Adopted by the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme in section I of its decision 25/11 of 20 February 2009 as a broad strategy for the international law community and the United Nations Environment Programme in formulating the activities in
the field of environmental law for the decade commencing in 2010

The Conference of Parties, among others, decides to appropriate $100,000 to the revolving fund for assistance in case of emergency situations in replacement of the appropriation made by decision 1/9 adopted by the Conference of the Parties at its first meeting.

The Conference of Parties requests the secretariat to convene the third meeting of the Conference of the Parties in Brazzaville in February 2020, subject to official confirmation by the Government of the Congo; and also requests the secretariat to convene the first extraordinary meeting of the Conference of the Parties in Khartoum in February 2019, subject to official confirmation by the Government of the Sudan.

The Conference of Parties, among others, requests the secretariat, in consultation with the Bureau and the Government of Mali,
to develop scenarios for the establishment and staffing of the secretariat of the Convention in Bamako, Mali.