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PART TWO
OAPEC Activities in 2012
Measures of response: Areas of agreement were as follows:
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SBSTA, SBI approved the action plan for activities in 2012 and 2013.
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Processing of information received from country parties.
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Country parties approved to keep the forum to implement the
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action plan on the measures of response, which are consistent with
the general framework of the agreement, while discussing the
positive and negative impact, economic and social implications
of the mitigation policies.
Notably, there were variant opinions about whether a unified draft
text should be prepared during Doha COP-18.
Various Approaches to Mitigation: Agreement was made to prepare
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an official note including map of elements that require processing
on the new and existing market-based mechanisms.
As much as the matter is related to technology development and
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transfer, areas of agreement were as follows:
The evaluation team presented three nominations to host Climate
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Technology Centre and Network (CTCN), where it was agreed
that the Secretariat of the Agreement make the contractual
arrangements with the nominees. Official selections of the host
country will be announced in COP-18, Qatar.
There are pending issues, such as the relationship between the
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CTCN and TEC, and the functions of both entities.
Intellectual property rights: It was agreed to continue considering
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these issues. Methodology and timing remain under question.
Finance: Areas of agreement were as follows:
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There is an action plan on long-term finance that aims at
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contributing to the efforts towards increasing the mobilization
of finance for post 2012 climate change, initiation of the Green
Climate Fund, and that there is an urgent need for finance, and
the type of finance, and the initiation of a standing committee for
finance to mobilize the financial resources.
It should be noted that during Thailand Meeting 2012 there
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was disagreement on numerous previous issues, and about the
