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GENERAL
FCCC/SBSTA/1997/INF.5
02 September 1997
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SUBSIDIARY BODY FOR SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL ADVICE
Seventh session
Bonn, 20-29 October 1997
Item 6 of the provisional agenda
DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGIES
Proposal from a Party
Draft decision regarding the transfer of
technology
Note by the secretariat
- The United Republic of Tanzania, on behalf of the
Group of 77 and China, has submitted to the secretariat a proposal
for a draft decision on the transfer of technology. This draft
decision is attached to this note.
- The Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological
Advice (SBSTA) may wish to consider this proposal, when developing
a recommendation to the COP on this matter.
GE.97-
Annex
Decision on Transfer of Technology
submitted by Tanzania on behalf of the Group 77
and China
The Conference of the Parties,
Reaffirming the relevant provisions of chapter 34
of Agenda 21 on the transfer of environmentally-sound technology,
co-operation and capacity-building,
Underlining the commitments renewed at the United
Nations General Assembly Special Session on transfer of
environmentally-sound technologies that access to and transfer of
environmentally-sound technologies are essential requirements for
sustainable development and that this calls for the urgent fulfilment
of all the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
commitments concerning concrete measures for the transfer of
environmentally-sound technologies to developing
countries,
Recalling its decisions 13/CP.1 and 7/CP.2 on the
development and transfer of technologies,
Taking note with concern of the slow progress
reported by the Convention secretariat as shown in documents
FCCC/SBI/1997/1, FCCC/SBI/1997/3, FCCC/SBI/1997/4 and in particular,
FCCC/TP/1997/1,
Stressing the vital role of transfer of
technology to developing countries in addressing climate change and
its adverse impacts in order to achieve sustainable
development,
- Decides to undertake in the Subsidiary Body
for Scientific and Technological Advice:
- The full implementation of Article 9,
paragraph 2(c) for the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and
Technological Advice to identify innovative, efficient and
state-of-the-art technologies and know-how and to advise on the
ways and means of promoting development and/or transferring
such technologies, through the establishment of the necessary
panels to do so, as authorised in decision 6/CP.1, paragraph 3
on the establishment of the intergovernmental technical
advisory panels;
- A methodological study on the possibility of using
supplemental activities for transfer of technology, taking into
account the following criteria:
- Universal availability to all
developing country Parties;
- Transparency and equitability in its operation
and that;
- The operation is managed by a broadly-based and
representative
body of countries; and
- To accelerate the development of methodologies for
adaption technologies appropriate to the impacts of climate
change, coastal zone management, water resources, agriculture,
flood, and drought and desertification.
- Decides also, in the Subsidiary Body for
Implementation,
- To undertake in accordance with paragraph
1 of Article 10 of the Convention, to access and review the
effective implementation of Article 9, paragraph 2(c);
- To formulate pilot projects on technology transfer
in every developing region to demonstrate the practical
application of technology for mitigation and adaptation of
climate-related technology.
- Calls upon the Convention secretariat to
implement paragraph 2(e) of decision 7/CP.2 to organize a round
table on transfer of technologies and know-how in conjunction with
the third session of the Conference of the Parties;
- Requests the operating entity of the
financial mechanism to consider the full implementation of Article
11, paragraph 1 which states that the financial mechanism shall
"provide financial resources on a grant and concessional basis,
including for the transfer of technology," taking into account the
relevant provisions of chapter 34 of Agenda 21, and to include the
activities taken in such implementation in its annual report to
the
Conference of the Parties; and
- Requests the secretariat to continue to
include in its regular report on transfer of technology, a review
of progress made by Annex II Parties implementing Article 4.5 of
the Convention.
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