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SUBSIDIARY BODY ON SCIENTIFIC, TECHNICAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL ADVICE (SBSTTA):

Another accomplishment of ICCBD-2 was agreement on the terms of reference for a subsidiary body to provide the COP with timely advice relating to the implementation of the Convention, as called for in Article 25 of the Convention. Delegates were in agreement that this body should be formally established at the first COP so that it can begin work immediately thereafter. There was general agreement that the body be open-ended and multidisciplinary in its structure. The SBSTTA should provide scientific and technical advice, including policy issues related to scientific and technical programmes and international cooperation in research, but not other policy issues. Furthermore, it should have no direct relationship to the financial mechanism of the Convention. As far as structure is concerned, the SBSTTA should have equitable regional representation. A small steering committee with equitable geographical representation may be created, if the COP so decides.