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Second Meeting of the United Nations Second Meeting of the United Nations Committee of Experts on Committee of Experts on

Environmental-Economic AccountingEnvironmental-Economic Accounting(New York, 5-6 July 2007)(New York, 5-6 July 2007)

BackgroundBackground

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• Preliminary Meeting: Preliminary Meeting:

endorsed creation of a Newsletterendorsed creation of a Newsletter

• First Meeting: First Meeting:

asked Secretariat to prepare a proposalasked Secretariat to prepare a proposal

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• PurposePurpose: : Official vehicle to widely disseminate the Official vehicle to widely disseminate the activities of the UNCEEA to a activities of the UNCEEA to a

broad broad audience.audience.

• Target audienceTarget audience: : Producers: environmental accountants, Producers: environmental accountants, national accountants, environment national accountants, environment statisticians statisticians

Users: policy makers, Users: policy makers, researchers and researchers and othersothers

• Periodicity:Periodicity: Twice a yearTwice a year

• DistributionDistribution: : Pdf file distributed by E-mail and posted on Pdf file distributed by E-mail and posted on UNCEEA websiteUNCEEA website

Content:

• In the spotlight

• SEEA Revision

• What’s new?

• Country / Region News

• Recent releases

• Past & Upcoming events

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• In the spotlight : SEEAW adopted as interim international statistical standard

• SEEA Revision: Project Management Framework and Issue list

• What’s new? Searchable archive of publicationsResults of Global Assessment Phase 1 EEA/UNSD Workshop on Land and Ecosystem Accounts

• Country / Region News GAO’s Forum on Environmental Accounting

• Recent releases • Past & Upcoming events

Questions to the UNCEEAQuestions to the UNCEEA

1) Does the UNCEEA agree with the proposed purpose?2) Does the UNCEEA agree with the proposed content?3) Does the UNCEEA agree with the proposed target

audience?4) Does the UNCEEA agree with the proposed periodicity?5) Does the UNCEEA agree with the proposed mode of

distribution?6) Does the UNCEEA agree with the proposed content of the

first issue of the newsletter?