Regional meetings to assist Governments in preparing for the negotiating sessions

Regional meetings planned prior to INC4

• Africa: Pretoria, 8 to 10 May 2012 (more information)
• Asia and the Pacific: Kuala Lumpur, 15 to 17 May 2012 (more information)
• Latin America and the Caribbean: Brasilia, 21 to 25 May 2012 (more information)
• Central and Eastern Europe: Lodz, Poland, 29 to 30 May 2012 (more information)

Regional meetings held prior to INC3

• Africa: Ouagadougou, 12 to 14 September 2011, back-to-back with African regional mercury negotiators training on 15 and 16 September 2011 (more information)
• Latin America and the Caribbean: Panama City, 19 to 23 September 2011 (more information)
• Asia and the Pacific: Kobe, Japan, 26 to 28 September 2011 (more information) (Technical Briefing)
• Central and Eastern Europe: Brno, Czech Republic, 5 and 6 October 2011 (more information)

Regional meetings held prior to INC2

• Latin America and the Caribbean: Panama City, 23 to 26 November 2010
• Africa: Chiba, Japan, 22 January 2011

Regional meetings held prior to INC1

• Africa: Nairobi, 17 to 19 August 2009 (more information)
• Asia and the Pacific: Beijing, 24 to 26 November 2009  (more information)
• Central and Eastern Europe: Lodz, Poland, 7 to 9 December 2009 (more information)
• Latin America and the Caribbean: Kingston, 10 and 11 March 2010 (more information)
• Arab sub-region: Alexandria, Egypt, 15 April 2010 (proceedings)