Parties noted that the preparation and submission of national communications is a key obligation of all Parties to the Convention and welcomed the opportunity to submit views on the preliminary report of the CGE, and on the current progress of the process aiming at the improvement of guidelines for subsequent national communications from non-Annex I Parties. They acknowledged that substantial progress had been made by the CGE within a relatively short period of time (June 2000 to March 2001) in addressing its terms of reference and in producing a comprehensive report covering all relevant aspects of national communications from non-Annex I Parties. Georgia observed that non-Annex I countries with economies in transition were not invited to contribute to the current process and suggested that those Parties should be given the opportunity to participate in the future work of the CGE