Montreal, 8/05/1998 – The Joint Public Advisory Committee
(JPAC) of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) invites you, as an observer,
to its Regular Session to be held on 7 May 1998 in El Paso, Texas. Enclosed please find
the provisional agenda and the registration form.
The Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) was created in 1994
by the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation (NAAEC) to facilitate
cooperation and public participation to foster conservation, protection and enhancement of
the North American environment for the benefit of present and future generations, in the
context of increasing economic, trade and social links between Canada, Mexico and the
United States.
The CEC consists of a Council of cabinet level officials –
composed of Canadian Environmental Minister Christine Stewart, Mexican Secretary of the
Environment, Natural Resources and Fisheries, Julia Carabias, and US EPA Administrator,
Carol M. Browner – a Secretariat and a Joint Public Advisory Committee (JPAC).
JPAC is composed of fifteen members, five from each of the three
countries, appointed by the respective governments. It acts as a single, transnational
body. Its members act independently of outside authority. Their responsibility is to
provide the Council with their advice on all matters within the scope of the NAAEC. |