Distr.
GENERAL
FCCC/SBI/1997/21
20 November 1997
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I. OPENING OF THE SESSION 1 - 3 4
(Agenda item 1)
II. ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS 4 - 9 4(Agenda item 2)
A. Adoption of the agenda 5 4
B. Organization of the work of the session 6 - 7 5
C. Attendance 8 6
D. Documentation 9 6
III. NATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS: 10 - 13 6
(Agenda item 3)
A. Communications from Parties included in Annex I
to the Convention 10 - 11 6
B. Communications from Parties not included in Annex I
to the Convention 12 - 13 7
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IV. FINANCIAL MECHANISM: REVIEW PROCESS
REFERRED TO IN DECISION 9/CP.1 14 - 15 8
(Agenda item 4)
V. ACTIVITIES IMPLEMENTED JOINTLY UNDER THE
PILOT PHASE 16 - 17 9
(Agenda item 5)
VI. DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGIES 18 - 19 9
(Agenda item 6)
VII. ARRANGEMENTS FOR INTERGOVERNMENTAL
MEETINGS 20 - 26 10
(Agenda item 7)
VIII. PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE CONVENTION 27 - 29 11
(Agenda item 8)
IX. ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL MATTERS 30 - 31 12
(Agenda item 9)
X. MECHANISMS FOR CONSULTATION WITH
NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS 32 - 33 12
(Agenda item 10)
XI. LEGAL MATTERS: IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
HEADQUARTERS AGREEMENT 34 - 35 13
(Agenda item 11)
XII. REPORT ON THE SESSION 36 13
(Agenda item 12)
XIII. CLOSURE OF THE SESSION 37 - 39 13
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I. Draft decisions recommended by the Subsidiary Body for
Implementation for adoption by the Conference of the Parties
at its third session 14
II. List of documents before the Subsidiary Body for
Implementation at its seventh session 33
Co-chairs' draft compilation on the process for consideration
of communications from Parties not included in Annex I to
the Convention 36
1. Opening of the session.
2. Organizational matters:
(a) Adoption of the agenda;
(b) Organization of the work of the session.
3. National communications:
(a) Communications from Parties included in Annex I to the Convention;
(b) Communications from Parties not included in Annex I to the
Convention.
4. Financial mechanism: Review process referred to in decision
9/CP.1.
5. Activities implemented jointly under the pilot
phase.
6. Development and transfer of technologies.
7. Arrangements for intergovernmental meetings.
8. Proposed amendments to the Convention.
9. Administrative and financial matters.
10. Mechanisms for consultation with non-governmental
organizations (NGOs).
11. Legal matters: Implementation of the Headquarters
Agreement.
12. Report on the session.
on the basis of the provisions of Article 7.6 of the Convention
and in accordance with the procedures established by the COP for the
admission of organizations (see document FCCC/SB/1997/INF.4). The SBI
agreed to admit these organizations as observers on a provisional
basis, pending formal action on their accreditation by the COP at its
third session.
(i) To organize a workshop on a process for considering initial
national communications from non-Annex I Parties, to be held prior to
the eighth session of the SBI, with the aim of assisting
deliberations on the matter in the light of submissions of those
initial national communications received by the secretariat by that
time;
(ii) To include, in its regular report to the SBI on the
activities of the secretariat to facilitate the provision of
financial and technical support to non-Annex I Parties for the
preparation of initial national communications, its observations on
the initial national communications submitted by non-Annex I Parties
by 30 March 1998; and
(iii) To make available a compilation of comments by Parties on
the Co-chairs' draft compilation which was transmitted for further
consideration at the workshop and by the SBI at its eighth session
(for the text of the Co-chairs' draft compilation, see the appendix
below). Parties were invited to submit those comments to the
secretariat prior to 21 March 1998.
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1. Division of labour between the Subsidiary Body for Implementation
and the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice
15
2. Programme budget for the biennium 1998-1999 19
3. Volume of documentation 25
4. Communications from Parties included in annex I 26
to the Convention
5. Review of the financial mechanism 28
6. Annex to the Memorandum of Understanding on the 29
determination of funding necessary and available for the
implementation of the Convention
7. Fourth session of the Conference of the Parties 30
8. Financial performance of the Convention in the biennium
1996-1997 31
9. Arrangements for administrative support to the Convention
secretariat 32
The Conference of the Parties,
Recalling Articles 9 and 10 of the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change,
Recalling also its decision at its second session that
the question of the division of labour between the Subsidiary Body
for Scientific and Technological Advice and the Subsidiary Body for
Implementation should be taken up by the Conference of the Parties at
its third session on the basis of recommendations made to it by the
Chairmen of the two subsidiary bodies (FCCC/CP/1996/15/Add. 1,
section III, 4),
Having considered the recommendations made by the
Chairmen, through the conclusions of the Subsidiary Body for
Scientific and Technological Advice and the Subsidiary Body for
Implementation, as included in the reports of their sixth
sessions,
Desiring to elaborate further the division of labour
between the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice
and the Subsidiary Body for Implementation,
1. Reaffirms that the division of labour is governed by
Articles 9 and 10 of the Convention, and by decision 6/CP.1 and other
relevant decisions of the Conference of the Parties;
2. Recalls that, as indicated in decision 6/CP.1, the
role of the subsidiary bodies can be broadly characterized as
follows:
(a) The Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice
will be the link between the scientific, technical and technological
assessments and the information provided by competent international
bodies, and the policy-oriented needs of the Conference of the
Parties;
(b) The Subsidiary Body for Implementation will develop
recommendations to assist the Conference of the Parties in its review
and assessment of the implementation of the Convention and in the
preparation and implementation of its decisions;
3. Decides that the consideration of issues which are
pertinent to both bodies should take place in a way which is
efficient in the use of time during meetings, in order to avoid
confusion and to reduce the overall workload. Therefore, in general,
one of the bodies will take the overall responsibility in considering
an issue. If necessary, it will request adequate and specific inputs
from the other body. Where overall responsibility is not assigned,
agendas should be organized to ensure that the Subsidiary Body for
Scientific and Technological Advice and the Subsidiary Body for
Implementation avoid dealing with such issues in parallel sessions.
On issues where this is not possible, consideration should be given
to holding ad-hoc joint sessions of the Subsidiary Body for
Scientific and Technological Advice and the Subsidiary Body for
Implementation. On this basis, the provisions above are clarified as
follows:
(a) The Subsidiary Body for Implementation will have the overall
responsibility for:
(i) Developing guidelines on the processes for consideration of
national communications;
(ii) Considering the information contained in national
communications, other relevant documentation and compilation and
synthesis reports, with a view to assisting the Conference of the
Parties in undertaking its tasks under Article 7.2(e) of the
Convention;
(b) In co-operation with the Subsidiary Body for Implementation,
the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice will have
responsibility for:
(i) Developing guidelines for the provision of comparable
information, including all related methodological
issues;
(ii) Considering, upon the request of the Subsidiary Body for
Implementation, as appropriate, national communications and other
relevant documentation, such as technical papers, with the aim of,
inter alia, verifying methodologies used and making
recommendations on their refinement, preparing scientific assessments
on the effects of measures taken in the implementation of the
Convention, reviewing projections and their assumptions, and
assessing the comprehensiveness and effectiveness of mitigation and
adaptation measures;
(c) The Subsidiary Body for Implementation will, with inputs from
the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice as
appropriate, have responsibilities for assisting the Conference of
the Parties in the assessment and review of the effective
implementation of the Convention with respect to the development and
transfer of technology;
(d) As stipulated in the Convention, and as decided by the
Conference of the Parties in decision 6/CP.1, the Subsidiary Body for
Scientific and Technological Advice will have responsibility for
providing advice on all scientific, technological and methodological
aspects of the development and transfer of technology;
(e) Taking into account the competence of each subsidiary body,
the Subsidiary Body for Implementation will have overall
responsibility for all policy questions and relevant inputs related
to issues dealing with consultation with non-governmental
organizations, as appropriate;
(f) Should the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological
Advice or any other subsidiary body feel that non-governmental
organizations could provide relevant inputs on an item being
considered, that body could seek and consider such
inputs;
(g) Provisional accreditation of individual non-governmental
organizations will be the responsibility of the body
concerned;
(h) The Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice
will have the responsibility for:
(i) Developing the framework for reporting, including
consideration of scientific, technical and methodological aspects of
the reports;
(ii) Preparing a synthesis report of activities for the Conference of the Parties;
(i) The Subsidiary Body for Implementation will have the
responsibility for assisting the Conference of the Parties with
reviewing the progress of the activities implemented jointly under
the pilot phase, on the basis of inputs by the Subsidiary Body for
Scientific and Technological Advice;
(j) In accordance with Article 5 of the Convention, the Subsidiary
Body for Scientific and Technological Advice will have the overall
responsibility for issues related to research and systematic
observation, drawing, where necessary, upon the Subsidiary Body for
Implementation. The Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological
Advice will also play a co-ordinating role in such activities related
to climate change relevant to the implementation of the
Convention;
(k) The Subsidiary Body for Implementation, with inputs from the
Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice as
appropriate, will have the responsibility for assisting the
Conference of the Parties in the assessment and review of the
effective implementation of the Convention with respect to research
and systematic observation;
(l) In further clarification of decision 6/CP.1, the Subsidiary
Body for Scientific and Technological Advice will have the overall
responsibility for providing advice on educational, training and
public awareness programmes, as well as public access to information.
When considering such issues, the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and
Technological Advice will draw upon, inter alia, relevant
international organizations;
(m) The Subsidiary Body for Implementation, with inputs from the
Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice as
appropriate, will have responsibility for assisting the Conference of
the Parties in the assessment and review of the effective
implementation of the Convention with respect to education, training,
and public awareness.
The Conference of the Parties,
Recalling paragraph 4 of the financial procedures for the
Conference of the Parties,
Having considered the proposed budget for the biennium
1998-1999 submitted by the Executive Secretary
(FCCC/SBI/1997/10),
Noting the annual contribution of the host Government, DM
1.5 million, which offsets planned expenditures,
1. Approves the programme budget for the biennium
1998-1999, amounting to US$18,730,300, for the purposes specified in
table 1 below;
2. Approves the staffing table for the programme budget,
including the post of the Executive Secretary at the level of
Assistant Secretary General and two other senior posts at the level
of D-2, as contained in table 2 below;
3. Approves a contingency budget for conference
servicing, amounting to US$ 5,184,900, to be added to the
programme budget for the coming biennium in the event that the
General Assembly of the United Nations decides not to provide
resources for these activities in the regular United Nations budget
for the biennium 1998-1999 (see table 3 below);
4. [Decides to incorporate in the programme budget for
the biennium 1998-1999 approved under paragraph 1 above, and the
staffing table approved under paragraph 2 above, the resources for a
post-Kyoto intergovernmental process contingent upon the decision by
the Conference of the Parties at its third session to that effect,
and as agreed by the Subsidiary Body for Implementation at its sixth
session, amounting to US$ 840,400 (see table 5 below);]
5. Requests the Executive Secretary to report to the
Subsidiary Body for Implementation at its eighth session on the
implementation of paragraph 3 above;
6. Authorizes the Executive Secretary to make transfers,
between each of the main appropriation lines set out in table 1, up
to an aggregate limit of 15 per cent of total estimated expenditure
for those appropriation lines, provided that a further limitation of
up to minus 25 per cent of each such appropriation line shall
apply;
7. Decides to maintain the level of the working capital
reserve at 8.3 per cent of the estimated expenditure;
8. Invites all Parties to the Convention to note that
contributions to the core budget are due on 1 January of each year in
accordance with paragraph 8(b) of the financial procedures and to pay
promptly and in full, for each of the years 1998 and 1999, the
contributions required to finance expenditures approved under
paragraph 1 [and 4] above, as offset by estimated contributions noted
under the third paragraph of the preamble to this decision, and the
contributions which may result from the decision of the General
Assembly referred to in paragraph 3 above;
9. Takes note of the funding estimates for the Trust Fund
for Participation in the United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change Process and the Trust Fund for Supplementary
Activities under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change specified by the Executive Secretary and included in table 7
below, and invites Parties to make contributions to these
funds;
10. Requests the Executive Secretary to report to the
Conference of the Parties at its fourth session on income and budget
performance, and to propose any adjustments that might be needed in
the Convention budget for the biennium 1998-1999.
Table 1. Programme budget for the biennium 1998-1999 (US$
thousand)
Expenditures I. Programmes |
1998 |
1999 |
Executive Direction and Management |
621.3 |
642.8 |
Science and Technology |
2,223.1 |
2,779.4 |
Implementation |
2,333.6 |
2,553.0 |
Conference and Information Support |
1,500.1 |
1,901.2 |
Resources, Planning and Coordination |
1,599.5 |
1,807.6 |
Subtotal (I) |
8,277.6 |
9,684.0 |
II. Payments to the United Nations |
|
|
Overhead charge(3) |
1,076.1 |
1,258.9 |
Subtotal (II) |
1,076.1 |
1,258.9 |
III. Working capital reserve(4) |
77.0 |
131.9 |
Subtotal (III) |
77.0 |
131.9 |
Total Expenditure Lines (I+II+III) |
9,430.7 |
11,074.8 |
Income |
|
|
I. Contribution from the host Government |
|
|
Total Income |
887.6 |
887.6 |
NET TOTAL |
8,543.1 |
10,187.2 |
Table 2. Programme budget staffing table
1998-1999
|
|
|
|
A. Professional category and above |
|
|
|
Executive Secretary |
|
|
|
D-2 |
|
|
|
D-1 |
|
|
|
P-5 |
|
|
|
P-4 |
|
|
|
P-3 |
|
|
|
P-2 |
|
|
|
Total A |
|
|
|
B. General Service category |
|
|
|
Total B |
|
|
|
TOTAL (A+B) |
|
|
|
Table 3. Resource requirements for the conference servicing
contingency (US$ thousand)
Item of expenditure |
1998 |
1999 |
I. Meeting servicing(5) |
419.4 |
431.5 |
II. Documentation(6) |
698.5 |
737.4 |
III. Other requirements(7) |
707.5 |
728.1 |
IV. Travel of staff to meetings(8) |
265.5 |
265.5 |
V. Miscellaneous(9) |
10.5 |
10.5 |
VI. Contingencies and exchange rate fluctuation |
63.0 |
65.2 |
SUBTOTAL |
2,164.4 |
2,238.2 |
VII. Overhead charge(10) |
281.4 |
291.0 |
VIII. Working Capital Reserve(11) |
203.0 |
6.9 |
TOTAL |
2,648.8 |
2,536.1 |
Table 4. Staffing requirements for the conference servicing
contingency
|
|
|
A. Professional category and above |
|
|
P-4 |
|
|
Total A |
|
|
B. General Service category |
|
|
Total B |
|
|
TOTAL (A+B) |
|
|
Table 5. Resource requirements for the post-Kyoto
contingency (US$ thousand)
Item of expenditure |
1998 |
1999 |
A. Staff costs |
|
|
Posts |
165.5 |
340.5 |
Overtime |
2.2 |
4.5 |
B. Consultants |
54.0 |
54.0 |
C. Travel on official business |
20.5 |
45.5 |
SUBTOTAL |
242.2 |
444.5 |
Overhead charge |
31.5 |
57.8 |
Cash reserve |
22.7 |
41.7 |
TOTAL |
296.4 |
544.0 |
Table 6. Staffing requirements for the post-Kyoto
contingency
|
|
|
A. Professional category and above |
|
|
D-1 |
|
|
P-3 |
|
|
Total A |
|
|
B. General Service category |
|
|
Total B |
|
|
TOTAL (A+B) |
|
|
Table 7. Summary of other voluntary funding resource
estimates for the biennium 1998-1999 (US$ thousand)
Proposed source of funding |
1998 |
1999 |
Trust Fund for Participation in the UNFCCC Process |
2,256.1 |
2,324.4 |
Trust Fund for Supplementary Activities |
2,062.6 |
2,086.2 |
TOTAL |
4,318.7 |
4,410.6 |
The Conference of the Parties,
Recalling its decision 17/CP.2, paragraph 2, whereby it
requested the Executive Secretary to submit to the Subsidiary Body
for Implementation, at its fifth session, further options for
reducing the cost of documentation for the meetings of the Conference
of the Parties and its subsidiary bodies,
1. Takes note of the efforts of the Convention
secretariat to reduce the volume of documentation, as indicated in
paragraphs 9 and 10 of document FCCC/SBI/1997/12 on volume of
documentation;
2. Requests the Executive Secretary to explore with the
United Nations the possibility of ensuring unrestricted access to all
language versions of the documents of the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change that the United Nations makes available
on its optical disk system through a restricted page on the World
Wide Web;
3. Invites the Parties:
(a) To limit the volume of their submissions for circulation to
Convention bodies, including those that do not require
translation;
(b) To focus the content of submissions on material pertinent to
the forthcoming sessions of the subsidiary bodies and to seek to
avoid repetition of previously presented statements;
(c) To limit their requests for numbers of hard copies of
documents;
(d) To limit the requests for documents that need to be
translated;
(e) To schedule the delivery of documents in a timely manner that
corresponds to the capacity of the Convention bodies to consider
them;
4. Notes the intention of the Executive Secretary to advise presiding officers on the feasibility of producing, in a timely manner, the documentation envisaged in the conclusions of subsidiary bodies, before those conclusions are adopted.
The Conference of the Parties,
Recalling the relevant provisions of the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change, its decision 2/CP.1 on review
of first communications from the Parties included in Annex I to the
Convention, decision 3/CP.1 on preparation and submission of national
communications from the Parties included in Annex I to the
Convention, decision 4 /CP.1 on methodological issues and decision
9/CP.2 on the guidelines, schedule and process for consideration of
communications from Parties included in Annex I to the
Convention,
Having considered the relevant recommendations of the Subsidiary Body for
Scientific and Technological Advice and those of the Subsidiary
Body for Implementation,
1. Calls upon the Parties included in Annex I to the Convention (Annex I Parties), when submitting annually national greenhouse gas inventories, to follow the relevant parts of the
revised UNFCCC guidelines for the preparation of national
communications by Annex I Parties, as well as the relevant
conclusions of the fourth session of the Subsidiary Body for
Scientific and Technological Advice;
2. Requests the Convention secretariat:
(a) To prepare a full compilation and synthesis of second national
communications from Annex I Parties for consideration at its fourth
session;
(b) To collect, process and publish, on a regular basis, national
greenhouse gas inventories submitted annually by Annex I Parties in
accordance with decision 9/CP.2. In those years when a report of the
compilation and synthesis of national communications is prepared
inventory data should be part of that report. Publication of
inventory data may be accompanied by relevant documentation prepared
by the secretariat, for example, on evaluating compliance with the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change guidelines or addressing
methodological or other issues related to reporting greenhouse gas
emissions. It may also include or refer to relevant data from
authoritative sources;
3. Decides that:
(a) In-depth reviews of second national communications from Annex
I Parties should, as a general rule, include visits of review teams
co-ordinated by the secretariat, based on the schedule of these
reviews and on a visit programme agreed between the host countries
and the secretariat. Parties concerned are urged to submit their
comments on the draft in-depth review reports produced by the review
teams, if possible not later than eight weeks following receipt of
the drafts;
(b) Executive summaries of national communications will be
published in their original language as official UNFCCC documents,
and also translated into the other official languages of the United
Nations if they are less than 15 pages long in standard format. Full
texts of the in-depth review reports will be published as official
UNFCCC documents and translated into the other official languages of
the United Nations.
The Conference of the Parties
1. Takes note of the review process undertaken by the Subsidiary Body for Implementation in accordance with decision 11/CP.2;
2. Decides to continue the review process through the
Subsidiary Body for Implementation, in accordance with the criteria
established in the guidelines adopted by the Subsidiary Body for
Implementation at its fifth session;
3. Reaffirms its decision 9/CP.1;
4. Requests the secretariat to report to the Subsidiary Body for Implementation in accordance with paragraph 2 above.
The Conference of the Parties
1. 1. Takes note of the approval by the Council of the
Global Environment Facility of the annex to the Memorandum of
Understanding between the Conference of the Parties and the Council
of the Global Environment Facility;
2. Decides to approve the annex to the Memorandum of
Understanding, thereby bringing it into force.
The Conference of the Parties,
Recalling Article 7.4 of the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change,
Taking note that no offer to host the fourth session of
the Conference of the Parties has been received,
1. Decides that the fourth session of the Conference of
the Parties shall be held in Bonn, Germany, in November
1998;
2. Requests the Executive Secretary to initiate the
preparations for the fourth session and make all necessary
arrangements.
The Conference of the Parties,
Recalling its decision 16/CP.2, paragraph 14, whereby it requested the
Executive Secretary to submit to the Conference of the Parties a
further report on financial performance for the biennium 1996-1997,
and the financial rules for the
Conference of the Parties,
1. Takes note of the information provided in documents FCCC/SBI/1997/18 and FCCC/SBI/1997/INF.7;
2. Approves the creation of a new trust fund for the
special annual contribution of DM 3.5 million from the Government of
Germany to finance events in Germany, made in accordance with the
bilateral arrangements between the Government of Germany and the
Convention secretariat, and requests the Executive Secretary
to request the Secretary-General of the United Nations to establish
the new trust fund, to be managed by the Executive
Secretary;
3. Urges Parties that have still not paid their 1996
and/or 1997 contributions to the core budget to do so without
delay;
4. Requests the Executive Secretary to submit to the
Conference of the Parties at its fourth session, through the
Subsidiary Body for Implementation, as appropriate, a final report on
financial performance in the biennium 1996-1997, including audited
financial statements, and an initial report on financial performance
in 1998;
5. Approves transfers between the main appropriation lines to cover over-expenditures, for the Policy-making organs programme and the Implementation and planning programme, in excess of the 15 per cent transfer within each of the main appropriation lines that the Executive Secretary is at present authorized to make (see decision 17/CP.1, paragraph 5).
The Conference of the Parties,
Recalling the arrangements proposed by the
Secretary-General of the United Nations for administrative support to
the Convention secretariat (FCCC/CP/1995/5/Add.4), provisionally
accepted by the Conference of the Parties at its first session in its
decision 14/CP.1,
1. Takes note of the information contained in document FCCC/SBI/1997/INF.2;
2. Requests the Executive Secretary to continue his
discussions with the United Nations regarding administrative
arrangements for the Convention, and to inform the Conference of the
Parties, through the Subsidiary Body for Implementation, as
appropriate, of any significant developments.
FCCC/SBI/1997/17 and Add.1 Provisional agenda and
annotations
FCCC/SBI/1997/18 Financial performance of UNFCCC: Contributions
and expenditures in 1996-1997
FCCC/SBI/1997/19 Communications from Parties included in Annex I
to the Convention: First compilation and synthesis of second
communications
FCCC/SBI/1997/19/Add.1 Addendum: Tables of inventories of
anthropogenic emissions and removals and projections up to the year
2020
FCCC/SBI/1997/20 Experience with the review of first national
communications from Annex I Parties
FCCC/SBI/1997/INF.3 Communications from Parties not included in
Annex I to the Convention: Progress Report
FCCC/SBI/1997/INF.4 Communications from Parties included in Annex
I to the Convention. Updated information on greenhouse gas emissions
and projections
FCCC/SBI/1997/INF.6 Status report on the review of first national
communications of Annex I Parties and the submission of second
national communications
FCCC/SBI/1997/INF.7 Financial performance of UNFCCC: Contributions
and expenditures in 1996-1997. Supplementary tables
FCCC/SBI/1997/MISC.7 Mechanisms for consultation with
non-governmental organizations (NGOs)
FCCC/SBI/1997/MISC.8 Views of Parties on a process for considering
non-Annex I communications
FCCC/SBI/1997/MISC.9 Financial Mechanism: Review process referred
to in decision 9/CP.1. Compilation of submissions by
Parties
FCCC/SBI/1997/6 Report of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation
on the work of its fifth session, Bonn, 25 February - 6 March
1997
FCCC/SBI/1997/8 Financial mechanism: Review process referred to in
decision 9/CP.1. Synthesis report
FCCC/SBI/1997/13 Communications from Parties not included in Annex
I to the Convention: Information on the submission of initial
national communications
FCCC/SBI/1997/14 Mechanisms for consultations with
non-governmental organizations (NGOs)
FCCC/SBI/1997/14/Add.1 Addendum: The participation of NGOs in the
Convention process
FCCC/SBI/1997/15 Amendments to the Convention or its Annexes:
Letters from the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the Azerbaijan
Republic, the Netherlands (on behalf of the European Community and
its member States) and Kuwait proposing amendments to the Convention
or its Annexes
FCCC/SBI/1997/16 Report of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation
on the work of its sixth session, Bonn, 28 July - 5 August
1997
FCCC/SBI/1997/INF.2 Review of administrative
arrangements
FCCC/SBI/1997/MISC.3 Financial mechanism: Review process referred to in
and Add.1 decision 9/CP.1. Compilation of submissions by
Parties
FCCC/SB/1997/6 Communications from Parties included in Annex I to
the Convention: Inventory and projection data
FCCC/CP/1996/15/Add.1 Report of the Conference of the Parties on
its second session, held at Geneva from 8 - 19 July 1996. Part
two
FCCC/CP/1997/MISC.1 Report of the Global Environment Facility to
the Conference of the Parties at its third session
FCCC/SBSTA/1997/4 Report of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and
Technological Advice on the work of its sixth session, Bonn, 28 July
- 5 August 1997
FCCC/SBSTA/1997/12 Activities implemented jointly under the pilot phase:
and Corr. 1 and 2, and Add.1 Synthesis report on activities
implemented jointly
FCCC/SBSTA/1997/13 Second communications from Parties included in
Annex I to the Convention: Activities of Parties included in
Annex II related to transfer of technology
FCCC/SBSTA/1997/INF.3 Activities implemented jointly under the
pilot phase
FCCC/SBSTA/1997/INF.5 Development and transfer of technology: Proposal from a Party. Draft decision regarding the transfer of technology
[The Conference of the Parties,
Recalling Articles [4.1, 7.2, 9.2, 10.2,] 12.1, 12.5,
12.7 of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change,
Recalling also its decisions 4/CP.1, 7/CP.1, 3/CP.2,
8/CP.1 and 10/CP.2,
Noting that each developing country Party shall make its
initial communication within three years of entry into force of the
Convention for that Party, or of the availability of financial
resources in accordance with Article 4.3 and that Parties that are
least developed may make their submission at their
discretion,
Noting the differentiated timetable for the submission of
the initial national communications from Parties not included in
Annex I [because of the different timing of the provision of funding
from the interim financial mechanism;] [ and, consequently, the need
for flexibility in its consideration of these
communications,]
1. Decides that the information contained in the initial
communications of Parties not included in Annex I will be considered
in a facilitative, non-confrontational, open and transparent manner
to ensure that the COP has accurate, consistent and relevant
information at its disposal to assist it in carrying out its
responsibilities;
[2. Decides that the process of consideration
shall:
(a) Assist the secretariat's determination of the [informational,
technical and financial] needs of non-Annex I Parties [for the
preparation of their national communications in accordance with
Article 8.2(c).] [related to implementation of commitments; and in
particular those associated with proposed projects and response
measures under Article 4.];
(b) Seek to enhance the comparability of and focus on non-Annex I
Party national communications;
(c) Provide a technical assessment of progress in implementation of the Convention; and
(d) Assess quantitative and qualitative information for
consistency with applicable guidelines adopted by
Parties;]
[3. Decides that each national communication submitted by a non-Annex I Party should be subject to an [in-depth] [technical] [assessment] [review] within one year of receipt by the secretariat; such assessment should be carried out by expert teams, under the authority of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation;
(a) That the expert teams should conduct their work through
regional workshops to provide for expert discussion of information
contained in national communications, and through voluntary,
in-country visits where helpful;
(b) That each expert team should produce a report on each
[assessment] [review], written in [an objective]
[non-confrontational] manner, and submitted to the SBI;]
[Decides that the initial communications from non-Annex I
Parties shall be considered on an annual or biennial
basis;]]
4. Requests the secretariat:
(a) To facilitate the provision of assistance to non-Annex I
Parties in the preparation of national communications, in accordance
with Article 8.2(c);
(b) To compile and synthesize the information contained in
national communications from non-Annex I Parties [annually] for
consideration by the SBI; [in accordance with Article
10.2(a)];
(c) To co-ordinate and facilitate the review/consideration of
national communications from Parties not included in Annex I,
[including the organization of in-depth reviews] [and regional
workshops];
(d) [To select, under the guidance of the Chairs of the subsidiary
bodies, members of the expert teams from names nominated by Parties
and intergovernmental organizations to assist in the
review/consideration;]
(e) [To arrange and host regional workshops to provide for expert
[discussion] [review] of information contained in national
communications;]
(f) [To note instances where in-country expert visits would be
beneficial to promote greater understanding of a Party's specific
national circumstances, inventory data or efforts to respond to
climate change;]
(g) [To arrange, upon request by a Party, for voluntary,
in-country expert visits for individual consideration of national
communications;]
(h) [To make available, with the permission of the relevant Party,
the national communication and the report of the expert's review to
the Council of the Global Environmental Facility, with the request
that they take particular note of this information in their
consideration of project proposals from the relevant
Party;]
(i) [To compile and make available to Parties, a compendium of
projects and related information submitted by Parties not included in
Annex I in accordance with Article 12.4;]
(j) [To prepare a report on the application of guidelines for the
preparation of initial communications from Parties not included in
Annex I with a view to further enhancing the accuracy, completeness,
comparability and focus on national communications;]
5. Requests the Subsidiary Body on Implementation to
consider the information contained in national
communications:
[(a) To assist the COP in assessing the overall aggregated effect
of the steps taken by the Parties, in accordance with Article 10.2;
and]
[(b) To provide appropriate guidance to the Global Environment
Facility;]
[6. Requests the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and
Technological Advice:
[(a) To further refine the guidelines for the preparation of the
national communications from Parties not included in Annex I to the
Convention; and]
[(b) To prepare scientific assessments on the effects of measures
taken in the implementation of the Convention, in accordance with
Article 9.2(b);]
[7. Invites Parties and intergovernmental organizations
to nominate experts to assist in the consideration of national
communications;]
[8. Urges Parties not included in Annex I to the Convention to submit their national communications at their earliest convenience;]
[9. Requests non-Annex I Parties to submit to the
secretariat national inventory data on a [regular]
basis.]]
1. The Chairman resumed his functions on Monday, 27 October.
2. For the full list of participants, see document FCCC/1997/INF.4.
3. Standard 13 per cent applied by the United Nations for administrative support.
4. In accordance with paragraph 14 of the financial procedures (see decision 15/CP.1). This will bring the level of the working capital reserve to $907,100 in 1998 and $1,000,400 in 1999 (see paragraphs 17 to 19 of the financial procedures).
5. Includes interpretation and meeting room staff.
6. Includes revision, translation, typing, reproduction and distribution of pre-, in- and post-session documentation.
7. Includes remote translation requirements, key supervisory staff, freight, communications.
8. Includes travel of interpreters and key supervisory staff, including planning missions.
9. Includes estimated cost of initial stock of meeting stationery and supplies.
10. Standard 13 per cent applied by the United Nations for administrative support.
11. In accordance with paragraph 14 of the financial procedures. The 1998 amount has been calculated as 8.3 per cent of the subtotal of I-VII; the 1999 amount has been calculated as the amount required to bring the carried-over 1998 reserve to 8.3 per cent of the subtotal of I-VII for 1999.