Rules of procedure

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).

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.

The Rules of Procedure (see Annex 1, p.106) apply to any session of the International Conference on Chemicals Management convened pursuant to section VII of the Overarching Policy Strategy of the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management.

The rules of procedure of the COP to the CBD (linked above) apply, except as may be otherwise decided by the COP serving as the MOP to the Protocol ( Cartagena Protocol Article 29(5)).

Applicable mutatis mutandis to the Trust Funds of the Biosafety Protocol (BG), the Special Voluntary Trust Fund under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (BH) and for Facilitating Participation of Developing Country Parties to Cartagena Protocol Process (BI).

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)