INTRODUCTION 
    This program is based on the findings of a commission of
    experts who have investigated the status of industrial pollution in the five littoral
    countries of the Caspian : Russia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan in 1996
    and 1997. 
    The members of the commission were:  
    Dr. A. M. Amirkhanov, UNIDO National Coordinator 
    National Coordinator of the Russian UNIDO National Coordinator Federation on Environmental
    Problems of the Caspian and Deputy Chairman of the State Committee of the Russian
    Federation for Environment Protection  
    Dr. Yuri Fedorov, UNIDO National Expert 
    Head of the Center for Ecological Monitoring of the Ministry for Utilization of Natural
    Resources and Environmental Protection of Turkmenistan 
    Dr. Seyd Mehti Borghei, UNIDO National
    Expert 
    President of GESCO Water & Waste Water Engineering in Tehran, Iran 
    Mr. Rauf Muradov UNIDO National Coordinator 
    Chairman of the Department of Ecological Expertise and International Relations of the
    State Committee Azerbaijan for Ecology 
    Mr. Asad Kazimov, UNIDO National Expert 
    Chairman of the Town Committee of Baku, Azerbaijan, for Ecology and Nature Utilization
    Control 
    Mr. Mamed Suleiman Mamedov, UNIDO National
    Expert 
    Chairman of the Ecological Committee of the City of Sumgait, Azerbaijan 
    Dr. Nurlan Sirazhev, UNIDO National Expert 
    Expert for Ecology, Academy of Sciences of Kazakhstan 
    Dr. Richard Temsch, UNIDO International
    Expert and Project Leader 
    President of The Missing Link International Consulting Corporation, San Francisco, USA 
    
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