REGIONAL COMMITTEE Fifty-eighth Session Colombo, Sri Lanka 6-10 September 2005
SEA/RC58/18 (Rev.2) 8 September 2005
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS 1. Representatives, Alternates and Advisers
Bangladesh Representative Professor (Dr) Md Shahadat Hossain Additional Director-General (In-charge Director-General) Directorate General of Health Services Dr Md Tajul Islam Director (Planning and Research) Directorate-General of Health Services
Alternate
Bhutan Representative H.E. Lyonpo (Dr) Jigmi Singay Minister Ministry of Health Dr Gado Tshering Officiating Secretary Ministry of Health
Alternates
DPR Korea Representative Dr Kim Su Hak Minister of Public Health Mr Choe II WHO Focal person International Organizations Department Ministry of Foreign Affairs Dr Sok Yong Guk Officer External Affairs Department Ministry of Public Health
Alternates
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Mr Choe Yong Su Officer Ministry of Public Health India Representative Mr Deepak Gupta Additional Secretary Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Mr B.P. Sharma Joint Secretary (International Health) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Alternates
Indonesia Representative Dr Sri Astuti Suparmanto Director-General of Community Health Ministry of Health Dr Gunawan Setiadi Chief Bureau of Planning and Budgeting Ministry of Health Dr Mulya Hasjmy Chief Centre for Health Emergency and Response Ministry of Health Mr Imam Subekti MPH Chief Division of International Cooperation Bureau of Planning and Budgeting Ministry of Health
Alternates
Maldives Representative Mr Iliyas Ibrahim Minister of Health Dr Abdul Azeez Yoosuf Deputy Minister of Health Ms Shehenaz Fahmy Deputy Director Ministry of Health Mr Yoosuf Naleez Assistant Under Secretary Ministry of Health Myanmar
Alternates
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Representative
Prof. Dr Kyaw Myint Minister for Health Ministry of Health Mr Than Aung Deputy Director-General Ministry of Health Dr San Shway Wynn Director (Public Health) Department of Health Mr U Thet Lwin Deputy Director, International Health Division Ministry of Health
Alternates
Nepal Representative Mr Lava Kumar Devacota Secretary Ministry of Health and Population Dr Babu Ram Marasini Deputy Health Administrator Policy, Planning and International Cooperation Division Ministry of Health and Population
Alternate
Sri Lanka Representative Hon. Nimal Siripala de Silva Minister of Healthcare, Nutrition and Uva Wellassa Development Mr Ranjith Maligaspe Secretary Ministry of Healthcare, Nutrition and Uva Wellassa Development Dr Y.D.N. Jayatilaka Additional Secretary Ministry of Healthcare, Nutrition and Uva Wellassa Development Dr H.A.P. Kahandaliyanage Director-General of Health Services Dr H.M. Fernando Deputy Director-General (Public Health Services) Ministry of Healthcare Nutrition and Uva Wellassa Development Dr H.S.B. Tennakoon Deputy Director-General of Health Services (Planning) Dr S.M. Samarage Director (Organization Development)
Alternates
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Thailand Representative Dr Supachai Kunaratanapruk Deputy Permanent Secretary Dr Siripon Kanshana Inspector-General Dr Sopida Chavanichkul Director, International Health Group Mrs Piyachat Chelintrakool Administrative Officer Timor-Leste Representative Mr Basilio Martins Pinto Director Health Policy and Planning
Alternates
2. Representatives from United Nations and other Specialized Agencies in the SEA Region United Nations Children’s Fund (Regional Office for South Asia) Dr Aberra Bekele Head of Early Childhood Programme UNICEF Sri Lanka Country Office Colombo – 3, Sri Lanka
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
Ms Malathi Weerasooriya 202, Bauddhaloka Mawatha Colombo-7, Sri Lanka
3. Representatives from Inter-governmental Organizations Office International de Epizooties (World Organization for Animal Health) Dr Sri Kamal Ranjith Amarasekara Director-General Department of Animal Production and Health P.O. Box 13 Getambe Peradeniya, Sri Lanka Mr Alessandro Pio Country Director Sri Lanka Resident Mission ADB Sri Lanka Resident Mission 49/14-15, Galle Road Colombo, Sri Lanka Mr G. Amarasena Sri Lanka Resident Mission ADB Sri Lanka Resident Mission 49/14-15, Galle Road Colombo, Sri Lanka
Asian Development Bank
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The World Bank
Ms Kumari Navaratne Public Health Specialist World Bank 73/5 Galle Road Colombo-5, Sri Lanka
International Organization for Migration
Dr Qasim Sufi TERP Health Coordinator 31 Police Park Avenue Colombo-5, Sri Lanka Mr Mohamed Naseer Director, SAARC PO Box 4222 Kathmandu, Nepal
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation Secretariat
4. Representatives from International Nongovernmental Organizations Christoffel-Blindenmission Ms Susanne Wilm Programme Coordinator Christoffel-Blindenmission Sri Lanka Liaison Office 713, D.P. Wijesinghe Mawatha, Pelawatte Battaramulla, Sri Lanka Mr Asheem Srivastav Programme Coordinator Ecosystems and Livelihoods Group IUCN Asia Programme No. 53, Horton Place Colombo-7, Sri Lanka Dr Mahen Wijesuria Chairman of the IDF South-East Asia Region and Member of the IDF Board of Management c/o Diabetes Association of Sri Lanka National Diabetes Centre 50 Sarana Mawatha Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka Dr A.A. Boaz Director-General 10, Anderson Road Colombo-5, Sri Lanka Prof. M.G. Karmarkar Senior Adviser ICCIDD, Centre for Community Medicine All India Institute of Medical Sciences Ansari Nagar New Delhi – 110029, India
The World Conservation Union (IUCN)
International Diabetes Federation
South Asia Cooperative Environment Programme
International Council for Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders
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International Life Service Institute (ILSI)
Dr Chris Nonis Mackwoods Ltd PO Box 91 10, Gnanarathna Pradeepa Mamatha Colombo, Sri Lanka Dr Kamala Sengupta AMWI Mission Hospital 45, AJC Bose Road Kolkata 700017, India Dr Tulsi Basu 10, Pratapaditya Road Kolkata – 700026, India Dr Baby Chandra 94, Hemchandra Nasikar Road Kolkata – 700 010 India Ms Kusum Vithana Room 123, Nurses’ Home 93 Regent Street Colombo, Sri Lanka Professor Manouri Senanayake Department of Paediatrics University of Colombo Kynsey Road Colombo-8, Sri Lanka Prof. Tuley De Silva General President, Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science President, Pharmaceutical Society of Sri Lanka 451/75, Thimbirigasyaya Road Colombo-5, Sri Lanka Ms Chandrika Subasinghe South Asia Regional Office 12/2A Salmal Mawatha Nedimala, Dehiwala, Sri Lanka Mrs Theeravati Fernando Representative Asia-Western Pacific Region World Confederatoin for Physical Therapy 174A, Castle Street, Borella Colombo-8, Sri Lanka Mr K.R. Ravindran Governor 1991-92 77, Nungamugoda Road Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
Medical Women’s International Association
Medical Women’s International Association
International Council of Nurses (ICN)
International Paediatric Associaiton (IPA)
International Pharmaceutical Federation
International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF)
The World Confederation for Physical Therapy
Rotary International