Existing regional and subregional centres

Model 2 Regional and subregional centres linked to existing centres

Stockholm Convention regional and subregional centres

Regional centre profile

Five Major Areas of Operation Coordination between regional and national centers.

The regional centre would play only a coordinating role within a region.

This is the central area.

33. In addition to the regional programme initiatives outlined above, the RBEC Regional Support Centre also includes the one subregional resource facility (SURF) allocated to the region in the 1998 1999 budget.

Thus the Regional Support Centre in Bratislava will become a service centre for the region

8. African Regional Centre for Technology (ARCT)

and subregional Centres

It should work with regional and other international centers, and create a network of such centers a virtual center connected through secure communications.

Model 3 Open selection of regional and subregional centres

II. Functioning of the Regional Centre

Bearing in mind the financial situation of the Regional Centre as described by the Secretary General in his report on the activities of the Regional Centre,See A 51 403.

The cost of operating a regional or subregional centre is not fixed.

Regional workshop (in French language) on the role of the regional Centre for Space Science and Technology in French Language in national and regional development

A regional centre is located in Niger.

Welcoming the twentieth anniversary of the Regional Centre,

(7) Regional Training Center of BioSafety

Regional Centre on Small Arms and Light Weapons

Country offices and regional facilities

5. Also requests the Secretary General to facilitate close cooperation between the Regional Centre and the African Union, in particular in the areas of peace, security and development, and to continue to assist the Director of the Regional Centre in his efforts to stabilize the financial situation of the Centre

Role of Urban Centres in Regional Development

Regional Workshop (in English language) on the role of the Regional Centre for Space Science and Technology Education in English Language in National and Regional Development

In the third sentence, after Department of Economic and Social Affairs , insert , the regional commissions and the South Centre and delete and the regional commissions .

Model 1 Regional centre located in a UNEP regional office

Appendix Global distribution of relevant regional and subregional centres and offices

United Nations regional centres for peace and disarmament

Disarmament and Development in Latin America

Basel Convention (Caribbean) Regional Centre

Regionalization of the United Nations information centres

ITC has a South South trade promotion programme centred on bringing buyers and sellers together at well prepared regional and interregional conferences.

3 See the reports of the Secretary General on the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa (A 60 __), the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific (A 60 __) and the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (A 60 __).

The coordinating centres of the Basel Convention, in addition to the previous mentioned core functions of the regional centres, are also expected to ensure regional coordination and information exchange and to conduct activities on a regional (as distinct from subregional) basis.

(b) A regional early warning system, such as a Regional Tsunami Early Warning Centre, in the Indian Ocean and the South East Asia region.

A number of delegations proposed that regional centers are needed as well as an international center, and that a network of regional centers a virtual center connected through secure communications would best meet this need.

(b) United Nations regional centres for peace and disarmament

(b) United Nations regional centres for peace and disarmament

in crime prevention and criminal justice for

Establish cultural centres in every Divisional Secretary apos s division.

(iv) Regional centres for space science and technology education

RMTC Regional Meteorological Training Centre (WMO)

REGIONAL CENTRES FOR SPACE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION

Regional centres can provide this training at the regional, subregional and national levels, targeted toward priorities identified with the region.