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RULES OF PROCEDURE:
By the conclusion of ICCBD-1, there was
no agreement on the rules of procedure. Since the COP cannot
function without them, it was essential that the ICCBD negotiate
and agree on the rules of procedure. The Plenary and an informal
contact group spent a great deal of time on these rules during
ICCBD-2 and the result is that delegates reached agreement on all
but three of the 57 rules: Rule 4, Dates of meetings; Rule 21,
Officers; and Rule 40, Voting. Since the COP can initially function
without agreement on these three rules, there was not cause for
panic. Nevertheless, further consultations will have to take place
during the intersessional period to ensure that the COP does not
get bogged down in procedural wrangling over these three
outstanding rules.