Distr.

CONVENTION ON	GENERAL

BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY

UNEP/CBD/COP/2/16

18 August 1995

ORIGINAL: ENGLISH

CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES TO THE

CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY

Second meeting

Jakarta, 6-17 November 1995

Item 13 of the provisional agenda

DATES AND VENUE OF THE THIRD MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES TO THE CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY

Note by the Secretariat

1.	Rule 3 of the rules of procedure for meetings of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity provides that "the meeting of the Conference of the Parties shall take place at the seat of the Secretariat, unless the Conference of the Parties decides otherwise or other appropriate arrangements are made by the Secretariat in consultation with the Parties". Rule 4, paragraph 2, of the same document states that "at each ordinary meeting, the Conference of the Parties shall decide on the date and duration of the next ordinary meeting".

2.	Accordingly, the Conference of the Parties, at its second meeting, may wish to decide on the venue, date and duration of its third meeting.

3.	To assist the Conference of the Parties in the consideration of this item and in order to avoid conflict in scheduling with any other intergovernmental meeting, the Secretariat consulted the provisional calendar of intergovernmental meetings for 1996 and requested the views of the United Nations Conference Services on the possible timing of the third meeting of the Conference of the Parties. The Secretariat was informed that a meeting of the Conference of the Parties during the fourth quarter of 1996 will not overlap with a major United Nations meeting.

4.	In the light of the recommended dates for the second meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice ( document UNEP/CBD/COP/2/5), the Conference of the Parties may wish to consider the dates of 4 to 15 November 1996 for the convening of its third meeting.