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Environmental Governance

Definition(s)

Subset of a plenary, open to all parties, established to perform particular tasks (e.g. drafting committee), address a particular issue, or a particular set of agenda items (then equivalent to a working group). Committees make recommendations to the plenary. (Source: Glossary of terms for Negotiators of MEAs, 2007)

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comité
Russian
комитет
Spanish
comité
Arabic
لجنة

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Multilateral environment agreements tagged with Committees

You can see below a list of multilateral environment agreements. Use the links on the right to view the content tagged with Committees. This includes official treaty texts, decisions, recommendations, and other related informational documents such as publications, annuals, meetings, documents or reports.
Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Rotterdam Convention
Barcelona Convention
Agreement on the Conservation of Small Cetaceans of the Baltic and North Seas
ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution

Multimedia

The Stockholm Convention Effectiveness Evaluation - the committee