Attila Tanzi, Chair, Implementation Committee Item 6(d) Implementation Committee

1 Based on the information received from the Parties concerned and the NGOs in question through the rich exchanges with them, the Committee formulated its conclusions, and invited Portugal and Spain to discuss such conclusions at the next meeting of their bilateral commission dealing with the Albufeira Convention. [...] Fifth, the Committee also discussed the outcomes of the third reporting exercise under the Convention based on the synthesis report, prepared by the secretariat. [...] Finally, Mr Chairman, You will find in the annex to the Committee Report the Draft decision on general issues of implementation, which the Committee suggests to the Meeting of the Parties to adopt. [...] It reflects on the activities of the Committee and its assessment of the current status and challenges with implementation of the Convention. [...] Since the Committee has been operational for 12 years, the Meeting of the Parties may also wish to invite the Committee to undertake a stocktaking exercise, in the upcoming or the following intersessional period.