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COP1: Organisation of Work
Monday morning
• opening formalities
• organizational matters
• COP will be invited to apply provisionally the rules
of procedure to permit
‣election of a President
‣adoption of the agenda for the session, amended as
appropriate,
‣agreement on the organization of work.
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COP1: Organisation of Work
Ministerial segment Thursday and Friday
• reports of the COW and the contact group on legal
and budget issues
• opportunity for participants to give statements and for
the meeting to take decisions
‣adopted on the basis of draft decisions submitted
from the COW and any other subsidiary groups
established by plenary.
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COP1: Organisation of Work
The meeting may then wish to:
• establish
‣a contact group to consider legal and budget issues
‣Committee of the Whole (COW) to address
substantive issues
• adjourn until Thursday morning
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• COW would meet through the afternoon session on
Wednesday.
• Contact group on legal and budget issues to meet as
necessary through the week and address
‣remaining issues in the rules of procedure
‣financial rules,
‣budget of the Secretariat and
‣any other legal or administrative issues assigned
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