United Nations Environment Programme (1) vs.

29 June 2023

Executive Office

New York Office / Secretariat of the

Environment Management Group Executive Director Chief Scientist

Ligia Noronha Andrea Hinwood

Inger Andersen

--------------------------- Chief Digital Officer

Governance Affairs Office/ Sally Radwan
Secretariat of Governing Bodies Deputy Executive
Radhika Ochalik Director
Evaluation Office
Elizabeth Mrema Michael Spilsbury
Plastic Pollution Intergovernmental
Negotiating Committee Secretariat ---------------------------
Jyoti Mathur-Filipp
Chief of Staff

Nicolas Bertrand

Regional Presence(2)
Subregional Office for West Africa
Mohamed Atani Regional Office for
Africa
{Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire}
Rose Mwebaza
South Africa Country Office {Nairobi, Kenya}
Meseret Zemedkun
{Pretoria}
Law Early Warning Communication Policy and Corporate
Industry and Ecosystems
Addis Ababa Liaison Office Regional Office for and Assessment Division Programme Services Division
Economy Division Division
Margaret Oduk a.i. {Ethiopia} Asia and the Pacific Division Division
Division
Dechen Tsering
{Bangkok, Thailand} Sonja Leighton-
Patricia Kameri- Jian Liu Daniel Cooney Tim Kasten Kone
Subregional Office for the Pacific Sheila Susan Gardner
Aggarwal-Khan Mbote
Subrata Sinha a.i.
{Apia, Samoa} Regional Office for
China Country Office Europe
Tu Ruihe Arnold Kreilhuber
{Beijing}
{Geneva, Switzerland}
India Country Office
Atul Bagai
{New Delhi}
Regional Office for
Latin America and the
Subregional Caribbean
Office for Central Asia Juan Bello
Aidai Kurmanova {Panama City, Panama}
{Almaty, Kazakhstan}

Russian Federation Country Office

Vladimir Moshkalo Regional Office for
{Moscow, } West Asia
Sami Dimassi
Brussels Liaison Office
Veronika Hunt Safrankova {Beirut, Lebanon}
{Belgium}

Vienna Programme Office

Regional Office for
North America
Subregional Office for the Caribbean (4)
Vincent Sweeney Rafael Peralta
{Kingston, Jamaica}
{Washington D.C., United
Subregional Office for the Southern Cone States}
Alberto Pacheco Capella
{Montevideo, Uruguay}

Brazil Country Office

Gustau Mañez Gomis
{Brasilia} KEY:
(1): Please see below organizational structure for Multilateral Environmental Agreements and other Entities to which UNEP pro vides the Secretariat or Secretariat
Mexico Country Office functions.
Dolores Barrientos (2): UNEP also has regional presence through project offices, centres and secretariats that it hosts.
{Mexico City} (3) a.i.: Ad Interim
(4) Regional Office for North America reports to the UN Assistant Secretary-General and Head of UNEP New York Office
 Multilateral Environmental Agreements
and other Entities to which UNEP provides the Secretariat or Secretariat Functions

UNEP Secretariat
Executive Director
Inger Andersen

{Nairobi, Kenya}

UNEP Secretariat
Deputy Executive Director
Elizabeth Mrema

{Nairobi, Kenya }

Secretariat of the Secretariat of the Secretariat (2) Secretariat of the Secretariat of the Secretariat of the Secretariat Early Warning and
Regional Office for Africa Regional Office for Ecosystems Division
Multilateral Fund for the Convention on of the Basel (3) Convention on Convention on the Vienna Convention for of the Minamata Assessment Division
Europe
Implementation of Biological Diversity Rotterdam (4) International Trade in Conservation of the Protection of the Convention on
Montreal Protocol (CBD) and Stockholm (5) Endangered Migratory Species of Ozone Layer and the Mercury Rose Mwebaza
(MLF)(1) (BRS) Conventions Species (CITES) Wild Animals (CMS) Montreal Protocol on Susan Gardner Jian Liu
{Nairobi, Kenya} Arnold Kreilhuber
Substances that {Geneva, Switzerland} {Nairobi, Kenya} {Nairobi, Kenya}
Deplete the Ozone
Layer (Ozone
Secretariat)

Ivonne Higuero Monika Stankiewicz

Tina Birmpili David Cooper a.i. Rolph Payet Amy Fraenkel Meg Seki
{Geneva, Switzerland} {Geneva, Switzerland} Regional Seas Programme
{Montreal, Canada} {Bonn, Germany} {Nairobi, Kenya}
{Montreal, Canada} {Geneva, Switzerland}
Coordinating Units(9)
GLOBAL Secretariat of the Agreement on the Secretariat of Secretariat of the
Multilateral Environmental Agreements Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory the Bamako Carpathian
Secretariats Waterbirds (AEWA) Convention (6) Convention (7) Abidjan Convention (10)
Jacques Trouvilliez Secretariat of the
Johan Robinson a.i. Intergovernmenal Science-
{Bonn, Germany}
Policy Platform on Biodiversity
{Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire}
and Ecosystem Services
Secretariat of the Agreement on the (IPBES) (16)
Conservation of Barcelona Convention,
Populations of European Bats (EUROBATS) Rose Mwebaza Harald Egerer Mediterranean Action Plan Anne Larigauderie
KEY:
(1): The Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of Montreal Protocol is a financial mechanism of the Protocol and is co -located with UNEP Andreas Streit {Vienna, Austria} (MAP) (11)
{Nairobi, Kenya} {Bonn, Germany}
as per ST/SGB/2006/13. {Bonn, Germany}
(2): In accordance with the Omnibus Decisions BC.Ex-1/1 of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention, decision RC.Ex -1/1 of
Tatjana Hema
the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention and decision SC.Ex-1/1 of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Secretariat of the
Convention, a joint secretariat is provided for the three Conventions (Noting that the Rotterdam Convention secretariat is joint with the Food {Athens, Greece}
Secretariat of the Agreement on the Interim Secretariat Intergovernmental Panel on
and Agriculture Organization).
Conservation of of the Tehran Climate Change (IPCC) (17)
(3): The Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal.
Small Cetaceans of the Baltic and North Convention (8) Cartagena Convention,
(4): Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in Internationa l Trade
(Secretariat Provided jointly with the Food and Agriculture Organization). Seas (ASCOBANS) Caribbean Environment
(5): The Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants. Programme (CEP) (12) Abdalah MOKSSIT
(6) Bamako Convention on the Ban of the Import into Africa and the Control of Transboundary Movement and Management of Hazardous
Amy Fraenkel {Geneva, Switzerland}
Wastes within Africa. Christopher Corbin
(7) Framework Convention on the Protection and Sustainable Development of the Carpathians. {Bonn, Germany}
{Kingston, Jamaica}
(8) Framework Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Caspian Sea.
(9) The ST/SGB/2006/13 relating to the Organization of the Secretariat of UNEP states: “18.6 UNEP has been given responsibility for
secretariat functions under some regional seas conventions and action plans, usually with a regional coordinating unit established in the Nairobi Convention (13)
region…”
Secretariat of the Agreement on the Secretariat of the United
(10) Convention for Cooperation in the Protection, Management and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the West, Conservation of Gorillas and their Habitats Arnold Kreilhuber Nations Scientific Committee
Dixon Waruinge
Central and Southern African Region (Abidjan Convention). Amy Fraenkel {Geneva, on the Effects of Atomic
(11) Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Region of the Mediterranean (Barcelona Convention).
{Bonn, Germany} Switzerland} {Nairobi, Kenya} Radiation (UNSCEAR) (18)
(12) Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region (Cartagena Convention).
(13) Nairobi Convention for the Protection, Management and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the Western Indian
Ocean.
Action Plan for the East
(14) Action Plan for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment and Coastal Areas of the East Asian Seas Region(the East
Asian Seas Region Borislava Batandjieva-Metcalf
Asian Seas Action Plan).
(15) Action Plan for the Protection, Management and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the Northwest Pacific Region. (COBSEA) (14) {Vienna, Austria}
(16) UNEP provides the secretariat and administrative arrangements for the Intergovernmnetal Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and
Ecosystem Services as per Governing Council Decision 27/4.
(17) The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change was established jointly by UNEP and the World Meteorological Organization in
Mahesh Pradhan
accordance with Governing Council Decision 14/20 and endorsed in GA Resolution 43/53. UNEP provides support to the Secretariat of the {Bangkok, Thailand}
IPCC in accordance with Governing Council Decision 15/36.
(18) In accordance with GA Resolution 31/10, UNEP provides the UN Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation with the full
support necessary for the effective conduct of its work and for the dissemination of is findings to the General Assembly, thescientific
Action Plan for the
community, and the public.
Northwest Pacific Region
(NOWPAP) (15)
Yegor Volovik
{Toyama, Japan}