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CONFERENCE OF PARTIES (COP) - ECOLOGY ENVIRONMENT

A conference of the parties (COP) is the supreme decision - making body of the Convention. All States that are Parties to the Convention are represented at the COP, at which they review the implementation of the Convention and any other legal instruments that the COP adopts and take decision necessary to promote the effective implementation of the Convention, including institutional and administrative arrangements.

CHRONOLOGY OF CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES (COP) - 

1.  COP 1 - 1995, The Berlin Mandate

2.  COP 2 - 1996, Geneva, Switzerland

3.  COP 3 - 1997, The Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change

4.  COP 4 - 1998, Buenos Aires, Argentina

5.  COP 5 - 1999, Bonn, Germany

6.  COP 6 - 2000, The Hague, Netherlands

7.  COP 6 - 2001, Bonn, Germany

8.  COP 7 - 2001, Marrakech, Morocco

9.  COP 8- 2002, New Delhi, India

10. COP 9 - 2003, Milan, Italy

11. COP 10 - 2004, Buenos Aires, Argentina

12. COP 11 / CMP 1 - 2005, Montreal, Canada

13. COP 12 / CMP 2 - 2006, Nairobi, Kenya

14. COP 13 / CMP 3 - 2007, Bali, Indonesia

15. COP 14 / CMP 4 - 2008, Poznan, Poland

16. COP 15 / CMP 5 - 2009, Copenhagen, Denmark

17. COP 16 / CMP 6 - 2010, Cancun, Mexico

18. COP 17 / CMP 7 - 2011, Durban, South Africa

19. COP 18 / CMP 8 - 2012, Doha, Qatar

20. COP 19 / CMP 9 - 2013, Warsaw, Poland

21. COP 20 / CMP 10 - 2014, Lima, Peru

22. COP 21 / CMP 11 - 2015, Paris, France