COP | COP-CBD | Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological DiversitySAINMHÍNIÚ governing body of the Convention on Biological Diversity that has the task of advancing implementation of the Convention through the decisions it takes at its periodic meetings TAGAIRT UNTERM, 'Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, http://unterm.un.org/DGAACS/unterm.nsf/WebView/D71E88F8D9772C08852569FA0000269D?OpenDocument, [21.5.2014]
NÓTA From 1994 to 1996, the Conference of the Parties held its ordinary meetings annually. Since then these meetings have been held less frequently and, following a change in the rules of procedure in 2000, they are now held every two years. The Eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties was held in Hyderabad, India, in October 2012, with the Twelfth meeting taking place in Pyeongchang, South Korea in October 2014.<hr>Council-EN based on:<ul><li>UNTERM, 'Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity', http://unterm.un.org/DGAACS/unterm.nsf/WebView/D71E88F8D9772C08852569FA0000269D?OpenDocument, [21.5.2014] and <li>Convention on Biological Diversity > Information > Major Meetings, CBD COP, http://www.cbd.int/doc/?meeting=cop-12, [21.5.2014]