Article 23. Conference of the Parties
Release date | 08/11/2006 |
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Geographical coverage | Mondiale |
Keywords | texte de la convention |
1. A Conference of the Parties is hereby established. The first meeting of the Conference of the Parties shall be convened by the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme not later than one year after the entry into force of this Convention. Thereafter, ordinary meetings of the Conference of the Parties shall be held at regular intervals to be determined by the Conference at its first meeting.
2. Extraordinary meetings of the Conference of the Parties shall be
held at such other times as may be deemed necessary by the Conference,
or at the written request of any Party, provided that, within six months
of the request being communicated to them by the Secretariat, it is
supported by at least one third of the Parties.
3. The Conference of the Parties shall by consensus agree upon and
adopt rules of procedure for itself and for any subsidiary body it may
establish, as well as financial rules governing the funding of the
Secretariat. At each ordinary meeting, it shall adopt a budget for the
financial period until the next ordinary meeting.
4. The Conference of the Parties shall keep under review the implementation of this Convention, and, for this purpose, shall:
(a) Establish the form and the intervals for transmitting the
information to be submitted in accordance with Article 26 and consider
such information as well as reports submitted by any subsidiary body;
(b) Review scientific, technical and technological advice on biological
diversity provided in accordance with Article 25;
(c) Consider and adopt, as required, protocols in accordance with Article 28;
(d) Consider and adopt, as required, in accordance with Articles 29 and 30, amendments to this Convention and its annexes;
(e) Consider amendments to any protocol, as well as to any annexes
thereto, and, if so decided, recommend their adoption to the parties to
the protocol concerned;
(f) Consider and adopt, as required, in accordance with Article 30, additional annexes to this Convention;
(g) Establish such subsidiary bodies, particularly to provide
scientific and technical advice, as are deemed necessary for the
implementation of this Convention;
(h) Contact, through the Secretariat, the executive bodies of
conventions dealing with matters covered by this Convention with a view
to establishing appropriate forms of cooperation with them; and
(i) Consider and undertake any additional action that may be
required for the achievement of the purposes of this Convention in the
light of experience gained in its operation.
5. The United Nations, its specialized agencies and the
International Atomic Energy Agency, as well as any State not Party to
this Convention, may be represented as observers at meetings of the
Conference of the Parties. Any other body or agency, whether
governmental or non-governmental, qualified in fields relating to
conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity, which has
informed the Secretariat of its wish to be represented as an observer at
a meeting of the Conference of the Parties, may be admitted unless at
least one third of the Parties present object. The admission and
participation of observers shall be subject to the rules of procedure
adopted by the Conference of the Parties.