3. A State Party to this Convention is not bound by a protocol unless it becomes a Party to the protocol in accordance with the provisions thereof.

Parties to the Protocol will contribute to both, whereas those Parties that have not ratified the Protocol will contribute to the Convention only.

For the purpose of rules 26 and 27, Parties to the Convention that are not Parties to the Kyoto Protocol may exercise the same rights as all other observers.

When the Conference of the Parties exercises its functions as the Meeting of the Parties to this Protocol, decisions under this Protocol shall be taken only by those of its members that are, at that time, Parties to this Protocol.

Decision 17 CP.9 includes a recommended draft COP MOP decision which states that credentials from Parties to the Kyoto Protocol would apply for the participation of their representatives in sessions of the COP and the COP MOP, and a single report on credentials would be submitted for approval, following established procedures, by the Bureau of the COP to the COP and to the COP MOP.

The States Parties to the present Protocol,

The States Parties to this Protocol,

Background The Kyoto Protocol states When the Conference of the Parties serves as the meeting of the Parties to this Protocol, any member of the Bureau of the Conference of the Parties representing a Party to the Convention but, at that time, not a Party to this Protocol, shall be replaced by an additional member to be elected by and from amongst the Parties to this Protocol (Article 13, paragraph 3).

1. Any State Party may denounce the present Protocol at any time by written notification addressed to the Secretary General of the United Nations, who shall thereafter inform the other States Parties to the present Protocol and the Convention.

Background Article 13, paragraph 6, of the Kyoto Protocol provides that, following COP MOP 1 Subsequent ordinary sessions of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to this Protocol shall be held every year and in conjunction with ordinary sessions of the Conference of the Parties, unless otherwise decided by the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to this Protocol .

The States Parties to the present Protocol have agreed as follows

Moreover, the Optional Protocol to the Covenant, negotiated and adopted contemporaneously with it, permits State parties to denounce it.

(Meeting of the Parties)

Decisions under this Protocol shall be taken only by Parties to this Protocol.

When the Conference of the Parties exercises its functions as the Meeting of the Parties to this Protocol, any member of the Bureau of the Conference of the Parties representing a Party to the Convention but, at that time, not a party to this Protocol, shall be substituted by an additional member to be elected by and from amongst the Parties to this Protocol.

At COP MOP 1, Parties to the Kyoto Protocol will need to elect the following

The Conference of the Parties (COP), at its seventh session, decided to recommend the following draft decision for adoption by the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (COP MOP) at its first session.

Action The COP MOP will be invited to approve the report on credentials of the representatives of Parties attending COP MOP 1.

Background In accordance with Article 13, paragraph 6, of the Kyoto Protocol, the first session of the COP MOP shall be convened by the secretariat in conjunction with the first session of the COP that is scheduled after the date of entry into force of the Protocol.

Except as otherwise provided in this Protocol, the provisions of the Convention relating to its protocols shall apply to this Protocol.

It consolidates the texts of all draft decisions that have been recommended by the Conference of the Parties (COP) for adoption by the COP MOP at its first session.

Parties will consider whether to adopt the compliance procedures and mechanisms as a decision of the COP MOP, or as an amendment to the Protocol.

The Protocol sets out procedures for parties to report data on their compliance with treaty requirements.

The costs of secretariat services for this Protocol shall be met only by Parties thereto.

3. The Secretary General of the United Nations in his capacity as the depositary of the Convention and the Protocol shall inform all States parties to the Convention and all States which have signed the Convention of each instrument of ratification or accession to the Protocol.

The secretariat shall convene the first session of the Meeting of the Parties in conjunction with the first session of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention that is scheduled after the date of the entry into force of this Protocol.

1. Any State Party may denounce the present Protocol at any time by written notification addressed to the Secretary General of the United Nations, who shall thereafter inform the other States Parties to the present Protocol and the Convention. Denunciation shall take effect one year after the date of receipt of the notification by the Secretary General.

Recalling the provisions of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, and the Kyoto Protocol to the Convention, herein after referred to as the Protocol ,

Recalling the provisions of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, and the Kyoto Protocol to the Convention, herein after referred to as the Protocol ,

Apart from the designation of operational entities, where the COP MOP has an advisory role, the COP MOP can reverse such technical decisions.

The States Parties to the present Protocol,

The secretariat established by Article 8 of the Convention shall serve as the secretariat to this Protocol.

The secretariat established by Article 8 of the Convention shall serve as the secretariat of this Protocol.

The COP was held in conjunction with the first session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (COP MOP).

7.3 quot Party quot means Party to this Protocol.

quot Parties quot means the Parties to the present Protocol.

A. Conference of the Parties Meeting of the Parties Note to reader This section should be read together with paragraphs 177 177.2 in the section

The secretariat shall convene the first session of the Meeting of the Parties in conjunction with the first session of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention that is scheduled after the date of the entry into force of this Protocol.

5. The annexed Protocols form an integral part of this Convention.

Background The Kyoto Protocol provides that the rules of procedure of the COP shall be applied, mutatis mutandis, under the Protocol, except as may be otherwise decided by consensus by the COP MOP (Article 13, paragraph 5).

Compliance Committee Article 18 of the Kyoto Protocol delegates to the COP MOP the task of approving procedures and mechanisms to address non compliance.

Parties to the Convention that are not Parties to this Protocol may participate, without the right to vote, in the proceedings of any ordinary session of the Meeting of the Parties.

This Protocol supplements the Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel, done at New York on 9 December 1994 (hereinafter referred to as the Convention ), and as between the Parties to this Protocol, the Convention and the Protocol shall be read and interpreted together as a single instrument.

This Protocol supplements the Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel, done at New York on 9 December 1994 (hereinafter referred to as the Convention ), and as between the Parties to this Protocol, the Convention and the Protocol shall be read and interpreted together as a single instrument.

Decisions under this protocol another legal instrument shall be made by the Parties to the protocol another legal instrument.