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FCCC/CP/1998/L.23
14 November 1998
Original: ENGLISH
CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES
Fourth session
Buenos Aires, 2-13 November 1998
The Conference of the Parties,
Having considered and reached conclusions upon the items included in its agenda at its fourth session (FCCC/CP/1998/15),
Determined to strengthen the implementation of the Convention and prepare for the future entry into force of the Kyoto Protocol and to maintain political momentum towards these aims,
1. Adopts a Plan of Action, as specified in its separate decisions on:
(a) Financial mechanism (decisions ../CP.4 and ../CP.4);
(b) Development and transfer of technologies (decision ../CP.4);
(c) Implementation of Article 4, paragraphs 8 and 9, of the Convention
(covering also Articles 2.3 and 3.14 of the Kyoto Protocol) (decision ../CP.4);
(d) Activities implemented jointly under the pilot phase (decision ../CP.4);
(e) The mechanisms of the Kyoto Protocol (decision ../CP.4);
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(f) Preparations for the first session of the Conference of the Parties serving
as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol, including work on the elements of the Protocol related to compliance and on policies and measures for the mitigation of climate change (decision ../CP.4);
2. Resolves to demonstrate substantial progress in each of the items in accordance with the time-frames contained in the above-mentioned relevant decisions.