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SB-18 Highlights

SBSTA Chair Halldór Thorgeirsson from Iceland (center) gavels the meeting to a close

Morocco, on behalf of the G77/China


Mauritius on behalf of AOSIS

Today SBSTA and SBI convened in Plenary. The SBSTA adopted conclusions on the IPCC TAR, sinks in the CDM, “good practices” in policies and measures, other matters, and the report of the session.

Listen to:

• David Warrilow's presentation of the TAR
  
  
• Morroco, on behalf of the G77/China, intervenes regarding the TAR
  
  
• Australia's opinion of the TAR
  
  
• Greece on behalf of the EU make a statement on the TAR
  
  
• Saudi Arabia comment on the TAR
  
  
• Mauritius on behalf of AOSIS, regarding the TAR
  
  
• Karstan Sach on LULUCF
  
  
• Greg Terrill on "Good Practices" in Policies and Measures
  
  
• Secretariat present the draft report
  
  
• Chair Thorgeirsson closes the meeting
  

Russian Federation

(Left to right:)The SBI Panel with SBI Coordinator Luiz Gomez-Echeverri, SD Coordintor Janos Pasztor, Vitaly Matsarski (Secretariat) Chair Daniela Stoycheva (Bulgaria) and two other members of the Secretariat

Tibor Farago, Hungary, accepting the appointment of Hungary as COP-9 President

Robert Mason, United Kingdom

In the morning, the SBI adopted conclusions on all agenda items, with the exception of the programme budget for the biennium 2004-2005 and the report of the session. Following lengthy informal consultations, the SBI re-convened to adopt the programme budget, and also adopted the session report.

Listen to:

• SBI Chair on Item 9 "Arrangements for Intergovernmental Meetings"
  
  
• Karstan Sach on Item 9
  
  
• Argentina's intervention FCCC/SBI/2003/L3 (in Spanish)
  
  
• Hungary accepting the nomination for president at COP-9
  
  
• Uruguay (in Spanish)
  
  
• Report on the Capacity-building group
  
  
• Report on the Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
  
  
• The secretariat's presentation of the draft report
  
  
• Chair Stoycheva closes the meeting

Raul Estrada, Argentina

Delegates from United Arab Emirates

EU delegates confer during the SBI Plenary

John Ashe reports on the budget

Canada and Burkina Faso discuss the outcomes of the informal consultations on LDC fund

Algeria thanks Tahar Hadj-Sadok, a fellow Algerian for
all his work and wishes him luck

Tahar receives flowers, with SBI Coordinator Luiz Gomez-Echeverr, SBI Chair Daniela Stoycheva and Joke Waller-Hunter

Tahar Hadj-Sadok with members of the Secretariat

Informal Consultations of the Programme Budget Group

Photos (above, left to right): EU members consult on the budget; Tahar Hadj-Sadok with Joke Waller-Hunter; and Waller-Hunter with SBI Chair Daniela Stoycheva