Contacts

Switchboard

Tel: 00 49 228 815 2800
Email: secretariat@unccd.int

Postal Address

UNITED NATIONS
Convention to Combat Desertification
UNCCD Secretariat
P.O. Box 260129
D-53153 Bonn, Germany

Office Location

UNCCD
Platz der Vereinten Nationen 1
D-53113 Bonn, Germany

CSO contact

• CSO@unccd.int
• 00 49 228 815 2806

CST contact

• kmst@unccd.int
• 00 49 228 815 2834

Press and media inquiries

• 00 49 228 815 2820
• press@unccd.int

Library

• 00 49 228 815 2864
• library@unccd.int

Executive Direction and Management

Mr. Ibrahim Thiaw

• Executive Secretary

Ms. Marie-Paule Lorka-Lavri

• Executive Associate to the ES
• mlavri@unccd.int
• 00 49 228 815 2802

Ms. Tina Birmpili

• Deputy Executive Secretary
• tbirmpili@unccd.int
• 00 49 228 815 2862

Mr. Rajeb Boulharouf

• Chef de Cabinet
• rboulharouf@unccd.int
• 00 49 228 815 2810

The Global Mechanism

Ms. Louise Baker

• Director
• lbaker@unccd.int
• 00 49 228 815 2808

Administrative Services

Mr. Lyndle Lindow

• Unit Chief
• llindow@unccd.int
• 00 49 228 815 2844

Science, Technology and Innovation

Mr. Johns Muleso Kharika

• Unit Chief
• jkharika@unccd.int
• 00 49 228 815 2834

External Relations, Policy and Advocacy

Ms. Miriam Medel Garcia

• Unit Chief
• mmedel@unccd.int
• 00 49 228 815 2824

Communications

Ms. Yukie Hori

• Unit Chief
• yhori@unccd.int
• 00 49 228 815 2829

UNCCD Liaison Office New York

United Nations Headquarters
DC1 Building
11th Floor, Office 1170
New York, N.Y. 10017
USA
T: 001-212 963 4871
F: 001-917 367 3441

Mr. Melchiade Bukuru

• Director
• bukuru@un.org
• 001-212 963 4871

Regional Liaison Office for Africa (Annex I)

212 537 666 301
Eaux et Forêts, Avenue Mohamed VI, Km 7,5
Soussi, Rabat 10170, Morocco

Mr. Cheikh Toure

• Regional Liaison Officer
• ctoure@unccd.int

Regional Liaison Office for Asia (Annex II)

(located in Bonn)

Ms. Heimata Louisa Karika

• Regional Liaison Officer
• lkarika@unccd.int
• 00 49 228 815 2871

Regional Liaison Office for Latin-America and the Caribbean (Annex III)

c/o Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).
Northern Building, Division of CELADE
Dag Hammarskjöld 3477
Postal Code: 7630412. Vitacura, Santiago de Chile

Mr. Jose Miguel Torrico

• Regional Liaison Officer
• jmtorrico@unccd.int 
• 00 562 2210-2017

Regional Liaison Office for Northern Mediterranean (Annex IV)

Orman ve Su Isleri Bakanligi 1. Bölge Müdürlügü 
Buyukdere Caddesi No:265 
Fatih Ormani Kampusu Maslak / Sartre
Istanbul Turkey

Mr. Mustafa Yurtoglu

• Regional Liaison Officer
• myurtoglu@unccd.int
• 00 90 212 2993301

Regional Liaison Office for Europe (Annex V)

(located in Bonn)

Ms. Jamal Annagylyjova

• Regional Liaison Officer
• jannagylyjova(at)unccd.int
• 00 49 228 815 2879