Additional procedures or institutional mechanisms to assist in the review of the implementation of the Convention

In its decision 1/COP.5, Conference of the Parties decided that the mandate and functions of the Committee of the Review of the Implementation of the Convention (CRIC) shall be subject to renewal at the seventh session of the Conference of the Parties, in the light of lessons learned during the overall review of the Committee. It decided furthermore that the Conference of the Parties shall, no later than its seventh ordinary session, review the terms of reference of the Committee, its operations and its schedule of meetings, with a view to making any necessary modification, including reconsidering the need for and modalities of the Committee as a subsidiary body.

The COP invited Parties to submit written proposals to the secretariat on criteria against which the Committee will be reviewed, with a view to determining such criteria at the sixth session of the Conference of the Parties.

Eighteen submissions were received by Parties and they are available below in their entirety. Synthesis and analysis of these contributions is contained in document ICCD/COP(6)/3.

Resolution of questions on implementation, arbitration and conciliation procedures

By its decision 21/COP.5, the Conference of the Parties decided that the Ad Hoc Group of Experts shall take as the basis of its work a new working document prepared by the secretariat in the light of ICCD/COP(4)/8 and ICCD/COP(5)/8 and noting the progress made in negotiations on the same matter in other relevant environmental conventions. It invited any Parties wishing to communicate their views on article 27 and on arbitration and conciliation procedures to do so, in writing to the secretariat, and requested the secretariat to include such views in the new working document for consideration by the Ad Hoc Group of Experts.

Four submissions were received by Parties and they are available below in their entirety. Views of these Parties were included in document ICCD/COP(6)/7.

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