1997-1998 Directory

of the

NGO Steering Committee
to the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (UN-CSD)


9 June 1997

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Esmeralda Brown
Southern Co-Chair
SERPAJ-AL/CODEHUCA
c/o UMOUN
777 United Nations Plaza, 11th F1.
New York, N.Y. 10017
U.S.A.
Tel: +1 212 682 3633
Fax: +1 212 682-5354
Email: umcgbgm@undp.org

Felix Dodds
Northern Co-Facilitator
United Nations Environment and Development, UK
c/o UNA
3 Whitehall Court
London, SW1A 2EL
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 171 930-8169 x131
Fax: +44 171 930-5893
Email: una@mcr1.poptel.org.uk

Michael McCoy
Northern Co-Facilitator
Citizens Network for Sustainable Development
73 Spring Street, #206
New York, NY 10012
U.S.A.
tel: +1 212 431-3922
Fax: +1 212 431-4427
Email: cca@igc.apc.org

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Regions

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Africa


East Africa

Yenenesh Geleta
PO Box 10503
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Tel: +251 1 200798
Fax: +251 1 710057

(Alternate)

to be determined

West Africa

Chief Bisi Ogunleye
National Coordinator
Country Women Association of Nigeria
P.M.P. 809 Akure
Onoldo State
Nigeria
Tel: +234 186-8389
Fax: +234 3 423-1633

(Alternate)

Masse Lo
Environment & Development Action in the Third World (ENDA-TM)
5 Rue Kleber
BP 3370
Dakar
Senegal
Tel: +221 224 628/224 229

Northern Africa

Dr. Ibrahim Magdi
ENDA Maghreb
196, Quartier O.L.M.
Rabat-Souissi
Morocco
Tel: +212 7 756414
Fax: +212 7 756413
Email: magdi@endamag.gn.apc.org

(Alternate)

Reda Mehigueni
Algerian Youth Forum & African Youth Network for Sustainable Development
Fajj, 12, Bd Med (V) Alger
Algeria
Tel: +213 261 3700
Fax: +213 263 9516

Southern Africa

Sandile Mdawonde
Environmental Justice Networking
Forum (EJNF)
Green P.O. Box 3515
Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
Tel: +27 331452045/6
Fax: +27 331452044

(Alternate)

To be determined

Central Africa

Sop Fonkoua Desire
International Center for Forest and Environmental Studies
(CIEFE)
Cameroon
Tel: +237 239702
Fax: +237 239701

(Alternate)

Allogo Constant
CIAJE
BP 6934
Libreville/Gabon

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Asia

East Asia

Jaiok Kim
Executive Director
Citizen's Aliiance for Consumer Protection of Korea
KPO Box 411
Seoul, Korea
Tel: +82 -2-739-5441
Fax: +82 2-736-5514
Email: cacpk@chollian.dacom.co.kr

(Alternate)

Sakuma Tomoko
Peopležs Forum 2001
Maruko Bldg. 5F
1-20-6 Higashieueno Taito-ku
Tokyo 110
Japan
Tel: +81 3-3834-2436
Fax: +81 3-3834-2406
Email: pf2001jp@igc.apc.org, qwj02156@niftyserve.or.jp

South East Asia

Chee Yoke Ling
Third World Network
228 Macalister Road
10400 Penang
Malaysia
Tel: +60 4 226 159
Fax: +60 4 226 4505
email: twn@igc.apc.org, ylchee@igc.apc.org

(Alternate)

Prof. Roger C. Birosel
Earthsavers Movement
Ninoy Hall, Ninoy Aquino Parks & Wildlife Nature Center
Quezon Ave.
Quezon City
Phillipines
Tel: +63 2 924-0113
Fax: +63 2 407-637
Email: earthsavers@phil.gn.apc.org

South Asia

Tanveer Arif
SCOPE
B-150, Block-13/D/2
Gulshan-e-Iqqbad
Karachi-75300
Pakistan
Tel: +92 21 496 50 42
Fax: +92 21 496 4001
Email: scope@khi.compol.com

(Alternate)

N. Suresh
Consumer Unity & Trust Society
3-B Camal Street
Calcutta 700016
India
Tel: +91 11-6172-231
Fax: +91 33-297665

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Australia & New Zealand

David Turbayne
Environment & Development Information Network (EDIN)
GPO Box 1631
Canberra ACT 2601
Australia
Tel: +61 6-247-0146
Fax: +61 6-247-0146
Email: acfoa@peg.apc.org

(Alternate)

Tara Tautari
P.O.Box 178
Kawakawa
Aotearoa
New Zealand

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Caribbean

To be determined

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Europe

Western Europe

Jan-Gustav Strandenaes
UN Association of Norway
Storgaten 33A
0184 Oslo
Norway
Tel: +47 22 112915, +1 212 963-5610 (to 6/97)
Fax: +47 22 360658
Email: wfuna@undp.org (to 6/97)

(Alternate)

Torleif Jonasson
The 92 Coalition
c/o WWF Denmark
Ryesgade 3F
DK 2200 Copenhagen
Denmark
Tel: +45 35 363635
Fax: +45 31 392062
Email: 92gr@post6.tele.dk

Central & Eastern Europe

Erzsebet Schmuck
National Society of Conservationists
1121 Budapest
Kolto u 21
Hungary
Tel: +36 1-1750-684
Fax: +36 1-1750-684
Email: schmuck@mtvsz.zpok.hu

(Alternate)

Victoria V. Elias
Center for Environment and Sustainable Development 'ECO-Accord'
and Biodiversity Conservation Center (BCC)
3 Mikhalkovskii per. 8/1/55
125008 Moscow
Russian Federation
Tel: +7 95 280 8067
Fax: +7 95 200 4250
Email: victoria@aivaschenko.home.bio.msu.ru

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South America

Cesar Marchesino
REDES-Amigos de la Tierra Uruguay
Avenida Millan 4113
12900 Montevideo
Uruguay
Tel: +598 2 35 62 65
Fax: +598 2 38 16 40
Email: redesur@chasque.apc.org

(Alternate)

Marta Nunez
Red Latinoamericana de Bosques
Pasaje Rio Guaya 105 y
Amazonas Casilla 1701253
Quito, Ecuador
Tel: +593 447922/457253
Fax: +593 434449
Email: fnatura@vio.satnet.net

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Central America

Max Valverde
Ambio Foundation & Latin America Forest Network
P.O. Box 1487
1002 San Jose
Costa Rica
Tel: +506 258-1212
Fax: +506 222-3182
Email: ecookcr@sol.racsa.co.cr

(Alternate)

Alejandro Villamar
The Mexican Action Network on Free Trade
Godard #20 Col. Guadalupe
Victoria CP 07790
Mexico
Tel: +52 5-355-1177
Email: rmalc@laneta.apc.org

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Andean Region

To he determined

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Amazonian Region

Santiago Obispo
Red de Cooperacion Amazonica
Apartado #16
Puerto Ayacucho Amazonas
Venezuela ZP 7001
Tel: +58 48-213023
Fax: +58 48-214553

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North America

North America (US)

Doug Hunt
US Network for Environmental & Economic Responsibility of the United Church of Christ & Southern California Ecumenical Council
1820 Sanford Road
Wheaton, MD 20902-4008
U.S.A.
Tel: +1 301-593-4724
Fax: +1 301-593-7591
Email: dhunt@center1.com

North America (Canada)

Arciris Garay
c/o Oxfam-Canada
2099 Gottingen Street
Halifax, Nova Scotia B3K 3B2
Canada
Tel: +1 902-425-7744
Fax: +1 902-425-7778
Email: af169@chebucto.ns.ca

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Indian Ocean

Kajeen Awotar
Executive Chairman
Maudesco-Council for Development, Environmental Studies & Conservation
c/o PO Box 1124
Port Louis
Mauritius
Tel: +230 425-2417
Fax: +230 425-2417/230 424-8500

(Alternate)

Omar Karbary
Council of Students of Youth Movement
12, Bourbon St.
P.O. Box 401
Port Louis
Mauritius
Tel: +230 208 0145
Fax: +230 240 9964

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Pacific

To be determined

(Alternate)

To be determined

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Southern Diaspora Region Network

Waldaba Stewart
Pan-African Movement/Southern Diaspora Region Network
Southern Diaspora Resource & Research Center
391 Eastern Parkway, 2nd Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11216
U.S.A.
Tel: +1 718 773-8351/718-774-2496
Fax: +1 718 774-6946

(Alternate)

to be determined

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Northern Based Multiregional NGOs

Marie Kranendonk-Schwarz
Northern Alliance for Sustainability (ANPED)
PO Box 12111
NL-3501 AC
Utrecht
Netherlands
Tel: +31 30-2310300
Fax: +31 30-2340878
Email: anped@antenna.nl

(Alternate)

Jan Lonn
ISMUN International Youth & Student Movement for the United Nations
Gudmundragatan 17
162 53 Vallingby Sweden
Tel: +46 8 877246
Fax: +46 8 877246
Email: jlonn@undp.org

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Southern Based Multi-Regional NGOs

Esmeralda Brown
Service for Peace and Justice in Latin America-Servicio de Paz y
Justicia en America Latina (SERPAJ-AL)/ Commission for Human Rights
in Central America (CODEHUCA)
c/o UMOUN
777 United Nations Plaza (llth Floor)
New York, NY 10017
U.S.A.
Tel: +1 212 682-3633
Fax: +1 212 682-5354
Email: umcgbgm@undp.org

(Alternate)

Pauulu Kamarakafego
Pan-African Movement & INSNI International Network of Small Island
Developing States of NGOs and Indigenous Peoples
PO Box 2423
Hamilton HM-JK
Bermuda
Tel: +1 441 292-2665
Fax: +1 441 295-2933

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Major Groups as per Agenda 21

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Youth as Major Group

Asia - Youth

Bremly Wanbantei Blah
Consortium of Indian Scientists for Sustainable Development
9-Aurungzed Road
New Delhi-110011
India
Tel: +91 11-301-5605
Fax: +91 11-301-4471
e-mail: shantum@ivpas.unv.ernet.in

Eastern Europe - Youth

Janis Brizga
Baltic International Center of Human Education
Azenes 16-239
Riga LV-1048
Latvia
Tel: +371 7 228 242
Fax: +371 7 228 242
Email: janis@garcia.bs.lu.lv

Western Europe - Youth

Karin Gustatson
q2000
c/o UN Association of Sweden
Box 15115
10465 Stockholm
Sweden
Tel: +46 8-462-2555
Fax: +46 8-641-8876
Email: q2000@md.sfn.se

East Africa - Youth

to be determined

West Africa - Youth

Oluwole Oshota
All-Nigeria UN Students' & Youth Association (ANUNSA)
PO Box 5756
Oshodi, Lagos
Nigeria
Fax: +234 1-269-1746

Indian Ocean - Youth

Oomar Karbary
Council of Students & Youth Movement (COSYM)
Iqbal Avenue
Phoenix
Mauritius
Tel: +230 697-0554
Fax: +230 697-0554

Northern Africa - Youth

Reda Mehigueni
FAJ, 12 Bd. Med. (V)
Alger
Algeria
Tel: +213 261-3700
Fax: +213 263-9516

North America - Youth

Kara Lefevre
Canadian Environmental Network Youth Caucus
945 Wellington Street #300
Ottawa, K1Y 2X5
Canada
Tel: +1 613-728-9810 ext 25
Fax: +1 613-728-2963
Email: cenyouth@web.net

South America - Youth

Cesar Marchesino
LAYNSD Office
Avda Millan 4113
12900 Montevideo
Uruguay
Tel: +598 2 356 265
Fax: +598 2 381640
Email: rejulads@chasque.apc.org

The International Network of Small Island States and Indigenous Peoples Organizations (INSNI) - Youth

Oomar Karbary
Iqbal Avenue
Phoenix
Mauritius
Tel: +230 697-0554
Fax: +230 697-0554

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Indigenous Peoples as Major Group

Sharon Venne
c/o PO Box 309
Pierleland, Saskatchewan SOM 2KO
Canada
Tel: +1 306-839-2277
Fax: +1 306-839-2323

(Alternate)

Marcial Arias
Panama

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Women as Major Group

Jocelyn Dow
Women's Environment and Development Organization (WEDO)
173 Charlotte Street
Georgetown
Guyana
Tel: +592 2-74232
Fax: +592 2-74232

and/or

355 Lexington Avenue, 3rd floor
New York, NY 10017
Tel: +1 212-973-0325
Fax: +1 212-973-0335
Email: wedo@igc.apc.org

(Alternate)

Gail Lerner
Commission of the Churches on International Affairs/World Council of Churches (WCC)
777 UN Plaza 9th Floor
New York, NY 10017
U.S.A.
Tel: +1 212-867-5890
Fax: +1 212-867-7462
Email: wccia@igc.apc.org

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Business & Industry as Major Group

William J. Stibravy
International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
1212 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036-1689
U.S.A.
Tel: +1 212-354-4480
Fax: +1 212-575-0327
Email: wstibravry@uscib.org

(Alternate)

Norine Kennedy
United States Council for International Business (USCIB)
1212 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036-4480
U.S.A.
Tel: +1 212-354-4480
Fax: +1 212-575-0327
Email: nkennedy@uscib.org

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Trade Unions as Major Group

Lucien Royer
Alberta Federation of Labour
350 10451 - 170 Street
Edmonton, Alberta T5P 4T2
Canada
Tel: +1 403 483-3021
Fax: +1 403 484-5928

(Alternate)

Denis Malayco
Canadian Labour Congress
10451-170 Street
Edmonton, Alberta
Canada

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Caucuses

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Energy Caucus

Deling Wang
Metropolitan Solar Energy Society
150 W 28th St, Suite 1501
New York, NY 10001-6103
U.S.A.
Tel: +1 212-631-1107
Fax: +1 212-645-2214
Email: mses@igc.apc.org

(Alternate)

Ravi Sharma
Centre for Science and Environment
41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area
New Delhi-110062
India
Tel: +91 11-6981110
Fax: +91 11-6985879
Email: ravi@sdalt.ernet.in

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Legal & Institutional Issues Caucus

William Pace
World Federalist Movement
777 UN Plaza (12th Floor)
New York, NY 10017
U.S.A.
Tel: +1 212 599-1320
Fax: +1 212 599-1332
Email: wfm@igc.apc.org

(Alternate)

Ilse Marks
Environment Liaison Center International
PO Box 72641
Ndemi Road off Ngong Road
Nairobi
Kenya
Tel: +254 2-562015
Fax: +254 2-562175
Email: marks@elci.sasa.unon.org

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Oceans Caucus

Clif Curtis
Greenpeace International
1436 U Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20009
U.S.A.
Tel: +1 202-462-1177
Fax: +1 202-462-4507
Email: clif.curtis@wdc.greenpeace.org

(Alternate)

Elizabeth Wall
5-1/2 Joy Street, No. 3,
Boston, MA 02108
U.S.A.
Tel: +1 617 367-6093 (h), 617 457-3100 / 617 210-1521 (w)
Fax: +1 617 457-3125

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Sustainable Societies Caucus

Wendi Momen
Baha'i Community UK
Wixamtree, Sand Lane Northill
Biggleswade Beds SG18 9AD
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 1767 627 626
Fax: +44 1767 627 626 +44 1865 841230
Email: momen@northill.demon.co.uk

(Alternate)

S. Ananatha Krishna
Norwegian Forum for Environment and Development
Storgate 33A
0184 Oslo
Norway
Tel: +47 222 09870
Fax: +47 222 03780
Email: krishnan@sn.no

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Education Caucus

Trevor Harvey
United Nations Environment and Development, UK
School of Environmental Management
Farnborough College of Technology
Farnborough, Hampshire,
GU14 6SB
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 1252 391329
Fax: +44 1252 370036
Email: t.harvey@farn-ct.ac.uk

(Alternate)

Bremly Wanbantei Blah
Consortium of Indian Scientists for Sustainable Development
9-Aurungzeb Road
New Delhi-110011
India
Tel: +91 11-3015605
Fax: +91 11-3014471
Email: shantum@ivpas.unv.ernet.in

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Poverty Eradication Caucus

Scottish Environment Forum
c/o The Poverty Alliance
162 Buchanan Street
Glasgow, G1 ZLL
Scotland
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 141-333-1484
Fax: +44 141-333-1497
Email: thepovertyalliance@compuserve.com

(Alternate)

Marsha Monestersky
Sovereign Dineh Nation
PO Box 1073
Hotevilla, AZ 86030
U.S.A.
Tel: +1 718-859-8757
Fax: +1 718-859-8757

New York-SDN Support Group
855 E l9th Street #4D
Brooklyn, NY 11230

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Finance Caucus

Sander van Bennekom
National Commission on International Cooperation and Sustainable
Development (NCICSD)/Tools For Transition
Atjehstraat 20
2585-VK The Hague
The Netherlands
Tel: +31 70-352089
Fax: +31 70-352089
Email: echsvb@euronet.nl

(Alternate)

Jagjit Kaur Plahe
Eco News Africa
PO Box 76406
Nairobi
Kenya
Tel: +254 2-725171 (office) +254 2-600738 (home)
Email: mwambui@iconnect.co.ke

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Human Settlements Caucus

Richard May
CONGO Committee on Human Settlements
Institute of Public Administration
55 West 44th Street
NY, NY 10036
U.S.A.
Tel: +1 212-730-5480
Fax: +1 212-768-9071
Email: rmay@theipa.org

(Alternate)

Carol R. Lubin
International Federation of Settlements & Neighborhood Centres
1095 Park Ave
NY, NY 10128
U.S.A.
Tel: +1 212-289-2411
Fax: +1 212-860-4854
Email: 73043.2602@compuserve.com

(Alternate)

Malik Gaye
ENDA - RVR & IFG Habitat
B.P. 3370
Dakar
Senegal
Tel: +221 220942
Fax: +221 222695
Email: rup@endadak.gn.apc.org

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Science & Technology Caucus

Irini Sarlis
International Alliance of Women & Society for Ecological Sensibility (SOS)
10 Mitchell Place Suite 7A-B
New York, NY 10017
U.S.A.
Tel: +1 212-744-5200
Fax: +1 212-744-5200
Email: sosny@undp.org

(Alternate)

Mahendra J. Amin
Global Futures Network
635 Park Ave
Hoboken, NJ 07030
Tel: +1 201-963-9322

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Reduced Technology Caucus

Michael Rosenberg
Coalition Against Technological Unemployment
73 McCall St, Suite 327
Toronto, Ontario M5T 2X2
Canada
Tel: +1 416 971-9428
Fax: +1 416 781-0249

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Sustainable Production and Consumption Caucus

Jeffrey Barber
The Integrative Strategies Forum
1612 K St, NW, Suite 600
Washington DC 20006
U.S.A.
Tel: +1 202-872-5339
Fax: +1 202-331-8166
Email: jbarber@igc.apc.org

(Alternate)

To be determined

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Human Rights Caucus

Goodluck Diigbo
Movement for Survival of Ogoni People
Nigeria

(Alternate)

Marsha Monestersky
Sovereign Dineh Nation
PO Box 1073
Hotevilla, AZ 86030
Tel: +1 718-859-8757
Fax: +1 718-859-8757

or

SDN--New York Support Office
855 E 19 St. #4D
Brooklyn, NY 11230

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Peace Caucus

Theresa Fitzgibbon & Nancy Finneran
Haven Plaza 4G
NY, NY 10009
U.S.A.
Tel: +1 212-473-4904
Fax: +1 212-473-4904
Email: sc.haven@worldnet.att.net

(Alternate)

OD Oshota
Nigeria

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Forest Caucus Coordination

Scott Paul
Global Forest Policy Project
1400 16th Street, NW Suite 210
Washington, D.C. 20036
U.S.A.
Tel: +1 202-797-6560
Fax: +1 202-797-6562
Email: bmankin@igc.apc.org

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Freshwater Caucus

Lyn Billman-Golemme
American Planning Association
Citizens Network For Sustainable Development
114 Ruggles Street
Westborough, MA 01581-3525
U.S.A.
Tel: +1 508-799-0500
Fax: +1 508-366-2021
Email: billman-golemme@worldnet.att.net

(Alternate)

Miguel Soto Cruz
Arbofilia
P.O. Box 512
Tibar - 1100
Costa Rica
Tel: +506 240 8832
Fax: +506 240 7145

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Transport Caucus

Deike Peters
Institute for Transportation and Development Policy
115 W. 30th St. Suite 1205
New York, NY 10001
Tel: +1 212 629 8001
Fax: +1 212 629 8033
Email: mobility@igc.apc.org

(Alternate)

Andy Anderson
UNED-UK
c/o London Transport
55 Broadway
London SW1H 0BD
Tel: +44 171 222 5600
Fax: +44 171 918 4060/3395
Email: andy_anderson@ltplanning.ccmail.compuserve.com

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Caucus on Aging

Peter Walker
Society for Psychological Study of Social Issues
5 Bayside Terrace
Riverside, CT 06878
U.S.A.
Tel: +1 203 637-1281
Email: nucprw@vaxc.hofstra.edu

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Health & Environment Caucus

Dr. Claudia Strauss
World Information Transfer, Inc.
444 Park Ave. South, Suite 1202
New York, NY (USA) 10016
Tel: +1 212-686-1996
Fax: +1 212 686-2172
Email: clstrauss@aol.com

(Alternate)

Dr. Elmira Souleimanova
Director, Woman & Development Centre
Baku
Azerbaijan
Tel: +994 12-983235
Fax: +994 12-983235
Email: paolo@un.azerbaijan.su

(Alternate)

Virginia Hazzard
American Association of Retired Persons
926 Bloomfield Ave, 7-J
Glen Ridge, NJ 07028
U.S.A.
Tel: +1 201 743-3504
Fax: +1 201 743-8380
Email: vhazzard@viconet.com

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Information Ecology

Robert Pollard
Information Habitat: Where Information Lives
33 East 45th Street, 16-D
New York, NY 10017
U.S.A.
Tel: +1 212 681-0917
Fax: +1 212 681-0771
Email: infohabitat@igc.apc.org

(alternate)

Penda Marcilly
ELCI
PO Box 72461
Nairobi
Kenya
Tel: +254 2 562015/562022
Fax: +254 2 562175
Email: pmarcilly@iconnect.co.ke

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Major Networks

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Liaison to the Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations (CONGO)

Mary Theresa Plante
Chairperson NGO Committee on Sustainable Development - New York
Franciscans International
3305 Wallace Avenue
Bronx, NY 10467
U.S.A.
Tel: +1 718 547-4604
Fax: +1 718 547-4607
Email: mtplante@aol.com

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Liaison to Earth Council

Johannah Bernstein
Earth Council
777 United Nations Plaza
New York, NY 10017
U.S.A.
Tel: +1 212 682-5998
Fax: +1 212 682-6040
Email: earthc@undp.org

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Liaison to CSD Chair (Emeritus) (1995-1996)

Rubens Harry Born
Vitae Civilis
Caixa Postal 11260
Butant, Sao Paulo - SP 05422-970
Brazil
Tel: +55 11 813-0690
Fax: +55 11 813-1639
Email: rubinho@ax.apc.org