4th LBS/ISTAC - Peten, Guatemala

Oct 30, 2007 to Nov 01, 2007

Fourth Meeting of the Interim Scientific, Technical and Advisory Committee (ISTAC) to the Protocol Concerning Pollution from Land-based Sources and Activities in the Wider Caribbean Region (LBS Protocol). 30 October - 1 November 2007, Peten, Guatemala.

Announcement

The Secretariat of the Cartagena Convention is responsible for convening an Ad Hoc Working Group of Government-designated Experts to function as an Interim Scientific, Technical and Advisory Committee (ISTAC) on activities for the management and control of marine pollution from land-based sources.  This group will function until the Land-Based Sources of Marine Pollution Protocol formally enters into force. The meeting will be the fourth of this Ad Hoc Working Group.

In accordance with the Workplan and Budget for 2006-2007, endorsed by the Twelfth Intergovernmental Meeting, the Fourth ISTAC Meeting will be held during the week beginning 29 October in Guatemala.

The proposed objectives of the Fourth ISTAC Meeting are to:

• Evaluate the projects and activities implemented by the Secretariat and the LBS Regional Activity Centres (RACs) within the Assessment and Management of Environmental Pollution (AMEP) sub-programme during the period 2006-2007;         
• Review the progress made in the implementation of the Recommendations of the Third LBS ISTAC Meeting and the relevant Decisions of the Twelfth Intergovernmental Meeting and Eighth Meeting of the Contracting Parties;
• Review the status of ratification and/or implementation of the LBS Protocol in member countries;
• Develop the AMEP Workplan and Budget for the 2008-2009 Biennium for  subsequent submission to, and approval by, the Thirteenth Intergovernmental Meeting in 2008;
• Identify partner agencies and related projects that will facilitate more effective implementation of the 2008-2009 Workplan; and
• Identify new thematic areas for further project development as part of the AMEP Workplan.

Further details on the meeting will be posted on our website at www.cep.unep.org.

Registration Information [top]

details for registering for this event

4th ISTAC Registration form.doc

Accomodation Information [top]

Delegates whose participation will be sponsored by the secretariat need not make hotel or airline reservations; this will be done by the secretariat.  All other delegates and participants from CEP Member Governments, other UN organisations, and other governmental or non-governmental observers are expected to meet the full costs of their participation in the Meeting.  Such additional delegates and observers are expected to make their own hotel arrangements

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Los delegados cuya participación será financiada por la Secretaría, no necesitan hacer reservaciones de hotel o aerolínea; esto será hecho por la Secretaría.  Todos los demás delegados de cada Gobierno miembro del PAC, otras organizaciones de la ONU, y otros observadores gubernamentales y no gubernamentales deberán cubrir completamente los costos de su participación en la Reunión.  Dichos delegados y observadores, deben hacer sus propios arreglos de hotel.

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Les délégués qui seront financés par le secrétariat n’ont pas à faire de réservation d’hôtel ou de vol, ceci sera fait par le Secrétariat. Les autres délégués des gouvernements membres du PEC, ainsi que les délégués des Nations Unies et les observateurs gouvernementaux et non-gouvernementaux seront responsables du financement de leur voyage et de leur participation à la réunion.

Travel Information [top]

For information about Petén please visit: http://www.toursguatemala.com/aboutpeten.htm
Para information sobre Petén favor visitar: http://www.guatemala-tours.com/info_peten.htm

For travel tips on Guatemala please visit: http://www.toursguatemala.com/traveltips.htm

Para consejos de viajeros a Guatemala favor visitar: http://www.guatemala-tours.com/cosejosa_viajeros.htm

Meeting Documents [top]

List of Meeting Documents

list of documents for meeting

WG30-inf1en.pdf

WG30-inf1fr.pdf

WG30-inf1es.pdf