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Highlights
for Tuesday,
21 September 2004
Delegates
met in a Committee of the Whole (COW) session in the morning
and afternoon to continue deliberations on, among others:
composition of the PIC regions; establishment of the Chemical
Review Committee (CRC); and technical assistance. A contact
group on PIC regions convened in the morning, and a contact
group on the CRC met in the afternoon.
Above photo: Bird's eye view of the COP-1 plenary of the
Rotterdam Convention.
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COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE (COW):
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Contact Group Chair Alistair McGlone (UK), reported on
the status of the Contact Group on legal issues and announced
that a compromise was reached on the rules of procedure for the COP.
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Contact Group Chair Lorenzo González Videla (Argentina),
reported on the progress made on the Contact Group on PIC regions
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Above photo L-R: The dais during the
plenary session of the COW with Niek van der
Graaff,
Joint Executive Secretary for the Secretariat of the Rotterdam
Convention (FAO), Chair
Maria Celina de Azevedo Rodrigues
(Brazil) and Jim Willis,
Joint Executive Secretary for the Secretariat of the Rotterdam
Convention (UNEP).
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The
COW welcomed the entry of Togo as Party to the Convention. Above photo: Bougonou
Djeri-Alassani (Togo)
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ESTABLISHMENT OF THE
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RUSSIAN
FEDERATION supported the use of UN regions in selecting CRC members.
Above photo: Boris Kuryandskiy (Russian Federation)
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Niek van der Graaff, Joint Executive Secretary (FAO),
highlighted outstanding issues relating to the establishment of the
CRC (UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.1/17) and the rules and procedures for
preventing and dealing with conflicts of interest relating to the
activities of the CRC (UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.1/31).
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ACTIVITIES OF THE
SECRETARIAT AND ADOPTION OF A BUDGET:
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Jim
Willis, Joint Executive Secretary for the Secretariat of the Rotterdam
Convention (UNEP), introduced a note by the Secretariat on its activities
and on adoption of a budget (UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.1/30 and 30/Add.1).
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JAPAN requested clarification on why expenditures had increased relative
to projected amounts in the period of 2003-2005. Above photo: Koichi
Ito (Japan)
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Settlement
of Disputes:
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NON-COMPLIANCE:
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On
the rules on conciliation, ETHIOPIA suggested changing a provision
requiring the costs of the conciliation commission to “be borne by the
parties to the dispute in shares agreed by them.” Above photo: Dessaiegne
Mesfin (Ethiopia)
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GAMBIA said capacity building goes hand in hand with compliance. Above
photo: Fatoumata Ndoye (The Gambia)
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CONTACT
GROUP ON ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CRC
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The Contact Group on CRC was chaired by Lorenzo González Videla
(Argentina) (far left). Participants
agreed that experts serve four-year terms, with special provisions to
ensure that half the membership rotate every two years. February 2005 was
proposed as the date for its first meeting, and it was agreed that the CRC
would meet annually.
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Above photo: Bernard Madé (Canada)
making an intervention during the Contact Group on CRC.
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ENB Rotterdam COP-1 SNAPSHOTS:
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Photos from the Italian and Swiss
Reception on the occasion of COP-1 to the Rotterdam Convention:
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Above photo: Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations
in Geneva, Ambassador Paolo Bruni welcomed delegates to the
COP-1 Rotterdam Convention to his residence at Villa Tournay.
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Above
photo L-R: Ambassador Paolo Bruni and Roberto Tortoli,
Italian Secretary of State for the Environment.
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Above photo: State Secretary Philippe Roch, Swiss Agency for
the Environment, Forests and Landscape.
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