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FAO. The Second Ad Hoc Meeting of Intergovernmental Organizations on Work Programmes Related to Subsidies in Fisheries took place at FAO Headquarters for two days starting on 4 July 2002 as a follow up to a recommendation made at the Twenty-fourth Session of the FAO Committee on Fisheries (COFI). Representatives from Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Southern Africa Development Community (SADC), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and World Trade Organization (WTO) attended the Meeting. Mr Ulf Wijkström, FAO Fisheries Department, was elected Chairperson of the meeting and an agenda that included two main items:(i) presentation and discussion of current work programmes on subsidies in fisheries, and(ii) future work and opportunities for collaboration, was adopted. The meeting noted a number of opportunities for collaboration in the preparation and execution/finalization of reports and meetings. It agreed to work towards expanding the membership of the group and to establish an informal e-mail based system for sharing information of relevance. |
