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The Vienna Convention

Rules of Procedure

Contents

Foreword				v
Introduction				vii
Section 1			The Vienna Convention	1
	The Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer			3
			Preamble	3
	Article 1:		Definitions	3
	Article 2:		General obligations	4
	Article 3:		Research and systematic observations	4
	Article 4:		Co-operation in the legal, scientific and technical fields	5
	Article 5:		Transmission of information	5
	Article 6:		Conference of the Parties	5
	Article 7:		Secretariat	7
	Article 8:		Adoption of protocols	7
	Article 9:		Amendment of the Convention or protocols	7
	Article 10:		Adoption and amendment of annexes	8
	Article 11:		Settlement of disputes	8
	Article 12:		Signature	9
	Article 13:		Ratification, acceptance or approval	9
	Article 14:		Accession	9
	Article 15:		Right to vote	10
	Article 16:		Relationship between the Convention and its protocols	10
	Article 17:		Entry into force	10
	Article 18:		Reservations	10
	Article 19:		Withdrawal	10
	Article 20:		Depositary	11
	Article 21:		Authentic texts	11
	Annex I:		Research and systematic observations	11
	Annex II:		Information exchange	14
			Declarations made at the time of adoption of the Final Act of the Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Protection of the Ozone Layer	16
Section 2			Decisions of the Conferences of the Parties to the Vienna Convention	17
	Decisions of the Conferences of the Parties to the Vienna Convention			19
	Index to the decisions			20
		First Conference of the Parties (Helsinki, 26–28 April 1989)		20
		Second Conference of the Parties (Nairobi, 17–19 June 1991)		20
		Third Conference of the Parties (Bangkok, 23 November 1993)		21
		Fourth Conference of the Parties (San José, 25 and 27 November 1996)		21
		Fifth Conference of the Parties (Beijing, 29 November–3 December 1999)		21
		Sixth Conference of the Parties (Rome, 25–29 November 2002)		22
		Seventh Conference of the Parties (Dakar, 12–16 December 2005)		22
	Article 3:		Research and systematic observations	23
		Decisions on Research and Systematic Observations		23
		Decisions on Ozone Research Managers		27
	Article 5:		Transmission of information	31
	Article 6:		Conference of the Parties	32
		Decisions on meetings of the Conference of the Parties		32
		Decisions on financial matters		34
	Article 7:		Secretariat	40
	Article 8:		Adoption of protocols	41
	Article 9:		Amendment of the Convention or protocols	42
	Article 11:		Settlement of disputes	43
	Article 14:		Accession	46
Section 3			Rules of Procedure	49
	Rules of procedure for meetings of the Conference of the Parties to the Vienna Convention and Meetings of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol			51
	Introduction			51
	Purposes			51
	Definitions			51
	Place of meetings			52
	Dates of meetings			52
	Observers			53
	Agenda			53
	Representation and credentials			54
	Officers			55
	Committees and working groups			56
	Secretariat			56
	Conduct of business			57
	Voting			58
	Languages			60
	Sound records of the meeting			61
	Ad hoc meetings			61
	Amendments to rules of procedure			61
	Overriding authority of the Convention or the Protocol			61
Section 4			General Index	63
	General index			65

Sections

The Vienna Convention

Rules of Procedure

Front Cover

Foreword

Introduction

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