apia workshop

2^ND ALLIANCE OF SMALL ISLAND STATES (AOSIS)
WORKSHOP ON CLIMATE CHANGE NEGOTIATIONS,
MANAGEMENT AND STRATEGY
July 26 - August 4, 2000
Apia, Samoa

ANNOUNCEMENT

The workshop will be held from July 26 to August 4, 2000, in Apia, Samoa. The Government of Samoa is hosting the workshop under the auspices of AOSIS, with technical support from the United Nations Division for Sustainable Development, through the generous support of the Government of Italy, the Government of New Zealand, the Global Environment Facility, and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

The workshop will be held at the Hotel Kitano Tusitala in Apia, the capital city of Samoa.

The agenda and the meeting will be arranged as follows:

1. July 26 to 27: Workshop on national communications to be conducted by the UNDP.
2. July 28 to 29: Consultation on the Capacity Development Initiative to be conducted by the GEF.
3. July 31 to August 3: Workshop on AOSIS climate change strategy, management and preparations for negotiations at COP-6, to be conducted by AOSIS.
4. August 4: Preparatory meeting for the 3rd AOSIS Workshop (to be held in Cyprus in January 2001) on climate change, energy and preparations for the 9th session of the Commission for Sustainable Development.

The workshop is by invitation only. For substantive questions and other information relating to the meeting please contact Ms. Desna Solofa at the Office of the Chairman of AOSIS at the Permanent Mission of Samoa to the United Nations in New York at tel: 1-212-599-6196, fax: 1-212-599-0797, or e-mail: samoa@un.int or desnams@bigplanet.com.

For local arrangements, please contact Ms. Andrea Williams-Stewart at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Apia, at
tel: 685-63-333 or 685-25-313, fax: 685-21-504, or e-mail: mfa@mfa.gov.ws or andrea@samoa.ws .

For travel arrangements or questions please contact Mr. Espen Ronneberg at the United Nations in New York at
tel: 1-212-963-2043, fax: 1-212-963-1270, or e-mail: ronneberg@un.org.