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Rules of procedure for meetings of the Conference of the Parties to the Vienna Convention and Meetings of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol</h1> <table class="index_item"> <tr><td><a href="Rules_of_Procedure.shtml#H_Introduction">Introduction</a></td><td></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="Rules_of_Procedure.shtml#H_Purposes">Purposes</a>:</td><td> <a href="Rules_of_Procedure.shtml#Rule_1">Rule 1</a><br/> </td></tr> <tr><td><a href="Rules_of_Procedure.shtml#H_Definitions">Definitions</a>:</td><td> <a href="Rules_of_Procedure.shtml#Rule_2">Rule 2</a><br/> </td></tr> <tr><td><a href="Rules_of_Procedure.shtml#H_Place">Place of meetings</a>:</td><td> <a href="Rules_of_Procedure.shtml#Rule_3">Rule 3</a><br/> </td></tr> <tr><td><a href="Rules_of_Procedure.shtml#H_Dates">Dates of meetings</a>:</td><td> <a href="Rules_of_Procedure.shtml#Rule_4">Rule 4</a>, <a href="Rules_of_Procedure.shtml#Rule_5">Rule 5</a><br/> </td></tr> <tr><td><a href="Rules_of_Procedure.shtml#H_Observers">Observers</a>:</td><td> <a href="Rules_of_Procedure.shtml#Rule_6">Rule 6</a>, <a href="Rules_of_Procedure.shtml#Rule_7">Rule 7</a><br/> </td></tr> <tr><td><a href="Rules_of_Procedure.shtml#H_Agenda">Agenda</a>:</td><td> <a href="Rules_of_Procedure.shtml#Rule_8">Rule 8</a>, <a href="Rules_of_Procedure.shtml#Rule_9">Rule 9</a>, <a href="Rules_of_Procedure.shtml#Rule_10">Rule 10</a>, <a href="Rules_of_Procedure.shtml#Rule_11">Rule 11</a>, <a href="Rules_of_Procedure.shtml#Rule_12">Rule 12</a>, <a href="Rules_of_Procedure.shtml#Rule_13">Rule 13</a>, <a href="Rules_of_Procedure.shtml#Rule_14">Rule 14</a>, <a href="Rules_of_Procedure.shtml#Rule_15">Rule 15</a><br/> </td></tr> <tr><td><a href="Rules_of_Procedure.shtml#H_Representation">Representation and credentials</a>:</td><td> <a href="Rules_of_Procedure.shtml#Rule_16">Rule 16</a>, <a href="Rules_of_Procedure.shtml#Rule_17">Rule 17</a>, <a href="Rules_of_Procedure.shtml#Rule_18">Rule 18</a>, <a href="Rules_of_Procedure.shtml#Rule_19">Rule 19</a>, <a href="Rules_of_Procedure.shtml#Rule_20">Rule 20</a><br/> </td></tr> <tr><td><a href="Rules_of_Procedure.shtml#H_Officers">Officers</a>:</td><td> <a href="Rules_of_Procedure.shtml#Rule_21">Rule 21</a>, <a href="Rules_of_Procedure.shtml#Rule_22">Rule 22</a>, <a href="Rules_of_Procedure.shtml#Rule_23">Rule 23</a>, <a href="Rules_of_Procedure.shtml#Rule_24">Rule 24</a>, <a href="Rules_of_Procedure.shtml#Rule_25">Rule 25</a><br/> </td></tr> <tr><td><a href="Rules_of_Procedure.shtml#H_Committees">Committees and working groups</a>:</td><td> <a href="Rules_of_Procedure.shtml#Rule_26">Rule 26</a><br/> </td></tr> <tr><td><a href="Rules_of_Procedure.shtml#H_Secretariat">Secretariat</a>:</td><td> <a href="Rules_of_Procedure.shtml#Rule_27">Rule 27</a>, <a href="Rules_of_Procedure.shtml#Rule_28">Rule 28</a><br/> </td></tr> <tr><td><a href="Rules_of_Procedure.shtml#H_Conduct">Conduct of business</a>:</td><td> <a href="Rules_of_Procedure.shtml#Rule_29">Rule 29</a>, <a href="Rules_of_Procedure.shtml#Rule_30">Rule 30</a>, <a href="Rules_of_Procedure.shtml#Rule_31">Rule 31</a>, <a href="Rules_of_Procedure.shtml#Rule_32">Rule 32</a>, <a href="Rules_of_Procedure.shtml#Rule_33">Rule 33</a>, <a href="Rules_of_Procedure.shtml#Rule_34">Rule 34</a>, <a href="Rules_of_Procedure.shtml#Rule_35">Rule 35</a>, <a href="Rules_of_Procedure.shtml#Rule_36">Rule 36</a>, <a href="Rules_of_Procedure.shtml#Rule_37">Rule 37</a>, <a href="Rules_of_Procedure.shtml#Rule_38">Rule 38</a><br/> </td></tr> <tr><td><a href="Rules_of_Procedure.shtml#H_Voting">Voting</a>:</td><td> <a href="Rules_of_Procedure.shtml#Rule_39">Rule 39</a>, <a href="Rules_of_Procedure.shtml#Rule_40">Rule 40</a>, <a href="Rules_of_Procedure.shtml#Rule_41">Rule 41</a>, <a href="Rules_of_Procedure.shtml#Rule_42">Rule 42</a>, <a href="Rules_of_Procedure.shtml#Rule_43">Rule 43</a>, <a href="Rules_of_Procedure.shtml#Rule_44">Rule 44</a>, <a href="Rules_of_Procedure.shtml#Rule_45">Rule 45</a>, <a href="Rules_of_Procedure.shtml#Rule_46">Rule 46</a>, <a href="Rules_of_Procedure.shtml#Rule_47">Rule 47</a>, <a href="Rules_of_Procedure.shtml#Rule_48">Rule 48</a>, <a href="Rules_of_Procedure.shtml#Rule_49">Rule 49</a>, <a href="Rules_of_Procedure.shtml#Rule_50">Rule 50</a>, <a href="Rules_of_Procedure.shtml#Rule_51">Rule 51</a><br/> </td></tr> <tr><td><a href="Rules_of_Procedure.shtml#H_Languages">Languages</a>:</td><td> <a href="Rules_of_Procedure.shtml#Rule_52">Rule 52</a>, <a href="Rules_of_Procedure.shtml#Rule_53">Rule 53</a>, <a href="Rules_of_Procedure.shtml#Rule_54">Rule 54</a><br/> </td></tr> <tr><td><a href="Rules_of_Procedure.shtml#H_Sound">Sound records of the meeting</a>:</td><td> <a href="Rules_of_Procedure.shtml#Rule_55">Rule 55</a><br/> </td></tr> <tr><td><a href="Rules_of_Procedure.shtml#H_Ad">Ad hoc meetings</a>:</td><td> <a href="Rules_of_Procedure.shtml#Rule_56">Rule 56</a><br/> </td></tr> <tr><td><a href="Rules_of_Procedure.shtml#H_Amendments">Amendments to rules of procedure</a>:</td><td> <a href="Rules_of_Procedure.shtml#Rule_57">Rule 57</a><br/> </td></tr> <tr><td><a href="Rules_of_Procedure.shtml#H_Overriding">Overriding authority of the Convention or the Protocol</a>:</td><td> <a href="Rules_of_Procedure.shtml#Rule_58">Rule 58</a> </td></tr></table> <p class="def"> </p> <table class="tbl_prev_next" width="100%"><tr><td class="topics_pre"><a href="/web/20140831224032/http://ozone.unep.org/Publications/MP_Handbook/Section_3.8_Annexes_Declarations/Prague_Declaration.shtml" title="Previous"><img src="/web/20140831224032im_/http://ozone.unep.org/Publications/MP_Handbook/includes/arrowlt.gif" width="11" height="11" align="middle" border="0" alt="Previous"/>Previous </a></td><td class="topics_nxt"><a href="Rules_of_Procedure.shtml" title="Next">Next <img src="/web/20140831224032im_/http://ozone.unep.org/Publications/MP_Handbook/includes/arrowrt.gif" width="11" height="11" 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