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transitional arrangement for administrative support to the secretariat of the
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change for the biennium 19961997;7
2.
Also notes the arrangements made for the provision of conference
services to the Conference of the Parties to the Convention and its subsidiary
bodies for the biennium 1996-1997;8
3.
Reiterates its request to the Secretary-General, as set forth in
paragraph 10 of resolution 50/115, to review the arrangements mentioned in
paragraphs 1 and 2 above towards the end of the biennium 1996-1997 and to
report on the results of that review to the Assembly at its fifty-second
session, taking into account evolving needs arising from the relocation to
Bonn of the Convention secretariat;
4.
Notes with appreciation contributions made to the extrabudgetary
funds established under paragraphs 10 and 20 of resolution 45/212 and
maintained in accordance with resolution 47/195, and calls upon Member States
that are parties to the Convention to also contribute generously to the trust
fund for participation in the Convention process, envisaged in paragraph 15 of
its financial procedures, and to the trust funds envisaged for supplementary
activities under the Convention;9
5.
Calls upon Member States that are parties to the Convention to pay
in full and in a timely manner for each of the years 1996 and 1997, in
accordance with the indicative scale adopted by consensus by the Conference of
the Parties,10 the contributions required for the trust fund for the core
budget of the Convention, envisaged in paragraph 13 of its financial
procedures, so as to ensure continuity in the cash flow required to finance
the ongoing work of the Conference of the Parties, the subsidiary bodies and
the Convention secretariat;
6.
Invites the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change to report to the General Assembly at its fiftysecond session and, pending the outcome of the special session of the General
Assembly in 1997, to report on the results of future meetings of the
Conference of the Parties to the Convention;
7.
Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-second
session the item entitled "Protection of global climate for present and future
generations of mankind" and to consider at that session the reviews requested
in paragraph 10 of resolution 50/115.
86th plenary meeting
16 December 1996
7
Ibid., paras. 14-18.
8
Ibid., para. 9.
9
FCCC/CP/1995/7/Add.1, decision 15/CP.1, annex I, and decision 18/CP.1.
10
Ibid., decision 15/CP.1, annex II.