Please note below categories of documents:
1. Documents prepared in advance for the Meeting:
- Category I (official documents for possible action)
- Category II (official background documents, for instance on implementation and compliance and national implementation reports)
- Category III (other documents relevant to the agenda)
2. Intersessional documents of relevance to the agenda (also Category II)
3. In-session unedited documents, as revised and adopted by the Meeting of the Parties at its fourth session
4. Post-session final documents include the report of the fourth session with the adopted Chisinau Declaration and decisions; the endorsed Communication Strategy and Chair’s summary of the thematic session of the high-level segment
Document Title | ENG | FRE | RUS |
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Report of the fourth session of the Meeting of the Parties (ECE/MP.PP/2011/2) | |||
Chisinau Declaration and decisions adopted by the Meeting of the Parties (ECE/MP.PP/2011/2/Add.1) | |||
Communication Strategy (ECE/MP.PP/2011/2/Add.2) | |||
Chair’s summary of the thematic session of the high-level segment on the role of the Aarhus Convention in promoting sustainable development. |
The Meeting of the Parties adopted the following decisions with the agreed amendments by consensus (see table below). In-session documents revised by the fourteenth meeting of the Working Group of the Parties and the Meeting of the Parties are made temporary available in track changes mode in English, French and Russian at: http://www.aarhus.mediu.gov.md/en/documents/
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List of decisions and major outcomes | ||||
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Declaration | ||||
Chisinau Declaration | ||||
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Decisions | ||||
Decision IV/1 on access to information | ||||
(Adopted with the amendment to paragraph 9 by adding the Republic of Moldova between the square brackets and removing them) | ||||
Decision IV/2 on promoting effective access to justice | ||||
(Adopted with the amendment to paragraph 16 by removing the square brackets) | ||||
Decision IV/3 on promoting the application of the principles of the Convention in international forums | ||||
Decision IV/4 on reporting requirements | ||||
Decision IV/5 on accession to the Convention by States from outside the UNECE region | ||||
Decision IV/6 on the work programme for 2012-2014 | ||||
Decision IV/7 on financial arrangements | ||||
Decision IV/8 on strategic planning | ||||
Decision IV/9 on general issues of compliance | ||||
Decision IV/9(a) on compliance by Armenia | ||||
Decision IV/9(b) on compliance by Belarus | ||||
Decision IV/9(c) on compliance by Kazakhstan | ||||
Decision IV/9(d) on compliance by the Republic of Moldova | ||||
Decision IV/9(e) on compliance by Slovakia | ||||
Decision IV/9(f) on compliance by Spain | ||||
Decision IV/9(g) on compliance by Turkmenistan | ||||
Decision IV/9(h) on compliance by Ukraine | ||||
Decision IV/9(i) on compliance by the United Kingdom | ||||
Communication Strategy | ||||
Communication strategy | ||||
(Endorsed with the request to format its first annex) | ||||
In the table above, links to documents appear using the following abbreviations and icons:
File formats: 
= pdf file; 
= MS Word file
Languages: PDF – PDFlish; PDF – PDFnch; PDF – PDFsian
Documents available for downloading are indicated in blue typeface: PDF PDF PDF.
Action Documents (Category I)
These documents are presented for possible action by delegations (for signature, endorsement, approval or adoption). They were generally submitted through and approved by the Working Group of the Parties or the Bureau.
These documents will be translated and reproduced by the Conference Services of United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG) prior to the meeting.
Document title | ENG | FRE | RUS | |
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Agenda | ||||
Provisional agenda for the fourth session of the Meeting of the Parties | ||||
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Declaration | ||||
Draft "Chisinau Declaration" | ||||
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Decisions | ||||
Draft decision IV/1 on access to information | ||||
Draft decision IV/2 on promoting effective access to justice | ||||
Draft decision IV/3 on promoting the application of the principles of the Convention in international forums | ||||
Draft decision IV/4 on reporting requirements | ||||
Draft decision IV/5 on accession to the Convention by States from outside the UNECE region | ||||
Draft decision IV/6 on the work programme for 2012-2014 | ||||
Draft decision IV/7 on financial arrangements | ||||
Draft decision IV/8 on strategic planning | ||||
Draft decision IV/9 on general issues of compliance | ||||
Draft decision IV/9(a) on compliance by Armenia | ||||
Draft decision IV/9(b) on compliance by Belarus | ||||
Draft decision IV/9(c) on compliance by Kazakhstan | ||||
Draft decision IV/9(d) on compliance by the Republic of Moldova | ||||
Draft decision IV/9(e) on compliance by Slovakia | ||||
Draft decision IV/9(f) on compliance by Spain | ||||
Draft decision IV/9(g) on compliance by Turkmenistan | ||||
Draft decision IV/9(h) on compliance by Ukraine | ||||
Draft decision IV/9(i) on compliance by the United Kingdom | ||||
Communication Strategy | ||||
Draft communication strategy | ||||
In the table above, links to documents appear using the following abbreviations and icons:
File formats: 
= pdf file; 
= MS Word file
Languages: ENG – English; FRE – French; RUS – Russian
Documents available for downloading are indicated in blue typeface: ENG FRE RUS
Background reports and documents (Category II)
These documents are reports on implementation and compliance and other background documents, prepared by the secretariat or subsidiary bodies of the Convention to provide a basis for discussion. These documents will be translated where feasible and reproduced by the Conference Service of United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG) prior to the meeting.
The original versions of the national implementation reports (as submitted by the Parties to the secretariat) and any additional versions of the reports provided in the national language or languages, where these were provided in languages other than English, French or Russian, can be accessed from the following webpage.
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List of documents for the fourth session of the Meeting of the Parties |
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Programme of the high-level segment |
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Status of Implementation and Trends | ||||
Status of ratification | pls. see the following webpage | |||
ECE/MP.PP/2011/7 | ||||
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Report of the Compliance Committee | ||||
ECE/MP.PP/2011/11 |
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ECE/MP.PP/2011/11/Add.1 | ||||
ECE/MP.PP/2011/11/Add.2 | ||||
ECE/MP.PP/2011/11/Add.3 | ||||
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Background Reports and Documents | ||||
ECE/MP.PP/2011/8 |
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ECE/MP.PP/2011/9 |
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ECE/MP.PP/2011/10 |
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ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2011/7 |
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Draft revised Aarhus Convention Implementation Guide |
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Draft revised Aarhus Convention Implementation Guide |
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Draft revised Aarhus Convention Implementation Guide |
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In the table above, links to documents appear using the following abbreviations and icons:
File formats: 
= pdf file; 
= MS Word file
Languages: PDF – PDFlish; FRE – French; RUS – Russian
Documents available for downloading are indicated in blue typeface: PDF FRE RUS
Category III Documents
These are informal documents related to the agenda of the meeting. Category III documents will not be assigned any symbol, but can be listed on the official website (as received) if they had been submitted to the ECE secretariat before 15 June 2011. Neither the secretariat nor the host country are responsible for translating or copying Category III documents.
Document title | ENG | RUS | ||
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Fourth session of the Meeting of the Parties | ||||
VIA IURIS assessment of Slovakia's national implementation report 2011 |
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NGO's opinion on implementation of Aarhus Convention in Tajikistan | ||||
The Access Initiative - comments on the draft Chisinau Declaration |
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The Latin-American Access Initiative Network - comments on the draft Chisinau Declaration |
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Green Alternative Report on the Implementation of the Aarhus Convention in Georgia | ||||
In the table above, links to documents appear using the following abbreviations and icons:
File formats: 
= pdf file; 
= MS Word file; PPT = powerpoint file
Languages: ENG – English; FRE – French; RUS – Russian
Documents available for downloading are indicated in blue typeface: ENG FRE RUS
Intersessional Documents of Relevance to the Agenda (Category II)
These documents are reports and related documents produced during the intersessional period (2008-2011), prepared by the secretariat or subsidiary bodies of the Convention. These documents have been translated and published where feasible by UNOG Conference Services in conjunction with the meetings for which they were produced.
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Working Group of the Parties | ||||
Document Title | ENG | FRE | RUS | |
Report of the thirteenth meeting of the Working Group of the Parties | ||||
Report of the twelfth meeting of the Working Group of the Parties | ||||
Report of the Working Group of the Parties on its eleventh session | ||||
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PRTRs | ||||
Report of the first session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol on PRTR | ||||
Report of the Working Group on PRTRs on its sixth meeting | ||||
Report of the Working Group on PRTRs on its fifth meeting | ||||
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For the reports of the Compliance Committee on its 21st to 32nd meetings, see the following webpage | ||||
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Meetings of the Task Forces and Workshops | ||||
Report on the Workshop on Electronic Information Tools to Support the Implementation of the Aarhus Convention in South-Eastern Europe |
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Report of the seventh meeting of the Task Force on Electronic Information Tools | ||||
Report of the Task Force on Public Participation in Decision-making on its first meeting | ||||
Report of the Task Force on Access to Justice on its fourth meeting |
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Report of the Task Force on Access to Justice on its third meeting | ||||
Report on the sixth meeting of the Task Force on Public Participation in International Forums |
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Report of the fifth meeting of the Task Force on Public Participation in International Forums | ||||
Report of the fourth meeting of the Task Force on Public Participation in International Forums | ||||
Report on the workshop on public awareness, access to information and public participation regarding living/ genetically modified organisms |
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In the table above, links to documents appear using the following abbreviations and icons:
File formats: = pdf file; = MS Word file
Languages: PDF – PDFlish; PDF – PDFnch; PDF – PDFsian
Documents available for downloading are indicated in blue typeface: PDF PDF PDF
