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CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES HELD AT BONN FROM 25 OCTOBER TO 5 NOVEMBER 1999 Addendum PART TWO: ACTION TAKEN BY THE CONFERENCE OF THE
PARTIES I. DECISIONS ADOPTED BY THE CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES Decision 4/CP.5 Guidelines for the preparation of national communications by Parties included in Annex I to the Convention, Part II: UNFCCC reporting guidelines on national communications 5/CP.5 Research and systematic observation Decision 4/CP.5 Guidelines for the preparation of national
communications by The Conference of the Parties, Recalling the relevant provisions of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, in particular Articles 4, 6, 7.2, 9.2(b), 10.2, and 12 thereof, Recalling its decisions 9/CP.2 and 11/CP.4 on national communications from Parties included in Annex I to the Convention, Having considered the relevant recommendations of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice and of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation, Noting that the revised guidelines for the preparation of national communications by Parties included in Annex I to the Convention annexed to decision 9/CP.2 need to be updated to improve the transparency, consistency, comparability, completeness and accuracy of the information reported, 1. Adopts the guidelines for the preparation of national communications by Parties included in Annex I to the Convention, Part II: UNFCCC reporting guidelines on national communications (1); 2. Decides that Parties included in Annex I to the Convention (Annex I Parties) should use Part II of the UNFCCC reporting guidelines for the preparation of their third national communications due by 30 November 2001, in accordance with decision 11/CP.4; 3. Requests Annex I Parties to provide a detailed report on their activities in relation to systematic observation, in accordance with the UNFCCC reporting guidelines on global climate observing systems adopted by decision 5/CP.5, in conjunction with their national communications; 4. Urges those Annex I Parties that have not submitted their first or second national communications, including those that were included in Annex I by decision 4/CP.3, to do so as soon as possible; 5. Urges Parties included in Annex II to the Convention to assist Annex I Parties with economies in transition, through appropriate bilateral or multilateral channels, with technical aspects of the preparation of national communications. 9th plenary meeting
Decision 5/CP.5 Research and systematic observation The Conference of the Parties, Recalling Articles 4.1(g), 4.1(h) and 5 of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Recalling also its decisions 8/CP.3, 2/CP.4, and 14/CP.4, 1. Recognizes the need to identify the priority capacity-building needs related to participation in systematic observation; 2. Invites the secretariat of the Global Climate Observing System, in consultation with relevant regional and international bodies, including the Global Environment Facility, to organize regional workshops on this issue; 3. Urges Parties to actively support and participate in these regional workshops; 4. Invites the secretariat of the Global Climate Observing System to continue to assist and facilitate the establishment of an appropriate intergovernmental process to identify the priorities for action to improve global observing systems for climate and options for their financial support; 5. Requests the secretariat of the Global Climate Observing System to report on this matter to the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice at its twelfth session; 6. Urges Parties to address deficiencies in the climate observing networks and invites them, in consultation with the secretariat of the Global Climate Observing System, to bring forward specific proposals for that purpose and to identify the capacity-building needs and funding required in developing countries to enable them to collect, exchange and utilize data on a continuing basis in pursuance of the Convention; 7. Adopts the UNFCCC reporting guidelines on global climate observing systems(1); 8. Invites all Parties to provide detailed reports on systematic observation in accordance with these guidelines, for Parties included in Annex I to the Convention in conjunction with their national communications, pursuant to decision 4/CP.5, and on a voluntary basis for Parties not included in Annex I; 9. Invites the Convention secretariat, in conjunction with the secretariat of the Global Climate Observing System, to develop a process for synthesizing and analysing the information submitted in accordance with the UNFCCC reporting guidelines on global climate observing systems. 9th plenary meeting 4 November 1999 _____________________ Note: |