2 July 1996

 

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UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE



Conference of the Parties

Second session

Geneva, 8 - 19 July 1996

Item 8 (a) of the provisional agenda


ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL MATTERS

ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PERMANENT SECRETARIAT AND

ARRANGEMENTS FOR ITS FUNCTIONING

Legal arrangements for the effective discharge of the functions of the Convention secretariat in the Federal Republic of Germany

Note by the secretariat


The present note contains the text in English of the Agreement among the

United Nations, the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany and the secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change concerning the Headquarters of the Convention secretariat, signed in Bonn on 20 June 1996 by the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety and the Executive Secretary of the Convention secretariat.

The said Agreement applies to the Convention secretariat, mutatis mutandis, the terms of the Agreement signed on 10 November 1995 by the United Nations and the Federal Republic of Germany regarding the Headquarters of the United Nations Volunteers Programme and the related Exchange of Notes of the same date between the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme and the Permanent Representative of Germany to the United Nations. These documents form part of the Agreement and are also contained in the present note. Document FCCC/CP/1996/6/Add.1 provides the background to the signature of the tripartite Agreement of 20 June 1996 and suggests action thereon by the Conference of the Parties.



FCCC/CP/1996/MISC. 1

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