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IN THE CORRIDORS

While the COW has focused on adequacy of commitments, there is still lobbying in the corridors on the location of the Permanent Secretariat. The Mayor of Bonn invited delegates to a lunchtime Zusammenkunft to discuss the benefits of moving the Secretariat to Bonn. Meanwhile, according to some estimates, the staff costs in Toronto would be lower than Geneva, Bonn or Montevideo. While it appeared as though Geneva was the front-runner at INC-11, the lobbying may be far from over.