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THINGS TO LOOK FOR IN 1996

SUBSIDIARY BODIES MEETING: The second meeting of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation and the Subsidiary Body on Scientific and Technical Advice will take place in Geneva from 26 February - 1 March 1996.

AD HOC GROUP ON THE BERLIN MANDATE: The third meeting of the Ad Hoc Group on the Berlin Mandate will take place from 4-7 March 1996 in Geneva. Delegates will consider: a presentation by IPCC officers on the IPCC's latest findings; a Secretariat compilation of Parties' additional ideas and comments on policies and measures and a second compilation of additional ideas on possible features of a protocol; a document that follows up on the synthesized list of policies and measures from Annex I Parties' national communications; an informal session on quantified objectives and time-frames and their impacts; a Secretariat paper on the links between FCCC institutions and processes and a future legal instrument; and a Secretariat review of existing relevant conventions.

Future sessions of the AGBM are currently scheduled as follows: AGBM 4: 8-19 July 1996, concurrently with COP-2; AGBM 5: 21-25 October 1996; and AGBM 6: 10-14 March 1997. The meetings will be held in Geneva until the Secretariat relocates to Bonn.

COP-2: The second meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Framework Convention on Climate Change will take place from 8-19 July 1996 in Geneva.