The Regional Coordinating Unit for the Caribbean Environment Programme of UNEP (UNEP-CAR/RCU), takes this opportunity to inform that the Fourth Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the SPAW Protocol (COP4) will be held on 28 November 2006, immediately preceding the XII Intergovernmental Meeting on the Action Plan for the Caribbean Environment Programme and Ninth Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region, 29 November to 2 December 2006, in Montego Bay, Jamaica.

In the upcoming weeks, letters of invitation will be sent out requesting Governments and relevant organizations to nominate their representative(s) to the Meeting, and the preliminary documents will be posted on our Website. In due course, and as they become available, the working and information documents will also be posted, and you will be advised once they can be downloaded.

For reasons of economy, documents for the Meeting will be printed in a limited number. Delegates are kindly requested to bring their copies of the Working and Information documents from the website as available, and not to request additional copies.

In appreciation of your kind attention.

Sincerely,
The Secretariat