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Thirteenth meeting of the Working Group of the Parties to the Aarhus Convention

09 - 11 February 2011
Geneva Switzerland

The thirteenth session of the Working Group of the Parties took place in Geneva from 9 to 11 February 2011, back to back with the fourth meeting of the Task Force on Access to Justice. The Working Group reviewed the progress in implementing the Convention. It also revised and approved a number of the key draft decisions, and submitted them for consideration by the Meeting of the Parties to the Aarhus Convention at its fourth session scheduled to take place in Chisinau on 29 June - 1 July 2011.

Documents

Documents for the meeting and comments received can be found in the table below.

Document title

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Annotated provisional agenda
ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2011/1

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Report of the meeting
ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2011/2

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List of decisions and major outcomes of the meeting

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List of Participants

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Provisional organization of work
Informal document

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Item 3 (a)

       

Draft decision on promoting the application of the principles of the Convention in international forums
ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2011/L.1

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Approved draft decision on promoting the application of the principles of the Convention in international forums
AC/WGP-13/CRP.1

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Report of the fifth meeting of the Task Force on Public Participation in International Forums
ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2011/3

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Item 3 (b)

       

Draft decision on promoting effective access to justice
ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2011/L.2

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Approved draft decision on promoting effective access to justice
AC/WGP-13/CRP.2

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Item 3 (c)

       

Draft decision on access to information
ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2011/L.3

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Approved draft decision on access to information
AC/WGP-13/CRP.3

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Report of the subregional workshop on electronic information tools (Skopje, 25-26 November 2010)
PP/WG-13/Inf.7 (instead of ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2011/4 )

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Item 3 (d)

       

Report of the first meeting of the Task Force on Public Participation in Decision-making
ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2011/5

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Item 3 (e)

       

Report of the joint Aarhus Convention and Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety workshop on public awareness, access to information and public participation regarding living modified organisms/genetically modified organisms (Nagoya, Japan, on 8-9 October 2010)
PP/WG-13/Inf.6 (instead of ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2011/6)

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Item 4 (a)

       

Note on election of the Compliance Committee
ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2011/7

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Item 4 (c)

       

Draft decision on reporting requirements
ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2011/L.4

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Draft decision on reporting requirements - revised
ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2011/L.4/rev

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Approved draft decision on reporting requirements
AC/WGP-13/CRP.4

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Item 4 (e)

       

Report on the sixth Aarhus Convention Capacity Building Coordination meeting
PP/WG-13/Inf.8

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Item 5 (a)

       

Draft decision on accession by States from outside the UNECE region
ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2011/L.5

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Approved draft decision on accession by States from outside the UNECE region
AC/WGP-13/CRP.5

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Item 5 (b)

       

Draft Communication Strategy
PP/WG-13/Inf.1

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Item 6 (a)

       

Overview of the implementation of the work programme for 2009-2011, including in relation to the Strategic Plan 2009-2014
ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2011/8

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Item 6 (b)

       

Draft decision on the work programme for 2012-2014
ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2011/L.6

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Approved draft decision on the work programme for 2012-2014
AC/WGP-13/CRP.6

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Item 6 (c)

       

Note on the country-specific expert/advisory service
PP/WG-13/Inf.3

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Item 6 (d)

       

Draft decision on financial arrangements
ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2011/L.7

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Approved draft decision on financial arrangements
AC/WGP-13/CRP.7

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Note on the financial situation regarding activities under he Aarhus Convention in 2010 and 2011
PP/WG-13/Inf.2

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Item 7 (a)

       

Draft Outline of a Declaration
PP/WG-13/Inf.4

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Item 7 (b)

       

Draft decision on strategic planning
ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2011/L.8

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Approved draft decision on strategic planning
AC/WGP-13/CRP.8

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Item 7 (c)

       

Draft provisional agenda for the fourth session of the Meeting of the Parties
ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2011/L.9

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Approved provisional agenda for the fourth session of the Meeting of the Parties
AC/WGP-13/CRP.9

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Revised schedule of the fourth session of the Meeting of the Parties and the associated preparatory meetings
PP/WG-13/Inf.9

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Item 7 (d)

       

Note on major milestones in preparations for the fourth session of the Meeting of the Parties
PP/WG-13/Inf.5

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Presentation by host country on preparations for the fourth session of the Meeting of the Parties

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Comments on the documents

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Comments by the Aarhus Centre – Dushanbe on the Aarhus Convention workplan 2012-2014

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Comments by Norway on the Aarhus Convention workplan 2012-2014

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Comments by the EU on the Aarhus Convention workplan 2012-2014

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Comments by CropLife International on the Aarhus Convention workplan 2012-2014

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Comments by the European ECO Forum on the Aarhus Convention workplan 2012-2014

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Comments by the EU on the Draft provisional agenda for the fourth session of the Meeting of the Parties

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Comments by the Access Initiative on the Draft provisional agenda for the fourth session of the Meeting of the Parties   PDF - -
Statements by the EU delivered at the meeting   PDF - -