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Diplomatic notification 2004/2: Report of the 30th Meeting of the Standing Committee

Notification 2004/2

Report of the 30th Meeting of the Standing Committee

The Bureau of the Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar, Iran, 1971) presents its compliments and has the honour to refer to the following:

The Standing Committee of the Convention on Wetlands held its 30th meeting at the Ramsar Secretariat facilities in Gland, Switzerland, 13-16 January 2004. The Secretariat is pleased to provide the full report of the meeting, as well as a document containing only the Decisions taken there. As is customary, the full report is distributed only in English and the text of the Decisions in English, French and Spanish, as appropriate.

The Bureau of the Convention on Wetlands respectfully requests that the content of the present Note be communicated to the competent national authorities and avails itself of this opportunity to renew the assurance of its highest consideration.

Gland, Switzerland, 30 January 2004

Encl: SC30 Report and Decisions

For further information about the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, please contact the Ramsar Convention Secretariat, Rue Mauverney 28, CH-1196 Gland, Switzerland (tel +41 22 999 0170, fax +41 22 999 0169, e-mail ramsar@ramsar.org).  Posted 3 March 2004, Dwight Peck, Ramsar.