The Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention (AWG-LCA) at its second session, invited Parties to submit to the secretariat ideas and proposals on the elements contained in paragraph 1 of the Bali Action Plan (decision 1/CP.13). At its fourth session it invited Parties to make further submissions by 24 April 2009, in order to build upon a negotiating text for consideration at its sixth session in June 2009. Up to 5 May 2009, the secretariat had received 74 such submissions from 41 Parties. As requested by the AWG-LCA, they have been posted on the UNFCCC website. In accordance with the procedure for miscellaneous documents, these submissions are contained in this document and reproduced in the language in which they were received and without formal editing. The secretariat will continue to post on the UNFCCC website any submissions received after the issuance of the present document. The secretariat will also issue an addendum to this document prior to the sixth session of the AWG-LCA to include submissions that are received from 5 May onwards. Submissions received from accredited intergovernmental organizations have been posted on the UNFCCC website and will be compiled in document FCCC/AWGLCA/2009/MISC.5. In line with established practice, submissions received from non-governmental organizations have been posted on the UNFCCC website