More options

Sixth session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Aarhus Convention

Environmental Policy

Public Participation

11 - 13 September 2017

Budva Montenegro

Back to the Aarhus Convention MoP6 web page

Back to Protocol on PRTRs MoPP3 web page

Please note below categories of documents:

1. In-session documents

2. Documents prepared in advance for the session:

Category I (official documents for possible action)
Category II (official background documents, for instance on implementation and compliance and national implementation reports)

3. Intersessional documents of relevance to the agenda (also Category II)

4. Documents distribution policy

5. Statements

Documents will be uploaded on this webpage as soon as they become available.

The Budva Declaration on Environmental Democracy for Our Sustainable Future, ENG FRE RUS (ECE/MP.PP/2017/16/Add. 1-ECE/MP.PRTR/2017/2/Add.1) along with all other relevant statements and documents can be accessed at the page of the Joint High-level Segment under the Meetings of the Parties to the Aarhus Convention and its Protocol on PRTRs (Budva, Montenegro, 14 September 2017).

Post-session docs

Document title	ENG	FRE	RUS
Report of the sixth session of the Meeting of the Parties, (ECE/MP.PP/2017/2)	PDF	PDF	PDF
Decisions adopted by the Meeting of the Parties, (ECE/MP.PP/2017/2/Add.1)	PDF	PDF	PDF

In-session documents

In-session unedited documents are subject to revision and adoption. The following documents have been adopted by the Meeting of the Parties at its sixth session.

Document title	ENG	FRE	RUS
List of key outcomes and decisions of MOP-6, ECE/MP.PP/2017/CRP.9	PDF DOC
Decision VI/1 on promoting effective access to information, ECE/MP.PP/2017/8	PDF DOC	PDF DOC	PDF DOC
Decision VI/2 on promoting effective public participation in decision-making, ECE/MP.PP/2017/9	PDF DOC	PDF DOC	PDF DOC
Decision VI/3 on promoting effective access to justice, ECE/MP.PP/2017/CRP.1	PDF DOC	PDF DOC	PDF DOC
Decision VI/4 on promoting the application of the principles of the Convention in international forums, ECE/MP.PP/2017/11	PDF DOC	PDF DOC	PDF DOC
Decision VI/5 on the work programme for 2018-2021, ECE/MP.PP/2017/12	PDF DOC	PDF DOC	PDF DOC
Decision VI/6 on financial arrangements under the Convention ECE/MP.PP/2017/CRP.8	PDF DOC	PDF DOC	PDF DOC
Decision VI/7 on reporting requirements, ECE/MP.PP/2017/CRP.2	PDF DOC	PDF DOC	PDF DOC
Decision VI/8 on general issues of compliance, ECE/MP.PP/2017/CRP.7	PDF DOC	PDF DOC	PDF DOC
Decision VI/8a concerning compliance by Armenia with its obligations under the Convention, ECE/MP.PP/2017/20	PDF DOC	PDF DOC	PDF DOC
Decision VI/8b concerning compliance by Austria with its obligations under the Convention, ECE/MP.PP/2017/21	PDF DOC	PDF DOC	PDF DOC
Decision VI/8c concerning compliance by Belarus with its obligations under the Convention, ECE/MP.PP/2017/22	PDF DOC	PDF DOC	PDF DOC
Decision VI/8d concerning compliance by Bulgaria with its obligations under the Convention, ECE/MP.PP/2017/23	PDF DOC	PDF DOC	PDF DOC
Decision VI/8e concerning compliance by Czechia with its obligations under the Convention, ECE/MP.PP/2017/24	PDF DOC	PDF DOC	PDF DOC
Decision VI/8g concerning compliance by Kazakhstan with its obligations under the Convention, ECE/MP.PP/2017/26	PDF DOC	PDF DOC	PDF DOC
Decision VI/8h concerning compliance by Romania with its obligations under the Convention, ECE/MP.PP/2017/CRP.4	PDF DOC	PDF DOC	PDF DOC
Decision VI/8i concerning compliance by Slovakia with its obligations under the Convention, ECE/MP.PP/2017/CRP.5	PDF DOC	PDF DOC	PDF DOC
Decision VI/8j concerning compliance by Spain with its obligations under the Convention, ECE/MP.PP/2017/29	PDF DOC	PDF DOC	PDF DOC
Decision VI/8k concerning compliance by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland with its obligations under the Convention, ECE/MP.PP/2017/CRP.6	PDF DOC	PDF DOC	PDF DOC

Intersessional Documents of Relevance to the Agenda (Category II)

These documents are reports and related documents produced during the intersessional period (2015-2017), prepared by the secretariat or subsidiary bodies of the Convention. These documents have been translated and published where feasible by UNOG Conference Services in conjunction with the meetings for which they were produced.

Document title	ENG	FRE	RUS
Working Group of the Parties
Report of the twenty first meeting of the Working Group of the Parties to the Aarhus Convention, (ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2017/2)	PDF	PDF	PDF
Report of the twentieth meeting of the Working Group of the Parties to the Aarhus Convention, (ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2016/2)	PDF	PDF	PDF
Report of the nineteenth meeting of the Working Group of the Parties to the Aarhus Convention, (ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2015/2)	PDF	PDF	PDF
Bureau
For the reports of the Bureau on its 35th to 39th meetings, see the following webpage
Compliance Committee
For the reports of the Compliance Committee on its 45th to 56th meetings, see the following webpage
Membership of the Compliance Committee (ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2016/9)	PDF	PDF	PDF
Meetings of the Task Forces, workshops, round table and capacity-building coordination
Access to Information
Report of the Task Force on Access to Information on its third meeting (ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2015/3)	PDF	PDF	PDF
Report of the Task Force on Access to Information on its fourth meeting (ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2016/3)	PDF	PDF	PDF
Report of the Task Force on Access to Information on its fifth meeting (ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2017/4)	PDF	PDF	PDF
Accompanying document to the summary report on the assessment of the implementation of the recommendations of the Meeting of the Parties on Electronic Information Tools (AC/WGP-21/Inf.2)	PDF
Public Participation in Decision-making
Report of the Task Force on Public Participation in Decision-making on its fifth meeting (ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2015/4)	PDF	PDF	PDF
Report of the Task Force on Public Participation in Decision-making on its sixth meeting (ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2016/4)	PDF	PDF	PDF
Report of the Task Force on Public Participation in Decision-making on its seventh meeting (ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2017/5)	PDF	PDF	PDF
Access to Justice
Report of the Task Force on Access to Justice on its eighth meeting (ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2016/11)	PDF	PDF	PDF
Report of the Task Force on Access to Justice on its ninth meeting (ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2017/6)	PDF	PDF	PDF
Report of the Task Force on Access to Justice on its tenth meeting (ECE/MP.PP/2017/5)	PDF	PDF	PDF
Public Participation in International Forums
For reports of the Thematic session on Public Participation in International Forums see respective section of the reports on the meetings of the Working Group of the Parties above
GMOs
Report of the second joint round table on public awareness, access to information and public participation regarding living modified organisms/genetically modified organisms (ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2017/8)	PDF	PDF	PDF
Capacity-building coordination
Report on the ninth Aarhus Convention capacity-building coordination meeting (AC/WGP-19/Inf.1)	PDF
Report on the tenth Aarhus Convention capacity-building coordination meeting (AC/MoP-6/Inf.3)	PDF

Background reports and documents (Category II)

Background reports and documents (Category II)	ENG	FRE	RUS
Information note on documents for the sixth session of the Meeting of the Parties	PDF
Item 7 (a) Reporting Mechanism
Synthesis report on the status of implementation of the Convention (ECE/MP.PP/2017/6)	PDF	PDF	PDF
Item 7 (b) Compliance Mechanism
Report of the Compliance Committee on procedural matters (ECE/MP.PP/2017/31)	PDF	PDF	PDF
Report of the Compliance Committee on general issues of compliance (ECE/MP.PP/2017/32)	PDF	PDF	PDF
Compliance by Armenia with its obligations under the Convention (ECE/MP.PP/2017/33)	PDF	PDF	PDF
Compliance by Austria with its obligations under the Convention (ECE/MP.PP/2017/34)	PDF	PDF	PDF
Compliance by Belarus with its obligations under the Convention (ECE/MP.PP/2017/35)	PDF	PDF	PDF
Compliance by Bulgaria with its obligations under the Convention (ECE/MP.PP/2017/36)	PDF	PDF	PDF
Compliance by Croatia with its obligations under the Convention (ECE/MP.PP/2017/37)	PDF	PDF	PDF
Compliance by Czechia with its obligations under the Convention (ECE/MP.PP/2017/38)	PDF	PDF	PDF
Compliance by European Union with its obligations under the Convention (ECE/MP.PP/2017/39)	PDF	PDF	PDF
Compliance by Germany with its obligations under the Convention (ECE/MP.PP/2017/40)	PDF	PDF	PDF
Compliance by Kazakhstan with its obligations under the Convention (ECE/MP.PP/2017/41)	PDF	PDF	PDF
Compliance by Romania with its obligations under the Convention (ECE/MP.PP/2017/42)	PDF	PDF	PDF
Compliance by Spain with its obligations under the Convention (ECE/MP.PP/2017/43)	PDF	PDF	PDF
Compliance by Turkmenistan with its obligations under the Convention (ECE/MP.PP/2017/44)	PDF	PDF	PDF
Compliance by Ukraine with its obligations under the Convention (ECE/MP.PP/2017/45)	PDF	PDF	PDF
Compliance by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland with its obligations under the Convention (ECE/MP.PP/2017/46)	PDF	PDF	PDF
Information note by the Chair of the Compliance Committee for Item 7 (b) of the provisional agenda: compliance mechanism (AC/MOP-6/Inf.5)	PDF

Item 7 (c) Capacity-building
Report on capacity-building (ECE/MP.PP/2017/7)	PDF	PDF	PDF
Accompanying document to the Report on capacity-building activities (ECE/MP.PP/2017/7) - AC/MOP-6/Inf.2	PDF
Item 8 (a) Accession to the Convention by States from outside the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe region
Preliminary assessment of the institutional, policy and legal framework of Guinea-Bissau, (ECE/MP.PP/2017/47)	PDF	PDF	PDF
Item 9 (a) Implementation of the Work Programme for 2015-2017
Report on the implementation of the work programme for 2015–2017 (ECE/MP.PP/2017/3)	PDF	PDF	PDF
Report on contributions and expenditures in relation to the implementation of the Convention’s work programme for 2015–2017 (ECE/MP.PP/2017/4)	PDF	PDF	PDF
List of contributions and pledges for the implementation of the Convention's and Protocol's work programmes which are not included in the reports prepared for the Meeting of the Parties (AC/MOP-6/Inf.4-PRTR/MOPP-3/Inf.2)	PDF

Statements and Comments

Statements delivered by Parties and stakeholders at the sixth session of the Meeting of the Parties are uploaded in the table below, as being made available to the secretariat.

Title	ENG	FRE	RUS
3: Finalization of documents
Statement by Ökobüro concerning compliance by Austria	PDF
Statement by Ökobüro concerning compliance by Slovakia	PDF
Statement by Instituto Internacional de Derecho y Medio Ambiente concerning compliance by Spain	PDF
Statement by Ökobüro concerning compliance by United Kingdom	PDF
Statement by EPAW concerning general issues of compliance	PDF
6 (a): Access to information, including electronic information tools
Report by Mr. Alexandru Bostan, Chair of the Task Force on Access to Information (written submission)	PDF
Statement by the European Union	PDF
Statement by Norway	PDF
Statement by the European Eco Forum	PDF
6 (b): Public participation in decision-making
Report by Ms. Loredana Dall’Ora, Chair of the Task Force on Public Participation in Decision-making	PDF
Statement by the European Union	PDF
Statement by Norway	PDF
Statement by Aarhus Centre Sarajevo	PDF
Statement by the European Eco Forum	PDF
Statement by Environmental Pillar, Ireland	PDF
Statement by Friends of the Earth UK	PDF
6 (c): Access to justice
Report by Mr. Jan Darpö, Chair of the Task Force on Access to Justice	PDF
Keynote statement of the Slovak Supreme Court Judge Mr. Miroslav Gavalec	PDF
Statement by the European Union	PDF
Statement by Norway	PDF
Statement by OSCE Mission to Serbia	PDF
Statement by the European ECO Forum / Justice and Environment	PDF
6 (d): Genetically modified organisms
Report of the Chair of the second joint round table on public awareness, access to information and public participation regarding LMOs/GMOs	PDF
Statement by European Union	PDF
Statement by the CBD secretariat	PDF
Statement by the European ECO Forum	PDF
7 (a): Reporting mechanism
Statement by the European Union	PDF
Statement by NGO Landvernd	PDF
7 (b): Compliance mechanism
Report of the Chair of the Compliance Committee	PDF
Statement by the European Union concerning general issues of compliance	PDF
Statement by the European Union concerning its compliance	PDF
Statement by Norway concerning compliance by the European Union (1)	PDF
Statement by Norway concerning compliance by the European Union (2)	PDF
Statement by Romania concerning compliance by Ukraine	PDF
Statement by NGO Ecological Right	PDF
Statement by the European ECO Forum	PDF
Letter by the Chair of the Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee to the Chair of the Bureau of the Meeting of the Parties to the Aarhus Convention regarding legislative developments concerning Turkmenistan	PDF
Council Decision (EU) 2017/1346 of 17 July 2017 on the position to be adopted, on behalf of the European Union, at the sixth session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Aarhus Convention as regards compliance case ACCC/C/2008/32	PDF
Open statement by the Committee regarding its findings on communication ACCC/C/2008/32 (part II) concerning the European Union	PDF
7 (c): Capacity-building
Statement by the European Union	PDF
Statement by OSCE Secretariat	PDF
Statement by the Judicial Academy of the Republic of Serbia	PDF
Statement by the European ECO Forum	PDF
8 (a) Accession to the Convention by States from outside the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe region
Statement by the European ECO Forum	PDF
8 (b): Promotion of the Convention’s principles
Report of the Chair of the thematic session on promoting the application of the principles of the Convention in international forums	PDF
Keynote statement by Mr. Hakan Lucius, European Investment Bank (EIB)	PDF
Statement by the European Union	PDF
Statement by the European ECO Forum	PDF
8 (c): Synergies between the Convention and other relevant multilateral environmental agreements and other partners
Statement by OSCE Secretariat	PDF
Statement by the European ECO Forum	PDF
8 (d): Global and regional developments on issues related to Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development
Statement by Mr. Joseluis Samaniego, ECLAC Director of the Sustainable Development Division (video message)	PDF
8 (e): Update on United Nations Environment Programme initiatives on access to information, public participation and access to justice in environmental matters
Statement by UNEP	PDF
9 (a): Implementation of the work programme for 2015–2017
Statement by the European Union	PDF
Statement by Aarhus Centre Banja Luka	PDF
9 (b): Future work programme
Statement by the European Union	PDF
Statement by the European ECO Forum	PDF
9 (c): Financial arrangements
Statement by the European Union	PDF
Statement by Norway	PDF
13: Any other business
Statement by the European Union	PDF

Action documents (Category I)

These documents are presented for possible action by delegations (for signature, endorsement, approval or adoption). They were generally submitted through and approved by the Working Group of the Parties or the Bureau.

These documents will be translated and reproduced by the Conference Services of United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG) prior to the meeting.

Document Title	ENG	FRE	RUS
Agenda
Provisional agenda for the sixth session of the Meeting of the Parties, ECE/MP.PP/2017/1	PDF	PDF	PDF
Decisions
Draft decision VI/1 on promoting effective access to information, ECE/MP.PP/2017/8	PDF DOC	PDF DOC	PDF DOC
Draft decision VI/2 on promoting effective public participation in decision-making, ECE/MP.PP/2017/9	PDF DOC	PDF DOC	PDF DOC
Draft decision VI/3 on promoting effective access to justice, ECE/MP.PP/2017/10	PDF DOC	PDF DOC	PDF DOC
Draft decision VI/4 on promoting the application of the principles of the Convention in international forums, ECE/MP.PP/2017/11	PDF DOC	PDF DOC	PDF DOC
Draft decision VI/5 on the work programme for 2018-2021, ECE/MP.PP/2017/12	PDF DOC	PDF DOC	PDF DOC
Draft decision VI/6 on financial arrangements under the Convention ECE/MP.PP/2017/13	PDF DOC	PDF DOC	PDF DOC
Draft decision VI/7 on reporting requirements, ECE/MP.PP/2017/14	PDF DOC	PDF DOC	PDF DOC
Draft decision VI/8 on general issues of compliance, ECE/MP.PP/2017/19	PDF DOC	PDF DOC	PDF DOC
Draft decision VI/8a concerning compliance by Armenia with its obligations under the Convention, ECE/MP.PP/2017/20	PDF DOC	PDF DOC	PDF DOC
Draft decision VI/8b concerning compliance by Austria with its obligations under the Convention, ECE/MP.PP/2017/21	PDF DOC	PDF DOC	PDF DOC
Draft decision VI/8c concerning compliance by Belarus with its obligations under the Convention, ECE/MP.PP/2017/22	PDF DOC	PDF DOC	PDF DOC
Draft decision VI/8d concerning compliance by Bulgaria with its obligations under the Convention, ECE/MP.PP/2017/23	PDF DOC	PDF DOC	PDF DOC
Draft decision VI/8e concerning compliance by Czechia with its obligations under the Convention, ECE/MP.PP/2017/24	PDF DOC	PDF DOC	PDF DOC
Draft decision VI/8f concerning compliance by the European Union with its obligations under the Convention, ECE/MP.PP/2017/25	PDF DOC	PDF DOC	PDF DOC
Draft decision VI/8g concerning compliance by Kazakhstan with its obligations under the Convention, ECE/MP.PP/2017/26	PDF DOC	PDF DOC	PDF DOC
Draft decision VI/8h concerning compliance by Romania with its obligations under the Convention, ECE/MP.PP/2017/27	PDF DOC	PDF DOC	PDF DOC
Draft decision VI/8i concerning compliance by Slovakia with its obligations under the Convention, ECE/MP.PP/2017/28	PDF DOC	PDF DOC	PDF DOC
Draft decision VI/8j concerning compliance by Spain with its obligations under the Convention, ECE/MP.PP/2017/29	PDF DOC	PDF DOC	PDF DOC
Draft decision VI/8k concerning compliance by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland with its obligations under the Convention, ECE/MP.PP/2017/30	PDF DOC	PDF DOC	PDF DOC