Paragraph Article 23 Meeting of the Parties

The Meeting of the Parties shall be convened at the same time as the General Conference of UNESCO, and in co-ordination with the Meeting of the High Contracting Parties, if such a meeting has been called by the Director-General.

The Meeting of the Parties shall adopt its Rules of Procedure.

The Meeting of the Parties shall have the following functions:

(a)

to elect the Members of the Committee, in accordance with Article 24 paragraph 1;

(b)

to endorse the Guidelines developed by the Committee in accordance with Article 27 sub-paragraph 1(a);

(c)

to provide guidelines for, and to supervise the use of the Fund by the Committee;

(d)

to consider the report submitted by the Committee in accordance with Article 27 sub-paragraph 1(d);

(e)

to discuss any problem related to the application of this Protocol, and to make recommendations, as appropriate.

At the request of at least one-fifth of the Parties, the Director-General shall convene an Extraordinary Meeting of the Parties.

Notes on Schedule 4

Commencement

I1: Sch. 4 in force at 12.12.2017 by S.I. 2017/1087, reg. 2