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Dear Forum Participants,

As promised, I would like to provide you with more information regarding the status of UNEP-GEF Project with respect to the availability of the financial support for the preparation of the 4th National Reports.

Mr. Alex Owusu-Biney (Portfolio Manager (Biosafety), UNEP-GEF Project) has informed us that UNEP-GEF will be submitting the project to the GEF very shortly, and he will be in touch with eligible countries as soon as they receive the go-ahead. This should not take long.

In the meantime, we still urge Parties to start preparing the reports while waiting for GEF resources.

Also, those Parties, that have not yet done so, please make sure to submit your letters of commitment through Mr. Alex Owusu-Biney (alex.owusu-biney@un.org) as soon as possible and no later than 1 October (i.e. the deadline for submission of the reports) as after that it will be too late.

Kind regards,

Anastasia