Rules of procedure

Financial Rules published individually for each COP. Latest is Resolution XIV.1, adopted at 14th Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands in Wuhan, China, and Geneva, Switzerland 5-13 November 2022.

Adopted at COP 1 (decision 2/COP.1) and subsequently amended by decision 10/COP.13 and decision 10/COP.14. Version linked above published 2022 containing these amendments.

Resolution 13.2, adopted by the Conference of the Parties at its 13th Meeting (Gandhinagar, 15-22 February 2020) (UNEP/CMS/Resolution 13.2).

Rule 31 of the UNEA Rules of Procedure (embodying amendments and additions adopted by the Environment Assembly and previously the Governing Council up to May 2016) sets out UNEA's relationship to UN Financial Regulations and General Assembly resolution 2997 (XXVII).

Embodying amendments and additions adopted by the Environment Assembly and previously the Governing Council up to May 2016.

Article XI establishes the Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM), which acts like a Conference of Parties through representation and regular meetings. The FAO is the host organization for the Commission.

Resolution III/I, adopted at the third session of the International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM3). The new version of SAICM texts, which includes the resolutions adopted by ICCM at its first, second and third sessions, exists in English only.

Adopted by the 1st meeting of the COP (decision RC-1/4), 20-24 September 2004. Amended by the 5th meeting of the COP, 20-24 June 2011 (decision RC-5/1, published in Annex I of the report (UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.5/26)).

Adopted by the 1st meeting of the COP, 2-6 May 2005 (decision SC-1/3). Amended by the 5th meeting of the COP, 25-29 April 2011 (decision SC-5/2, published in Annex I of the report (UNEP/POPS/COP.5/36)).