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SCIENTIFIC EXPERTS MEETING IN MEXICO CITY

The Open-Ended Intergovernmental Meeting of Scientific Experts on Biological Diversity took place in Mexico City from 11-15 April 1994. This meeting was convened at the request of the first session of the ICCBD to conduct an in-depth review of scientific and technical issues for the first meeting of the Conference of the Parties. The report of this meeting can be found in document UNEP/CBD/IC/2/11. The items considered at Mexico City meeting included: the identification of scientific programmes and international cooperation related to the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity; the organization of the preparation of an agenda for scientific and technological research; the identification of innovative state-of-the-art technologies; and the ways and means of promoting development and transferring such technologies.