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9th
Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological
Advice of the Convention on Biological Diversity
10 - 14 November
2003 | Montreal, Canada
Highlights
for Friday,
14 November 2003
On
Friday, Working Group I met briefly in the morning to consider a
Conference Room Paper on the programme of work for protected areas, and
adopt its report. Closing Plenary convened in morning and
afternoon sessions to discuss preparations for SBSTTA-10 and 11, adopt
the meeting's report, including recommendations from the meeting, and
hear closing statements.
Above photo L-R: Hamdallah Zedan, CBD Executive Secretary looks on as
Alfred Oteng-Yeboah gaveled SBSTTA-9 to a close.
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Working Group I:
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Jan
Plesnik, Czech Republic, reported on the Contact Group
that met on Thursday night to consider the PoW on PAs.
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Above photo L-R: Chair
Robert Andren, Jo Mulongoy (CBD) and Hamdallah Zedan,
CBD Executive Secretary
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Plenary:
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Chair
Robert Andren (Sweden) reported on the work of WG-I,
which had worked into the morning.
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Chair Asghar
Fazel (Iran) reported on the work of WG-II, which had overcome
many challenges.
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Closing Statements:
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Hamdallah
Zedan, the Executive Secretary of the CBD, commended
delegations' commitment despite the challenging and heavy
agenda. He stressed that SBSTTA-9 had laid a secure foundation
for COP-7.
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Liberia,
on behalf of the AFRICAN GROUP, called for a legally-binding
agreement or a CBD-specific funding mechanism.
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Malaysia,
on behalf of the Asia Pacific Group, reiterated the invitation
to COP-7 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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Brazil
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Mauritius,
on behalf of the Small Island Developing States, said that
biodiversity was crucial, particularly in fragile and vulnerable
marine and coastal ecosystems.
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Slovakia,
on behalf of the Eastern and Central European Region, said it
had been difficult to find consensus in preparation for COP-7,
but progress had been made, particularly on the key issue of
protected areas.
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Italy, as the President of the EU, said discussions had been
constructive and fruitful and that SBSTTA-9 would assist in the
achievement of the 2010 target.
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Jordan thanked those countries who had facilitated the
participation of the Arab States.
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Chair Yeboah (center) thanked all delegates for their
commitment and looked forward to meeting them at COP-7 in Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia in February. Chair Yeboah then gaveled the
meeting to a close at 6:12 p.m.
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Above
photo: Congratulations for a successful conclusion of SBSTTA-9.
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SBSTTA-9 ENB TEAM: |
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Above photo L-R: Sabrina Shaw and Charlotte Salpin
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Above photo L-R: ENB (Sabrina Shaw, Stefan Jungcurt,
Nicole Schabus, and Dagmar Lohan) discussing text
or are they?
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Above photo L-R: ENB (Sabrina Shaw, Charlotte
Salpin,Angeles Estrada and Stefan Jungcurt) at the
SBSTTA-9 plenary.
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Links
ENB Summary of CBD SBSTTA-8 (HTML, PDF,
TEXT).
ENB
archives of CBD meetings.
CBD web site.
SD
summary and coverage of the Vth IUCN World Parks Congress.
SD
summary of the Norway/UN Conference on Technology Transfer and
Capacity Building.
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