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Meeting of the Parties to the Espoo Convention, 5th session and Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol on SEA, 1st session (20 - 23 June 2011)

20 - 23 June 2011
Geneva Switzerland

The fifth session of Meeting of the Parties to the Convention was held, in conjunction with the first session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Convention serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol, in Room XVI at the Palais des Nations, Geneva, from 20 (p.m.) to 23 June 2011.

Final texts of the adopted decisions are available in the session reports below, or as individual documents.

Watch the discussion on the application of the Espoo Convention to nuclear energy related activities - questions and conclusions.
 

 

 

 

 

Official documents

Fifth session of Meeting of the Parties to the Convention

     

ECE/MP.EIA/14
Annotated provisional agenda for the fifth session

ENG FRE RUS

- plus corrigendum of English

ENG - -

ECE/MP.EIA/15 (post session)
Report of the fifth session

ENG FRE RUS
- plus corrigendum (to decision V/2) ENG FRE RUS

First session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Convention serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol

     

ECE/MP.EIA/SEA/1
Annotated provisional agenda for the first session

ENG FRE RUS

ECE/MP.EIA/SEA/2 (post session)
Report of the first session

ENG FRE RUS

ECE/MP.EIA/2011/L.1
Compendium of draft decisions forwarded for adoption by the Meeting of the Parties to the Convention

ENG FRE RUS

ECE/MP.EIA/SEA/2011/L.1
Compendium of draft decisions forwarded for adoption by the Meeting of the Parties to the Convention serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment

ENG FRE RUS

ECE/MP.EIA/2011/L.2 -- ECE/MP.EIA/SEA/2011/L.2
Compendium of draft decisions forwarded for adoption by the Meeting of the Parties to the Convention, and by the Meeting of the Parties to the Convention serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol, meeting in joint session

ENG FRE RUS

ECE/MP.EIA/2011/L.3
Draft decision on the review of compliance

ENG FRE RUS

ECE/MP.EIA/SEA/2011/L.3
Draft declaration

ENG FRE RUS

ECE/MP.EIA/2011/1 -- ECE/MP.EIA/SEA/2011/1
Report on budget and financial arrangements in the period since the fourth session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Convention

ENG FRE RUS

ECE/MP.EIA/2011/2
Draft review of implementation, regarding legal, administrative and other measures taken to implement articles 2–4 of the Convention

ENG FRE RUS

ECE/MP.EIA/2011/3
Draft review of implementation, regarding legal, administrative and other measures taken to implement articles 5–9 of the Convention, and regarding practical experiences

ENG FRE RUS

ECE/MP.EIA/2011/4
Report on the activities of the Implementation Committee

ENG FRE RUS

ECE/MP.EIA/2011/5
Background paper on the application of the Conventiion to nuclear energy-related activities

ENG FRE RUS

ECE/MP.EIA/2011/6
Opinions of the Implementation Committee, 2001–2010

ENG FRE RUS

Background documents

Convention

ENG FRE RUS

Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment

ENG FRE RUS

Rules of Procedure

ENG FRE RUS

ECE/MP.EIA/10
Report of the fourth session of the Meeting of the Parties

ENG FRE RUS

ECE/MP.EIA/WG.1/2010/5
Report of the fourteenth meeting of the Working Group on Environmental Impact Assessment

ENG FRE RUS

ECE/MP.EIA/AC.3/2010/2
Report of the third session of the Meeting of the Signatories to the Protocol

ENG FRE RUS

ECE/MP.EIA/IC/2011/2
Report of the Implementation Committee on its twentieth session

ENG FRE RUS

Informal documents

ECE/MP.EIA/2011/INF.1 -- ECE/MP.EIA/SEA/2011/INF.1
Informal notes on agenda / practical arrangements (revised on 18 May 2011)

ENG RUS

ECE/MP.EIA/2011/INF.2 -- ECE/MP.EIA/SEA/2011/INF.2
Status of the Convention, its amendments and its Protocol (as at 30 March 2011)

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ECE/MP.EIA/2011/INF.3 -- ECE/MP.EIA/SEA/2011/INF.3
Informal assessment of the completion of the workplan (as at 30 March 2011)

ENG RUS

ECE/MP.EIA/2011/INF.4 -- ECE/MP.EIA/SEA/2011/INF.4
Status of contributions to the trust fund (as at 30 March 2011)

ENG -

ECE/MP.EIA/2011/INF.5 -- ECE/MP.EIA/SEA/2011/INF.5
Informal list of nominations (as at 12 May 2011)

ENG RUS

ECE/MP.EIA/2011/INF.6 -- ECE/MP.EIA/SEA/2011/INF.6
Informal list of events planned (revised on 19 April 2011)

ENG RUS

ECE/MP.EIA/2011/INF.7
Information on seminar on 20 years of law and practice under the Convention (as at 19 April 2011)

ENG RUS

ECE/MP.EIA/2011/INF.8
Information on panel discussion on nuclear energy-related projects (revised on 31 May 2011)

ENG RUS

ECE/MP.EIA/2011/INF.9 -- ECE/MP.EIA/SEA/2011/INF.9
Report on credentials (post-session)

ENG -
Background document
   

Informal list of nuclear energy-related activities in the UNECE region, first discussed at the 13th meeting of the Working Group on EIA (Exchange of good practices: Application of the Convention to nuclear energy-related activities; revised)

ENG -

Proposals, presentations, statements

Outstanding issues: draft decision on the review of compliance (item 3(a) of MOP-5 agenda)

 

Proposal by Ukraine

ENG+RUS

Non-paper by Ukraine

ENG

Support to Ukraine to Implement the Espoo and Aarhus Conventions, Draft Final Report, EuropeAid Development and Cooperation, European Commission, August 2010, prepared by NIRAS A/S, Denmark (mention of any commercial firm does not imply endorsement by the United Nations).

ENG

Statement by Minister

RUS

Statement by Deputy Minister

RUS

Revised draft decision put forward for adoption in high-level segment (informal, advance copy of adopted text)

ENG

Outstanding issues: draft decision on the adoption of the workplan (item 3(b) of MOP-5 and MOP/MOP-1 agendas)

 

Presentation of the implementation of the previous workplan, by secretariat

ENG
Revised draft decision put forward for adoption in high-level segment (informal, advance copy of adopted text) ENG

Outstanding issues: draft decision on the budget, financial arrangements and financial assistance (item 3(c) of MOP-5 and MOP/MOP-1 agendas)

 

Presentation of the financial report, by secretariat

ENG

Oustanding issues: nominations (item 3(f) of MOP-5 and MOP/MOP-1 agendas)

 

Proposal by NGOs EEB and EcoForum for an NGO observer at Bureau meetings

ENG

Seminar on 20 years of law and practice under the Convention (item 4 of MOP-5 agenda)

 

Panel 1: The Espoo Convention’s Relationship to Public International and European Law

 

Developments in International Law of EIA and their Relation to the Espoo Convention, Alan Boyle

ENG

Relationship between the Espoo Convention and the Aarhus Convention, Jonas Ebbesson

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Implementation of and Compliance with the Espoo Convention and Kiev Protocol in the European Union, Simon Marsden

ENG

Panel 2: Legal Developments within the Espoo Convention

 

The Protocol on SEA: a matter of good governance?, Jan De Mulder

ENG

The Legal Status of Subsidiary Body Rulings and ‘Guidance’ Documents, Neil Craik (presenter) and Timo Koivurova

ENG

Legal challenges of the application of Espoo Convention in post-Soviet OVOS/expertiza systems, Jerzy Jendroska

ENG

Review of the workplan and work done by the Working Group on EIA (item 5 of MOP-5 agenda)

 

List of cases 2010

ENG

Panel discussion on nuclear energy-related projects (item 7 of MOP-5 agenda), moderated by Mr. Georges Kremlis

 

Summary (informal notes by the Secretariat)

ENG

Mr. Andreas Molin, Federal Ministry of Environment (Austria)

ENG

Mr. Jorma Aurela, Ministry of Employment and the Economy (Finland)

ENG

Mr. Jean-Luc Lachaume, Deputy Director-General of the Nuclear Safety
Authority (France)

ENG

Ms. Rita Mazzanti, Head of Liaison Office in Geneva, International Atomic Energy Agency

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Mr. Stasys Motiejunas, State Enterprise Radioactive Waste Management
Agency (Lithuania)

ENG

Ms. Monika Nauduzaite, Directorate-General for Energy, European
Commission

ENG

Ms. Patricia Lorenz, Friends of the Earth Europe

ENG

Statements by Parties

 

Belarus

ENG RUS

Belarus, open letter of the Ministry of Natural Resources

ENG RUS

Slovenia

ENG

Presentation on the Swiss-organized programme on Environmental Impact Assessment in Central Asia and Azerbaijan (item 8 of MOP-5 agenda)

 
  ENG/RUS

Keynote speech by Mr. Gérard Poffet, Vice Director of the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment

FRE

Opening statement by Mr. Jan Kubis, Executive Secretary of UNECE

ENG

Statements by Ministers and high-level representatives (item 10 of MOP-5 agenda; item 6 of MOP/MOP-1 agenda)

 

Armenia

RUS

Belarus

RUS

European Union

ENG

European Commission

ENG

Lithuania

ENG

Azerbaijan

RUS

Romania

ENG

WHO

ENG

Ukraine

RUS

Other business (MOP-5 item 13)

 

Statement by Armenia

RUS

Conclusion of the sessions (MOP/MOP-1 item 12 and MOP-5 item 14)

 

Informal presentation of the main outcomes, by secretariat

ENG

Preparatory, practical

Registration form

ENG    
ENG    

Outline credentials (for all delegations) - Pouvoirs - Мандат

ENG FRE RUS

List of participants

ENG    

Evaluation by delegates - a summary (post-session)

ENG