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Art.16 |
Article 16 INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS |
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Art.16.1 |
1. The Contracting Parties designate the United Nations Environment Programme as the secretariat of the Convention to carry out the following functions: |
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Art.16.1.i |
(i)To prepare and convene the meetings of Contracting Parties and conferences provided for in articles 17 and 18; |
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Art.16.1.ii |
(ii)To transmit to the Contracting Parties notifications, reports and other information received in accordance with articles 3, 12, and 22; |
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Art.16.1.iii |
(iii)To perform the functions assigned to it by the protocols to this Convention; |
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Art.16.1.iv |
(iv)To consider enquiries by, and information from, the Contracting Parties and to consult with them on questions relating to this Convention and its related protocols and annexes thereto; |
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Art.16.1.v |
(v)To co-ordinate the implementation of cooperative activities agreed upon by the meetings of Contracting Parties and conferences provided for in article 17; |
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Art.16.1.vi |
(vi)To enter into such administrative arrangements as may be required for the effective discharge of the secretariat functions. |
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Art.16.2 |
2. Each Contracting Party shall designate an appropriate national authority as responsible for the co-ordination of national efforts for implementing this Convention and its related protocols. The appropriate national authority shall serve as the channel of communication between the Contracting Party and the Organization. |
