The Parties
to this Protocol,
Being Parties to the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, hereinafter referred
to as "the Convention",
In pursuit of the ultimate
objective of the Convention as stated in its Article 2,
Recalling the provisions
of the Convention,
Being guided by Article
3 of the Convention,
Pursuant to the Berlin
Mandate adopted by decision 1/CP.1 of the Conference of the Parties
to the Convention at its first session,