Basel Convention

on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal

DEWG-4, 4-8 July, Geneva, Switzerland

Convention on Biological Diversity

SBSTTA-10, 7-11 February, Bangkok, Thailand

1st Meeting of the Ad Hoc OEWG on Liability and Redress under the Biosafety Protocol, 25-27 May, Montreal , Canada

Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety COP/MOP-2, 30 May - 3 June, Montreal , Canada

1st Meeting of the Ad Hoc OEWG on Protected Areas, 13-17 June, Montecacini, Italy

1st Meeting of the Ad Hoc OEWG on the Review of Implementation of the Convention, 5-9 September, Montreal , Canada

SBSTTA-11, 28 November - 2 December, Montreal, Canada

2nd Meeting of the Ad Hoc OEWG on Protected Areas, 5-9 December, Montreal, Canada

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES/Lusaka)

Agreement on Cooperative Enforcement Operations Directed at Illegal Trade in Fauna & Flora

15th meeting of the Plants Committee, 17-21 may, Geneva, Switzerland

21st meeting of the Animals Committee, 20-25 May, Geneva, Switzerland

53rd Meeting of the Standing Committee, 27 June - 1 July, Geneva , Switzerland

Bonn Convention on Migratory Species and Related Agreements(CMS)

12th ASCOBANS Advisory Committee Meeting, 12-14 April, Brest , France

28th CMS Standing Committee Meeting, 21-22 April, Bonn, Germany

10th EUROBATS Advisory Committee Meeting, 25-27 April, Bratislava , Slovak Republic

6th AEWA Technical Committee Meeting, 8-11 May, Flic en Flac, Mauritius

3rd ACCOBAMS Scientific Committee Meeting, 14-17 May, Cairo , Egypt

3rd AEWA Standing Committee Meeting, 4-5 July, Bonn, Germany

1st ACAP Advisory Committee Meeting, 20-22 July, Hobart , Australia

AEWA MOP-3, 23-27 October, Dakar , Senegal

10th Governmental Wadden Sea Conference ( Wadden Sea Seals Agreement), 3 November, Schiermonnikoog, The Netherlands

CMS COP-8 &13 th Scientific Council and Standing Committee Meeting, 16-25 November, Nairobi , Kenya

Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer

Montreal Protocol OEWG-25, 27-30 June, Montreal, Canada

Montreal Protocol ExMOP-2, 1 July, Montreal, Canada

34th Meeting of the Implementation Committee for the Montreal Protocol, 2 July, Montreal , Canada

46th Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Multilateral Fund Secretariat, 4-8 July, Montreal, Canada

35th Meeting of the Implementation Committee for the Montreal Protocol, 7-9 December, Dakar, Senegal

Montreal Protocol MOP-17 & Vienna Convention COP-7, 12-16 December, Dakar, Senegal

Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)

COP-1, 2-6 May 2005, Punta del Este, Uruguay

The Rotterdam Convention(PIC)

on the Prior Informed Consent  procedure for certain hazardous chemicals and pesticides in international trade

COP-2, 26-30 September, Rome, Italy

Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)

First Regional Consultation Meeting on the Abu Dhabi Initiative for Implementation of the Priority Activities for the Regional Action Programme 2003 - 2008, 21-23 March, Abu Dhabi, UAE

CRIC-3, 2-11 May, Bonn, Germany

COP-7, 17-28 October, Nairobi , Kenya

United Nations Framework Convention  on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

18th CDM Executive Board meeting, 23-25 February, Bonn, Germany

19th CDM Executive Board meeting, 11-13 May, Bonn, Germany

Expert Group on Technology Transfer, 12-13 may, Bonn, Germany

22nd sessions of the subsidiary bodies, 19-27 May, Bonn, Germany

IPCC-24, 26-28 September, Montreal, Canada

Kyoto Protocol COP/MOP-1 & UNFCCC COP-11, 28 November - 9 December, Montreal, Canada

Ramsar Convention on Wetlands

STRP-12, 1-4 February, Gland, Switzerland

31st Standing Committee Meeting, 6-10 June, Gland, Switzerland

COP-9, 7-15 November, Kampala, Uganda

Regional Seas

14th Ordinary Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Barcelona Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Region of the Mediterranean, 8-11 November, Portoroz, Slovenia