In its Decision No. 17, the Ninth Intergovernmental Meeting on the Action Plan for the Caribbean Environment Programme and Sixth Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region, held in Kingston from 14 to 18 February 2000 (see UNEP(DEC)/CAR IG. 17/5, Annex IV), agreed to endorse the general approach of the revised workplan and to adopt the budget for the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Caribbean Environment Programme (CEP) for the biennium 2000- 2001. This workplan included the convening of the Thirteenth Meeting of the Monitoring Committee on the Action Plan of the Caribbean Environment Programme and Special Meeting of the Contracting Parties.