United Nations   E/C.20/2015/INF/2

   

 

Economic and Social Council  

 

   

 

20 August 2015

Fifth Session of the UN Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM) New York, 5-7 August 2015

List of Participants

MEMBER STATES I. Algeria

Representative 1. Mr. Hamid Oukaci, General Secretary, National Information Council Geographic (CNIG)

II. Antigua And Barbuda

Representative

2. Mr. Noland Kareem Mack, Building Inspector, Development Control Authority

III. Argentina

Representative

3. Mr. Ricardo Mansilla, Institutional Coordinator, Spatial Data Infrastructure Instituto Geográafico

Nacional

IV. Australia

Head of delegation

4. Dr. Stuart Minchin, Chief of Environmental Geoscience Division, Geoscience Australia Delegates 5. Mr. Gary Johnston, Branch Head, Geodesy and Seismic Monitoring, Geoscience Australia 6. Ms. Gemma Van Halderen, General Manager, Strategic Partnerships and Project Division, Australian

Bureau of Statistics

7. Mr. Dan Paull, Chief Executive Officer of PSMA

V. Austria Representative

8. Mr. Wernher Hoffman, Director General, Federal Office of Metrology and Surveying

VI. Bahamas

Representatives 9. H.E. Mr. Elliston Rahming, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Bahamas to the United

Nations

10. Ms. Tishka Francis, First Secretary, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Bahamas to the United Nations

11. Mr. Duane Miller, GIS Tech, National Center for Geographic Information Systems

12. Ms. Antonique Strachan, GIS Analyst/Advisor

VII. Barbados

Delegates

13. H.E. Mr. Keith Marshall, Permanent Representative of Barbados to the United Nations

14. Ms. Juliette Riley, Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Representative of Barbados to the

United Nations

15. Mr. Leandre Murrell-Forde, Chief Surveyor Land and Survey Department, Ministry of Housing and Lands

VIII. Bangladesh

Representative

16. Mr. Md Abul Khair, Surveyor General of Bangladesh, Survey of Bangladesh

IX. Belize

Representative

17. Ms. Gina Young, Deputy Commissioner, Lands and Survey Department, Ministry of Natural Resources

and Agriculture

X. Belgium

Delegates

18. Mr. Pascal Buffin, Chargé d affaires, a.i., Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Belgium to the United Nations

19. Ms. Ingrid Vanden Berghe, Administrator-General, National Geographic Institute, Brussels

XI. Brazil Representative

20. Mr. Claudio Stenner, Coordinator of Geography, Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics

XII. Burkina Faso

Representative

21. Mr. Abdoulaye Belem, Co-Chair of UN-GGIM: Africa transitional bureau, Director General, Geographic Institute of Burkina

XIII. Cambodia Representatives

22. Ms. Lina Hang, Director General, National Institute of Statistics

23. Mr. Mich Kanthul, Director, Department of Economic Statistics, National Institute of Statistics,

Ministry of Planning

XIV. Cameroon

Representative

24. Mr. Fernand Guy Isseri, Head of Geographic Research Division, National Institute of Cartography

XV. Canada Head of delegation

25. Mr. Eric Loubier, Director, Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation, Natural Resources

Canada

Representatives

26. Ms. Wendy Ripmeester, Senior Geospatial Policy Advisor, Canadian Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation, Natural Resources Canada

27. Mr. Mark Caissy, Team Leader, Canadian Geodetic Survey, Geodetic Systems and Infrastructures, Natural Resources Canada

XVI. Chile

Head of delegation

28. H.E. Mr. Cristíán Barros, Permanent Representative of Chile to the United Nations

Delegates

29. H.E. Mr. Carlos Olguin, Deputy Permanent Representative of Chile to the United Nations

30. Mr. Alvaro Monett, Executive Secretary, National System of Territorial Information, Spatial Data Infrastructure of Chile.

31. Mr. Fidel Coloma, Counselor, Permanent Representative of Chile to the United Nations

32. Mr. Sergio Toro, First Secretary, Permanent Representative of Chile to the United Nations

33. Mr. Claudio Garrido, First Secretary, Permanent Representative of Chile to the United Nations

XVII. China

Head of delegation

34. Dr. Li Pengde, Deputy Director General, National Administration of Surveying, Mapping and

Geoinformation of China

Representatives

35. Mr. Chen Jun, Chief Scientist, National Geomatics Center of China

36. Ms. Jiang Xiaohong, Division Director, Dept. of Science, Technology and International Cooperation, National Administration of Surveying, Mapping and Geoinformation of China

37. Mr. Wang Dahe, Division Director, Dept. of Planning and Finance, National Administration of Surveying, Mapping and Geoinformation of China

38. Mr. Yang Zheng, Principal Staff Member, Dept. of Science, Technology and International Cooperation,

National Administration of Surveying, Mapping and Geoinformation of China

XVIII. Colombia

Representative

39. Ms. Judith Salas, Coordinator of Infrastructure of Spatial Data and Geographic Information Management, Geographical Institute Agustin Codazzi

XIX. Cote D’ivoire

Representative

40. Mr. M'BRA Kouadio Séverin, Directeur, Centre de Cartographie et de Télédétection, Côte d’Ivoire

XX. Cuba

Delegate

41. Dr. Sr. Cándido Alfredo Regalado Gómez, Jefe de la Oficina Nacional de Hidrografía y Geodesia

XXI. Czech Republic

Head of delegation 42. H.E. Ms. Edita Hrdá, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of the Czech to the United Nations Representative

43. Mr. Karel Brázdil, Director of Lands Survey Office, Land Survey Office of the Czech Republic

Alternate Representatives

44. Mr. Jiří Ellinger, Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of the Czech Republic to the

United Nations

45. Mr. Milan Konrád, Third Secretary, Permanent Mission of the Czech Republic to the United Nations

46. Ms. Barbora Rŭžičková, Adviser, Permanent Mission of the Czech Republic to the United Nations

XXII. Denmark

Head of delegation 47. Mr. Kristian Møller, Director General, Danish Geodata Agency

Alternate Representative 48. Mr. Olav Eggers, Senior Advisor, Danish Geodata Agency

XXIII. Democratic Republic of the Congo

Head of delegation 49. Prof. Florimond Nyamoga Kabanda, Directeur de Cabinet du Ministre de la Recherche Scientifique et

Technologie

Delegates

50. Prof. Albert Mbuyu Numbi, Directeur Général de l’Institut Géographique du Congo

51. Mme. Ntumba Kalonji Jeanne, chargée d’Etudes

52. M. Kalala Ilunga Felly, Conseillier en charge des sciences naturelles

XXIV. Dominica

Representative

53. Mr. James E. Gregoire, Principal Engineering Surveyor, Ministry of Lands, Public Works, Energy & Ports

XXV. Dominican Republic

Representative

54. Mr. Ramón Antonio Guerrero Severino, Director, Instituto Cartográfico Militar

XXVI. Egypt

Delegates

55. Ms. Nahla Seddik Mohamed Saleh, Head of Information System Department, Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics

56. Mr. Tamer Mostafa, Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations

57. Mr. Mohammad Aboulwafa, Third Secretary, Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations

XXVII. El Salvador

Representative

58. Mr. Rigoberto Ovidio Magaña, Director, Instituto Geográfico y del Catastro Nacional

XXVIII. Ethiopia

Representative

59. Mr. Sultan Mohammed Alya, Director General, Ethiopian Mapping Agency

XXIX. Fiji

Head of delegation

60. H.E. Ms. Mereseini R Vuniwaqa, Government Minister, Ministry of Lands & Mineral Resources

Delegates 61. Mr Asakaia Tabuabisataki, Acting Principal Surveyor, Ministry of Lands and Mineral Resources

62. Ms. Akata Takala, Geospatial Information Management, Ministry of Lands & Mineral Resources

63. Mr. Peni Suveinakama, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission of Fiji to the United Nations

XXX. Finland

Representatives 64. Mr. Arvo Kokkonen, Director General, National Land Survey of Finland

65. Mr. Markku Poutanen, Professor, National Land Survey of Finland

66. Ms. Heli Ursin, Head of International Affairs, National Land Survey of Finland

XXXI. France

Head of delegation

67. M. Daniel Bursaux, Institut National de I'Information, Géographique et Forestière

Representative

68. M. Zuheir Altamimi, Institut National de I'Information, Geographieque et Forestiere

XXXII. Germany

Head of delegation

69. Prof. Dr. Hansjörg Kutterer, Director, Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy

Alternate Representatives

70. Mr. Marcus Wandinger, Secretary General, Working Committee of the Surveying Authorities of the Laender of the Federal Republic of Germany

71. Prof. Gottfried Konecny, Institute of Photogrammetry and Geo Information, University of Hannover

72. Mr. Till Spannagel, First Secretary, German Mission to the United Nations

XXXIII. Greece

Delegates

73. Mr. Dimitrios Gioldassis, First Counselor, 2nd Committee Expert at the Permanent Mission of Greece to

the United Nations

74. Ms. Maria-Christina Papaevangelou, Adviser

XXXIV. Grenada

Representative

75. Mr. Venance Msacky, Land and Survey Lands and Survey Division of the Ministry of Agriculture

XXXV. Guyana

Representative

76. Mr. Jacob Opadeyi, Vice Chancellor and Principal, University of Guyana

XXXVI. Haiti

Representative

77. Mr. Boby Emmanuel Piard, Chief Executive, National Center for Geospatial Information

XXXVII. Iceland

Representative

78. Mr. Magnus Gudmundsson, Director General, National Land Survey of Iceland

XXXVIII. Indonesia

Head of delegation 79. Mr. Priyadi Kardono, Head, Geospatial Information Agency

Representatives 80. Mr. Yusuf Surachman Djajadihardja, Deputy Chairman for Spatial Data Infrastructure

Geospatial Information Agency

81. Mr. Agung Indrajit, Head, Field of Data Management and Geospatial Information Geospatial Information Agency

XXXIX. Ireland Representative 82. Mr. Colin Bray, Chief Executive, Ordnance Survey Ireland, Expert

XL. Italy

Head of delegation 83. Prof. Ezio Bussoletti, Italian Space Agency

Representatives

84. Ms. Pina Grazia Ticca, National Institute of Statistics

85. Mr. Dimitri Dello Buono, Italian National Research Council

XLI. Jamaica

Delegates

86. Mr. Rohan Richards, Principal Director, Ministry of Water, Land, Environment & Climate Change

87. Mr. Trevor Shaw, Director of Surveys and Mapping Division, National Land Agency of Jamaica

88. Mr. Milton Saunders, Manager of Mapping Services, National Land Agency of Jamaica

XLII. Japan

Representatives 89. Dr. Hiroshi Murakami, Director-General of Planning Department, Geospatial Information Authority of

Japan 90. Mr. Toru Nagayama, Executive Officer for Research Planning, Planning Department, Geospatial

Information Authority of Japan

91. Mr. Akira Sasagawa, Deputy Director of Environmental Geography Division, Geographic Department, Geospatial Information Authority of Japan

92. Ms. Mei Maruyama, Coordinator, Japan Map Center 93. Ms. Michiko Miyano, Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations

XLIII. Jordan

Head of delegation

94. Mr. Awmi Khasawneh, Director General of RIGC, Deputy of Arab GGIM Section

95. Mr. Ali Olimat, Chief of Space Section, Royal Jordanian Geographic Center

XLIV. Kuwait Representatives 96. Mr. Hassan Ibrahim Abdul GhaFour

97. Ms. Mariam Adnan Hassan

XLV. Liberia

Representative

98. Mr. Thomas L. Davis, Director-Geo-Information Services, Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-

Information Services (LISGIS)

XLVI. Lithuania

Representatives

99. Ms. Daiva Gineikaite, Director of National Land Service, Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Lithuania

100. Mr. Gintaras Jonas Furmanavicius, Adviser to the Director of National Land Service, Ministry of

Agriculture of the Republic of Lithuania

101. Mr Kestutis Sabaliauskas, Director General, State Enterprise Centre of Registers

XLVII. Malaysia Head of delegation

102. Mr. Ahmad Fauzi Nordin, Director General, Department of Survey and Mapping Delegate

103. Mr. Teo Chee Tai, The Association of Authorised Land Surveyors

XLVIII. Malta

Representatives

104. Ms. Marlene Attard, Director Corporate Services, Malta Environment and Planning Authority

XLIX. Mexico

Head of delegation

105. Sr. Juan Sandoval Mendiolea, Ambassador, Deputy Permanent Representative of Mexico to the United Nations

Alternate Representative

106. Sr. Rolando Ocampo Alcantar, Vice President of the Governing Board , National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI)

Representatives

107. Sr. Luis Gerardo Esparza Ríos, Deputy Director General, Integration of Geospatial Information,

Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía

108. Sra. Mónica Aguayo Gonzalez, Executive Secretary, UN-GGIM-Americas

109. Sr. José Eduardo De la Torre Bárcena, Planning Director, National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI)

110. Sr.Manuel Ricardo López Cruz, Secretaría de Marina

111. Sra. Adriana Obregón Andria Vásquez, Directora General, Adjunta de Desarrollo Social

Humano y Sustentable Secretaria de Relaciones Exteriores

112. Sr. Rodrigo Ubaldo Riojas Martínez, Jefe de Departamento de Desarrollo Sustentable, Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores

L. Morocco

Delegates

113. M. Younes Hmamouchi, Directeur de la Cartographie, Agence Nationale de la Conservation Fonciere

du Cadastre et de la Cartographie

114. M. Kamal Outghouliast, Chef, Service modélisation et sauvegarde des bases de données, Agence Nationale de la Conservation Fonciere du Cadastre et de la Cartographie

LI. Namibia

Representative

115. H.E. Mr. Wilfried I. Emvula, Ambassador/Permanent Representative to the United Nations

Alternate Representative

116. Mr. Penda Naanda, Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations

Advisers

117. Mr. Uzochukwu Okafor, Surveyor-General, Directorate of Survey and General Mapping Ministry of

Land Reform

118. Ms. Viktoria Shaduka, Senior Survey Technician, Ministry of Land Reform

119. Ms. Kauna Namene, Survey Technician, Ministry of Land Reform

120. Mr. Benjamen K. Nathanael, Forester, National Remote Sensing Center, Department of Forestry, Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry

LII. Netherlands

Delegates

121. Ms. Theodora Adriana Jeanne Burmanje, Chair, Executive Board of the Cadaster, Cadastre, Land

Registry and Mapping Agency in the Netherlands

122. Mr. Bernardus Wilhelmus Josephus Contantius (Berny) Kersten, Advisor Policy and Strategy, Cadastre, Land Registry and Mapping Agency in the Netherlands

123. Mr. Louis Daniel Brown, Acting Secretary General-VROMI, Ministry of Public Housing, Spatial

Planning Environment and Infrastructure, Sint Maarten

LIII. Niger

Representative

124. Mr. Sabo Oumarou, Ingénieur Géomètre, Principal Directeur General de l’ Institut Géographique National du Niger (IGNN) Niger

LIV. Nigeria

Representatives

125. Mr. Adeyemi Adebomehin, Assistant Director ( Geo-Information), Office of the Surveyor General of

the Federation (OSGOF)

126. Mr. Ebisintei B Awudu, mri, Surveyor General of the Federation, Office of the Surveyor General of the Federation

LV. New Zealand

Representatives

127. Ms. Andrea McDonald, Deputy Chief Executive Location System, Land Information New Zealand

128. Mr. Robert Deakin, Chief Steward for National Spatial Data Infrastructure, Land Information New Zealand

LVI. Norway Representative 129. Mr. Dag Høgvard, Senior Geomatics Adviser, Norwegian Ministry of Local Government and

Modernisation Alternate Representatives 130. Ms. Anne Cathrine Frostrup, Director General, Norwegian Mapping Authority

131. Mr. Erik Perstuen, Director, Norwegian Mapping Authority

132. Mr. Olaf Østensen, Director, Norwegian Mapping Authority

133. Mr. Per Erik Opseth, Director, Norwegian Mapping Authority

134. Ms. Anne Jørgensen, Communication Adviser, Norwegian Mapping Authority,

135. Ms. Laila Lovhoiden, Project Manager, Norwegian Mapping Authority

LVII. Oman

Head of delegation

136. Mr. Rabeea Bin Sulaiman Al-Aghbari, Director of Geographic Information Services

National Survey Authority

Delegates

137. Mr. Mahfoodh Bin Juma Al-Araimi, SO1 Digital Geographical Data, National Survey Authority

138. Mr. Sa’ud Salim Kamis Al-Noufali, Director of Spatial Information, National Centre for Statistics Information

139. Mr. Sulaiman Abdulrahim Alzadjali, Director General of Information Technology, National Centre

for Statistics Information

140. Mr. Sameh Bin Said Al-Araimi, Acting Director of Geospatial Statistics Applications, National Centre for Statistics Information

141. Mr. Zahir Bin Sulaiman Al-Mahroqi, Head of Quality and Control Section, National Centre for

Statistics Information

LVIII. Panama

Delegates

142. Mr. Carlos E. González, Administrador General, de la Autoridad Nacional de Administración de Tierras (ANATI)

143. Mr. Israel Sánchez Moreno, Director Nacional Del Instituto Geográfico Nacional “Tommy

Guardia”/ANATI, Y Presidente de la Sección Nacional del IPGH, Panamá

144. Ms. Alejandra Norero, Assistente del Administrador General de ANATI

145. Ms. Diana Carolina Galvez Goicoechea, Legal Adviser in the Office, National Land Management Authority (ANATI)

LIX. Philippines Head of delegation 146. H.E. Ms. Lourdes O. Yparraguirre, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of the Philippines

to the United Nations

Alternate Representatives

147. Ms. Irene Susan B. Natividad, Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of the Philippines to the United Nations

148. Mr. Efren P. Carandang, Deputy Administrator, National Mapping and Resource Information

Authority, Department of Environment and Natural Resources

149. Ms. Maria Angela Ponce, Minister, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of the Philippines to the United Nations

Expert 150. Mr. Benjamin P. Balais, Assistant Director, National Mapping and Resource Information Authority,

Department of Environment and Natural Resources

Adviser

151. Ms. Maria Teresa E. Narbuada, Adviser, Permanent Mission of the Philippines to the United Nations

LX. Poland

Delegates

152. Mr. Jacek Jarzabek, Deputy Surveyor General, Head Office of Geodesy and Cartography of Poland

153. Mr. Dominik Kopczewski, Coordinator of the Bureau of International Cooperation, Head Office of Geodesy and Cartography of Poland

154. Ms. Aleksandra Klykcinska, Expert, Operations Center, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland

155. Mr. Janusz Dygaszewicz, Director, Central Statistical Office, Central Census Bureau

156. Ms. Amelia Wardzinska-Sharif, Senior GIS Specialist, Department of Programming and Coordination of Statistical Survey, Central Statistical Office of Poland

LXI. Qatar

Representatives

157. Mr. Mansoor Al Malki Al Jehani, Director of Information Technology, Statistics Authority – Qatar

158. Mr. Monaf Ahmed Al Sada, Director, Center for GIS

159. Mr. Mohammed Al-Marri, Head of Topographic Survey Division

LXII. Republic of Korea

Head of delegation 160. Ms. Shim Jiyong, Director of Planning and Policy Department, National Geographic Information

Institute

Representatives 161. Mr. Lee Sang-hoon, Team Leader of International Cooperation and Standards, Planning and Policy

Department, National Geographic Information Institute

Advisers 162. Ms. Jeong Youngsim, Assistant Deputy Director General, Geospatial Information Service Division,

Statistics Korea

163. Mr. Lee Byunggul, Professor of Civil Engineering Department, Jeju National University

LXIII. Republic of Moldova

Delegate

164. Ms. Maria Ovdii, Head, Department of Geodesy, Mapping and GIS, Agency for Land Relations and Cadastre of the Republic of Moldova

LXIV. Romania

Delegates

165. Mr. Radu Codrut Stefanescu, Director General, National Agency for Cadastre and Land Registration

(ANCPI)

166. Mr. Marin Alnitei, Director of ANCPI Control Directorate, National Agency for Cadastre and Land Registration (ANCPI)

LXV. Russian Federation

Delegate

167. Mr. Anton Morozov, Counsellor for Science and Technologies, Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the United Nations

LXVI. Saint Kitts and Nevis

Representative

168. Mr. Dwight Francis, Director Land and Surveys Division, Ministry of Sustainable Development

LXVII. Saint Lucia

Delegates

169. Mr. Philip Hippolyte, Surveyor II, Ministry of Physical Development, Housing and Urban Renewal

170. Ms. Kimberly K. Louis, First Secretary, Permanent Mission of Saint Lucia to the United Nations

LXVIII. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Delegate

171. Mr. Keith Raymond Francis, Land and Survey Department

LXIX. Saudi Arabia

Delegates

172. H.E. Mr. Morayyea H.A. Alshahrani, President, General Commission of Survey,

Chairman of the National Committee of GIS

173. Mr. Saad Mohamed A Alhamlan, General Manager, Geospatial Information Center, General Commission for Survey (GCS)

174. Mr. Bandar Saleh A Almuslmani, General Manager of Geodesy and Land Survey, General

Commission of Survey (GCS)

175. Mr. Ahmad Yahya M Alneami, Manager of Geospatial Databases, General Commission of Survey (GCS)

176. Mr. Mosaed Abdullah Alzahrani

177. Mr. Mohammed Morea H Alshahrani, Manager of Business Services, General Commission of Survey

(GCS)

178. Mr. Helal Mahdi Y Hakmi

179. Mr. Mohammed Ahmad Alghamidi

180. Mr. Gabriel Khoury

LXX. Singapore

Head of delegation

181. Mr. Boon Khai Tan, Chief Executive, Singapore Land Authority

Delegates

182. Mr. Siau Yong Ng, Director, GeoSpatial Division, Singapore Land Authority

183. Mr. Liyang Lim, Manager, GeoSpatial Policy and Planning, Singapore Land Authority

184. Mr. Alvin Yeo, Principal GeoSpatial Executive, Singapore Land Authority

LXXI. Slovenia

Delegate

185. Mr. Tomaz Petek, Deputy General Manager, Surveying and Mapping Authority of the Republic of Slovenia, Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning

LXXII. South Africa

Delegates

186. Mr. Mmuso Riba, Chief Surveyor-General, Department of Rural Development and Land Reform

187. Mr. Derek Clarke, Chief Director, National Geo-spatial Information Management, Department of

Rural Development and Land Reform

LXXIII. Spain

Delegate

188. Mr. Antonio Arozarena, Deputy Director for Land Observation, Spanish National Geographic Institute

LXXIV. Sri Lanka

Delegate

189. Mr. S.M.P.P. Sangakkara, Additional Surveyor General of the Survey Department of Sri Lanka

LXXV. Suriname

Representative

190. Mr. Silvano Tjong-Ahin, Managing Director, Management Institute for Land Information and Registration System of Suriname

LXXVI. Sweden

Representatives

191. Mr. Bengt Kjellson, Director General and Chief Executive, Lantmäteriet, Sweden 192. Mr. Anders Jan Sandin, Head of Division, Geodata, Lantmäteriet, Sweden

LXXVII. Togo

Delegates

193. Mr. SE.M. Kodjo Menan, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Togo to the United Nations

194. Mr. Gouni Feyssal Moumouni, Ministry of Environment and Forestry Resources

195. Mr. Waké Yagninim, Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Togo to the United Nations

LXXVIII. Trinidad and Tobago

Delegates

196. Ms. Alicia Naimool-Ramdass, Director, Surveys and Mapping Division, Ministry of Land and Marine

Resources of Trinidad and Tobago

197. Dr. Bheshem Ramlal, Chairman, National Spatial Data Infrastructure Council of Trinidad and Tobago

LXXIX. Tunisia

Delegate 198. Mr. Ahmed Adouni, Manager Director of PDG, Ministry of Equipment

LXXX. Turkey

Representative

199. Mr. Yavuz Selim Çubukcu, First Secretary, Permanent Mission of Turkey to the United Nations

LXXXI. United Arab Emirates

Delegates

200. Mr. Saud AlShamsi, Charge d’Affaires/Second Secretary, Permanent Mission of United Arab

Emirates to the United Nations

201. Mr. Ahmed AlMahmoud, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission of United Arab Emirates to the

United Nations

202. Mr. Khaled Saleh Al Melhi, Executive Director of Bayanat Geospatial Services, U.A.E.

LXXXII. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Head of delegation

203. Mr. Peter ter Haar, Director, Products and Innovations, Ordnance Survey

Delegates

204. Dr. Vanessa Lawrence, CB, Co-Chair of United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management

205. Mr. James Norris, Policy Advisor, Ordnance Survey

206. Mr. Ian Coady, Geography Policy and Research Manager, Office for National Statistics

LXXXIII. United States of America

Representative 207. Mr. Tim Trainor, Chief, Geography Division, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce Alternate Representative 208. Dr. Michael Tischler, Director, National Geospatial Program, U.S. Geological Survey Advisors 209. Ms. Ruth Neilan, Vice Chair, Global Geodetic Observing System, Director, International Global

Navigation, Satellite System Service- Central Bureau, U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

210. Mr. John Nyberg, Chief, Marine Chart Division, Office of Coast Survey, U.S. National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration

211. Mr. Thomas Owen, United Nations Desk Officer, International Affairs, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)

212. Mr. John Rivers, Senior Program Manager, International Outreach , Office of Geography, National

Geospatial-Intelligence Agency 213. Ms. Lorna Schmid, Core Science Systems. U.S. Geological Survey, Lead Secretariat and US National

Contact Point

214. Mr. Neil Weston, Deputy Director, National Geodetic Survey, U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

LXXXIV. Uruguay

Delegate 215. Mr. Cesar Rodriguez, Director, Military Geographic Service

LXXXV. Viet Nam

Representative

216. Mr. Ngoc Lam Hoang, Deputy General Director, Department of Survey and Mapping of Viet Nam NON-MEMBER STATE

LXXXVI. Holy See Head of delegation 217. H.E. Archbishop Bernardito Cleopas Auza, Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations

Alternate 218. Mrsg. Joseph Grech

Delegates

219. Ms. Kallie Aultman, Intern/Adviser

220. Ms. Mikhaila Moyninan, Intern/Adviser

221. Mr. Austin Benacquisto, Intern/Adviser

222. Mr. Julian Duggan, Intern/Adviser

223. Mr. Andres Raul Lopez, Intern/Adviser

OBSERVERS Specialized Agencies and Other Bodies: 224. Mr. Shane Mohammed Khan, Statistics Specialist (Data Collection), United Nations Children's Fund

(UNICEF) 225. Mr. Lóránt Czárán, Programme Officer, UN Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA), United

Nations Geographic Information Working Group (UNGIWG)

226. Mr. Andre Dehondt, Co-Chair, United Nations Geographic Information Working Group (UNGIWG)

227. Mr. Alaa Zohery, Senior VAM Assistant / GIS Engineer, UN World Food Programme (UNWFP),

Egypt Country Office

228. Mr. Kashif Rashid, Senior GIS Advisor, Emergency Preparedness and Response Branch, UN World Food Programme (UNWFP)

229. Dr. Ramesh Krishnamurthy, Senior Technical Officer, Health Systems and Innovation Cluster,

World Health Organization (WHO)

230. Mr. Keran Wang, UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN-ESCAP)

231. Ms. Shamika Sirimanne, UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN-ESCAP)

232. Mr. David Stevens, Senior Programme Adviser, UN office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR),

Centre of Excellence for Disaster Risk Reduction

233. Ms. Melanie S. Kappes, Disaster Risk Assessment Specialist, Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience, World Bank

234. Ms. Kathrine Kelm, Global Land Practice, World Bank 235. Ms. Malarvizhi Veerappan, Senior Data Scientist, Development Data Group, World Bank

236. Mr. Jianping Yan, Disaster Risk Assessment Specialist, Climate Change & Disaster Risk Reduction

Team, Bureau for Policy and Programme Support, United Nations Development Programme

237. Mr. Aled Prys Rowlands, Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO)

238. Mr. Toshihiko Murata, Representative to the United Nations, OCCAM

239. Ms. Ayana Hasegawa, Assistant, OCCAM International Organizations 240. Mr. Robert Ward, President, International Hydrographic Organization (IHO)

241. Mr. Menno-Jan Kraak, International Cartographic Association (ICA), Department of Geoinformation

Processing, Faculty of Geoinformation Science and Earth Observation, University of Twente

242. Mr. Dave Lovell, Secretary General and Executive Director, EuroGeographics 243. Ms. Carol Agius, EuroGeographics, UN-GGIM: Europe Administrator

244. Mr. David Coleman, President, Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Association,

245. Ms. Denise McKenzie, Executive Director, Communications & Outreach, Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC)

246. Mr. Trevor Taylor, Director de Servicios para Asia y las Américas, Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC)

247. Mr. Rigoberto Magaña, President, Pan American Institute of Geography and History (PAIGH)

248. Mr. Alessandro Annoni, European Commission, Joint Research Centre

249. Ms. Barbara J. Ryan, Director, GEO Secretariat

250. Ms. Chryssy Postiou, President, International Federation of Surveyors (FIG)

Private Sector/Non-Government organizations 251. Mr. Anit Ghosh, Principal Consultant/Business head, Geospatial Services, Supreme & Co. Pvt. Ltd

252. Mr. Durk Haarsma, Publishing Director, GIM International 253. Mr. Kumar Navulur, Chief Officer, South Asia & South America, DigitalGlobe

254. Ms. Stephanie Comfort, Sr. Vice President, Corporate Marketing & Communications, DigitalGlobe

255. Mr. John Roos, Senior Sales Manager, DigitalGlobe

256. Mr. Colleen Ditmars, Director, Program Development Global Development Organizations,

DigitalGlobe

257. Mr. Mark Cygan, Industry Manager, National Government, National GIS, Mapping, Charting, Cadaster, NSDI, Statistics, Esri; Joint Board of Geospatial Information Societies

258. Ms. Linda Peters, Global Business Development, Statistics, Esri

259. Ms. Carmelle J. Terborgh, Lead Account Manager, NonProfits and Global Organizations, Esri

260. Mr. Steven Hagan, Vice President, Development for Server Technologies, Oracle

261. Mr Olaf Østensen, Chairperson, ISO/TC 211

262. Ms. Valrie Grant, President, Caribbean Chapter of the Urban and Regional Information Systems

Association (URISA)

263. Mr. Ronald Hugh Jackson, Executive Director, Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA)

264. Mr. Bheshem Ramlal, Head of Department, Geomatics Engineering & Land Management, University

of the West Indies

265. Mr. George Nicholson, Director, Transport and Disaster Risk Reduction, Association of Caribbean States

266. Mr. John Murtagh, Geo-Intelligence Strategy Partner/CIS, Airbus Defense and Space

267. Mr. Greg Buckman, Managing Director North America, Geo-Intelligence, Airbus Defense and Space

268. Mr. Andrew Coote, Chief Executive, ConsultingWhere Ltd

269. Mr. Louise Brooke-Smith, Global President, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors

270. Ms. Megha Datta, Industry Manager - National Geospatial Information Organisations (NGIOs),

Geospatial Media and Communications Pvt. Ltd.

271. Mr. Sanjay Kumar, CEO, Geospatial Media and Communications Pvt. Ltd.

272. Mr. Christopher Rees, Taylor Wessing LLP

273. Mr. Kevin Sorkin, Director, Global Government Forum

274. Mr. Kaoru Tsuda, Deputy General Manager, Sales and Marketing Department, Global Business Division, PASCO Corporation

275. Mr. Ryohei Kurokawa, Assistant Manager, Sales and Marketing Department, Global Business

Division, PASCO Corporation

276. Mr. Mitsutomo Nakamura, General Manager, International Sales Department, Kokusai Kogyo Co., Ltd.

277. Mr. Keiji Yamada, Group Leader, Geospatial, Technology Department, Kokusai Kogyo Co., Ltd.

278. Mr. Craig Waugh, Strategic Account Manager, Civil Group, MDA

279. Mr. Andre Stavri, Director, International Business Development, MDA Geospatial Services

280. Mr. Steeve Ebener, Consultant, Gaia-Geosystems

281. Mr. Robert S. Chen, Director, Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)

282. Mr. Kytt MacManus, Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), The Earth Institute, Columbia University

283. Mr. Kuo-Yu Slayer Chuang, Co-founder/CEO, GeoThings

284. Mr. Vikash Raj Satyal, Tribhuvan University

285. Ms. Saara Romu, Senior Project Officer, Global Development, Gates Foundation 286. Mr. Kevin Pomfret, Executive Director, Centre for Spatial Law and Policy

287. Ms. Jocelyne Pinville, President, Natural Disasters Commission

288. Mr. Lionel Sarotte, Official Mission Economic Development

289. Mr. Richard Jordan, Royal Academy of Science Intl. Trust

290. Ms. Etta Jackson, Inst. for Conscious Global Change