§ Mr. DafisTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make representations to the Secretary General of the United Nations seeking clarification on the compliance arrangements and verification procedures for(a) the framework convention on climate change and (b) the convention on biological diversity.
§ Mr. MacleanThe intergovernmental negotiating committee will resume its work next month to elaborate the framework convention on climate change and prepare for decisions at the first meeting of its parties.
Subject to approval by the United Nations Environment Programme's Governing Council in May 1993, an intergovernmental committee on the convention on biology diversity will be established. In the interim, UNEP will establish official level working groups to take forward the necessary further work on the convention.