ARTICLE
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1. The Conference of the Parties, the supreme body
of the Convention, shall serve as the meeting of the Parties to
this Protocol.
2. Parties to the Convention that are not Parties
to this Protocol may participate as observers in the proceedings
of any session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the
meeting of the Parties to this Protocol. When the Conference of
the Parties serves as the meeting of the Parties to this Protocol,
decisions under this Protocol shall be taken only by those that
are Parties to this Protocol.
3. When the Conference of the Parties serves as the
meeting of the Parties to this Protocol, any member of the Bureau
of the Conference of the Parties representing a Party to the Convention
but, at that time, not a Party to this Protocol, shall be replaced
by an additional member to be elected by and from amongst the
Parties to this Protocol.
4. The Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting
of the Parties to this Protocol shall keep under regular review
the implementation of this Protocol and shall make, within its
mandate, the decisions necessary to promote its effective implementation.
It shall perform the functions assigned to it by this Protocol
and shall:
(a) Assess, on the basis
of all information made available to it in accordance with the
provisions of this Protocol, the implementation of this Protocol
by the Parties, the overall effects of the measures taken pursuant
to this Protocol, in particular environmental, economic and social
effects as well as their cumulative impacts and the extent to
which progress towards the objective of the Convention is being
achieved;
(b) Periodically examine the obligations of the
Parties under this Protocol, giving due consideration to any reviews
required by Article 4, paragraph 2(d) and Article 7, paragraph
2, of the Convention, in the light of the objective of the Convention,
the experience gained in its implementation and the evolution
of scientific and technological knowledge, and in this respect
consider and adopt regular reports on the implementation of this
Protocol;
(c) Promote and facilitate the exchange of information
on measures adopted by the Parties to address climate change and
its effects, taking into account the differing circumstances,
responsibilities and capabilities of the Parties and their respective
commitments under this Protocol;
(d) Facilitate, at the request of two or more
Parties, the co-ordination of measures adopted by them to address
climate change and its effects, taking into account the differing
circumstances, responsibilities and capabilities of the Parties
and their respective commitments under this Protocol;
(e) Promote and guide, in accordance with the
objective of the Convention and the provisions of this Protocol,
and taking fully into account the relevant decisions by the Conference
of the Parties, the development and periodic refinement of comparable
methodologies for the effective implementation of this Protocol,
to be agreed on by the Conference of the Parties serving as the
meeting of the Parties to this Protocol;
(f) Make recommendations on any matters necessary
for the implementation of this Protocol;
(g) Seek to mobilize additional financial resources
in accordance with Article 11, paragraph 2;
(h) Establish such subsidiary bodies as are deemed
necessary for the implementation of this Protocol;
(i) Seek and utilize, where appropriate, the
services and cooperation of, and information provided by, competent
international organisations and intergovernmental and non-governmental
bodies; and
(j) Exercise such other functions as may be required
for the implementation of this Protocol, and consider any assignment
resulting from a decision by the Conference of the Parties.
5. The rules of procedure of the Conference of the
Parties and financial procedures applied under the Convention
shall be applied mutatis mutandis under this Protocol,
except as may be otherwise decided by consensus by the conference
of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to this Protocol.
6. The first session of the Conference of the Parties
serving as the meeting of the Parties to this Protocol shall be
convened by the secretariat in conjunction with the first session
of the Conference of the Parties that is scheduled after the date
of the entry into force of this Protocol. Subsequent ordinary
sessions of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting
of the Parties to this Protocol shall be held every year and in
conjunction with ordinary sessions of the Conference of the Parties,
unless otherwise decided by the Conference of the Parties serving
as the meeting of the Parties to this Protocol.
7. Extraordinary sessions of the Conference of the
Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to this Protocol
shall be held at such other times as may be deemed necessary by
the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties
to this Protocol, or at the written request of any Party, provided
that, within six months of the request being communicated to the
Parties by the secretariat, it is supported by at least one third
of the Parties.
8. The United Nations, its specialized agencies and
the International Atomic Energy Agency, as well as any State member
thereof or observers thereto not party to the Convention, may
be represented at sessions of the conference of the Parties serving
as the meeting of the Parties to this Protocol as observers. Any
body or agency, whether national or international, governmental
or non-governmental, which is qualified in matters covered by
this Protocol and which has informed the secretariat of its wish
to be represented at a session of the Conference of the Parties
serving at the meeting of the Parties to this Protocol as an observer,
may be so admitted unless at least one third of the Parties present
object. The admission and participation of observers shall be
subject to the rules of procedure, as referred to in paragraph
5 above.