Several delegates expressed concern at the slow progress in negotiation and implementation of the Convention and the Kyoto Protocol. Some expressed the hope that key negotiating texts, such as on compliance and mechanisms, will be produced to enable the Buenos Aires Plan of Action to be fulfilled by COP-6 in November 2000. There was also emphasis placed on the need for intersessional meetings prior to COP-6.

Parties that addressed this issue were:

Alliance Of Small Island States (AOSIS) G-77/China Chile Honduras Indonesia Japan Malaysia

Micronesia Seychelles South Africa Switzerland Turkmenistan UK Zambia

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