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GENERAL

FCCC/CP/1996/4

18 July 1996

Original: ENGLISH

CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIESSecond session

Geneva, 8 to 19 July 1996

Agenda item 4 (i)


CREDENTIALS OF THE REPRESENTATIVES OF PARTIES TO THE

SECOND SESSION OF THE CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES TO THE

UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE

 

Report of the Bureau



Introduction


1. In accordance with rule 19 of the draft rules of procedure, as applied,"the credentials of representatives as well as the names of alternate representatives and advisers shall be submitted to the secretariat if possible not later than twenty-four hours after the opening of the session. Any later change in the composition of the delegation shall also be submitted to the secretariat. The credentials shall be issued either by the Head of State or Government or by the Minister of Foreign Affairs or, in the case of a regional economic integration organization, by the competent authority of that organization."

2. Furthermore, rule 20 of the draft rules of procedure provides that "the Bureau of any session shall examine the credentials and submit its report to the Conference of the Parties."

3. The present report is submitted to the Conference of the Parties in the light of the foregoing.


Credentials of Parties to the second session

of the Conference of the Parties


4. On 18 July 1996, the Bureau met to examine the credentials submitted by Parties to the Convention.

 

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5. The Bureau had before it a memorandum dated 17 July 1996 from the Executive Secretary on the status of credentials of representatives participating in the Conference. The information in this memorandum is reflected below.

6. As noted in the memorandum of the Executive Secretary, formal credentials issued by the Head of State or Government or by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, as provided for in rule 19 of the draft rules of procedure, had been received by the secretariat for the representatives of the following 123 Parties participating in the Conference: Albania,

Algeria, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Canada, Cap Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica,

Côte d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Denmark, Ecuador, El Salvador, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, European Community, Fiji, Finland, France, Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Latvia, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Mexico,

Micronesia (Federated States of), Moldova (Republic of), Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niue, Norway, Oman, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Romania, the Russian Federation, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Samoa, Saudi Arabia,

Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, United Republic of Tanzania, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yemen, Zaire, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

7. As noted further in the memorandum, information concerning the appointment of representatives participating in the Conference had been communicated by means of facsimile in the form of letters or notes verbales from ministries, embassies, permanent missions to the United Nations or other Government offices or authorities, or through local United Nations offices, by the following 24 Parties participating in the Conference: Armenia, Bahrain, Belgium, Bolivia, Cambodia, Djibouti, Egypt, Georgia, Grenada, India, Lesotho, Malawi, Malaysia, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Qatar, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Uganda, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and United States of America.

8. The President proposed that the Bureau should accept the credentials of all the representatives mentioned in the memorandum of the Executive Secretary, on the understanding that formal credentials for the representatives referred to in paragraph 7 above would be communicated to the secretariat as soon as possible. The Bureau accepted the proposal and agreed to submit the present report to the Conference. The Bureau further agreed to recommend to the Conference that it take note of this report.

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