Draft decision submitted by the Chairperson of the Committee

Negotiations with the African Development Bank for a similar facility are at an advanced stage.

(m) Further development and finalization, in consultation with the secretariat of GEF, of a draft memorandum of understanding between the Conference of the Parties of the Stockholm Convention and the GEF Council

Decides to apply, mutatis mutandis, the memorandum of understanding between the Conference of the Parties and the Council of the Global Environment Facility contained in the annex to decision 12 CP.2 Decides to transmit this decision to the Council of the Global Environment Facility Invites the Council of the Global Environment Facility to consider this decision and convey its response to the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol.

In these circumstances, the score is given as 1 with a modifier attached e.g.

(e) In operative paragraph 7, the words Invites the Global Environment Facility to support would be replaced by the words Notes with interest the decision of the Global Environment Facility Council to support .

The programme supported the Executive management and policy programme in cooperation with the GEF.

(l) Development of draft terms of reference for the review of the financial mechanism in consultation with the secretariat of GEF

Germany has also indicated that we are sympathetic to the proposal to establish an International Finance Facility.

Chapter II

Item 5 of the provisional agenda

and subregional Centres

Contents

Introduction

ICCD COP(4) 3 Add.7 Implementation of the Convention Addendum Consideration of additional procedures or institutional mechanisms to assist the Conference of the Parties in regularly reviewing the implementation of the Convention

See article 14 of the International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights article 8 of the American Convention on Human Rights article 6 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 213, No. 2889) and article 7 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1520, No. 26363).

Collaboration with the GEF is presented in detail in document ICCD CRIC(4) 5.

The GEF must regularly report to the COP on the financial mechanism, and the COP may raise with the GEF Council any matter that may arise from those reports.

Annex to the Convention

Annex to the Convention

(Text annexed)

1. Takes note with appreciation of the proposal of the Government of Austria to construct a new conference facility within the boundaries of the Vienna International Centre

In the light of Azerbaijan's response and the above mentioned evaluation, the Secretariat consulted the GEF secretariat on the status of the GEF Council's major capacity building initiative, the Strategic Approach to Enhancing Capacity Building.

Annex to the Financial Regulations

(Draft text annexed)

DESERTIFICATION, PARTICULARLY IN AFRICA

UNICEF agrees to work with the National Committees to develop a financial reporting annex to the framework agreement.

An additional, important consideration is the fact that the GEF already took up the issue of a broader chemicals focal area during its discussions on the 2002 amendments to the GEF Instrument.

Global Environment Facility Global Environment Facility, Instrument for the Establishment of the Restructured Global Environment Facility, 1994, as amended, http thegef.org GEF_Instrument3.pdf.

As with CDOs, the EFSF was marketed as a way to reduce risk.

(f) Annex to the financial regulations.

The documents of the symposium are attached hereto.

(Text of article 260 annexed)

Written statement (Annexed).

Global Environment Facility

The GEF addresses land degradation as a cross cutting issue in the other GEF focal areas.

In its new role as financial mechanism for the UNCCD, the GEF will collaborate with the GM.

Part III, Sections 26 and 26A Unauthorised communication of information and Communication prejudicing security of nuclear material or associated items addresses offences related to unauthorised communication of information.

C. Slum Upgrading Facility

Verification of a generic facility

It is set out in the annex to the present note.

OECD Organisation for Economic Co operation and Development

GEF Council, Joint Summary of the Chairs, GEF Council Meeting, May 14 15, 2003, http www.gefweb.org Summary_of_the_Chairs.pdf.

A second initiative announced in Durban is the creation of a 100 billion contingent reserve facility to deal with short term liquidity pressures.

Another representative announced that funds would be available from GEF, which had already expressed its desire to cooperate with the Rotterdam Convention.