Decision of the Intergovernmental Committee: 13.COM 16

The Committee,

  1. Having examined document ITH/18/13.COM/16,
  2. Recalling Decision 11.COM 10 and Decision 12.COM 13 as well as Resolution 7.GA 6,
  3. Commends the work of the informal open-ended ad hoc working group chaired by Algeria and the Philippines and welcomes its report;
  4. Endorses the recommendations of the informal ad hoc working group as contained in the annex of document ITH/18/13.COM/16;
  5. Encourages States Parties to take into account the recommendations of the informal ad hoc working group, with a view to enhancing resource mobilization for the 2003 Convention and promoting follow-up to General Conference 39 C/ Resolution 87;
  6. Requests that the Secretariat implement, as appropriate, the relevant recommendations of the informal ad hoc working group;
  7. Decides to extend the mandate of the informal open-ended ad hoc working group to:
    1. exchange with the Secretariat and the Evaluation Body on the implementation of the experimental dialogue mechanism as well as any other issues to facilitate the work of the Committee; and
    2. continue the consultation process with accredited NGOs, on the possible ways in which the participation of NGOs under the 2003 Convention could be further enhanced and how this would be reflected in the accreditation and renewal mechanisms of NGOs;
  8. Further decides to consider this item at its fourteenth session in 2019.

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