Negotiator's toolkit

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Negotiator's toolkit

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Resource type

  • Rules of procedure
  • Financial rules
  • IISD/ENB summary meeting report

المناقشات

  • الإدارة البيئية
  • المواد الكيميائية والنفايات
  • لتنوع البيولوجي
  • البحار والمياه العذبة

MEAs

  • Barcelona Convention
  • BBNJ Agreement
  • International Plant Protection Convention
  • Minamata Convention on Mercury

الكلمات المفتاحية

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IISD/ENB summary meeting report
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2022

5th Session of the Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) on the BBNJ

Despite more progress at this two-week session than over the last decade, delegates were unable to reach consensus on a new high seas treaty addressing marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction and, instead, suspended the session, to be resumed

MEAs:
Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction
المناقشات:
لتنوع البيولوجي,
البحار والمياه العذبة
الكلمات المفتاحية:
Biological diversity, Sustainable use, Regional groups, Consensus, International Agreement, United Nations General Assembly, Environmental Impact Assessment, In situ, Capacity building, Small Island Developing States, Strategic environmental assessment, Mutually Agreed Terms, Traditional Knowledge, World Trade Organization, Precautionary principle, Package deal, Indigenous peoples, Intellectual property rights, World Intellectual Property Organization, Assessed contribution
IISD/ENB summary meeting report
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2022

4th Session of the Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) on the BBNJ

At the most productive meeting so far, “unprecedented progress” was made in discussions on marine genetic resources, including benefit sharing, area-based management tools, including marine protected areas, environmental impact assessments, and capacity building and the transfer of marine technology.

MEAs:
Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction
المناقشات:
لتنوع البيولوجي,
البحار والمياه العذبة
الكلمات المفتاحية:
Environmental Impact Assessment, Regional groups, Capacity building, Sustainable use, International Agreement, Listing, Traditional Knowledge, United Nations General Assembly, Mutually Agreed Terms, Technology Transfer, Indigenous peoples, Biological diversity, Financial rules, In situ, Strategic environmental assessment, Assessed contribution, Compliance Committee, Precautionary principle, Small Island Developing States
IISD/ENB summary meeting report
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2019

Barcelona Convention COP 21 and its Protocols

Delegates to the Barcelona Convention adopted 14 decisions—one on the programme of work and budget for 2020-2021, and 13 thematic decisions, including on governance, an emissions control area for sulphur oxides, and marine pollution from land-based sources.

MEAs:
Barcelona Convention
الكلمات المفتاحية:
European Union, Compliance Committee, International Maritime Organization, Capacity building, Biological diversity, Implementation, International Seabed Authority, Economic Commission for Africa, Listing, Habitat, Memorandum of Understanding, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Open-ended Working Group, Sustainable use, Assessed contribution, Climate change, Commission on Sustainable Development, Sustainable development, Trust fund, Voluntary Contribution
IISD/ENB summary meeting report
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2019

3rd Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury (COP3)

The third meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP3) to the Minamata Convention on Mercury focused on achieving the smooth functioning of an international treaty body as well as substantive and technical issues aimed at fostering action to address

MEAs:
Minamata Convention on Mercury
المناقشات:
الإدارة البيئية,
المواد الكيميائية والنفايات
الكلمات المفتاحية:
African Group of Negotiators, Meetings, Wastes, Subsidiary body, European Union, Capacity building, United Nations Environment Programme, International Labour Organization, Compliance Committee, Group of Latin American and Caribbean States, Technology Transfer, World Health Organization, Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management, Global Environment Facility, Central and Eastern Europe, Memorandum of Understanding, Group of Western European and Other States, Small Island Developing States, Open-ended Working Group, Financial rules
IISD/ENB summary meeting report
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2017

1st Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury (COP1)

MEAs:
Minamata Convention on Mercury
المناقشات:
الإدارة البيئية,
المواد الكيميائية والنفايات
الكلمات المفتاحية:
Global Environment Facility, Meetings, Wastes, Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management, Financial rules, Capacity building, Memorandum of Understanding, European Union, Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee, Non-Party, African Group of Negotiators, Subsidiary body, United Nations Environment Programme, Basel Convention Regional Centres, Open-ended Working Group, Best available technique, Compliance Committee, Central and Eastern Europe, Group of Latin American and Caribbean States, Conference Room Paper
Rules of procedure

International Plant Protection Convention Rules of Procedure of the Commission on Phytosanitary measures

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.
MEAs:
International Plant Protection Convention
المناقشات:
لتنوع البيولوجي
الكلمات المفتاحية:
International Plant Protection Convention, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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Financial rules
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2012

Financial Rules for the International Plant Protection Convention - IPPC Resource Mobilization Strategy

The Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM-7) adopted the Resource Mobilization strategy for IPPC during the seventh session (Rome, 19 - 23 March 2012)
MEAs:
International Plant Protection Convention
المناقشات:
لتنوع البيولوجي,
الإدارة البيئية
الكلمات المفتاحية:
International Plant Protection Convention, Financial rules, Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control
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