June
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2-6
Germany
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Technical excursion on forestry and forest industry
in the new Lnder - a decade after reunification
Focal point: Alex Korotkov, Tel: 917 28 79
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A technical excursion
is being organised in the new Lnder of Germany. Participants will be briefed on policy issues,
privatisation, markets and trade between Germany and eastern Europe, and
visit a privatised forest enterprise, a large sawmill and value-added
processing units (laminated floors and prefabricated houses).
Website:
http://www.unece.org/trade/timber/
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3-5
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Working Group for the Ministerial Conference on Ageing
Focal point: Nikolai Botev, Tel: 917 13 24
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3-7
Brussels, Belgium
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Seminar on Partnerships in Forestry
Focal point: Jorge Najera, Tel:
917 32 40
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Forestry in
Europe and North America, as in other parts of the world, is confronted
with new challenges in the twenty-first century. The level and diversity
of the goods and services needed and demanded by society continues to
increase. Forests are expected to contribute more to environmental protection
and to preserving bio-diversity, as well as to accommodate rising numbers
of visitors. At the same time, demand for timber is rising, albeit slowly.
The public also wants to have a say in the way forests are managed. Sustainable
forest management and multiple-use forestry have thus become complex objectives
to define, let alone to deliver. Partnerships in forest policy and management
can make this task easier and lead to better outcomes. Web site: http://www.unece.org/trade/timber/docs/jc-sem/sem-53/sem-53.htm
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4-7
Dushanbe, Tajikistan
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Second Central Asian Regional Workshop for the Implementation
of the Aarhus Convention
Focal
point: Sofie
H. Flensborg, Tel: 917 26 50
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The second workshop for the five Central Asian countries (Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan), which will take
place in Dushanbe, Tajikistan on 4-7 June 2002, is organized jointly by
UNECE, UNEP, OSCE and the American Bar Association and will bring together
60 NGOs and government officials from the five countries.
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5-6
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Expert Group on POPs Assessment (3rd meeting)
Focal point: Henning Wuester, Tel: 917 23 63
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The Expert Group will prepare a compendium of available information relating
to the existing obligations for substances listed in annex I, II or III
to the Protocol on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), together with
an expert judgement on this material.
It will also summarize information provided by national experts
on substances not included in the Protocol after technical evaluation
of this material. Web site: http://www.unece.org/env/lrtap/TaskForce/popsxg/welcome.html
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5-7
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Working Party on the Standardization of Technical
and Safety Requirements in Inland Navigation (24th session)
Focal point: Viatcheslav Novikov,
Tel: 917 24 78
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The session will continue
to consider amendments to the European Code for Inland Waterways (CEVNI)
and to the Signs and Signals on Inland Waterways (SIGNI).
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6-7
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Forum on Online Dispute Resolution
Focal point: Daewon Choi, Tel: 917 24 74
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Room XXVI.
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6-7
Moscow, Russian Federation
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Workshop on Sustainable Water Management and Health
Focal point: Rainer Enderlein, Tel: 917 23 73
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7
(9 am)
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Briefing by Executive Secretary to Missions
Focal point: Susan Bartolo,
Tel: 917 14 69
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Room H-3.
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9-12
Leeds,
United Kingdom
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Ninth Conference on Urban and Regional Research
Focal point: Christina
von Schweinichen,
Tel: 917 23 88
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Web site:
http://www.unece.org/env/hs/conference/welcome.htm
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10-11
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Ad Hoc Meeting on Implementation of the European
Agreement on Main International Traffic Arteries (AGR)
Focal points: Marie-Nolle Poirier,
Tel: 917 32 59 & Christopher Smith,
Tel. 917 32 98
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The eighteenth Ad hoc
Meeting on the AGR will be devoted to the consideration of proposed new
E road itineraries and to the development of new provisions for Annex
2 of the Agreement on the standards and parameters of E roads in the following
areas: safety in tunnels and environmental impact assessment, particularly
as concerns noise reduction.
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10-12
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Ad Hoc Meeting on the Convention on Civil Liability
for Damage caused during the Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road, Rail
and Inland Navigation Vessels (CRTD)
Focal point: O. Sid'Ahmed, Tel: 917 24 21
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This session will discuss
how to eliminate the obstacles to the entry into force of the CRTD.
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10-12
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Implementation Committee
Focal point: Wiek Schrage, Tel: 917 24 48
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The second meeting
of the Implementation Committee will focus on means for strengthening
compliance with the Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a
Transboundary Context. Web site:
http://www.unece.org/env/eia
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10-12
Paris, France
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CONFERENCE OF EUROPEAN STATISTICIANS, 50th session
Focal point: Lidia Bratanova, Tel: 917 17 72
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The 50th Anniversary
of the CES is the topic for substantive discussion at this year's plenary
session. The Conference will take stock of the numerous substantive achievements
in the past fifty years but will also identify and analyse possible areas
for improvement. The discussion
will be carried out under the motto "Renewing the Conference of European
Statisticians". Web site: http://www.unece.org/stats/documents/2002.06.ces.htm
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10 (pm)-14
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Working Party on Pollution and Energy (GRPE)
Focal point: Romain
Hubert, Tel: 917 24 02
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The 44th session of
GRPE is scheduled to consider a range of items proposed to improve regulatory
provisions concerning the emissions of wheeled vehicle engines. The results of the Round Table "New Vehicle
Propulsion Technologies" will also be considered. Web site: select GRPE in http://www.unece.org/trans/main/welcwp29.htm
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11
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First
meeting of the new Gas Centre Task Force on the Security of Natural Gas
Supply (TFSNGS)
Focal point: Tans van Kleef, Tel: 917 24 43
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Room XXVII.
The goal of the Task Force Group is to analyse the prospects for preserving
the gas market in Europe in the long run, to identify any serious (potential)
limitations and bottlenecks, and to make recommendations to mitigate such
limitations and bottlenecks in order to ensure reliable and secure gas
supplies in Europe.
Web site: http://www.gascentre.unece.org
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12-13 (am)
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Ad Hoc Group of Experts on Harmonization of Energy
Reserves/Resources Terminology
Focal point: Slav Slavov; Tel:
917 24 44
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Expected output: to develop a new methodology for evaluating the world
energy commodities (petroleum, natural gas, coal and uranium) on a common-based
criteria.
Web site:
http://www.unece.org/energy/nrghome.html
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13 (pm)-
14 (am)
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Ad Hoc Group of Experts on Natural Gas Resources
Focal point: Alexandre Chachine,
Tel: 917 24 51
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Paris, France
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Expert Group on Techno-Economic Issues (EGTEI) under the Convention
on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution (CLRTAP)
Focal point: Brinda Wachs, Tel: 917
24 52
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17-19
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Working Group on Genetically Modified Organisms
Focal point: Jeremy Wates, Tel: 917 23 84
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19-21
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Working Party on Customs Questions affecting Transport
(WP.30) 101st session
Focal point: Poul Hansen, Tel: 917 32 58
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The Working
Party will review the status of the 14 United Nations Conventions in the
field of border crossing facilitation, which are administered by the Working
Party. In particular, the Working Party will consider and possibly adopt
a new annex on efficient border crossing procedures to the International
Convention on the Harmonization of Frontier Controls of Goods, the status
of the Conventions on Temporary Importation of Private and Commercial
Road Vehicles, a new Convention for Customs transit by rail and the progress
in the current revision of the TIR Convention as well as a large number
of issues relating to the application of the TIR Customs transit procedure.
Web site: http://www.unece.org/trans/bcf/welcome.html
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20
(10 am)
Tentative
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Ad Hoc Informal Meeting of the Commission
Focal point: Susan Bartolo,
Tel: 917 14 69
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Room IX.
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20-21
Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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Workshop on Monitoring under the Water Convention
and the EC Water Framework Directive
Focal point: Rainer Enderlein, Tel: 917 23 73
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24
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Administrative Committee for the Coordination of
Work (WP.29/AC.2)
Focal point: Jan Jerie, Tel: 917 24 22
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The 79th meeting of WP.29/AC.2 is scheduled to consider the programme
of work of WP.29 and its six subsidiary bodies and give its advice concerning
work to be undertaken.
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24-26
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Steering Committee of the Energy Efficiency 21 Project
Focal point: Frederic Romig, Tel: 917 24 07
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24-28
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Working Group on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers
Focal point: Jeremy Wates, Tel: 917 23 84
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The Aarhus Convention Working Group on PRTRs will continue the negotiations
on a draft protocol to be ready for the fifth Ministerial Environment
for Europe Conference in Kiev, May 2003.
Web site: www.unece.org/env/pp/prtr.htm
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25-28
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World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations
(WP.29)
Focal point: Jan Jerie, Tel: 917 24 22
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The 127th session of WP.29
will continue consideration of the worldwide harmonization on technical
prescriptions of wheeled vehicles and their trailers. It will also consider a range of amendments
to UNECE Regulations related to vehicle engine emissions and active and
passive safety of vehicles. Web
site: select WP.29 in http://www.unece.org/trans/main/welcwp29.htm
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27-28
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Ad Hoc Multidisciplinary Group of Experts on Safety in Tunnels
(Rail)
Focal points: Helmut
Lehmacher,
Tel: 917 24 34 & Miodrag Pesut,
Tel: 917 41 36
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First meeting of the Group of Experts on safety in rail tunnels. Further
information available at:
http://www.unece.org/trans/main/tunnels.html
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27-28
Moscow, Russian Federation
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Workshop on Mass Valuation of Real Property
Focal point: Guennadi Vinogradov,
Tel: 917 23 74
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