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CBD COP-3 HIGHLIGHTS: 8-10 NOVEMBER 1996

Delegates to COP-3 met in the Committee of the Whole on Friday to discuss technology transfer, intellectual property rights (IPR), input to the WTO’s Committee on Trade and Environment (CTE) and to the UNGA Special Session, incentive measures and the report of the Biosafety Working Group. Working Groups on agricultural biodiversity and financial issues also met. Working and drafting groups as well as informal consultations took place over the weekend with the aim of developing draft decisions to be presented to the COW.