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Update
for Monday, 29 October 2001
The Seventh Conference of the Parties (COP-7) to the 1992 United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) begins today at the Palais
des Congrès in Marrakesh, Morocco. Delegates will focus on finalizing an
agreement on the operational details for commitments on reducing emissions
of greenhouse gases under the 1997 Kyoto Protocol. In seeking such an
agreement, they will continue negotiations held over the past three years,
and will base their discussions on political principles - the Bonn
Agreements - approved by ministers and other senior government officials
at COP-6 Part II in July in Bonn, Germany.
Photo above: View of the Palais de Congrès de Marrakech venue of the
UNFCCC-COP7 from 29 October to 9 November 2001. Photo below: NGO
participants lining up during registration.
Delegates will take up these matters in the COP as well as in sessions of
the COP’s subsidiary bodies and in formal and informal negotiating
groups. In addition, a high-level segment will be held from 7-9 November.
COP-7 is expected to close on 9 November with the adoption of decisions
and conclusions.
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In
cooperation with the UNFCCC Secretariat, the ENB will also publish
ENB
on the side -
a special daily report on selected side events
from COP-7. 
