Bureau of ISP-CWP

Bureau of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Panel on Chemicals, Waste and Pollution

Please click here to access the Bureau Meeting page which contains the agenda and meeting reports of all meetings of the Bureau of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Panel on Chemicals, Waste and Pollution. 

The Bureau was elected at the first session of the Plenary of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Panel on Chemicals, Waste and Pollution (ISP-CWP P1) and includes the following members:

African States
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Jean Marie Bope Bope Lapwong
Head of the Department of Marine and Coastal Environment, Ministry of Environment
 
Vice-chair
Gender: Male
Kenya
Linda Chebichii Kosgei
Director, Multi-lateral Environmental Agreements, Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry
 
Vice-chair
Gender: Female
Asia-Pacific States
China
Chen Haijun
Deputy Director General, Department of International Cooperation, Ministry of Ecology and Environment
 
Vice-chair
Gender: Female
Saudi Arabia
Amal Refat Albawardi
General Manager, International Agreements and Cooperation, National Center for Environmental Compliance
 
Vice-chair
Gender: Female
 
Latin American and Caribbean States
Chile
Osvaldo Álvarez-Pérez
Head of the Department of the Chemicals and Waste Cluster, Division for the Environment, Climate Change and Oceans, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
 
Chair
Gender: Male
Mexico
J. Isabel López Arroyo
Senior Researcher, National Institute for Forestry, Agricultural, and Livestock Research (INIFAP)
 
Vice-chair
Gender: Male
Western European and Other States
Belgium
Bart Rymen
Attaché, Federal, Interfederal and International Coordination, Belgian Science Policy Office
 
Vice-chair
Gender: Male
United Kingdom of Great Britian and Northern Ireland
Helena Richards
Team Lead – International Negotiations and Strategy, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
 
Vice-chair and rapporteur
Gender: Female
Last updated: 17 Jun 2026, 19:08