28 January 2011
UNFCCC Announces March/April Negotiating Session
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The Bureau of the UNFCCC COP 16 decided that AWG-KP 16, AWG-LCA 14, as well as workshops organized pursuant to the Cancun Agreements and to other decisions, will take place in Bangkok, Thailand, from 3-8 April 2011, at the UN Conference Centre of UNESCAP.

28 January 2011: During a meeting held on 25 January 2011, in Bonn, Germany, the Bureau of the 16th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 16) of the UNFCCC decided on the dates and venue of the first round of formal negotiations in 2011.

According to the information note to parties, the 16th session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol (AWG-KP), the 14th session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention (AWG-LCA), as well as workshops organized pursuant to the Cancun Agreements and to other decisions, will take place in Bangkok, Thailand, from 3-8 April 2011. These meetings and workshops are to be preceded by preparatory regional group meetings from 30 March-2 April 2011. The meetings will be held at the UN Conference Centre (UNCC) of the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP). [Information Note to Parties]