The ninth meeting of the Working Group took place from 13 to 15 February 2008 in Geneva. The Working Group reviewed a new draft long-term strategic plan for future consideration by the Meeting of the Parties, as well as draft decisions on conditions for entry into force of amendments, public participation in international forums, access to justice, electronic information tools and the clearinghouse-mechanism and financial arrangements. The Working Group discussed and/or revised the draft decisions and forwarded them for future consideration by the Meeting of the Parties, inviting written comments for several draft decisions prior to forwarding them.
The Working Group also reviewed the preparations for an international expert meeting on access to information, public participation and access to justice in the field of genetically modified organisms, scheduled to take place in Germany immediately following the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol. In addition, the Working Group continued its discussion of elements for the third Meeting of the Parties, scheduled for 11-13 June 2008, in Riga, Latvia.
Documents for the ninth meeting
| Document Title | ENG | FRE | RUS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Provisional agenda for the ninth meeting (ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2008/1) | ||||
| Provisional timetable for the ninth meeting | DOC | - | - | |
| Report of the ninth meeting of the Working Group of the Parties (ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2008/2) | ||||
| Draft provisional agenda for MOP-3 (ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2008/L.1) | ||||
| Draft Riga Declaration (ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2008/L.2) | ||||
| Draft statement for special session on the Protocol on PRTRs (ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2008/L.3) | ||||
| Draft decision on conditions for entry into force of the amendment on GMOs (ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2008/L.4) | ||||
| Comments from UNOLA on the draft decision on conditions for entry into force of the amendment on GMOs (ECE/EHLM/NONE/2008/1) | ||||
| Report of the third meeting of the task force on public participation in international forums (ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2008/3) | ||||
| Draft decision on public participation in international forums (ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2008/L.5) | ||||
| Draft decision on access to justice (ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2008/L.6) | ||||
| Report of the task force on electronic information tools (ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2008/4) | ||||
| Draft decision on electronic information tools (ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2008/L.7) | ||||
| Report of the workshop on public participation in strategic decision-making (PPSD) (ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2008/5) | ||||
| Summary report on PPSD workshop prepared by Austria | - | |||
| Draft decision on long-term strategic plan (ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2008/L.8) | ||||
| List of Participants | ||||