COP-3 Decisions
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Pending issues arising from the work of the second Meeting of the Conference of the Parties
Report and recommendations of the second meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice
Use of languages in the meetings of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice
Clearing-House mechanism to promote and facilitate technical and scientific cooperation
Additional guidance to the financial mechanism
Additional financial resources
Guidelines for the review of the effectiveness of the financial mechanism
Memorandum of understanding between the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Council of the Global Environment Facility
Implementation of Articles 6 and 8 of the Convention
Identification, monitoring and assessment
Conservation and sustainable use of agricultural biological diversity
Programme of work for terrestrial biological diversity: forest biological diversity
Future programme of work for terrestrial biological diversity: dryland, mountain and inland water ecosystems
Implementation of Article 8 (j)
Access to genetic resources
Ways to promote and facilitate access to and transfer and development of technology, as envisaged in Articles 16 and 18 of the Convention
Intellectual property rights
Incentive measures
Special session of the General Assembly to review implementation of Agenda 21
Issues related to biosafety
Relationship of the Convention with the Commission on Sustainable Development and biodiversity-related conventions, other international agreements, institutions and processes of relevance
Medium-term programme of work for 1996-1997
Administrative matters
Budget of the Trust Fund for the Convention on Biological Diversity
Date and venue of the fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties
Convening of regional and subregional meetings for Parties to the Convention
Tribute to the Government and people of the Argentine Republic
Treaty
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)

Body
Conference of the Parties (COP)

Meeting
COP-03
Third Ordinary Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity
4 - 15 November, 1996
Buenos Aires, Argentina