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)
Hierarchy
Broader: advisory body
In other languages
French
comité
Russian
комитет
Spanish
comité
Chinese, Simplified
委员会
Arabic
لجنة
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Multilateral environment agreements tagged with committee
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committee. This includes official treaty texts, decisions, recommendations, and other related
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Convention on Migratory Species | 1 document |
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Stockholm Convention | 1 document |
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Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds | 1 article or paragraph1 decision |
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United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change | 1 decision |
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Rotterdam Convention | 4 articles and paragraphs16 documents |
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Barcelona Convention | 1 decision |
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Agreement on the Conservation of Small Cetaceans of the Baltic and North Seas | 1 article or paragraph |
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ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution | 1 article or paragraph |