Eighteenth meeting of the Working Group of the Parties to the Aarhus Convention

The eighteenth meeting of the Working Group of the Parties took place on 29 June 2014 in Maastricht, the Netherlands. The Working Group conducted final preparatory negotiations regarding the documents that would be discussed during the fifth session of the Meeting of the Parties.
The Working Group focused on key issues with respect to draft decisions on the work programme for 2015-2017, thematic areas of work, financial arrangements and the draft “Maastricht Declaration”.
The Working Group also considered the decisions with respect to compliance by specific Parties.

Statements delivered at the meeting that were made available to the secretariat, will be uploaded on the website of the fifth session of the Meeting of the Parties - tab 'Statements' - www.unece.org/env/pp/aarhus/mop5_docs.html;