Third Meeting of the Conference of the Parties

The Conference of the Parties considered the second report on implementation and decided to strengthen the implementation of the Convention. The Conference of the Parties adopted the internationally supported assistance programme for the East European, Caucasian and Central Asian and the South-East European countries. The Conference of the Parties established the Working Group on the Development of the Convention to review its annex I the categories of substances and preparations and named substances and their quantities for the purpose of defining hazardous activities.

The Conference of the Parties amended the Guidelines to facilitate the identification of hazardous activities for the purpose of the Convention and its early warning tool, the UNECE Industrial Accident Notification System. The Conference of the Parties also established a task force to review the Systems communication procedures. Finally, it reviewed the implementation of its activities and decided on the priorities, the programme of work and the resources for 2005-2006.