Meeting of the United States-Peru Environmental Affairs Council

Résumé

The Department of State and the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) are providing notice that the United States and Peru intend to hold the first meeting of the Environmental Affairs Council (the "Council") in Washington, DC, on February 17, 2010. This body was created pursuant to Chapter 18 (Environment) of the United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA). A public information session will be held on February 17th, at 2:45 p.m., in room 1107 at the U.S. Department of State, 2201 C Street, NW., Washington, DC 20520. If you would like to attend the session, please send the following information to Jacqueline Tront at the fax number or email address listed below under the heading ADDRESSES: (1) Your name, (2) your date of birth, and (3) the number of a valid identification card that a government has issued to you. The purpose of the Council meeting is detailed below under Supplementary Information. The meeting agenda will include an overview of Chapter 18 and review of its implementation, a progress report on implementation of the Annex on Forest Sector Governance (Annex 18.3.4), and consideration and discussion of implementation of the U.S.-Peru Environmen