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Multi-year programme of work of the Conference of the Parties up to 2010

1. Requests the Executive Secretary, on the basis of the draft multi-year programme of work⁽⁶¹⁾, with special consideration to items for in-depth consideration and review of the programmes of work, taking fully into consideration the Strategic Plan of the Convention and based upon submissions by Parties to the Convention, and the views of the Bureau of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice, to prepare a multi-year programme of work for the Conference of the Parties up to 2010, covering the programme of work dealing with its eighth, ninth and tenth meetings. The programme of work dealing with its ninth and tenth meetings will be finalized by the Conference of the Parties at its next meeting;
2. Requests Parties to submit to the Executive Secretary proposals on issues to be included in the multi-year programme of work for the Conference of the Parties up to 2010;
3. Decides to hold an open-ended inter-sessional meeting to consider the multi-year programme of work for the Conference of the Parties up to 2010. The meeting will have a duration of two days and will be held back-to-back with the eighth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice. The inter-sessional meeting will report to the next meeting of the Conference of the Parties.