<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Colleagues<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><SPAN class="Apple-style-span">As discussed on the Council's call last night, please find attached the updated <I>Initial Report</I> which reflects the Washington DC meeting inputs. </SPAN></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><SPAN class="Apple-style-span">I have also attached, in case you haven't got it easily to hand, the <I>Call for Additional Information: Technical Criteria</I> document which I sent out last week. Could you please distribute this to your constituencies for discussion at the Wellington meetings?</SPAN></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><SPAN class="Apple-style-span">These two documents will form the basis of the discussion at the two days of meetings on 25 & 26 March in Wellington. The final agenda for those two days will be distributed separately.</SPAN></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Of course, any questions, let me know.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Kind regards.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Liz</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>