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THIRD CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES TO THE CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY: 4-15 NOVEMBER 1996

The third meeting of the Conference of Parties (COP-3) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) will take place from 4-15 November at Parque Norte in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Observers have noted that the first meeting of the COP established the basic machinery of the CBD and its second meeting emphasized programming, and suggested that COP-3 should address the implementation of the Convention. As a basis for their deliberations, delegates will consider 36 Secretariat papers and 43 information notes in order to work their way through an ambitious agenda which revisits numerous items from COP-2, such as the financial mechanism, the clearing-house mechanism (CHM), access to genetic resources, and intellectual property rights (IPR).