Distr. GENERAL
CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL
DIVERSITY
UNEP/CBD/COP/3/1
22 August 1996
ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
[ADVANCE COPY]
CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES TO THE CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
Third meeting
Buenos Aires, Argentina
4 to 15 November 1996
DRAFT PROVISIONAL AGENDA
1. Opening of the meeting.
2. Organisational matters:
2.1 Election of officers;
2.2 Adoption of the agenda;
2.3 Organisation of work.
3. Pending issues arising from the work of the second meeting
of the Conference of the Parties:
3.1 Paragraph 1 of rule 40 of the rules of procedure
for meetings of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention
on Biological Diversity;
3.2 Paragraphs 4 and 16 of the financial rules for
the administration of the Trust Fund of the Convention on Biological
Diversity;
4. Consideration of the report and recommendations of the
second meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical
and Technological Advice and instructions by the Conference of
the Parties to the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and
Technological Advice.
5. Report on assessment and review of the operation of the
clearinghouse mechanism.
Financial resources and mechanism:
6.1 Report on the activities of the Global
Environment Facility;
6.2 Report of the Executive Secretary on the implementation
of decision II/6 on financial resources and mechanism;
6.3 To consider the availability of additional financial
resources and to consider possible suggestions to funding institutions
on how to make their activities in the area of biodiversity more
supportive of the Convention;
6.4 To consider guidelines for the Conference of the
Parties' review of the effectiveness of the financial mechanism;
6.5 To consider the revised draft "Memorandum
of Understanding Between the Conference of the Parties to the
Convention on Biological Diversity and the Council of the Global
Environment Facility Regarding the Institutional Structure Operating
the Financial Mechanism of the Convention";
6.6 To endeavour to decide upon the institutional
structure to be designated in accordance with Article 21 of the
Convention.
7. General measures for conservation and sustainable use:
7.1 Implementation of Articles 6 and 8 of the Convention.
8. Identification, monitoring and assessment:
8.1 To consider options for implementing Article 7
of the Convention;
8.2 Appraisal of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific,
Technical and Technological Advice's assessment of biological
diversity for the implementation of Article 25 (2)(a) and advice
on methodologies for future assessments.
9. Conservation and sustainable use of agricultural biological
diversity:
9.1 To consider agricultural biological diversity
within the context of the Convention's three objectives and its
provisions;
9.2 To consider a report on progress under the FAO
Global System for the Conservation and Utilisation of Plant Genetic
Resources for Food and Agriculture.
10. Consideration of the future programme of work for terrestrial
biological diversity in the light of the outcome of deliberations
of the third session of the Commission on Sustainable Development
in 1995:
10.1 Communication of the Secretariat of the Intergovernmental
Panel on Forests on progress on issues relevant to forests and
biological diversity;
10.2 To consider whether further input to the Intergovernmental
Panel on Forests is required;
10.3 Future programme of work for terrestrial biological
diversity in the light of the outcome of deliberations of the
third session of the Commission on Sustainable Development in
1995.
11. Knowledge, innovations and practices of indigenous and
local communities:
11.1 Implementation of Article 8(j).
12. Access to genetic resources:
12.1 To consider the compilation of views of the Parties
on possible options for developing national legislative, administrative
or policy measures, as appropriate, to implement Article 15.
13. Issues related to technology:
13.1 To consider ways to promote and facilitate access
to and transfer and development of technology, as in envisaged
by Articles 16 and 18 of the Convention.
14. Intellectual property rights:
14.1 To consider the impact of intellectual property
rights on the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity
and the equitable sharing of benefits derived from its use with
a view to better understand the implications of Article 16.5;
14.2 To consider a possible input into the negotiations
that are taking place in the Committee on Trade and
Environment of the World Trade Organisation.
15. Incentive measures:
15.1 To consider the compilation of information and
experiences shared on the implementation of Article 11.
16. Special session of the General Assembly to review implementation
of Agenda 21:
16.1 To provide a report from the perspective of the
Convention's three objectives.
17. Issues related to biosafety:
17.1 To consider the first report of the Open-ended
Ad Hoc Working Group on Biosafety.
18. Relationship of the Convention with the Commission on
Sustainable Development and biodiversity-related conventions,
other international agreements, institutions and processes of
relevance.
19. Mediumterm programme of work of the Conference of
the Parties for 19961997.
20. Administrative matters:
20.1 Report of the Executive Secretary on the administration
of the Convention.
Budget of the Trust Fund for the Convention on Biological Diversity
21. Report on the credentials of representatives to the third
meeting of the Conference of the Parties.
22. Venue and date of the fourth meeting of the Conference
of the Parties.
23. Other matters.
24. Adoption of the report.
25. Closure of the meeting.