The contact group on technology transfer met yesterday afternoon. Although progress was made and several pairs of brackets removed, delegates commented that their feeling of accomplishment was tempered by a sense of frustration. It appears as though language on protection of intellectual property rights remains in the document and is not bracketed. The document was supposed to be sent for translation last night, however, it is possible that the deadline set by PrepCom Chair Tommy Koh may be extended until today. If this is the case, the contact group will continue meeting this morning.
Bracketed text remains in areas related to energy.
Another contact group meeting was scheduled for last night. It was agreed that the two Co-Chairs would prepare a compromise text to serve as the basis for Wednesday evening's drafting session to be led by Koh. It was further agreed that only 16 countries would be represented at that session. Countries to be represented include the G-77, the EC, the US, Japan, CANZ and the Russian Federation. Wednesday morning the new Institutions contact group met to review Coordinator Razali's revised compilation text which reduces the number of options for intergovernmental mechanisms to two.