Decisions adopted by the Third Meeting of the Conference of the Parties

1.

Pending issues arising from the work of the second Meeting of the Conference of the Parties

2.

Report and recommendations of the second meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice

3.

Use of languages in the meetings of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice

4.

Clearing-House mechanism to promote and facilitate technical and scientific cooperation

5.

Additional guidance to the financial mechanism

6.

Additional financial resources

7.

Guidelines for the review of the effectiveness of the financial mechanism

8.

Memorandum of understanding between the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Council of the Global Environment Facility

9.

Implementation of Articles 6 and 8 of the Convention

10.

Identification, monitoring and assessment

11.

Conservation and sustainable use of agricultural biological diversity

12.

Programme of work for terrestrial biological diversity: forest biological diversity

13.

Future programme of work for terrestrial biological diversity: dryland, mountain and inland water ecosystems

14.

Implementation of Article 8 (j)

15.

Access to genetic resources

16.

Ways to promote and facilitate access to and transfer and development of technology, as envisaged in Articles 16 and 8 of the Convention

17.

Intellectual property rights

18.

Incentive measures

19.

Special session of the General Assembly to review implementation of Agenda 21

20.

Issues related to biosafety

21.

Relationship of the Convention with the Commission on Sustainable Development and biodiversity-related conventions, other international agreements, institutions and processes of relevance

22.

Medium-term programme of work for 1996-1997

23.

Administrative matters

24.

Budget of the Trust Fund for the Convention on Biological Diversity

25.

Date and venue of the fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties

26.

Convening of regional and subregional meetings for Parties to the Convention

27.

Tribute to the Government and people of the Argentine Republic