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ARTICLE 9 -- BASIC APPROACH:
At the beginning of the
session, the European Union proposed alternative language for the
first paragraph, which addresses the preparation of national action
programmes. The EU proposal stated that all affected developing
country Parties and those developed country Parties that
voluntarily agree to do so, shall develop national action
programmes, using a participatory approach. After further
consultations, the EU agreed to merge portions of the two versions.
Thus, the paragraph now states that existing successful plans and
programmes, as well as relevant sub-regional and regional
programmes, will be the basis for the preparation of national
action programmes. Such programmes will be updated through a
participatory process and will be interlinked with other efforts to
formulate national sustainable development policies. The only
bracketed text remaining in this article is around phrases that
relate to the definition of categories of countries.