Documents adopted by the Meeting of the Parties, including the Riga Declaration, decisions taken by the Parties and the meeting report

Annotated agenda for the third meeting of the Parties ECE/MP.PP/2008/1		ENG	FRE	RUS
Report of the third meeting of the Parties ECE/MP.PP/2008/2		ENG	FRE	RUS
"Riga Declaration" ECE/MP.PP/2008/2/Add.1		ENG	FRE	RUS
Statement on the Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers ECE/MP.PP/2008/2/Add.2		ENG	FRE	RUS
Decision III/1 on interpretation of article 14 of the Convention [dealing with the entry into force of amendments] ECE/MP.PP/2008/2/Add.3		ENG	FRE	RUS
Decision III/2 on electronic information tools and the clearinghouse mechanism ECE/MP.PP/2008/2/Add.4		ENG	FRE	RUS
Decision III/3 on promoting effective access to justice ECE/MP.PP/2008/2/Add.5		ENG	FRE	RUS
Decision III/4 on promoting the application of the principles of the Convention in international forums ECE/MP.PP/2008/2/Add.6		ENG	FRE	RUS
Decision III/5 on reporting requirements ECE/MP.PP/2008/2/Add.7		ENG	FRE	RUS
Decision III/6 on general issues of compliance ECE/MP.PP/2008/2/Add.8		ENG	FRE	RUS
Decision III/6a on compliance by Albania with its obligations under the Convention ECE/MP.PP/2008/2/Add.9		ENG	FRE	RUS
Decision III/6b on compliance by Armenia with its obligations under the Convention ECE/MP.PP/2008/2/Add.10		ENG	FRE	RUS
Decision III/6c on compliance by Kazakhstan with its obligations under the Convention with its obligations under the Convention ECE/MP.PP/2008/2/Add.11		ENG	FRE	RUS
Decision III/6d on compliance by Lithuania with its obligations under the Convention ECE/MP.PP/2008/2/Add.12		ENG	FRE	RUS
Decision III/6e on compliance by Turkmenistan with its obligations under the Convention (Ref. Decision II/5c) ECE/MP.PP/2008/2/Add.13		ENG	FRE	RUS
Decision III/6f on compliance by Ukraine with its obligations under the Convention (Ref. Decision II/5b) ECE/MP.PP/2008/2/Add.14		ENG	FRE	RUS
Decision III/7 on financial arrangements ECE/MP.PP/2008/2/Add.15		ENG	FRE	RUS
Decision III/8 on the Strategic Plan 2009-2014 ECE/MP.PP/2008/2/Add.16		ENG	FRE	RUS
Decision III/9 on the Work Programme 2009-2011 ECE/MP.PP/2008/2/Add.17		ENG	FRE	RUS

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Action Documents (Category I)

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These documents were translated, reproduced and distributed by the Conference Services of United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG) prior to the meeting.

Agenda
Annotated provisional agenda for the third meeting of the Parties ECE/MP.PP/2008/1		ENG ENG	FRE FRE	RUS RUS
Draft Declaration and Statement
Draft "Riga Declaration" ECE/MP.PP/2008/L.1		ENG ENG	FRE FRE	RUS RUS
Draft statement on the Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers ECE/MP.PP/2008/L.2		ENG ENG	FRE FRE	RUS RUS
Draft Decisions
Draft decision III/1 on entry into force of amendments ECE/MP.PP/2008/L.3		ENG ENG	FRE FRE	RUS RUS
Draft decision III/2 on electronic information tools and the clearinghouse mechanism ECE/MP.PP/2008/L.4		ENG ENG	FRE FRE	RUS RUS
Draft decision III/3 on promoting effective access to justice ECE/MP.PP/2008/L.5		ENG ENG	FRE FRE	RUS RUS
Draft decision III/4 on promoting the application of the principles of the Convention in international forums ECE/MP.PP/2008/L.6		ENG ENG	FRE FRE	RUS RUS
Draft decision III/5 on reporting requirements ECE/MP.PP/2008/L.7		ENG ENG	FRE FRE	RUS RUS
Draft decision III/6 on general issues of compliance ECE/MP.PP/2008/L.8		ENG ENG	FRE FRE	RUS RUS
Draft decision III/6(b) on compliance by Albania ECE/MP.PP/2008/L.8/Add.1		ENG ENG	FRE FRE	RUS RUS
Draft Decision III/6(b) on compliance by Armenia ECE/MP.PP/2008/L.8/Add.2		ENG ENG	FRE FRE	RUS RUS
Draft decision III/6(c) on compliance by Kazakhstan ECE/MP.PP/2008/L.8/Add.3		ENG ENG	FRE FRE	RUS RUS
Draft decision III/6(d) on compliance by Lithuania ECE/MP.PP/2008/L.8/Add.4		ENG ENG	FRE FRE	RUS RUS
Draft decision III/6(e) on compliance by Turkmenistan ECE/MP.PP/2008/L.8/Add.5		ENG ENG	FRE FRE	RUS RUS
Draft decision III/6(f) on compliance by Ukraine ECE/MP.PP/2008/L.8/Add.6		ENG ENG	FRE FRE	RUS RUS
Draft decision III/7 on financial arrangements ECE/MP.PP/2008/L.9		ENG ENG	FRE FRE	RUS RUS
Draft decision III/8 on the long-term strategic plan ECE/MP.PP/2008/L.10		ENG ENG	FRE FRE	RUS RUS
Draft decision III/9 on the work programme 2009-2011 ECE/MP.PP/2008/L.11		ENG ENG	FRE FRE	RUS RUS

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Background 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 (informational and analytical documents of direct relevance to the agenda that will provide a basis for discussion). These documents were translated where feasible, reproduced and distributed by the Conference Service of United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG) prior to the meeting.

Implementation reports appearing in the table below have been edited by the secretariat and submitted to the UNOG for publication.

The original versions of these 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, may be accessed from the draft national implementation reports.

List of Documents and Programme Third meeting of the Parties
ECE/MP.PP/2008/1/Add.1 List of documents for the third meeting of the Parties		ENG
ECE/MP.PP/2008/1/Add.2 Programme of high-level panel discussions		ENG
Status of Implementation and Trends
ECE/MP.PP/2008/3 Status of ratification		ENG	FRE	RUS
ECE/MP.PP/2008/4 Synthesis report on the status of implementation		ENG	FRE	RUS
ECE/MP.PP/2008/4/Corr.1 Synthesis report on the status of implementation: Corrigendum		ENG	FRE	RUS
National Implementation Reports1
ECE/MP.PP/IR/2008/ALB Implementation report by Albania		ENG	FRE	RUS
ECE/MP.PP/IR/2008/ARM Implementation report by Armenia		ENG	FRE	RUS
ECE/MP.PP/IR/2008/AUS Implementation report by Austria		ENG	FRE	RUS
ECE/MP.PP/IR/2008/AZE Implementation report by Azerbaijan		ENG	FRE	RUS
ECE/MP.PP/IR/2008/BLR Implementation report by Belarus		ENG	FRE	RUS
ECE/MP.PP/IR/2008/BEL Implementation report by Belgium		ENG	FRE	RUS
ECE/MP.PP/IR/2008/BGR Implementation report by Bulgaria		ENG	FRE	RUS
ECE/MP.PP/IR/2008/HRV Implementation report by Croatia		ENG	FRE	RUS
ECE/MP.PP/IR/2008/CYP Implementation report by Cyprus		ENG	FRE	RUS
ECE/MP.PP/IR/2008/CZE Implementation report by the Czech Republic		ENG	FRE	RUS
ECE/MP.PP/IR/2008/DNK Implementation report by Denmark		ENG	FRE	RUS
ECE/MP.PP/IR/2008/EST Implementation report by Estonia		ENG	FRE	RUS
ECE/MP.PP/IR/2008/FIN Implementation report by Finland		ENG	FRE	RUS
ECE/MP.PP/IR/2008/FRA Implementation report by France		ENG	FRE	RUS
ECE/MP.PP/IR/2008/GEO Implementation report by Georgia		ENG	FRE	RUS
Errata to implementation report by Georgia		ENG
ECE/MP.PP/IR/2008/DEU Implementation report by Germany		ENG	FRE	RUS
ECE/MP.PP/IR/2008/GRC Implementation report by Greece		ENG	FRE	RUS
ECE/MP.PP/IR/2008/HUN Implementation report by Hungary		ENG	FRE	RUS
ECE/MP.PP/IR/2008/ITA Implementation report by Italy		ENG	FRE	RUS
ECE/MP.PP/IR/2008/KAZ Implementation report by Kazakhstan		ENG	FRE	RUS
ECE/MP.PP/IR/2008/KGZ Implementation report by Kyrgyzstan		ENG	FRE	RUS
ECE/MP.PP/IR/2008/LVA Implementation report by Latvia		ENG	FRE	RUS
ECE/MP.PP/IR/2008/LTU Implementation report by Lithuania		ENG	FRE	RUS
ECE/MP.PP/IR/2008/LUX Implementation report by Luxembourg		ENG	FRE	RUS
ECE/MP.PP/IR/2008/MLT Implementation report by Malta		ENG	FRE	RUS
ECE/MP.PP/IR/2008/MDA Implementation report by Moldova		ENG	FRE	RUS
ECE/MP.PP/IR/2008/NLD Implementation report by Netherlands		ENG	FRE	RUS
ECE/MP.PP/IR/2008/NOR Implementation report by Norway		ENG	FRE	RUS
ECE/MP.PP/IR/2008/POL Implementation report by Poland		ENG	FRE	RUS
ECE/MP.PP/IR/2008/PRT Implementation report by Portugal		ENG	FRE	RUS
ECE/MP.PP/IR/2008/ROU Implementation report by Romania		ENG	FRE	RUS
ECE/MP.PP/IR/2008/SVK Implementation report by Slovakia		ENG	FRE	RUS
ECE/MP.PP/IR/2008/SVN Implementation report by Slovenia		ENG	FRE	RUS
ECE/MP.PP/IR/2008/ESP Implementation report by Spain		ENG	FRE	RUS
ECE/MP.PP/IR/2008/SWE Implementation report by Sweden		ENG	FRE	RUS
ECE/MP.PP/IR/2008/TJK Implementation report by Tajikistan		ENG	FRE	RUS
ECE/MP.PP/IR/2008/MKD Implementation report by The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia		ENG	FRE	RUS
ECE/MP.PP/IR/2008/TKM Implementation report by Turkmenistan		ENG	FRE	RUS
ECE/MP.PP/IR/2008/UKR Implementation report by Ukraine		ENG	FRE	RUS
ECE/MP.PP/IR/2008/GBR Implementation report by United Kingdom		ENG	FRE	RUS
ECE/MP.PP/IR/2008/EC Implementation report by European Community		ENG	FRE	RUS
Report of the Compliance Committee
ECE/MP.PP/2008/5 Report by the Compliance Committee (CC)		ENG	FRE	RUS
ECE/MP.PP/2008/5/Add.1 Compliance with regard to Albania		ENG	FRE	RUS
ECE/MP.PP/2008/5/Add.2 Compliance with regard to Armenia		ENG	FRE	RUS
ECE/MP.PP/2008/5/Add.3 Compliance with regard to Belgium		ENG	FRE	RUS
ECE/MP.PP/2008/5/Add.4 Compliance with regard to Denmark		ENG	FRE	RUS
ECE/MP.PP/2008/5/Add.5 Compliance with regard to Kazakhstan		ENG	FRE	RUS
ECE/MP.PP/2008/5/Add.6 Compliance with regard to Lithuania		ENG	FRE	RUS
ECE/MP.PP/2008/5/Add.7 Compliance with regard to Romania		ENG	FRE	RUS
ECE/MP.PP/2008/5/Add.8 Compliance with regard to Turkmenistan		ENG	FRE	RUS
ECE/MP.PP/2008/5/Add.9 Compliance with regard to Ukraine		ENG	FRE	RUS
ECE/MP.PP/2008/5/Add.10 Compliance with regard to the European Commission		ENG	FRE	RUS
Background Reports
ECE/MP.PP/2008/6 Report on Capacity-building		ENG	FRE	RUS
ECE/MP.PP/2008/7 Report on Implementation of Work Programme 2006/2008		ENG	FRE	RUS
ECE/MP.PP/2008/8 Global and regional developments promoting principle 10		ENG	FRE	RUS

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Category III Documents

These documents were related to the agenda of the meeting, submitted directly to the meeting. Category III documents were not assigned any symbol, but were listed on the official website if they had been submitted to the ECE secretariat before 6 June 2008. Neither the secretariat nor the host country were responsible for translating or copying Category III documents.

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Third meeting of the Parties
Alternative report on implementation of the Convention by Kazakhstan submitted by Ecological Forum Non-governmental organizations of Kazakhstan NGOs		ENG
Alternative report on implementation of the Convention by Kyrgyzstan submitted by a Kyrgyz NGO "Independent Ecological Expertise"				RUS
Alternative report on implementation of the Convention by Slovakia submitted by 17 Slovak NGOs		ENG
ANGO Report and Opinion on the Implementation of the Aarhus C 2005 - 2007 Hungary published by Hungarian Network of Eco-counselling Offices		ENG
Capacity building activities in support of the Aarhus Convention - Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)		ENG
Correspondence from Ukraine in connection with paragraphs 16, 25 and 26 of the report of the Compliance Committee on compliance by Ukraine (ECE/MP.PP/2008/5/Add.9). Both English and Russian versions of the documents are presented here as provided by the Party.		ENG ENG		RUS RUS
Response of the Coalition for Access to Justice for the Environment (CAJE) to the National Implementation Report submitted by the United Kingdom		ENG
Who is paying for the European public good of environmental demcracy? An analysis of financial contributions of Parties and Signatories to the Aarhus Convention to the funding of its Work Program (2003-2007), Institute for European Environmental Policy		ENG
Voice and Choice: Opening the Door to Environmental Democracy - Based on the findings of the Access Initiative. Executive Summary, World Resources Institute		ENG

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Intersessional Documents of Relevance to the Agenda (Category II)

These documents are reports and related documents produced during the intersessional period (2005-2008), prepared by the secretariat or subsidiary bodies of the Convention. These documents have been translated and published by UNOG Conference Services in conjunction with the meetings for which they were produced.

Third meeting of the Parties
Working Group of the Parties
Report of the ninth meeting of the Working Group of the Parties ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2008/2		ENG	FRE	RUS
Report of the eighth meeting of the Working Group of the Parties ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2007/5		ENG	FRE	RUS
Report of the seventh meeting of the Working Group of the Parties ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2007/2		ENG	FRE	RUS
Report of the sixth meeting of the Working Group of the Parties ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2006/2		ENG	FRE	RUS
Working Group on PRTRs
Report of the fifth meeting of the Working Group on PRTRs ECE/MP.PP/AC.1/2007/4		ENG	FRE	RUS
Report of the fifth meeting corrigendum - English only ECE/MP.PP/AC.1/2007/4/corr.1		ENG
Report of the fourth meeting of the Working Group on PRTRs ECE/MP.PP/AC.1/2007/2		ENG	FRE	RUS
Report of the third meeting of the Working Group on PRTRs ECE/MP.PP/AC.1/2006/2		ENG	FRE	RUS
Reports of the Compliance Committee
Report of the twentieth meeting of the Compliance Committee ECE/MP.PP/C.1/2008/4		ENG	FRE	RUS
Report of the nineteenth meeting of the Compliance Committee ECE/MP.PP/C.1/2008/2		ENG	FRE	RUS
Report of the eighteenth meeting of the Compliance Committee ECE/MP.PP/C.1/2007/8		ENG	FRE	RUS
ECE/MP.PP/C.1/2007/8/Corr.1		ENG
Report of the seventeenth meeting of the Compliance Committee ECE/MP.PP/C.1/2007/6		ENG	FRE	RUS
Report of the sixteenth meeting of the Compliance Committee ECE/MP.PP/C.1/2007/4		ENG	FRE	RUS
Report of the fifthteenth meeting of the Compliance Committee ECE/MP.PP/C.1/2007/2		ENG	FRE	RUS
Report of the fourteenth meeting of the Compliance Committee ECE/MP.PP/C.1/2006/8		ENG	FRE	RUS
Report of the thirteeth meeting of the Compliance Committee ECE/MP.PP/C.1/2006/6		ENG	FRE	RUS
Report of the twelfth meeting of the Compliance Committee ECE/MP.PP/C.1/2006/4		ENG	FRE	RUS
Report of the eleventh meeting of the Compliance Committee ECE/MP.PP/C.1/2006/2		ENG	FRE	RUS
Report of the tenth meeting of the Compliance Committee ECE/MP.PP/C.1/2005/8		ENG	FRE	RUS
Report of the ninth meeting of the Compliance Committee ECE/MP.PP/C.1/2005/6		ENG	FRE	RUS
Task Force reports
Report of the second meeting of the Task Force on Access to Justice ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2007/L.10		ENG	FRE	RUS
Report of the first meeting of the Task Force on Access to Justice ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2006/4		ENG	FRE	RUS
Report of the sixth meeting of the Task Force on Electronic Information Tools ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2008/4		eng	fre	rus
Report of the fifth meeting of the Task Force on Electronic Information Tools ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2007/L.3		eng	fre	rus
Addendum to the Report of Task Force on Electronic Information Tools (Questionnaire on implementation of decision II/3) ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2007/L.3/Add.1		eng	fre	rus
Addendum to the Report of Task Force on Electronic Information Tools (Summary of Responses to the Questionnaire on implementation of decision II/3) ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2007/L.3/Add.2		eng	fre	rus
Report of the fourth meeting of the Task Force on Electronic Information Tools ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2006/5		ENG	FRE	RUS
Report of the third meeting of the Task Force on Public Participation in International Forums ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2008/3		ENG	FRE	RUS
Report of the second meeting of the Task Force on Public Participation in International Forums ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2007/L.1		ENG	FRE	RUS
ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2007/L.1/Corr.1		ENG
Report of the first meeting of the Task Force on Public Participation in International Forums ECE/MP.PP/WG.1/2006/3		ENG	FRE	RUS

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