Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, May 23
By Huseyn Hasanov - Trend:
Ashgabat will host an annual meeting of the Regional Ozone Network for Europe & Central Asia on May 24-27, read a message from the Ozone office under Turkmenistan's State Committee for Environmental Protection and Land Resources May 23.
The event will be held by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) with the assistance of Turkmenistan's Foreign Ministry and State Committee for Environmental Protection and Land Resources.
The experts on ozone layer protection, the employees of regional customs, as well as representatives of international organizations will participate in the event.
The meeting will focus on close cooperation in monitoring the trading with ozone depleting substances (ODS).
The Regional Ozone Network for Europe & Central Asia, which was created under the UN in 2003, brings together 12 countries and three subregions (Caucasus, Balkans and Central Asia).