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April
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Comments
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| 3-5
Berlin,
Germany
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Implementation Committee
(5th Meeting)
Focal point: Mr. Henning Wuester
Tel: 917 23 63
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The Implementation Committee
reviews compliance by the Parties with their obligations under the
protocols to the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution. |
| 3(pm)-6 |
Working Party on Lighting
and Light-Signalling (GRE) (44th session)
Focal point: Mr. Antonio Erario, Tel: 917
24 02
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GRE is one of the subsidiary
bodies of the World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations
(WP.29). During the session demonstration cars having prototype Advanced
Front-lighting Systems (AFS) will be parked near Pregny Gate in the
premises of the Palais des Nations. The AFS headlamps provide better
performance and improve road safety. A driving demonstration (for
GRE delegates only) has been scheduled for 9 p.m., Tuesday, 4 April. |
| 4-7 |
Working Party on Road
Traffic Safety
Focal point: Mr. Jerzy Witkowski, Tel: 917
32 59
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| 5-6
Bishkek,
Kyrgyz Republic
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SPECA Project Working
Group on the Rational and Efficient Use of Water and Energy (4th Meeting)
Focal points: Mr. Branko Bosnjakovic, Tel:
917 23 96 & Mr. Evgeniy Nadezhdin, Tel: 917 13 90
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SPECA is the UN Special
Programme for the Economies of Central Asia, executed jointly by UN/ECE
and UN/ESCAP. |
| 5-7
Edinburgh,
United Kingdom
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Programme Task Force,
International Cooperative Programme on Mapping of Critical Loads and
Levels (First Meeting)
Focal point: Mr. Radovan Chrast, Tel: 917
23 58
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Convention on Long-range
Transboundary Air Pollution |
| 6-7
Sofia, Bulgaria
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First meeting of Aarhus
Convention Task Force on Genetically Modified Organisms
Focal point: Mr. Jeremy Wates
Tel: 917 23 84
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The first Meeting of Signatories
to the Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in
Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (the
Aarhus Convention), held in the Republic of Moldova in April 1999,
established a task force on genetically modified organisms, with Austria
as lead country. The task force reviews national experiences with
public participation in decision-making on GMOs, as well as relevant
international processes and developments, and making recommendations
for further action for consideration by the second Meeting of Signatories. |
| 6-7
Maribor,
Slovenia
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International Conference
on Legal Aspects of SME Development & Best Practice in Simplifying
the SME Legal Environment
Focal point: Mr. Antal Szabo
Tel: 917 2471
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The Conference is organized
by the Ministry of Small Enterprises and Tourism of the Republic of
Slovenia, Chair of the Working Group on SMEs of the Central European
Initiative, CEI/EBRD Executive Secretariat in cooperation with the
UN/ECE and the Delegation of the European Commission in Slovenia. |
| 10-11 |
Working Party on Combined
Transport
Focal point: Mr. Martin Magold
Tel: 917 24 53
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Considerations will concentrate
on the role of railways in the promotion of combined transport and
on the possible preparation by the ECE of a new international legal
instrument governing civil liability in multimodal transport. |