October 13, 2004- First Meeting of Combined Interim Pollution Regional Advisory Group and Emergency Response Regional Advisory Group Opens in Tehran

Tehran, October 13, 2004 (United Nations Development Programme)- The first meeting of the Combined Interim Pollution Regional Advisory Group (PRAG) and the Emergency Response Regional Advisory Group (ERRAG) opened today in the Caspian Environment Programme office in Tehran.

The meeting's main objective is to discuss the chairmanship and hosting arrangements of the RAGs, preparing the strategic workplan for the groups, and providing advice on the implementation mechanism with a view to ensure a cost effective modality while enhancing regional involvement in the project activities. The meeting also aims to review the status of developments in the pollution monitoring, control and abatement and emergency response in the littoral countries as well as the ongoing related activities under the UNEP and EU supported initiatives.

Participants at this three-day meeting included the representative of the five coastal countries of Azerbaijan, Islamic Republic of Iran, Kazakhstan, Russian Federation and Turkmenistan as well as the representative of International Organizations of IAEA, UNEP, UNDP, WMC, Agip KCO, and Akwa Milgo.

The meeting was inaugurated by Mr. Mohammad Saeid Hossein Emami, Chairperson of the Steering Committee, and General Director of the Marine Environment Bureau of Department of Environment, Mr. Frederick Lyons, the UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative, and Dr. Hamidreza Ghaffarzadeh, CEP Project Manager.

For more information, please contact:

Dr. Hamidreza Ghaffarzadeh, CEP Project Manager, Programme Coordination Unit at CEP, Tel: (+98-21) 204 2285/204 2935/205 9577 Fax: (+98-21) 205 1850

To learn more about the Caspian Environment Programme, please visit: http://www.caspianenvironment.org

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