ENB:09:35
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Delegates to the second session of the Conference of the Parties (COP-2) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) met for the seventh day of the two-week conference. The Drafting Group of the Committee of the Whole (COW) met briefly in the morning, as did contact groups in the following issue areas: terrestrial biodiversity; marine and coastal biodiversity; biosafety; and budget and medium-term programme of work. The Plenary met in the afternoon to vote on the permanent location of the Secretariat; Montreal was selected on the third ballot. All of the contact groups, including the group examining financial mechanisms, met in the evening.