The Eleventh Session of the Intergovernmental Meeting (IG11) on the Malé Declaration on Control and Prevention of Air Pollution and Its Likely Transboundary Effects for South Asia was held in Dhaka, Bangladesh on 20-21 January 2010. The inauguration session was addressed by Dr. Young Woo Park, Regional Director, UNEP ROAP and Dr. Mihir Kanti Mazumder Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forests , Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. The meeting was jointly organized by Department of Environment in collaboration with Ministry of Environment and Forest, Bangladesh and UNEP RRC.AP.The meeting was attended by the Ministries of Environment National Focal Points (NFPs) and National Implementing Agencies (NIAs) of the participating countries, South Asian Cooperative Environment Programme (SACEP), Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), UNEP Regional Resource Centre for Asia and the Pacific (RRC.AP), a resource person and an independent facilitator.

The main area of discussion during the meeting are: 1) the progress of the Malé Declaration implementation during 2008/2009; 2) the data report for 2008/2009; 3) the work programme for 2010; 4) the implementation of the Task Force for Future Development (TFFD), and of the sustainable and appropriate financial mechanism of the Malé Declaration; 5) the Joint Action Plan on Air Pollution Networks in Asia and the Pacific.