10 October 2008: Informal Workshop on Stakeholders' information needs on chemicals, Thailand 2-4 Dec. 2008

Dear SAICM National Focal Points for Asia Pacific countries,

I refer to my message on Monday this week about the registration to the Informal Workshop on Stakeholders' information needs on chemicals, to be held in Bangkok on 2-4 Dec. 2008. In that letter I reminded you that I was expecting registration for participation in this workshop by the deadline of 6th December. I had been requested by the SAICM Secretariat to select the participants by 13 October.

However, as you may know already, the UNEP Secretariat recently informed the National Focal Points that they will extend the deadline for submission of registration form until Monday 20 October. Therefore I have to wait until that date to make the selection of participants. So please wait until the week of 20 October for the confirmation of the participation of nominated experts.

For your information, I have received nomination from the following 16 countries: Bahrain, Bhutan, Cambodia, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Kiribati, Kyrgyzstan, Nepal, Palau, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Syria, Uzbekistan and Yemen

Best regards,
Esak

Eisaku Toda
Asia-Pacific Regional Focal Point for SAICM
E-mail:saicm@iges.or.jp