Article 13
1. The Conference of the Parties, the supreme body of the
Convention, shall serve as the
meeting of the Parties to this Protocol.
2. Parties to the Convention that are not Parties to this Protocol
may participate as
observers in the proceedings of any session of the Conference of
the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to this Protocol.
When the Conference of the Parties serves as the meeting of the
Parties to this Protocol, decisions under this Protocol shall be
taken only by those that are Parties to it.
3. When the Conference of the Parties serves as the meeting of the
Parties to this Protocol, any member of the Bureau of the Conference
of the Parties representing a Party to the Convention but, at that
time, not a Party to this Protocol, shall be substituted by an
additional member to be elected by and from amongst the Parties to
this Protocol.
4. The Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the
Parties to this Protocol shall keep under regular review the
implementation of this Protocol and shall make, within its mandate,
the decisions necessary to promote its effective implementation. It
shall perform the functions assigned to it by this Protocol and
shall:
(a) Assess, on the basis of all information made available to it
in accordance with
the provisions of this Protocol, the implementation of this
Protocol by the Parties, the overall effects of the measures taken
pursuant to this Protocol, in particular environmental, economic and
social effects as well as their cumulative impacts and the extent to
which progress towards the objective of the Convention is being
achieved;
(b) Periodically examine the obligations of the Parties under this
Protocol, giving due consideration to any reviews required by Article
4, paragraph 2(d), and Article 7, paragraph 2, of the Convention, in
the light of the objective of the Convention, the experience gained
in its implementation and the evolution of Scientific and
technological knowledge, and in this respect consider and adopt
regular reports on the implementation of this Protocol;
(c) Promote and facilitate the exchange of information on measures
adopted by the Parties to address climate change and its effects,
taking into account the differing circumstances, responsibilities and
capabilities of the Parties and their respective commitments under
this Protocol;
(d) Facilitate, at the request of two or more Parties, the
coordination of measures adopted by them to address climate change
and its effects, taking into account the differing circumstances,
responsibilities and capabilities of the Parties and their respective
commitments under this Protocol;
(e) Promote and guide, in accordance with the objective of the
Convention and the provisions of this Protocol, and taking fully into
account the relevant decisions by the Conference of the Parties, the
development and periodic refinement of comparable methodologies for
the effective implementation of this Protocol, to be agreed on by the
Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to
this Protocol;
(f) Make recommendations on any matters necessary for the
implementation of this Protocol;
(g) Seek to mobilize additional financial resources in accordance
with
Article 11, paragraph 2;
(h) Establish such subsidiary bodies as are deemed necessary for
the implementation of this Protocol;
(i) Seek and utilize, where appropriate, the services and
cooperation of, and information provided by, competent international
organizations and intergovernmental and non-governmental bodies;
and
(j) Exercise such other functions as may be required for the
implementation of this Protocol, and consider any assignment
resulting from a decision by the Conference of the
Parties.
5. The rules of procedure of the Conference of the Parties and
financial procedures of the Convention shall be applied mutatis
mutandis under this Protocol, except as may be otherwise decided
by consensus by the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting
of the Parties to this Protocol.
6. The first session of the Conference of the Parties serving as
the meeting of the Parties to this Protocol shall be convened by the
secretariat in conjunction with the first session of the Conference
of the Parties that is scheduled after the date of the entry into
force of this Protocol. Subsequent ordinary sessions of the
Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to
this Protocol shall be held every year and in conjunction with
ordinary sessions of the Conference of the Parties unless otherwise
decided by the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of
the Parties to this Protocol.
7. Extraordinary sessions of the Conference of the Parties serving
as the meeting of the
Parties to this Protocol shall be held at such other times as may
be deemed necessary by the Conference of the Parties serving as the
meeting of the Parties to this Protocol, or at the written request of
any Party, provided that, within six months of the request being
communicated to the Parties by the secretariat, it is supported by at
least one third of the Parties.
8. The United Nations, its specialized agencies and the
International Atomic Energy
Agency, as well as any State member thereof or observers thereto
not Party to the Convention, may be represented at sessions of the
Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to
this Protocol as observers. Any body or agency, whether national or
international, governmental or non-governmental, which is qualified
in matters covered by this Protocol and which has informed the
secretariat of its wish to be represented at a session of the
Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to
this Protocol as an observer, may be so admitted unless at least one
third of the Parties present object. The admission and participation
of observers shall be subject to the rules of procedure, as referred
to in paragraph 5 above.