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TWGs Lead Agencies
Statistics Co-chairs:
Focus areas: SDG
ESCAP: Rikke Munk Hansen
monitoring and Officer-in-Charge,
statistical capacity Statistics Division
development (hansenrm@un.org)
UNFPA: Bjorn Andersson
Regional Director
Asia and the Pacific
Regional Office (APRO)
(andersson@unfpa.org)
Communications Focal Point:
<Pending nomination>
Member Agencies/Nominated Officers SDG Focus
ESCAP: Rikke Munk Hansen (zhangy@un.org)
FAO: Mukesh Srivastava (Mukesh.Srivastava@fao.org)
Alternate:
Dalip Singh (Dalip.Singh@fao.org)
ILO: Tite Habiyakare
(habiyakare@ilo.org)
UNAIDS: Taoufik Bakkali (bakkalit@unaids.org)
Khin Cho Win Htin (Alternate)
UNDP: Bishwa Tiwari
(Bishwa.tiwari@undp.org)
UN Environment: Jonathan Gilman (gilmanj@un.org)
Ananda Dias (diasa@un.org)
UNESCO: Bertrand Tchatchoua
(b.tchatchoua@unesco.org)
Aurelie Accoca
(a.acoca@unesco.org)
UNFPA: Christophe Lefranc
Technical Adviser, Census and Data
(lefranc@unfpa.org)
UNICEF: Melva Johnson (until end of October 2017)
Regional Chief of Programme & Planning
East Asia Pacific Regional Office (EAPRO)
(mjohnson@unicef.org)
UN Women: Janneke van der Graaff – Kukler
Strategic Planning and Coordination Specialist
(Janneke.kukler@unwomen.org)
Alternate:
Ryce Chanchai
Programme Specialist
(Ruangkhao.chanchai@unwomen.org)
WHO: Khalil Rahman, Coordinator
(rahmank@who.int)
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Resource Co-chairs: ESCAP: Stefanos Fotiou
Efficient Growth ESCAP: Stefanos Fotiou (Fotiou@un.org)
Aneta Slaveykova Nikolova
Director, Environment and
Focus areas: (Nikolova@un.org)
climate change Development Division
FAO: Aaron Becker
mitigation, green (fotiou@un.org)
(Aaron.Becker@fao.org)
economy,
consumption/
UNDP: Valerie Cliff ILO: Cristina Martinez
production; Deputy Regional Director (martinezc@ilo.org)
conservation; for Asia & the Pacific UNAIDS: Salil Panakadan (panakadans@unaids.org)
water; energy Director, Bangkok Regional UNDP: Gordon Johnson
Hub, UNDP (gordon.johnson@undp.org)
(valerie.cliff@undp.org)
UN Environment: Jonathan Gilman, Regional Development Coordinator
(gilmanj@un.org)
UN Environment: Dechen Tsering
Mushtaq Memon (memon@un.org)
Regional Director
UNESCO: Wenxi Zhu
(Dechen.Tsering@un.org)
(w.zhu@unesco.org)
Eunhee Lee (e.lee1@unesco.org)
Communications Focal Point: Jun Morohashi (j.morohashi@unesco.org)
UNFCCC: David Abbas
(dabbass@unfccc.int)
<Pending nomination>
Jens Radschinski,
(jradschinski@unfccc.int)
UNICEF: Chander Badloe
(cbadloe@unicef.org)
UNODC: Giovanni Broussard
WHO: Khalil Rahman
Coordinator
(rahmank@who.int)

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Sustainable Co-chairs: ESCAP: Vanessa Steinmayer (migration and ageing)
Societies (steinmayerv@un.org)
ESCAP: Nagesh Kumar
Patrik Andersson (youth)
Director
Focus areas: (anderssonp@un.org)
Social Development
demographic ILO: Nilim Baruah (baruah@ilo.org)
Division
change (migration, UNAIDS: Saya Oka (Migration) (okas@unaids.org)
youth, aging), (nkumar@un.org)
human rights, Aries Valeriano (Youth) (valerianoa@unaids.org)
IOM: Maria Nenette Motus
urbanization Alternate
Regional Director
(nmotus@iom.int) Marlyn Borromeo (Urbanization)
(borromeom@unaids.org)
UNFPA: Bjorn Andersson UNDP: Nadia Rasheed
Regional Director
(nadia.rasheed@undp.org)
(andersson@unfpa.org)
UNESCO: Susan Vize (s.vize@unesco.org)
Ushio Miura (u.miura@unesco.org)
UNFPA: Christophe Lefranc
Technical Adviser, Census and Data
(lefranc@unfpa.org)
Communications Focal Point: UNICEF: Stephen Blight
Regional Advisor – Child Protection
East Asia Pacific Regional Office (EAPRO)
<Pending nomination> (sblight@unicef.org)
UNODC: Ben Smith (Benjamin.smith@unodc.org)
UNV: Manon Bernier, Regional Manager
(manon.bernier@unv.org)
UN Women: Asa Torkelsson
Regional Women’s Economic Empowerment Advisor a..i
(asa.torkelsson@unwomen.org)
WHO: Khalil Rahman, Coordinator
(rahmank@who.int)

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Inclusive Co-chairs:
Development ESCAP: Hamza Malik
and Poverty
Director, Macroeconomic
Eradication
Policy and Financing for
Focus areas: Development Division
inequality, poverty (MPFD)
alleviation, food
security, decent (malikh@un.org)
work for all; health
and well-being and
FAO: Kundhavi Kadiresan
governance Assisant Director-General
and Regional
Representative for Asia
and the Pacific
(Kundhavi.kadiresan@fao.org)
UNDP: Valerie Cliff
Deputy Regional Director
for Asia & the Pacific
Director, Bangkok Regional
Hub, UNDP
(valerie.cliff@undp.org)
Communications Focal Point
<Pending nomination>
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Member Agencies/Nominated Officers SDG Focus
ESCAP: Oliver Paddison (paddison@un.org)
Sudip Ranjan Basu (basu@un.org)
FAO: Aziz Arya (Aziz.Arya@fao.org)
ILO: Matthieu Cognac (cognac@ilo.org)
UNAIDS: Stuart Watson (watsons@unaids.org)
UNDP: Joseph D’Cruz (joseph.dcruz@undp.org)
Phil Matsheza (phil.matsheza@undp.org)
UNESCO: Duong Bich Hanh (db.hanh@unesco.org)
Misako Ito (m.ito@unesco.org)
UNFPA: Anderson Stanciole
Technical Adviser, Health Economics
(stanciole@unfpa.org)
UNICEF: Gaspar Fajth
Regional Advisor - Social Policy & Economic Analysis
East Asia Pacific Regional Office (EAPRO)
(gfajth@unicef.org)
UNODC: Olivier Lermet (Olivier.lermet@unodc.org)
UN Women: Smriti Aryal
Regional Gender and DRR/Humanitarian and HIV/AIDS
Advisor (smriti.aryal@unwomen.org)
Asa Torkelsson
Regional Women’s Economic Empowerment Advisor, a.i
(asa.torkelsson@unwomen.org)
Francisco Cos Montiel
Regional Women’s Economic Empowerment Advisor
(Francisco.cosmontiel@unwomen.org)
WHO: Khalil Rahman, Coordinator (rahmank@who.int)
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Disaster Risk Co-chairs:
Reduction and ESCAP: Tiziana Bonapace, Director,
Resilience
Information and
Focus on Sendai
Communications
Technology and Disaster
implementation;
climate change Risk Reduction Division
adaptation (bonapace.unescap@un.org)
UNDP: Valerie Cliff
Deputy Regional Director
for Asia & the Pacific
Director, Bangkok Regional
Hub, UNDP
(valerie.cliff@undp.org)
UNISDR: Loretta Hieber Girardet
Chief of UNISDR ROAP
(hieber-girardet@un.org)
Communication Focal Point:
ESCAP: Mr. Syed Ahmed
Space Applications Section
Information and
Communications
Technology and Disaster
Risk Reduction Division
(syed.t.ahmed@un.org)
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Member Agencies/Nominated Officers SDG Focus
FAO: Aziz Arya (Aziz.Arya@fao.org)
IOM: Andrew Lind (Alind@iom.int)
OCHA: Kristen Knutson (Knutson@un.org)
Daniel Gilman (gilmand@un.org)
UNAIDS: Reeta Bhatia (Bhatiar@unaids.org)
UNDP: Sanny Jegillos (sanny.jegillos@undp.org)
Shairi Mathur (shairi.mathur@undp.org)
UN Environment: To be confirmed
UNESCO: Ichiro Miyazawa (i.miyazawa@unesco.org)
Hyunkyung Lee (hk.lee@unesco.org)
UNFCCC: David Abbas (dabbass@unfccc.int)
Jens Radschinski, (jradschinski@unfccc.int)
UNFPA: Priya Marwah (marwah@unfpa.org)
UN-Habitat: Mariko Sato (satom@un.org)
UNICEF: Carmen van Heese, Regional Advisor - Emergency
(cvanheese@unicef.org)
Rekha Shrestha, Emergency Specialist
(rshrestha@unicef.org)
UNISDR: Andrew McElroy (mcelroy@un.org)
UNODC: Jeremy Douglas (jeremy.douglas@unodc.org)
UNOPS: Robert Shannon (Robertss@unops.org)
Ian Rector (Ianr@unops.org)
UNV: Anthony Cruz (Anthony.cruz@undp.org)
UN Women: Smriti Aryal
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Regional Gender Humanitarian/DRR and HIV Advisor
(smriti.aryal@unwomen.org
WFP: Peter Guest (peter.guest@wfp.org)
Geoff Pinnock (Geoffrey.pinnock@wfp.org)
WHO: Khalil Rahman (rahmank@who.int)
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IPPF: Maria Holtsberg (mholtsberg@ippf.org)
Pulse Lab Jakarta: Derval Usher (derval.usher@un.or.id)

Gender Equality Co-chairs: ESCAP: Cai Cai (caic@un.org)

and ESCAP: Nagesh Kumar
Empowerment Director
of Women Social Development
Division
(nkumar@un.org)
UN Women: Miwa Kato,
Regional Director
(miwa.kato@unwomen.org)
Communication Focal Point:
UN Women:
Janneke van der Graaff – Kukler
Regional Strategic Planning and
Coordination Specialist
(Janneke.kukler@unwomen.org)
FAO: Ms. Marianna Bicchieri
(Marianna.Bicchieri@fao.org)
ILO: Joni Simpson (Simpson@ilo.org)
UNAIDS: Reeta Bhatia (Bhatiar@unaids.org)
UNDP: Koh Miyaoi (koh.miyaoi@undp.org)
UNESCO: Maki Katsuno-Hayashikawa
(m.hayashikawa@unesco.org)
Ramya Vivekanandan
(r.vivekanandan@unesco.org)
UNFPA: Ingrid Fitzerald, Technical Adviser
(fitzgerald@unfpa.org)
UNICEF: Gerda Binder, Regional Gender Advisor
East Asia Pacific Regional Office (EAPRO)
(gbinder@unicef.org)
UNOPS: Simonetta Siligato, Senior Advisor
(SimonettaS@unops.org)
UNV: Jane Lawson, Regional Programme Specialist
Peace and Human Security
Alternate: Bataa Chuluunbaatar
UN Women: Anna-Karin Jatfors , Deputy Regional Director

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ESCAP: Cai Cai (anna-karin.jatfors@unwomen.org)
(caic@un.org) Janneke van der Graaff – Kukler
Regional Strategic Planning and Coordination Specialist
(Janneke.kukler@unwomen.org
WFP: asaka.nyangara@wfp.org
WHO: Khalil Rahman, Coordinator
(rahmank@who.int)

Education Co-chairs: ILO: Akiko Sakamoto

2030+
UNESCO:Ms. Maki Hayashikawa
Director, a.i.
Focus area:
Education for All UNESCO Regional Bureau
initiative for Education Bangkok
(m.hayashikawa@unesco.org)
UNICEF: Karin Hulshof
Regional Director
UNICEF Bangkok
(khulshof@unicef.org)
Communication Focal Point:
UNESCO: Ms. Akané NOZAKI
(A.Nozaki@unesco.org)
(sakamoto@ilo.org)
UNAIDS: Constantin Calancea
(calanceac@unaids.org)
Taoufik Bakkali (Alternate)
(bakkalit@unaids.org)
UNESCO: Maki Hayashikawa
Chief of IQE UNESCO Bangkok
(m.hayashikawa@unesco.org)
Satoko Yano
(s.yano@unesco.org)
UNICEF: Francisco Benavides
Regional Education Advisor
East Asia Pacific Regional Office (EAPRO)
(fbenavides@unicef.org)
UNV: Emiliya Asadova
Regional Programme Specialist, Youth and Volunteerism
WHO: Khalil Rahman
Coordinator
(rahmank@who.int)