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Persons who are not on this list but would like to apply for CEL membership are encouraged to do so, following the procedure set out in the CEL Bylaws and in the letter from the Chair and Deputy Chair.

The lists found above indicate who is currently a CEL member. Any of these members, as well as any of the honorary members listed below, may be approached for the required support of a nomination to CEL membership. Your cover letter will only need to state that you have sought the support of these persons, and they have consented to back up your nomination.

Applications for CEL membership may be sent by e-mail, fax or mail to:

Ms. Adina Tomasi
CEL Liaison Officer
IDEA - Instituto de Derecho y Economia Ambiental
Calle Nicanor Torales N° 150 c
Mcal. Lopez, Asuncion,
Paraguay
Fax Numbers: ++ (595-21) 614-619 // 614-620 // 662-543

The IUCN Statutes provide that all Commission membership expires three months after the World Conservation Congress. It is then for the Chair of each Commission to determine Commission membership, with the help of the Steering Committee.

The CEL Chair and Deputy Chair have prepared a letter addressed to each person who was admitted as a CEL member during the last Intersessional period (2001 to 2004), beginning from the previous Steering Committee's first meeting held from 26 to 29 June 2001 to its last meeting on 15 November 2004. The letter advises former CEL members of the new procedure for nomination to CEL membership. This procedure was developed in consultation with the Steering Committee members who were present at the meeting held in Cape Town from 13 to 15 June 2005.

The following persons were proposed and appointed as honorary CEL members:

Dr. Julio A. Barberis (Argentina)
Hon. Justice P.N. Bhagwati (India)
Professor Patricia W. Birnie (U.K.)
Dr. Wolfgang E. Burhenne (Germany)
Ms. Angela S. Cropper (Trinidad & Tobago)
Mr. J. William Futrell (U.S.A.)
Dr. Parvez Hassan (Pakistan)
Mr. Donald W. Kaniaru (Kenya)
Professor Alexandre Kiss (France)
Ambassador Tommy Koh (Singapore)
Dr. Charles Odidi Okidi (Kenya)
Professor Nicholas A. Robinson (U.S.A.)
Dr. Iwona Rummel-Bulska (Kenya)
Professor Dinah L. Shelton (U.S.A.)
Hon. Justice Paul Stein (Australia)

Their appointment is in recognition of their outstanding lifelong contribution to environmental law.