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The Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (Immunities and Privileges) Order 2021

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2.—(1) In this Order, “the Conference” means the conference convened by the COP comprising—

(a)the 26th session of the COP;

(b)the 16th session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol;

(c)the third session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement; and

(d)all related pre-sessional meetings, sessions of subsidiary bodies and additional meetings, convened in the United Kingdom.

(2) In this Order—

“the COP” is to be construed in accordance with article 3;

“the Kyoto Protocol” means the protocol to the UNFCCC signed in Kyoto on 11th December 1997(1);

“the Paris Agreement” means the agreement adopted at the 21st Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, signed in Paris on 12th December 2015(2);

“the UNFCCC” means the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, adopted in New York on 9th May 1992(3);

“the UNFCCC secretariat” means the secretariat of the UNFCCC, the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement established under Article 8 of the UNFCCC.

(1)

Cm. 6485.

(2)

Cm. 9338.

(3)

Cm. 2833.

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