The Sixteenth Meeting of the Parties decided in Dec. XVI/42:

1. To note with appreciation the work done by the Implementation Committee in the year 2004;
2. To confirm the positions of Australia, Belize, Ethiopia, Jordan and the Russian Federation for one further year and to select Cameroon, Georgia, Guatemala, Nepal and the Netherlands as members of the Committee for a two-year period from 1 January 2005;
3. To note the selection of the Netherlands to serve as President and of Jordan to serve as Vice-President and Rapporteur, respectively, of the Implementation Committee for one year with effect from 1 January 2005.