
St George's

GUINEA - GUINÉE
*Souhaib Deen Bangoura
Ambassadeur
Représentant permanent auprès de la FAO
Rome

GUINEA-BISSAU - GUINÉE-BISSAU

*Carlos Pinho Brandao
Ministre de l'agriculture, de la pêche et des
ressources naturelles
Ministère de l'agriculture, de la pêche et des
ressources naturelles
Bissau

GUATEMALA

*Sra Rita Claverie de Sciolli
Ministro Consejero
Representante Permanente Adjunto ante la
FAO
Roma

GUYANA

*Satyadeow Sawh
Minister
Ministry of Agriculture
Georgetown

HAITI - HAÏTI - HAITÍ

Fred Joseph
Ministre
Ministère de l'Agriculture
Port-au-Prince

*Pierre-Guy Lafontant
Directeur
Division des Ressources Naturelles
Damien

*Mme Milose Jean-Baptiste
Conseiller du Ministre
Ministère de l'Agriculture, des ressources
naturelles et de développement rural
Damien

*Mme Suze Percy
Représentant permanent adjoint auprès de
la FAO
Rome

INDIA - INDE

*K.P. Fabian
Ambassador
Permanent Representative to FAO
Rome

*Ms Neela Gangadharan
Minister (Agriculture)
Alternate Permanent Representative to FAO
Rome

INDONESIA - INDONÉSIE

*Soendaroe RACHMAD
Ambassador
Permanent Representative to FAO
Rome

*Untung WAHYONO
Director General of Fisheries
Jakarta

*Suharyo HUSEN
Director
International Cooperation Bureau
Ministry of Agriculture
Jakarta

*Sumpeno PUTRO
Agricultural Attaché
Permanent Mission of the Republic of Indonesia to European Union
Brussels, Belgium

*Saut HUTAGALUNG
Senior Official
Ministry of Agriculture
Jakarta

*Adek Triana YUDHASWARI
Third Secretary
Embassy of Indonesia
Rome

IRAN, ISLAMIC REP. OF -
IRAN, RÉPUBLIQUE ISLAMIQUE D'
-
IRAN, REPÚBLICA ISLÁMICA DEL

Nouri-Naeeni
Ambassador
Permanent Representative to FAO
Rome

Mehdi Ebrahimi
Alternate Permanent Representative to FAO
Rome

Mostafa JAFARI
Alternate Permanent Representative to FAO
Rome

ITALY - ITALIE - ITALIA
*Luigi Fontana Giusti
Ambassadeur
Représentant permanent auprès de la FAO
Rome

*Marina Romualdi Vaccari
Expert
Ministère des Affaires étrangères
Rome

JAMAICA - JAMAÏQUE

*Fenton Ferguson
Minister of State
Ministry of Agriculture
Kingston

JAPAN - JAPON - JAPÓN

*Hiroaki Kameya
State Secretary for Agriculture, Forestry
and Fisheries
Tokyo

*Hideo Tao
Director-General
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry
and Fisheries
Tokyo

*Kenichi Ito
Director
International Cooperation and Planning
Division
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and
Fisheries
Tokyo

Kaoru Machida
Assistant Director
International Cooperation Planning
Division
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and
Fisheries
Tokyo

* Ms Yumiko Mori
Interpreter
Tokyo

KENYA

*Bob F. Jalang'o
Ambassador
Permanent Representative to FAO
Rome

*Paul Chepkwony
Agriculture Attaché
Alternate Permanent Representative to FAO
Rome

LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA - JAMAHIRIYA ARABE LIBYENNE - JAMAHIRIYA ARABE LIBIA

*Mansur Mabruk Seghayer
Alternate Permanent Representative to FAO
Rome

MALDIVES
*Mohamed Zuhair
Director, Agricultural Services
Ministry of Fisheries, Agriculture
and Marine Resources
Male

MALTA - MALTE
N. Zammit
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries
Valletta

E. Gauci Borda
Permanent Secretary
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries

*Francis Montanaro Mifsud
Ambassador to FAO
Permanent Representative to FAO
Rome

MAURITIUS - MAURICE - MAURICIO
*Arvin Boolell
Minister of Agriculture, Food Technology
and Natural Resources
Ministry of Agriculture, Food Technology
and Natural Resources

*Ms H. Hanoomanjee
Principal Assistant Secretary
Minister of Agriculture, Food Technology
and Natural Resources
Ministry of Agriculture, Food Technology
and Natural Resources

*Denis CANGY
Alternate Permanent Representative to FAO
Rome

MEXICO - MEXIQUE - MÉXICO

*Mario Moya Palencia
Representante Permanente ante la FAO
Roma

*José Robles Aguilar
Representante Permanente Adjunto
ante la FAO
Roma

*María de los Angeles Arriola Aguirre
Representante Permanente Alterna
ante la FAO
Roma

MOROCCO - MAROC- MARRUECOS

*Ahmed Afailal
Représentant permanente adjoint auprès de
la FAO
Rome

NEPAL

*Narayan Tiwari
Secretary
Ministry of Forestry
Kathmandu

*Uday R. Sharma
Chief Planning Officer
Ministry of Forests and Soil Conservation
Kathmandu

NETHERLANDS - PAYS BAS - PAISES BAJOS

*Ewald J.N. Brouwers
Counsellor
Deputy Permanent Representative to FAO
Rome

NEW ZEALAND - NOUVELLE-ZÉLANDE - NUEVA ZELANDIA

*John Luxton
Minister for Food, Fibre, Biosecurity and
Border Control
Wellington

*Peter Benenett
Ambassador
Permanent Representative to FAO
Rome

*Peter Ferguson
Alternate Permanent Representative to FAO
Rome

*Ms Maria Cassidy
Private Secretary to Minister
Food, Fibre, Biosecurity and Border Control
Wellington

NIGERIA

*Onyeabo Emmanuel Onwukeme
Alternate Permanent Representative to FAO
Rome

NORWAY - NORVÈGE - NORUEGA

*Dag Briseid
Permanent Representative to FAO
Rome

PAKISTAN - PAKISTÁN

*Adnan Bashir Khan
Alternate Permanent Representative to FAO
Rome

PANAMA - PANAMÁ
*Ismael Bernal Maure
Embajador
Representante Permanente ante la FAO
Roma

*Horacio Maltez
Representante Permanente Adjunto ante la
FAO
Roma

PAPUA NEW GUINEA
*Tukape Masani
Minister for Agriculture and Livestock
Ministry of Agriculture
Konedobu

*Samuel Lahis
Deputy Secretary
Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock
Konedobu

*Chris R. Dekuku
National Coordinator
Food Security Programme
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries
Konedobu

PARAGUAY

*Raúl R. Inchausti Valdez
Consejero
Representante Permanente Alterno
ante la FAO
Roma

PERU - PEROU

Sra. Ana María Deustua
Representante Permanente ante la FAO
Roma

Miguel Barreto
Representante Permanente Alterno ante
la FAO
Roma

Eliot Gaviria
Representante Permanente Alterno ante
La FAO
Roma

PHILIPPINES - FILIPINAS

*William D. Dar
Secretary
Department of Agriculture
Quezon City

Noel REYES
Head, Public Affairs
Department of Agriculture
Quezon City

*Noel de Luna
Deputy Permanent Representative to FAO
Rome

*Maria Luisa B. Gavino
Alternate Permanent Representative to FAO
Rome

SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS
SAINT-KITTS-ET-NEVIS - SAINT KITTS Y NEVIS

*Timothy Harris
Minister for Agriculture, Lands and Housing
Basseterre

SAINT LUCIA - SAINTE-LUCIE - SANTA LUCÍA

*Cassius B. Elias
Minister for Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Castries

*Horace Walters
Chief Fisheries Officer
Ministry of Agriculture, Foresty, Fisheries
and Environment
Castries

SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES - SAINT-VINCENT-ET-LES GRENADINES - SAN VINCENTE Y LAS GRANADINAS
* Hon. Jeremiah Scott
Minister
Ministry of Agriculture, Lands and Survey
Kingstown

Mr. Nigel Weekes
Director of Forestry
Ministry of Agriculture, Lands and Survey

Mr. Kerwyn Morris
Chief Fisheries Officer
Ministry of Agriculture, Lands and Survey

SAMOA
* Mafasolia Papu Vaai
Minister of Agriculture
Ministry of Agriculture, Forests, Fisheries and Meteorology
Apia

*Sofara T. Avean
Director
Ministry of Agriculture, Forests, Fisheries and Meteorology
Apia

Dr. Lafita' Fuatai
Acting Pro Vice-Chancellor and Head of Social Sciences School of Agriculture, University of the South Pacific

Mr. D. Tutangata, Director, South Pacific Regional Environment Programme

SAO TOMÉ AND PRINCIPE - SAO TOMÉ-ET-PRINCIPE - SANTO TOME Y PRINCIPE
*Aires Bruzaca de Menezes
Directeur du Projet de privatisation agricole
Ministère d'Économie

SENEGAL - SÉNÉGAL

*Mame Balla Sy
Ambassadeur auprès la FAO
Rome

*Moussa Bocar Ly
Ministre-Conseiller
Ambassade de la République du Sénégal
Rome

*Abdoukarim Diouf
Deuxième Conseiller
Ambassade de la République du Sénégal
Rome

SEYCHELLES
*Callixto Doffay
Permanent Representative to FAO
Paris

SPAIN - ESPAGNE - ESPAÑA

*Ignacio Trueba
Representante Permanente ante la FAO
Roma

*Javier Piernavieja
Representante Permanente Adjunto
ante la FAO
Roma

SRI LANKA

*Deeptha Kulatilleke
Counsellor
Alternate Permanent Representative to
FAO
Rome

SURINAME
E Alibux
Minister of Natural Resources

I. Krolis
Policy Adviser to the Minister of Natural
Resources

SYRIA - SYRIE - SIRIA

*Kosay Moustafa
Deputy Permanent Representative
to FAO
Rome

TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF
TANZANIE, RÉPUBLIQUE UNIE DE
TANZANÍA, REPÚBLICA UNIDA DE

*Albano L. T. Asmani
Permanent Representative to FAO
Rome

*Ms Perpetua Mary Hingi
Alternate Permanent Representative to FAO
Rome

THAILAND - THAÏLANDE - TAILANDIA

Chao Tiantong
Minister (Agriculture)
Royal Thai Embassy
Rome

TONGA
*Ms Akosita Fineanganofo
Ambassador
Embassy of Tonga
London

*Akau'ola
Secretary for Fisheries
Nuku'alofa

*Aleki Sisifa
Deputy Director of Agriculture and Forestry
Nuku'alofa

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO -
TRINITÉ-ET-TOBAGO
-
TRINIDAD Y TABAGO

*Reeza Mohammed
Minister of Agriculture, Land and Marine Resources
Port of Spain

*Andrea Sibsori
Honorary Consul
Rome

TUNISIA - TUNISIE - TÚNEZ

*Azouz Ennifar
Représentant Permanent auprès de
la FAO
Rome

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
ÉMIRATS ARABES UNIS
EMIRATOS ARABES UNIDOS

*Sagar Al-Raisi
First Secretary
Embassy of the United Arab Emirates
Rome

UNITED KINGDOM - ROYAUME UNI REINO UNIDO

*Thomas Kelly
Deputy Permanent Representative to FAO
Rome

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - ÉTATS-UNIES D'AMÉRIQUE - ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA

*Vonda Delawie
Deputy Permanent Representative to FAO
Rome

VANUATU

*John Morsen Willie
Minister of Agriculture, Livestock,
Forestry and Fisheries
Port Vila

*Pechou Meltatamath
First Political Adviser
Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock,
Forestry and Fisheries
Port Vila

*Ms Dorosday Kenneth
Interim Director
Corporate Development Division
Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock,
Forestry and Fisheries
Port Vila

VENEZUELA

*Raúl Alegrett Ruiz
Representante Permanente Alterno
ante la FAO
Roma

*Sra Doña Maritza Campo Alfonzo
Representante Permanente Adjunto
ante la FAO
Roma

ZAMBIA - ZAMBIE

*Isaiah Z. Chabala
Ambassador to the European Union and
Italy
Brussels

REPRESENTATIVES FROM UNITED NATIONS MEMBER STATES
OBSERVATEURS D'ÉTATS MEMBRES DES NATIONS UNIES
OBSERVADORES DE LOS ESTADOS MIEMBROS DE LAS NACIONES UNIDAS

MARSHALL ISLANDS PALAU
*Johnsay Riklon *Herman Francisco
Minister of Resources and Development Chief, Division of Agriculture and
Majuro Mineral Resources

PERMANENT OBSERVER TO FAO
OBSERVATEUR PERMANENT AUPRÈS DE LA FAO
OBSERVADOR PERMANENTE ANTE LA FAO

HOLY SEE - SAINT-SIÈGE - SANTA SEDE

Archbishop Alois Wagner
Permanent Observer to FAO
Vatican City

Vincenzo Buonomo
Alternate Permanent Observer to FAO
Vatican City

Lelio Bernardi
Adviser
Vatican City

Giovanni Tedesco
Adviser
Vatican City

REPRESENTATIVES OF UNITED NATIONS AND SPECIALIZED AGENCIES
REPRÉSENTANTS DES NATIONS UNIES ET INSTITUTIONS DPÉCIALISÉES
REPRESENTANTES DE LAS NACIONES UNIDAS Y ORGANISMOS ESPECIALIZADOS

UNCTAD/CNUCED
Ms Anna K. Tibaijuka
Special Coordinator
Office of the Special Coordinator for Least Developed, Landlocked and Island Developing
Countries
Geneva

OBSERVERS FROM INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
OBSERVATEURS DES ORGANISATIONS INTERGOUVERNEMENTALES
OBSERVADORES DE LAS ORGANIZACIONES INTERGUBERNAMENTALES

ALLIANCE OF SMALL ISLAND STATES (AOSIS)
Tuiloma Neroni Slade
Ambassador and Permanent of Samoa to the United Nations
New York

OBSERVERS FROM NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
OBSERVATEURS DES ORGANISATIONS NON GOUVERNEMENTALES
OBSERVADORES DE LAS ORGANIZACIONES NO GUBERNAMENTALES

International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM)
*Everard Byer
Member - World Board
International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM)
Tholey-Theley

RISTA
Nicolò Varvo
President
Rome