| H.E. Dr. Klaus Topfer (Germany) | Chairperson |
| Executive Director | |
| United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) | |
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| H.E. Mr. Hamad A. Al Midfaa (UAE) | Member |
| UAE Minister of Health | |
| Chairman of the UAE Federal Environmental | |
| Agency | |
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| Prof. Mostafa Kamal Tolba (Egypt) | Member |
| President, Intl. Centre for Env. & Development | |
| Cairo | |
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| Ms. Yolanda kakabadse (Equador) | Member |
| President, World Conservation Union (IUCN) | |
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| Sir David King ScD FRS (UK) | Member |
| Chief Scientific Adviser to HM Government | |
| United Kingdom Head of Office of Science & Technology | |
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| Mr. Achim Steiner (Germany) | Member |
| Director General | |
| IUCN - The World Conservation Union Headquarters | |
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| Ms. Yoriko Kawaguchi (Japan) | Member |
| Special Adviser to the Prime Minister | |
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| Mr. José Antonio Ocampo | Member |
| Under-Secretary-General | |
| UN Department of Economic and Social Affair | |
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| Dr. Mahmood Y. Abdulrahim (Kuwait) | Rapporteur |
| Regional Director, UNEP - West Asia Region | |
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