The 9th Senior Officials Meeting was held on 2-4 March 2004 in Moscow, the Russian Federation, with the participation of China, Japan, Mongolia, the Republic of Korea and the Russian Federation. The Meeting reviewed the status of NEASPEC projects on Pollution Control and Monitoring and on Control of Dust and Sand Storms in North-East Asia. The Meeting decided to undertake activities in two out of eight initially identified priority areas, i.e. a) conservation and recovery of large mammals and threatened species; and b) conservation, monitoring and cooperative research on important migratory species. It recommended that the use of modern tools of information and communication technology should be promoted in data exchange, implementation of training programmes and documentation on the project activities through the NEASPEC website.