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Highlights and images for 15 November 2017
Fiji / Bonn Climate Change Conference - November 2017
The Fiji / Bonn Climate Change Conference continued on Wednesday. Contact groups and informal consultations under the Conference of the Parties (COP) and Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP) met throughout the day. In the morning, the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) and Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) resumed and completed their closing plenaries.
The Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement (APA) opening plenary began in the morning, suspended for the afternoon to provide time for further consultations, and resumed, and again suspended, in the evening.
The joint-high level segment opened in the afternoon, with a speech from 12-year old Fijian Timoci Naulusala, who reminded delegates that “it’s not about how, or who, but it’s about what you can do as an individual.”
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Opening of the High-Level Segment
Delegates during the high-level segment
Timoci Naulusala, Fiji
Chancellor Angela Merkel, Germany
UN Secretary-General António Guterres
Miroslav Lajčák, President, UN General Assembly (UNGA)
Frank Bainimarama, COP 23/CMP 13/CMA 1-2 President
Frank-Walter Steinmeier, President, Federal Republic of Germany
President Emmanuel Macron, France
President Baron Divavesi Waqa, Nauru
President Ali Bongo Ondimba, Gabon, speaking on behalf of Gabon and the African Heads of State Committee on Climate Change
His Royal Highness Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
President Tommy E. Remengesau, Jr., Palau
President Issoufou Mahamadou, Niger
President Patrice Talon, Benin
APA Closing Plenary
Members of the Secretariat distribute the draft APA conclusions
Delegates read the text
APA Co-Chairs Jo Tyndall, New Zealand, and Sarah Baashan, Saudi Arabia
Xolisa Ngwadla, South Africa, speaking on behalf of the African Group
Walter Schuldt Espinel, Ecuador, speaking on behalf of the G-77/China
Patrick Suckling, Australia, on behalf of the Umbrella Group
Majid Shafie-Pour, Iran, speaking on behalf of the Like-minded Developing Countries (LMDCs)
Delegates huddle during the APA negotiations
SBI Closing Plenary
View of the dais during the SBI closing plenary
SBI Chair Tomasz Chruszczow, Poland
Adão Soares Barbosa, Timor-Leste
Mohammed Al Shamsi, Saudi Arabia
Sidi Mohamed El Wavi, Mauritania
Delegates huddle to consult with the SBI Chair
SBSTA Closing Plenary
View of the dais during the SBSTA closing plenary
Alexander Nakhutin, Russian Federation
SBSTA Chair Carlos Fuller, Belize
Ricardo Manuel Ulate-Chacon, Costa Rica
Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, Indigenous Peoples
Geert Fremout, EU
Delegates applaud the adoption of the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform
Civil Society Demonstrations
In a civil society demonstration outside the venue, puppet figurines representing Goddess Kali and "Corporate Greed" battle, calling on governments to transform energy systems and keep global temperatures below 1.5C
Members of 350.org unfurl a banner in the corridors, calling on delegates to 'keep coal in the ground'
Around the Venue
UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa; President Emmanuel Macron, France; Frank Bainimarama, COP 23/CMP 13/CMA 1-2 President; Chancellor Angela Merkel, Germany; and UN Secretary-General António Guterres
Timoci Naulusala shows his 'earth outfit' on the podium
Nazhat Shameem Khan, COP 23/CMP 13/CMA 1-2 Presidency
Delegates from Poland
Carole Dieschbourg, Minister for the Environment, Luxembourg
Chancellor Angela Merkel, Germany
President Emmanuel Macron, France
Delegates from Saudi Arabia
Delegates from Monaco
Delegates from Mexico
Babacar Sarr, Senegal
Delegates speak informally
Delegates from Kuwait
Highlights and images for 13 November 2017
Fiji / Bonn Climate Change Conference - November 2017
The Fiji / Bonn Climate Change Conference continued on Monday. Contact groups and informal consultations under the Conference of the Parties (COP), Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP), Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI), Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA), and Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement (APA) met throughout the day.
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High-level Opening of Global Climate Action
Participants during the session
Jerry Brown, Governor of California, US
Bertrand Piccard, Solar Impulse
Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, Indigenous Peoples' Caucus
Feike Sijbesma, CEO, Royal DSM
Park Won-soon, Mayor of Seoul, Republic of Korea
Gale Rigobert, Minister of Education, Innovation, Gender Relations and Sustainable Development, Saint Lucia
Karien Van Gennip, CEO, ING Bank France
Informal Consultations throughout the Day
Informal consultations on matters relating to capacity building
SBSTA informal consultations on issues relating to agriculture
Delegates huddle outside the informal consultations on response measures
SBSTA informal consultations on the technology framework under Article 10.4 of the Paris Agreement
SBI informal consultations on matters relating to the least developed countries
Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the SBI, SBSTA, and APA with Heads of Delegations
View of the dais during the session
APA Co-Chairs Sarah Baashan, Saudi Arabia, and Jo Tyndall, New Zealand
SBSTA Chair Carlos Fuller, Belize
SBI Chair Tomasz Chruszczow, Poland
Patrick Suckling, Australia, on behalf of the Umbrella Group
Johanna Lissinger Peitz, EU
Walter Schuldt Espinel, Ecuador, speaking on behalf of the G-77/China
Chen Zhihua, China
Ravi Prasad, India
Dedication of the De Brum Meeting Room
Photograph of the late Tony De Brum, former climate Ambassador of the Marshall Islands and founder of the High Ambition Coalition
Bruce Kijiner, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Marshall Islands
President Hilda Heine, Marshall Islands
Tuaoi Uepa, Pacific Climate Warrior
Kathy Jetn̄il-Kijiner, Marshall Islands
Prime Minister Henry Puna, Cook Islands
Amena Yauvoli, COP 23 Fiji Presidency
Barbara Hendricks, Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety, Germany
Around the Venue
Delegates huddle informally between sessions
UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa
Richard Kinley, former UNFCCC Deputy Executive Secretary
Christiana Figueres, Mission 2020
Jerry Brown, Governor of California, US, speaks with Arnold Schwarzenegger, former Governor of California, US
Mary Robinson, The Mary Robinson Foundation - Climate Justice
Peter Betts, EU, speaks with Trigg Talley, US
President Hilda Heine, Marshall Islands
Andrew R. Yatilman, Office of Environment and Emergency Management, Federated States of Micronesia, and Marion Henry, Department of Resource and Development, Federated States of Micronesia
Nazhat Shameem Khan, COP 23/CMP 13/CMA 1-2 Presidency, speaks with a delegate
Marcela Main Sancha, Secretary to the COP/CMP
Obed Baloyi, South Africa, speaks with a delegate
Nick Nuttall, UNFCCC Secretariat
Daily report for 11 November 2017
Fiji / Bonn Climate Change Conference - November 2017
Highlights and images for 11 November 2017
Fiji / Bonn Climate Change Conference - November 2017
The Fiji / Bonn Climate Change Conference continued on Saturday. Contact groups and informal consultations under the Conference of the Parties (COP), Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP), Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI), Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA), and Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement (APA) met throughout the day. In the afternoon, the COP Presidency held an informal stocktaking plenary to hear updates from all subsidiary bodies.
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Informal Consultations throughout the Day
Informal consultations on further matters, except Adaptation Fund (APA agenda item 8)
Informal consultations on further guidance on adaptation communication (APA agenda item 4)
Delegates huddle during the SBI informal consultations on coordination of support for the implementation of forest activities
SBSTA informal consultations on the technology framework under Paris Agreement Article 10.4
SBI/SBSTA informal consultations on impact of the implementation of response measures
Delegates celebrate the agreement of draft conclusions in the SBI informal consultations on ways of enhancing the implementation of education, training, public awareness, public participation and public access to information to enhance actions under the Paris Agreement
Delegates huddle during the informal consultations on further guidance in relation to the mitigation section of the Paris outcome (APA agenda item 3)
Informal Stocktaking Plenary by the COP 23 President
Delegates gather in plenary for the informal stocktaking
Delegates from Mexico
Delegates speak informally before the start of the session
Delegates from Egypt
Nazhat Shameem Khan, COP 23/CMP 13/CMA 1-2 Presidency
View of the dais during the session
Frank Bainimarama, COP 23/CMP 13/CMA 1-2 President
APA Co-Chairs Jo Tyndall, New Zealand, and Sarah Baashan, Saudi Arabia
Sergey Kononov, APA Coordinator
SBI Chair Tomasz Chruszczow, Poland
SBSTA Chair Carlos Fuller, Belize
Walter Schuldt Espinel, Ecuador, speaking on
behalf of the G-77/China
Amjad Abdulla, Maldives, speaking on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS)
Gebru Jember, Ethiopia, speaking on behalf of the Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Liliam Ballón Sánchez de Amézaga, Peru, speaking on behalf of the Independent Alliance of Latin America and the Carribean (AILAC)
Majid Shafie-Pour, Iran, speaking on behalf of the Like-minded Developing Countries (LMDCs)
Patrick Suckling, Australia, on behalf of the Umbrella Group
Nicole Wilke, EU
Ayman Shasly, Saudi Arabia
Civil Society Actions throughout the Day
Members of civil society hold up a 'Noah's Ark,' encouraging delegates to stick to the Paris Agreement
Eric Meyer, Generation Atomic, sings an operatic ballad outside the venue about the benefits of nuclear energy in climate action
Around the Venue
APA Co-Chair Jo Tyndall, New Zealand
APA Co-Chairs, UNFCCC Secretariat, and COP 23/CMP 13/CMA 1-2 Presidency
UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa speaks with members of the UNFCCC Secretariat
Wanna Tanunchaiwatana, SBSTA Coordinator, and SBSTA Chair Carlos Fuller, Belize
Frank Bainimarama, COP 23/CMP 13/CMA 1-2 President
Ovais Sarmad, UNFCCC Deputy Executive Secretary (centre)
Joseph Africano Bartel, South Sudan
Rueanna Haynes, Saint Kitts and Nevis
Aziz Mekouar, Morocco, COP 22/CMP 12/CMA 1 Presidency, speaks with Tosi Mpanu-Mpanu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Christiana Figueres, former UNFCCC Executive Secretary
Delegates from Samoa and Tuvalu
Hussein Alfa Nafo, Mali, speaks with a delegate
UN Security around the venue
Delegates from Brazil and Saudi Arabia
Delegates speak informally
Beto Blush, Climax Brasil
Delegates from the Stockholm Environment Institute and Oxfam International
Daily report for 9 November 2017
Fiji / Bonn Climate Change Conference - November 2017
Highlights and images for 9 November 2017
Fiji / Bonn Climate Change Conference - November 2017
The Fiji / Bonn Climate Change Conference continued on Thursday. Contact groups and informal consultations under the Conference of the Parties (COP), Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP), Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI), Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA), and Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement (APA) met throughout the day. In the afternoon, the APA held a stocktake to hear reports from work under all its agenda items.
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Informal Consultations throughout the Day
SBSTA informal consultations on the work programme under the framework for non-market approaches
SBI informal consultations on a public registry referred to in Paris Agreement Article 7.12 (adaptation communication)
SBSTA informal consultations on modalities for the accounting of financial resources provided and mobilized through public interventions
Informal consultations on APA agenda item 4, further guidance on adaptation communication
SBI informal consultations on capacity building under the Convention and the Kyoto Protocol
SBI informal consultations on administrative, financial and institutional matters
APA Stocktake
Delegates gather for the APA Stocktake
APA Co-Chair Sarah Baashan, Saudi Arabia
APA Co-Chair Jo Tyndall, New Zealand, and Co-Facilitator for agenda item 8 - other matters
Beth Lavender, Canada, Co-Facilitator for APA agenda item 4 - adaptation communication
Richard Muyungi, Tanzania, Co-Facilitator for APA agenda item 6 - global stocktake
Gertraud Wollansky, Austria, Co-Facilitator for APA agenda item 3 - mitigation section
Andrew Rakestraw, US, Co-Facilitator for APA agenda item 5 - transparency framework
María del Pilar Bueno, Argentina, Co-Facilitator for APA agenda item 8 - further matters, Adaptation Fund
Peter Horne, Australia, Co-Facilitator for APA agenda item 7 - committee to facilitate implementation and promote compliance
Walter Schuldt Espinel, Ecuador, speaking on
behalf of the G-77/China
Gebru Jember, Ethiopia, speaking on behalf of the Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Franz Perrez, Switzerland, speaking on behalf of the Environmental Integrity Group (EIG)
Raed Albasseet, Saudi Arabia, speaking on behalf of the Arab Group
Nicole Wilke, EU
Xolisa Ngwadla, South Africa, speaking on behalf of the African Group
Liang Pei, China
Civil Society Demonstrations throughout the Day
Members of civil society demonstrate outside the venue, calling for an end to the funding of fossil fuels
Members of civil society call on delegates to 'step up' their commitment to intergenerational issues to ensure the protection of future generations
Delegates join members of the Korean Youth Delegation to light their 'triple C' - climate change candles - to serve as an annual reminder for their commitment to climate action
Around the Venue
Delegates speak informally between sessions
Delegates wait for the APA stocktake to begin
Delegates speak while waiting for informal consultations
Anna Schulz, Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI)
A delegate reads the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) website to keep track of negotiations
Delegates around the venue
Around the Bonn Zone
Highlights and images for 7 November 2017
Fiji / Bonn Climate Change Conference - November 2017
The Fiji / Bonn Climate Change Conference continued on Tuesday. In the morning, the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement (APA) resumed its first session in an opening plenary, and met in a contact group for all substantive agenda items. The plenaries for the Conference of the Parties (COP) and Conference of the Parties Serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP) resumed in the afternoon. Throughout the day, the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) and Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) contact groups and informal consultations and APA informal consultations convened.
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APA Opening Plenary
Delegates gather for the APA opening plenary
APA Co-Chairs Jo Tyndall, New Zealand, and Sarah Baashan, Saudi Arabia
Helmut Hojesky, Austria, COP 23 Vice-President
Delegates applaud the re-election of the APA Co-Chairs
Walter Schuldt Espinel, Ecuador, speaking on behalf of the G-77/China
Franz Perrez, Switzerland, speaking on behalf of the Environmental Integrity Group (EIG)
Patrick Suckling, Australia, on behalf of the Umbrella Group
Gebru Jember, Ethiopia, speaking on behalf of the Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Ayman Shasly, Saudi Arabia
Meelis Münt, EU
Hussein Alfa Nafo, Mali, speaking on behalf of the African Group
Amjad Abdulla, Maldives, speaking on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS)
Xiandi Ooi, Youth NGOs (YOUNGOs)
Majda Dabaghi, Business NGOs (BINGOs)
Tianyang Zhou, Women and Gender
APA Contact Group
Delegates during the APA contact group
Ravi Prasad, India
Liang Pei, China
APA Co-Chair Jo Tyndall, New Zealand
APA family photo
Civil Society Actions throughout the Day
Representatives from Friends of the Earth call for an end to 'dirty energy'
Representatives of the Women and Gender constituency conduct an aerobics class to remind COP 23 delegates to metaphorically 'mind the gap' of gender inequality, and 'reach' for a gender action plan
Contact Groups and Informal Consultations throughout the Day
SBI informal consultations on National Adaptation Plans (NAPs)
Delegates sit on the floor as rooms are filled to capacity
SBSTA informal consultations on issues relating to agriculture
SBI/SBSTA contact group on the impact of the implementation of response measures
SBI contact group on administrative, financial and institutional matters
COP Plenary
View of the dais during the COP plenary
Frank Bainimarama, COP 23/CMP 13/CMA 1-2 President
Nazhat Shameem Khan, COP 23/CMP 13/CMA 1-2 Presidency
Ewen McDonald, Co-Chair, the Green Climate Fund (GCF)
Chizuru Aoki, the Global Environment Facility (GEF)
Georg Børsting, Co-Chair, Standing Committee on Finance (SCF)
Paweł Sałek, Secretary of State, Government Plenipotentiary for Climate Policy, Poland
Nedal Katbeh-Bader, State of Palestine
CMP Plenary
View of the dais during the CMP plenary
Frank Wolke, Chair, Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Executive Board (EB)
Gherghita Nicodim, Vice Chair, Joint Implementation Supervisory Committee (JISC)
Gerhard Loibl, Co-Chair, Compliance Committee
Victor Vinas, Vice Chair, Adaptation Fund Board (AFB)
Around the Venue
Delegates from Poland
Marcela Main Sancha, Secretary to the COP/CMP, UNFCCC, speaks with Nazhat Shameem Khan, COP 23/CMP 13/CMA 1-2 Presidency
Salaheddine Mezouar, COP 22/CMP 12/CMA 1 President, speaks with delegates from Morocco
Hayrapet Hakobyan, Armenia
Delegates read the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) to keep track of negotiations
Delegates between sessions
Daily report for 6 November 2017
Fiji / Bonn Climate Change Conference - November 2017
Summary report 6–17 November 2017
Fiji / Bonn Climate Change Conference - November 2017
Highlights and images for 6 November 2017
Fiji / Bonn Climate Change Conference - November 2017
The Fiji / Bonn Climate Change Conference opened in Bonn, Germany. In the morning, Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama, Fiji, was elected COP 23 President by acclamation. He then presided over a traditional Fijian ceremony, the Qaloqalovi, which included the presentation of a Tabua, the tooth of a sperm whale. During the opening ceremony, UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa called on parties to act with urgency, saying “right here, right now is where we begin.”
The opening plenaries of the Conference of the Parties (COP), Conference of the Parties Serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP) and Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement (CMA) met during the morning and early afternoon.
In the afternoon, the opening plenaries of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) and Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) met in parallel and, later, in a joint plenary. Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement (APA) roundtables met on compliance and on further guidance relating to the mitigation section of Decision 1/CP.21 (the Paris outcome) in the afternoon. SBSTA and SBI contact groups and informal consultations also met in the afternoon.
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Opening Ceremony
Delegates gather for the opening of COP 23/CMP/CMA
Salaheddine Mezouar, COP 22/CMP 12 President
Salaheddine Mezouar, COP 22/CMP 12/CMA 1 President, hands the gavel to Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama, Fiji, and COP 23/CMP 13/CMA 1-2 President
Delegates are welcomed to the meeting with a musical performace
Frank Bainimarama, COP 23/CMP 13/CMA 1-2 President
Petteri Taalas, Secretary-General, World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa
Hoesung Lee, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Chair
Barbara Hendricks, Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety, Germany
Ashok-Alexander Sridharan, Mayor of Bonn, Germany
Jan Szysko, Minister of Environment, Poland, and incoming COP 24/CMP 14/CMA 1-3 President; Frank Bainimarama
COP 23/CMP 13/CMA 1-2 President; and Salaheddine Mezouar, COP 22/CMP 12/CMA 1 President
Representatives from Fiji perform a traditional ceremony, known as the Qaloqalovi, to open the meeting
Barbara Hendricks, Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety, Germany,
and Sai Navoti, Fiji, drink kava - a traditional Fijian drink used in welcoming ceremonies
COP, CMP and CMA Opening Plenaries
View of the dais during the opening plenaries
Ravi Prasad, India
Frank Bainimarama, COP 23/CMP 13/CMA 1-2 President
Majid Shafie-Pour, Iran, speaking on behalf of Like-minded Developing Countries (LMDCs)
Franz Perrez, Switzerland, speaking on behalf of the Environmental Integrity Group (EIG)
Chen Zhihua, China
Walter Schuldt Espinel, Ecuador, speaking on behalf of the G-77/China
Ian Fry, Tuvalu
Meelis Münt, EU
Halldor Thorgeirsson, UNFCCC Secretariat
Marcela Main Sancha, Secretary to the COP/CMP, UNFCCC
Patrick Suckling, Australia, on behalf of the Umbrella Group
Gemedo Dalle, Ethiopia, speaking on behalf of the Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Abdullahi Majeed, Maldives, speaking on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS)
Delegates during plenary
SBSTA Opening Plenary
View of the dais during the SBSTA opening plenary
SBSTA Chair Carlos Fuller, Belize
Elena Manaenkova, WMO
Thinley Namgyel, Vice Chair of the Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN) Advisory Board
Michael Rantil, Technology Executive Committee (TEC) Chair
Abdalah Mokssit, IPCC
SBI Opening Plenary
View of the dais during the SBI opening plenary
SBI Chair Tomasz Chruszczow, Poland
Ovais Sarmad, UNFCCC Deputy Executive Secretary
Felipe Ferreira, Brazil
Philip Weech, the Bahamas
Chizuru Aoki, the Global Environment Facility (GEF)
SBI/SBSTA Joint Plenary
View of the dais during the SBI/SBSTA joint plenary
SBI Chair Tomasz Chruszczow, Poland, and SBSTA Chair Carlos Fuller, Belize
Hussein Alfa Nafo, Mali, speaking on behalf of the African Group
Jean Diur Muland, Democratic Republic of the Congo, speaking on behalf of the Coalition for Rainforest Nations (CfRN)
Chan-Woo Kim, Republic of Korea, speaking on behalf of the Environmental Integrity Group (EIG)
Liliam Ballón Sánchez de Amézaga, Peru, speaking on behalf of the Independent Alliance of Latin America and the Carribean (AILAC)
Around the Venue
Barbara Hendricks, Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety, Germany, arrives in plenary
Hamza Tber, COP 22/CMP 12/CMA 1 Presidency, with Aziz Mekouar, Morocco, COP 22/CMP 12/CMA 1 Presidency
Nazhat Shameem Khan, COP 23/CMP 13/CMA 1-2 Presidency, speaks with a delegate
Delegates from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Morocco, and the US
Delegates between sessions