The Conference of The Parties (COP)
The Conference of the Parties (COP) oversees the implementation of the Convention. It is established by the Convention as the supreme decision-making body, and it comprises all ratifying governments. The first five sessions of the COP were held annually from 1997 to 2001.
Starting 2001 sessions are held on a biennial basis interchanging with the sessions of the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention (CRIC), whose first session was held in 2002.
- COP 1: Rome (Italy), September 29 to October 10, 1997.
- COP 2: Dakar (Senegal), November 30 to December 11, 1998.
- COP 3: Recife (Brasil), November 15 to 26, 1999.
- COP 4: Bonn (Germany), December 11 to 22, 2000.
- COP 5: Geneva (Switzerland), October 1 to 12, 2001.
- COP 6: Havana (Cuba), August 25 to September 5, 2003.
- COP 7: Nairobi (Kenia), October 17 to 28, 2005.
- COP 8: Madrid (Spain), September 3 to 14, 2007.
- COP 9: Buenos Aires (Argentine), September 21 to October 2, 2009.
- COP10: Gyeongnam (South Korea), October 10 to October 20, 2011.
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