In addition to the submissions already received (see FCCC/AGBM/1996/MISC.2 and Add.1, 2, 3 and 4 and FCCC/AGBM/1997/MISC.1 and Add.1, 2 and 3), further proposals have been received from Japan and the United States of America. In accordance with the procedure for miscellaneous documents, these submissions are attached and are reproduced in the languages in which they were received and without formal editing