Ravello-Salerno, Italy, 1-5 March 1999

Dr Peter Chan, Therapeutic Products Programme, Canadian Health Ministry, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Dr Tharnkamol Chanprapaph, Food and Drug Administration, Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi, Thailand

Ms Chu Swee Seng, Pharmaceutical Department, Ministry of Health, Singapore

Professor Ding Anwei, Dean, The College of Chinese Pharmacy, Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China

Professor Elaine Elisabetsky, Department of Pharmacology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre RS, Brazil

Professor Norman R. Farnsworth, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

Professor Hassan Farsam, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Teheran University of Medical Sciences, Teheran, Islamic Republic of Iran

Professor Bohdan A. Fitak, Department of Drug Analysis, Medical University, Warsaw, Poland

Professor Harry H.S. Fong, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

Dr Motasim Habiballah, Director, Zayed Complex for Herbal Research and Traditional Medicine, Ministry of Health, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Dr Djoko Hargono, Former Head, Directorate General of Drugs and Food Control, Ministry of Health, Jakarta, Indonesia

Professor Konstantin Keller, Director, Institute for Drug and Medical Devices, Federal Health Of.ce, Berlin, Germany

Professor Fritz H. Kemper, Environmental Specimen Bank for Human Tissues and Data Bank, University of Münster, Münster, Germany

Professor Gail B. Mahady, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

Mr Isaac Mayeng, Senior Medicine Control Officer, Medicine Administration: Complementary Medicines, Department of Health, Pretoria, South Africa

Professor Nguyen Gia Chan, Director, Institute of Materia Medica, Hanoi, Viet Nam

Professor Tamás Paál, Director-General, National Institute of Pharmacy, Budapest, Hungary

Professor Francesco De Simone, Dean, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Salerno, Fisciano, Salerno, Italy

Professor Umberto Solimene, Director, Centre of Research in Bioclimatology, Biotechnologies and Natural Medicine, State University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Professor Charles Wambebe, Director-General, National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development, Federal Ministry of Science and Technology, Abuja, Nigeria

WHO Secretariat

Dr Chen Ken, Regional Adviser, Traditional Medicine, WHO Regional Of.ce for the Western Paci.c, Manila, Philippines

Dr Hans Hogerzeil, Acting Team Coordinator, Policy, Access and Rational Use, Department of Essential Drugs and Other Medicines, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Ms Yukiko Maruyama, Technical Officer, Traditional Medicine, Department of Essential Drugs and Other Medicines, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Dr Xiaorui Zhang, Acting Team Coordinator, Traditional Medicine, Department of Essential Drugs and Other Medicines, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland