The Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA), at its sixteenth session, reaffirmed the need for a work programme that would promote cooperation and facilitate the implementation of Article 6 of the Convention. The SBSTA took note of a draft decision on this subject (FCCC/SBSTA/2002/L.11/Add.1/Rev.1) and agreed to consider this draft further at its seventeenth session for possible adoption by the Conference of the Parties at its eighth session. Parties were invited to submit their views on the draft decision to the secretariat by 20 August 2002 (FCCC/SBSTA/2002/6, para. 55 (l)). Nine such submissions have been received from Parties. In accordance with the procedure for miscellaneous documents, these submissions are attached and reproduced in the language in which they were received and without formal editing.One submission has also been received from a non-governmental organization. It is available as a web-only document (FCCC/WEB/2002/14) on the UNFCCC web site (www.unfccc.int)