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At the 9MSP, the States Parties will consider taking the following actions: Geneva Progress Report 2007-2008The States Parties may wish to welcome the Geneva Progress Report 2007-2008 as a practical means to measure progress in the application of the Nairobi Action Plan since the 8MSP and to identify priority areas of work for the period between the 9MSP and the Second Review Conference. Draft Geneva Progress Report PDF 417KB Article 5 Extension RequestsThe States Parties will assess and consider States Parties’ requests for extensions of their Article 5 deadlines. Contact Group Coordinators’ Paper on Land Release MethodsThe States Parties may wish to consider a paper on land release methods prepared by the Coordinator of the Resource Utilisation Contact Group. Paper on Land Release Co-Chairs’ Paper on Ensuring Full Implementation of Article 4 The States Parties may wish to consider recommendations presented by the Co-Chairs of the Standing Committee on Stockpile Destruction to ensure the full implementation of the Convention’s Article 4 obligations. Paper on Ensuring Full Implementation of Article 4 PDF 30KB The selection of new Co-Rapporteurs of the Standing CommitteesThe Co-Chairs of the Standing Committee on the General Status and Operation of the Convention will propose Co-Rapporteurs to serve between the end of the 9MSP and the end of the Second Review Conference. Dates for meetings in 2009It is the President-Designate’s understanding that there is a general sense that meetings of the Standing Committees should take place the week of 25-29 May 2009 and that the Second Review Conference will take place between 30 November and 4 December with two preparatory meetings, the first taking place on the afternoon of 29 May 2009 and the second a two-day meeting to be held 3-4 September 2009. Location of the Second Review ConferenceThe meeting will be asked to take decisions on the location and presidency of the Second Review Conference. Report on the Functioning of the ISUThe Meeting will consider the GICHD Director’s report on the activities of the Implementation Support Unit (ISU). Report on Functioning of the ISU PDF 54KB
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