Bonn, 27 March. Mr. Gareth Steel, of the British Embassy, signing the Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation and Management of Marine Turtles and their Habitats of the Indian Ocean and South-east Asia on behalf of the Government of the United Kingdom, in the presence of the Deputy Executive Secretary, Douglas Hykle.

The UK Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs has recently committed US$20,000 towards the establishment and operation of a secretariat in Bangkok to help co-ordinate activities under the MoU.