ENB @ UNFCCC SB-20, Bonn, Germany, 16-25 June 2004


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SUMMARY

(Coverage of UNFCCC SB-20 side events)

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Highlights:
Friday 25 June 2004

Above photo L-R: SBSTA Coordinator Dennis Tirpak being congratulated by SBSTA Chair Abdullatif Benrageb on his retirement.

SBSTA CLOSING PLENARY:

Above photo L-R: UNFCCC Executive Secretary Joke Waller-Hunter with Hannah Hoffmann (UNFCCC) during the morning SBSTA plenary.

SBSTA and SBI convened in Plenary and adopted conclusions and the report of the sessions. In SBSTA, Chair Benrageb congratulated UNFCCC staff member Claudio Forner and ENB writer Dagmar Lohan for their engagement. Chair Benrageb with a number of Parties made statements of farewell to outgoing SBSTA Coordinator Dennis Tirpak, who is retiring from the Secretariat. Both SBSTA and SBI Chairs thanked the delegates for their participation and look forward to seeing them in Buenos Aires for COP-10.

Above photo L-R: Wishes for Denis Tirpak's retirement. Raul Estrada (Argentina), Dennis Tirpak, SBSTA Coordinator, SBSTA Chair Abdullatif Benrageb (Libya) and Harald Dovland (Norway)

Above photo: Contact Group Chairs Thelma Krug , David Warrilow (UK) and William Agyemang-Bonsu (Ghana) reported the final deliberations of the Contact Groups on small-scale A&R under the CDM, Adaptation, and "Good practice" guidance for LULUCF activities under the Kyoto Protocol respectively.


Above photos: Delegates discussing the conclusions on Good practice" guidance for LULUCF activities under the Kyoto Protocol due to the intervention by the Russian Federation.	Above photos: Delegates in informal consultations to find compromise text regarding Agenda item 3 (b) on emissions from fuels used for international aviation and maritime transport.


Above photos: Osita Anaedu (Nigeria) raising flag to make an intervention on Agenda item 3 (b) on emissions from fuels used for international aviation and maritime transport.	Above photos: Harald Dovland (Norway), with UNFCCC staff Halldór Thorgeirsson, Hannah Hoffmann and Dennis Tirpak.


Above photo: SBSTA Chair Abdullatif Benrageb (Libya) gaveled the session to a close at 1:40 pm	Above photo: Closing SBSTA dais .
SBI CLOSING PLENARY:

Above photo: Goodbyes during the closing session of SBI.

Above photo: Bird's eye view of the SBI dais .

Above photo: Informal consultations Co-Chair on Financial Mechanism Andrea Alban (Colombia) reported its conclusions to the plenary.

Above photo: Contact Group Chair S.N. Sok Appadu (Mauritius) reported the final deliberations on Research and Systematic observation.

Above photos: SBI Coordiantor Luis Gomez Echeverri (UNFCCC) saying goodbye to SBI Chair Daniela Stoycheva (Bulgaria) (left), SBI Chair Daniela Stoycheva (Bulgaria) gaveled the session to a close at 4.25 pm

This service was prepared in cooperation with the Climate Change Secretariat

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Workshop agenda.
ENB Summary report of the Consultative Group of Experts (CGE) on National Communications from Non-Annex I Parties (HTML, PDF, TXT).
ENB summary report of the Inter-Regional Workshop of the Consultative Group of Experts On Initial National Communications From Parties Not Included In Annex I to the Convention (HTML, PDF, TEXT).
UNFCCC report of the Workshop of the Consultative Group of Experts (CGE) on National Communications from non-Annex I Parties Improvement of the preparation of national communications of non-Annex I Parties.
UNFCCC Workshop on the use of the guidelines for the preparation of national communications from non-Annex I Parties.
ENB summary report of COP-9 (HTML, PDF, TEXT).
ENB summary report of UNFCC Workshop on the Preparation of National Communications from Parties Not Included in Annex I to the Convention (HTML, PDF, TEXT)
ENB coverage of climate and atmosphere meetings.

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