In response to a request from the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (COP/MOP) at its first session (see decision 33/CMP.1), the secretariat contacted the Secretary-General of the United Nations on the issue of ensuring necessary privileges and immunities for individuals serving on constituted bodies established under the Kyoto Protocol. The secretariat invited the Secretary-General to inform the secretariat of the views of his office, which would be forwarded to the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI). In a memorandum dated 30 March 2006, the Office of Legal Affairs of the United Nations forwarded a response to the secretariat concerning this matter; this memorandum is contained in the annex to this document. The SBI is invited to consider the response from the Office of Legal Affairs and make a recommendation to the COP/MOP