23 May 1996
ENGLISH/FRENCH ONLY
SUBSIDIARY BODY FOR SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL ADVICE
Third session
Geneva, 9-16 July 1996
The Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice
(SBSTA), at its second session held at Geneva from 27 February to 4
March 1996, requested the secretariat to prepare a compilation of
views of the Parties on the various issues listed above
(FCCC/SB/1996/L.1). The secretariat has received several submissions
on the various issues and these are accordingly attached to the
present note.
In accordance with the procedure adopted for miscellaneous
documents, these submissions are reproduced in the original
language(s) in which they were received and without formal
editing.
The secretariat has also received comments on the revision of
guidelines for communications from Parties included in Annex I from
the World Resources Institute. These comments are not reproduced here
but may be requested from the following address: World Resources
Institute, Attn: Ms. Liz Cook, Senior Associate, Washington, D.C.,
United States of America, Fax No. (1-202) 638 0036.
Any further submissions will be issued in an
addendum.
FCCC/SBSTA/1996/4
GE.96-
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I. SCIENTIFIC ASSESSMENTS
A. Consideration of the Second Assessment
Report
1. Guyana 5
2. Italy (on behalf of the European Community and its member States) 6
3. Kuwait 9
4. Switzerland 17
5. Trinidad and Tobago (on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States) 19
6. United States of America 23
B. Research and observation issues
7. Poland 27
8. United Kingdom 28
II. NATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS
9. Australia 31
10. France 34
11. Italy (on behalf of the European Community and its member States) 38
12. Japan 39
13. Poland 42
14. United States of America 43
15. Uzbekistan 68
III. DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSFER OF
TECHNOLOGIES
16. Canada 70
17. United States of America 72
IV. ESTABLISHMENT OF A ROSTER OF
EXPERTS
18. Australia 78
19. Canada 80
20. Fiji 82
21. Italy 83
22. Japan 84
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23. Poland 86
24. Switzerland 87
25. United Kingdom 88
26. United States of America 90
27. Uzbekistan 94