
Available in English, French and Russian.
(ECE/CP.TEIA/3, 45 pp.)
New York and Geneva, 2001
ISBN 92-1-016349-4
Sales No. E/F/R.01.II.E.11
The Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents, drawn up under the auspices of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, was adopted in Helsinki (Finland) on 17 March 1992. It entered into force on 19 April 2000 in accordance with its article 30. The first meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention took place in Brussels (Belgium) from 22 to 24 November 2000. At that meeting the Parties adopted the rules of procedure for their meetings, as set out in this publication, by consensus.
Contents
Preface
Rules of procedure for the meetings of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents
Purpose
Definitions
Place of meetings
Dates of meetings
Observers
Agenda
Representation and credentials
Officers
Bureau
Subsidiary bodies
Secretariat
Conduct of business
Decision-making
Voting
Official languages
Amendments to the rules of procedure
Overriding authority of the convention
