At its sixth session, the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) took note of the views expressed by Parties on the preparation and consideration of communications from non-Annex I Parties ( FCCC/SBI/1997/MISC.5) and of two draft proposals for a decision by the Conference of the Parties at its third session (COP 3). The SBI invited Parties to submit
further views on these matters by 8 September 1997. It further requested the secretariat to compile and make available these views at the seventh session of the SBI to facilitate consideration of a draft decision for submission to COP 3 (FCCC/SBI/1997/16, para. 19 and appendices I and II). Two such submissions* have been received. In accordance with the procedure for miscellaneous documents, these submission are attached and reproduced in the language in
which they were received and without formal editing