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ARTICLE 33 -- ADOPTION AND AMENDMENT OF ANNEXES:
This
article that provides for how annexes can be amended is entirely
bracketed, mainly because the regional instruments have not yet
been negotiated. However, the Latin American and Caribbean Group
expressed concern, during the first reading, that the article seems
to discriminate against other regional instruments that are
expected to be completed after the Convention. Paragraph 1 proposes
a different procedure for their adoption. China concurred and
proposed a new paragraph 1 bis "An amendment to a regional
implementation annex shall be proposed and adopted in accordance
with the procedure as set forth in Article 32, provided that in
adopting such amendment the majority vote provided in that article,
includes a 2/3 or 3/4 majority of the votes represented and
voting."