Second meeting of the Parties to the Aarhus Convention

The second meeting of the Parties to the UNECE Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters – the Aarhus Convention - is organized at the kind invitation of Ms. Aitkul Samakova, Minister of Environmental Protection of Kazakhstan, on behalf of the Government of Kazakhstan. The meeting will take place in Almaty on 25-27 May 2005. The Ministerial segment of the meeting will take place on Friday 27 May 2005, and will culminate in the adoption of a declaration. With information on participation credentials and logistics; and documents (as they become available) in English, French and Russian.