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DRAFT PROVISIONAL AGENDA FOR THE FIRST MEETING OF THE COP

At the request of several delegations, general discussions were held on the draft provisional agenda for the first meeting of the COP, based on the Interim Secretariat's outline of the possible agenda, contained in document UNEP/CBD/IC/2/18. Following the discussions, the Chair stressed the need to distinguish between the issues to be discussed at the first COP and items to be contained in a longer-term programme of work. There was support that the COP should focus on organizational and financial matters, including: the rules of procedure; format, structure and reporting duties by the institutional structures to the COP; guidelines and disciplines of meetings of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA) and the election of its Chair; adoption of a budget for the second meeting of the COP; input into the CSD; determination of the agenda for the next COP; reporting processes for the contracting Parties; and preparation of both an agenda for the following year and a multi-year programme of work.