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6th
Meeting of the Subsidiary Bodies for Scientific, Technical and
Technological Advice (SBSTTA) of the |
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Highlights from Friday, 16 March 2001 During
the closing Plenary, regional groups then presented their nominations for
the SBSTTA Bureau. Delegates elected Dehui Wang (China), Grace N.W. Thitai
(Kenya), Lily Rodriguez (Peru), Paula Warren (New Zealand) and Peter
Straka (Slovakia). Raed Bani Hani (Jordan), Renato Rimoli (Dominican
Republic), Anastasios Legakis (Greece) and Koffi Edinam Dantsey (Togo),
and Jan Plesnick (Czech Republic) will remain in office as Bureau members.
On the draft provisional agenda for SBSTTA-7, the Secretariat introduced
UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/6/13. TOGO, on behalf of the African Group, proposed
moving marine and coastal biodiversity from SBSTTA-9 to SBSTTA-7. After
some discussion, delegates agreed that the SBSTTA Bureau would consider
the issue as a substantive element for SBSTTA-8. Delegates adopted the
dates and venue of SBSTTA-7, which are 12-16 November 2001, in Montreal.
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