ARTICLE 7:
CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES
1. A Conference of the Parties is hereby established.
2. The Conference of the Parties, as the supreme body of this Convention, shall keep under regular review
the implementation of the Convention and any related legal instruments that the Conference of the Parties
may adopt, and shall make, within its mandate, the decisions necessary to promote the effective
implementation of the Convention. To this end, it shall:
(a) Periodically examine the obligations of the Parties and the institutional arrangements under the
Convention, in the light of the objective of the Convention, the experience gained in its implementation
and the evolution of scientific and technological knowledge;
(b) Promote and facilitate the exchange of information on measures adopted by the Parties to address
climate change and its effects, taking into account the differing circumstances, responsibilities and
capabilities of the Parties and their respective commitments under the Convention;
(c) Facilitate, at the request of two or more Parties, the coordination of measures adopted by them to
address climate change and its effects, taking into account the differing circumstances, responsibilities
and capabilities of the Parties and their respective commitments under the Convention;
(d) Promote and guide, in accordance with the objective and provisions of the Convention, the development
and periodic refinement of comparable methodologies, to be agreed on by the Conference of the Parties,
inter alia, for preparing inventories of greenhouse gas emissions by sources and removals by sinks, and
for evaluating the effectiveness of measures to limit the emissions and enhance the removals of these
gases;
(e) Assess, on the basis of all information made available to it in accordance with the provisions of the
Convention, the implementation of the Convention by the Parties, the overall effects of the measures
taken pursuant to the Convention, in particular environmental, economic and social effects as well as
their cumulative impacts and the extent to which progress towards the objective of the Convention is
being achieved;
(f) Consider and adopt regular reports on the implementation of the Convention and ensure their
publication;
(g) Make recommendations on any matters necessary for the implementation of the Convention;
(h) Seek to mobilize financial resources in accordance with Article 4, paragraphs 3, 4 and 5, and Article
11;
(i) Establish such subsidiary bodies as are deemed necessary for the implementation of the Convention;
(j) Review reports submitted by its subsidiary bodies and provide guidance to them;
(k) Agree upon and adopt, by consensus, rules of procedure and financial rules for itself and for any
subsidiary bodies;
(l) Seek and utilize, where appropriate, the services and cooperation of, and information provided by,
competent international organizations and intergovernmental and non-governmental bodies; and
(m) Exercise such other functions as are required for the achievement of the objective of the Convention
as well as all other functions assigned to it under the Convention.
3. The Conference of the Parties shall, at its first session, adopt its own rules of procedure as well as
those of the subsidiary bodies established by the Convention, which shall include decision-making
procedures for matters not already covered by decision- making procedures stipulated in the Convention.
Such procedures may include specified majorities required for the adoption of particular decisions.
4. The first session of the Conference of the Parties shall be convened by the interim secretariat referred
to in Article 21 and shall take place not later than one year after the date of entry into force of the
Convention. Thereafter, ordinary sessions of the Conference of the Parties shall be held every year unless
otherwise decided by the Conference of the Parties.
5. Extraordinary sessions of the Conference of the Parties shall be held at such other times as may be
deemed necessary by the Conference, or at the written request of any Party, provided that, within six
months of the request being communicated to the Parties by the secretariat, it is supported by at least one
third of the Parties.
6. The United Nations, its specialized agencies and the International Atomic Energy Agency, as well as any
State member thereof or observers thereto not Party to the Convention, may be represented at sessions of
the Conference of the Parties as observers. Any body or agency, whether national or international,
governmental or non- governmental, which is qualified in matters covered by the Convention, and which has
informed the secretariat of its wish to be represented at a session of the Conference of the Parties as an
observer, may be so admitted unless at least one third of the Parties present object. The admission and
participation of observers shall be subject to the rules of procedure adopted by the Conference of the
Parties.
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