Retired sections: paragraphs 1, 2 and 4 and 5.
Use of languages in the meetings of the Subsidiary
Body on Scientific, Technical and
Technological Advice
The Conference of the Parties,
Recalling the recommendations of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific,
Technical and Technological Advice contained in document UNEP/CBD/COP/3/3,
1. Takes note of the concern expressed by several delegations that
the proceedings of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and
Technological Advice are conducted only in the working languages of the
Conference of the Parties;
2. Takes note also of the estimates given by the Secretariat of the
cost of holding meetings of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and
Technological Advice in the six languages of the United Nations;
3. Decides that the meetings of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific,
Technical and Technological Advice will be held in the six official languages
of the United Nations and that the modus operandi of the Subsidiary Body on
Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice will be modified accordingly;
4. Further decides that the amount of US$ 500,000 will be allocated
in the core budget to cover administrative costs of servicing the Subsidiary
Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice meeting in 1997.
