Rules of procedure

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.

The Committee is responsible for the implementation of the World Heritage Convention. The Committee is elected by the General Assembly of States Parties to the Convention which also determines financial contributions (see its Rules linked below).

Article 25 paragraph 2 of the Nagoya Protocol, adopted by the 10th meeting of the COP on 29 October 2010 in Nagoya, Japan, designated the financial mechanism of the Convention (on Biological Diversity) as the financial mechanism for the Protocol.

The financial rules can be found in: Convention, Part XI, Section 4, subsection F (adopted on 10 Dec 1982) AND Agreement relating to the Implementation of Part XI, Annex, Section 9 (adopted on 28 July 1994)