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ARTICLE 19 -- CAPACITY BUILDING, EDUCATION AND PUBLIC AWARENESS:
Most of this lengthy article has been agreed upon.
The first paragraph lists eleven capacity building activities. Only
sub-paragraph 1(f), on the provision of appropriate training and
technology in the use of alternative energy sources, particularly
renewable energy resources, remains bracketed at the insistence of
Saudi Arabia. The second paragraph addresses an interdisciplinary
review of available capacity and facilities at the local and
national levels. Paragraph 3 lists six types of public awareness
and educational programmes. The only brackets remaining in these
two paragraphs are around different formulations of categories of
countries. Paragraph 4 is the result of a fragile compromise
between developed and developing countries. It addresses the
establishment and/or strengthening of regional education and
training centres.