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Decision COP I/7
UNEP/CBD/COP/DEC/I/7

Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice

The Conference of the Parties,
Operational Active SBSTTA

1. Decides:

Operational Superseded SBSTTA

(a) That the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA) shall operate in accordance with the terms of reference as given in Article 25, paragraphs 1 and 2, until further elaborated by the Conference of the Parties;

Operational Active SBSTTA

(b) That SBSTTA shall report to the Conference of the Parties at each of its ordinary meetings;

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(c) That SBSTTA shall meet sufficiently in advance of each meeting of the Conference of the Parties to enable its report to be considered by Parties in their preparation for the meeting of the Conference of the Parties;

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(d) That, at its first ordinary meeting, SBSTTA shall consider its modus operandi, taking fully into account all views expressed on this matter at the first meeting of the Conference of the Parties and submitted to the Secretariat in writing by the end of February 1995, as well as the need to draw on relevant existing institutional structures;

Operational Implemented Retired SBSTTA

2. Requests SBSTTA to prepare a proposal for a medium-term programme of work based on the priorities set in the programme of work of the Conference of the Parties and on Article 25 and submit it to the Conference of the Parties at its second meeting;

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3. Decides also that it will decide, at each of its meetings, on which topics advice is required for the implementation of the Convention, taking into account its medium-term work programme and SBSTTA's remit as outlined in Article 25;

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4. Decides further that the first meeting of SBSTTA shall be held at the headquarters of UNESCO in Paris from 4 to 8 September 1995 to consider the attached provisional agenda.

Body
Conference of the Parties (COP)

Meeting
COP-01
First Ordinary Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity
28 Nov - 9 Dec, 1994
Nassau, Bahamas (The)

Timeline
Decision document
I/7
Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice
Related documents
UNEP/CBD/COP/6/INF/17
Strategic plan, national reporting and operations of the Convention on Biological Diversity<br />Review of the status of the decisions of the Conference of the Parties
Related decisions / recommendations
IV/6
Agricultural biological diversity
V/20
Operations of the Convention
VI/27
Operations of the Convention
VIII/10 para 20
Operations of the Convention
IX/29
Operations of the Convention
X/12
Ways and means to improve the effectiveness of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice
XI/13
Ways and means to improve the effectiveness of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice and collaboration with the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
II/1 para 3
REPORT OF THE FIRST MEETING OF THE SUBSIDIARY BODY ON SCIENTIFIC, TECHNICAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL ADVICE