At its fourth session, the Conference of the Parties, by its decision 12/CP.4, requested Parties to submit their views to the secretariat by 31 March 1999 on the consideration of communications from non-Annex I Parties, as well as the timing of second national communications, taking into account Article 12.5 of the Convention, for consideration by the
Subsidiary Body for Implementation at its tenth session (FCCC/CP/1998/16/Add.1, decision 12/CP.4, para. 6). Ten such submissions have been received. In accordance with the procedure for miscellaneous documents, these submissions are attached and reproduced in the language in which they were received and without formal editing