The Joint Committee on Environment and Development in the Arab Region (JCEDAR) under the League of Arab States will conduct the ESCWA regional implementation meeting to prepare for CSD-12. Earth Negotiations Bulletin coverage: http://enb.iisd.org/csd/rim/escwa/  

dates: 19-21 October 2003   location: Cairo, Egypt   contact: Federica Pietracci, Major Groups Programme Coordinator, UN Division for Sustainable Development/DESA   phone: 1-212-963-2803   fax: 1-212-963-4260   e-mail: pietracci@un.org   www: http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/csd/csd12/rim.htm