Election of bureau members

On Tuesday, 2 February 2010, the enforcement branch elected Ms. Sandea JGS de Wet as chairperson and Mr. René J.M. Lefeber as vice-chairperson by consensus, using electronic means and the facilitative branch elected Mr. Kunihiko Shimada as chairperson and Mr. Javad Aghazadeh Khoei as vice-chairperson by consensus, using electronic means.  Ms. de Wet and Messrs. Lefeber, Shimada and Aghazadeh Khoei will take office as members of the bureau effective 3 February 2010.  For the report on the election of the chairperson and vice-chairperson of the enforcement branch, click  here.  For the report on the election of the chairperson and vice-chairperson of the facilitative branch, click here.     .

Informal information notes by the secretariat on recent and current compliance cases

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The Kyoto Protocol compliance mechanism is designed to strengthen the Protocol’s environmental integrity, support the carbon market’s credibility and ensure transparency of accounting by Parties. Its objective is to facilitate, promote and enforce compliance with the commitments under the Protocol. It is among the most comprehensive and rigorous systems of compliance for a multilateral environmental agreement. A strong and effective compliance mechanism is key to the success of the implementation of the Protocol.

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The last of the bodies established under the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, the treaty’s Compliance Committee is now fully operational.  In November 2006, the first annual report of the Committee was presented to the second session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP 2).  The CMP approved the rules of procedure for the Committee, as recommended in the report.

At CMP 1, the procedures and mechanisms relating to compliance under the Kyoto Protocol were adopted (in decision 27/CMP.1), and the members and alternate members of the facilitative and enforcement branches were elected.  Later at their first meetings in March 2006, the chairperson and vice-chairperson of the branches were chosen. 

Article 18 of the Kyoto Protocol calls on the CMP to approve, at its first session, “procedures and mechanisms” to determine and address cases of non-compliance with the Protocol.  At COP 4 (Buenos Aires, November 1998), Parties established a joint working group (JWG) on compliance to develop a compliance system under the Protocol, with a view to adopting a decision on this issue at COP 6 (The Hague, November 2000).  The “Buenos Aires Plan of Action” adopted at COP 4 called for work on, among other things, the preparations for CMP 1, including the elements of the Protocol related to compliance.

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Updated:  4 February 2008