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Notes
Item 5 (a) (iii) of the provisional agenda
Abstract
The scope of the present note is limited to a presentation of initial experience with the guidelines for the preparation of first communications by Annex I Parties (annex to decision 9/2, A/AC.237/55) (hereafter referred to as "the Guidelines"). The initial paragraph of the Guidelines sets out their three principal purposes, of which the first and third are, respectively, to assist Annex I Parties in meeting their commitments under Articles 4 and 12 of the Convention, and to ensure that the COP has enough information to carry out its responsibilities to review the implementation of the Convention and the adequacy of the commitments in Articles 4.2(a) and (b). In this note, however, the main focus for the secretariat has been the second purpose of the Guidelines, which is "to facilitate the process of considering the national communications, including the preparation of useful technical analysis and synthesis documentation, by encouraging the presentation of information in ways that are consistent, transparent and comparable". This approach is in line with decision 3/CP.1, which requests the secretariat to prepare a report on the Guidelines with a view, among other things, to further enhancing the comparability and focus of the communications. In keeping with the division of labour between the SBSTA and the SBI, as indicated in document FCCC/SB/1995/INF.1, this note is intended for discussion in the SBSTA. Any policy aspects that may arise from its consideration in the SBSTA may be brought to the attention of the SBI
Meeting
Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA), Second session, 27 February - 4 March 1996, Geneva, Switzerland
Keywords
Annex I Parties
conference papers
guidelines
national communications
reporting procedures
Content
Publication date
13/02/1996