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ADOPTION AND ENTRY INTO FORCE

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC) was adopted on 9 May 1992, and opened for signature at the UN Conference on Environment and Development in June 1992 in Rio, where it received 155 signatures. The Convention entered into force on 21 March 1994 (90 days after receipt of the 50th ratification). The first session of the Conference of the Parties (COP) will take place in Berlin from 27 March - 7 April 1995.