The Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention (AWG-LCA) meets from 1 to 7 October in Panama City, Panama, for the third part of its fourteenth session. At the second part of the session, held in June 2011, Parties engaged in intense substantive work on all items and sub-items on the agenda adopted in Bangkok, Thailand. Continuing their work in Panama, Parties should build on the progress made, including the submissions made by Parties and the written inputs provided during the June meeting