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April
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Viseu, Portugal
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Seminar on Women in Forestry
Focal point: Jorge Najera, Tel: 917 32
40
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The seminar will contribute to filling the information
gaps on the present situation in the ECE region and will formulate
specific ideas and strategies at different levels, from enterprise
to sector wide, for ways forward.
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2(pm)-6
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Working Party on General Safety Provisions
Focal point: Juan Ramos Garcia, Tel: 917
19 98
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80th session of the body subsidiary to the World
Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations. Consideration of
a range of amendments to ECE Regulations and international
harmonization of vehicle classification and of general safety requirements.
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3-6
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Working Party on Road Traffic Safety
Focal point: Marie-Nolle Poirier, Tel:
917 32 59
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The 36th session of WP.1 will continue
its consideration of proposed amendments to the Vienna Conventions
and European Agreements on road traffic and on road signs and signals
as well as the revision of the consolidated resolutions on road
traffic (R.E.1) and on road signs and signals (R.E.2). Within this
framework, WP.1 will examine in particular issues related to mobile
phone use, definitions of mopeds and motorcycles, behaviour at pedestrian
crossings, safety of pedestrians, driving permits, the placement
of distinguishing signs, accident black spot signs, assistance to
victims of road accidents, roller skaters and use of daytime running
lamps.
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4 (pm)
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Briefing by Executive Secretary to Missions
Focal point:
Susan Bartolo, Tel: 917 14 69
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Room F-3.
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19
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Joint Meeting of the Working Parties on Combined
Transport and on Rail Transport
Focal point: Poul Hansen, Tel: 917 32
58
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The first joint session of WP.24 and SC.2 will focus
in particular on providing guidance on how international combined
transport can be promoted. The meeting will take stock of the present
situation of combined road/rail transport and will consider measures
on how to improve its performance, particularly the performance
and insufficient service quality of the rail leg. Key issues will
be in this context: rail and terminal infrastructures, operational
rail problems, interoperability issues, prices and tariff structures,
regulatory policies, specific problems in countries in transition.
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20
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Working Party on Combined Transport
Focal point: Poul Hansen, Tel: 917 32
58
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The thirty-fifth session of WP.24 will, amongst
others, consider the application of the European Agreement on Important
International Combined Transport Lines and Related Installations
(AGTC) and issues concerning multimodal cargo liability.
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23-24
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Working Party on Strategies and Review
Focal point: Henning Wuester , Tel: 917
23 63
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To continue negotiations of a draft legal instrument
for the financing of the essential coordinating costs of those core
activities under the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air
Pollution not covered by the EMEP Protocol.
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25
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Ad hoc open-ended expert group on communication
strategy
Focal point: Keith
Bull, Tel: 917 23 54
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To discuss the preparation of a paper on a communication
strategy for the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution.
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25-27
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Meeting of Specialized Section on Standardization
of Meat
Focal point: Tom Heilandt, Tel: 917 24
50
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28-1 May
Teheran
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Legal Working Group of UN/CEFACT
Focal point:
Mario Apostolov, Tel: 917 11 34
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