The ultimate decision-making body of the Convention
is the Conference of the Parties (COP), which meets every year to review the implementation of the Convention.
The COP adopts COP decisions and resolutions, published in reports of the COP.
Successive decisions taken by the COP make up a detailed set of rules for practical and effective implementation of the
Convention. The Kyoto Protocol supplements and strengthens the Convention and provides a further framework for action.
The Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP) adopts CMP decisions and resolutions on the implementation of the provisions of the Kyoto Protocol, published in reports of the CMP.
Decision 39/CP.7ArabicChineseEnglishEspañolFrançaisRussian Income and budget performance in the biennium 2000-2001 and arrangements for administrative support to the Convention
Decision 3/CP.6ArabicChineseEnglishEspañolFrançaisRussian Second compilation and synthesis of initial national communications from Parties not included in Annex I to the Convention
Resolution 3/CP.6ArabicChineseEnglishEspañolFrançaisRussian Expression of gratitude to the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and to the City and people of The Hague
Decision 3/CP.5ArabicChineseEnglishEspañolFrançaisRussian Guidelines for the preparation of national communications by Parties included in Annex I to the Convention, Part I: UNFCCC reporting guidelines on annual inventories
Decision 4/CP.5ArabicChineseEnglishEspañolFrançaisRussian Guidelines for the preparation of national communications by Parties included in Annex I to the Convention, Part II: UNFCCC reporting guidelines on national communications
Decision 6/CP.5ArabicChineseEnglishEspañolFrançaisRussian Guidelines for the technical review of greenhouse gas inventories from Parties included in Annex I to the Convention
Decision 7/CP.5ArabicChineseEnglishEspañolFrançaisRussian First compilation and synthesis of initial communications from Parties not included in Annex I to the convention
Decision 12/CP.5ArabicChineseEnglishEspañolFrançaisRussian Implementation of Article 4, paragraphs 8 and 9, of the Convention and matters relating to Article 3, paragraph 14, of the Kyoto Protocol
Decision 17/CP.5ArabicChineseEnglishEspañolFrançaisRussian Relationship between efforts to protect the stratospheric ozone layer and efforts to safeguard the global climate system
Decision 21/CP.5ArabicChineseEnglishEspañolFrançaisRussian Income and budget performance in the biennium 1998-1999 and arrangements for administrative support to the Convention