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COP-2

The second session of the COP (COP-2) met in Jakarta, Indonesia, from 6-17 November 1995. Some key decisions taken by COP-2 included: designation of the permanent location of the Secretariat in Montreal, Canada; agreement to develop a protocol on biosafety; operation of the clearing-house mechanism (CHM); adoption of a programme of work funded by a larger budget; designation of the GEF as the continuing interim institutional structure for the financial mechanism; consideration of its first substantive issue, marine and coastal biodiversity; and agreement to address forests and biodiversity, including the development of a statement from the CBD to the Intergovernmental Panel on Forests (IPF) of the Commission on Sustainable Development.

COP-2 approved SBSTTA’s medium-term programme of work for 1996-97 and also addressed the issue of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (PGRFA), adopting a statement for input to the FAO’s Fourth International Technical Conference on PGRFA (ITCPGR-4). The statement noted the importance of other conventions to the CBD’s three objectives, urged other international fora to help achieve these objectives through the CBD’s overarching framework, and invited the FAO to present the outcome of ITCPGR-4 to COP-3.