PART TWO: ACTION TAKEN BY THE CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES AT ITS FIFTH SESSION

Contents:

I. Decisions adopted by the Conference of the Parties

Decision 1/CP.5: Implementation of the Buenos Aires Plan of Action
Decision 2/CP.5: Date and venue of the sixth session of the Conference of the Parties
Decision 3/CP.5: 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.5: 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 5/CP.5: Research and systematic observation
Decision 6/CP.5: Guidelines for the technical review of greenhouse gas inventories from Parties included in Annex I to the Convention
Decision 7/CP.5: First compilation and synthesis of initial communications from Parties not included in Annex I to the convention
Decision 8/CP.5: Other matters related to communications from Parties not included in Annex I to the Convention
Decision 9/CP.5: Development and transfer of technologies: status of the consultative process
Decision 10/CP.5: Capacity-building in developing countries (Non-Annex I Parties)
Decision 11/CP.5: Capacity-building in countries with economies in transition
Decision 12/CP.5: Implementation of Article 4, paragraphs 8 and 9, of the Convention and matters relating to Article 3, paragraph 14, of the Kyoto Protocol
Decision 13/CP.5: Activities implemented jointly under the pilot phase
Decision 14/CP.5: Mechanisms pursuant to Articles 6, 12 and 17 of the Kyoto Protocol
Decision 15/CP.5: Future work of the Joint Working Group on Compliance
Decision 16/CP.5: Land use, land-use change and forestry
Decision 17/CP.5: Relationship between efforts to protect the stratospheric ozone layer and efforts to safeguard the global climate system
Decision 18/CP.5: Emissions based upon fuel sold to ships and aircraft engaged in international transport
Decision 19/CP.5: Cooperation with the IPCC
Decision 20/CP.5: Programme budget for the biennium 2000-2001
Decision 21/CP.5: Income and budget performance in the biennium 1998-1999 and arrangements for administrative support to the Convention
Decision 22/CP.5: Institutional linkage of the Convention secretariat to the United Nations

II. Other action taken by the Conference of the Parties

1. Calendar of meetings of Convention bodies, 2000-2003
2. Recommendation of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice
3. Proposals to delete the name of Turkey from the lists in Annexes I and II to the Convention
4. Proposal by Kazakhstan to add its name to the list in Annex I to the Convention
5. Institutional linkage of the Convention secretariat to the United Nations