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The
twelfth sessions of the subsidiary bodies (SB-12) of the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC) were held from 12-16 June
2000 in Bonn, Germany, preceded by one week of informal meetings from
5-10 June. With almost 1700 participants in attendance representing 145
Parties, three observer States, 148 observer organizations and the media,
delegates to SB-12 and the informal meetings continued to work toward
fulfilling the Buenos Aires Plan of Action (BAPA) adopted at the Fourth
Conference of the Parties (COP-4) in November 1998. Under the BAPA, Parties
set a two-year deadline to strengthen FCCC implementation and to prepare
for the future entry into force of the Kyoto Protocol. The Sixth Conference
of the Parties (COP-6), scheduled to take place from 13-24 November 2000,
in The Hague, the Netherlands, will mark the culmination of this two-year
process.
During the course of the informal meetings and SB-12, delegates focused
on a range of technical and political issues aimed at laying the foundations
for negotiations on a comprehensive agreement to be completed at COP-6.
This resulted in the adoption of 21 draft conclusions on various issues,
including policies and measures, land use, land-use change and forestry,
guidelines under Articles 5 (methodological issues), 7 (communication
of information) and 8 (review of information) of the Protocol, technology
transfer, and mechanisms. SB-12 also adopted the Report of the Joint Working
Group on Compliance. At the close of SB-12, delegates expressed a general
sense of satisfaction that they had reached their limited, but essential,
objective. By developing negotiating text on key issues for consideration
at SB-13, the meetings paved the way for the critical stage of negotiations
that is still to come. Continued in the ENB's
Summary Report of SB-12...
![Negotiations](/images/negotiations3.gif)
Archive
of the ENB's multimedia coverage of the negotiations from SB-12,
including photos, RealAudio and interviews.
(Version française disponible aussi)
![Side Events](/images/sidevents3.gif)
ENB
on the side, a special daily report on selected side events
from SB-12.
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ENB
Coverage of UNFCCC COP-5
and SB-11
Linkages
Climate page with links to recent coverage
of UNFCCC-related Workshops and an introduction to the climate change process
UNFCCC
Secretariat SB-12 web site, with links to official documents, agendas
and information for participants
Other Climate Change
links (NGOs, research institutes, news sites, etc)
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