9 - 10 ) , the secretariat had informed the Chair of the Meeting of the Parties to the Convention on Access to Information , Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters ( Aarhus Convention ) , who had considered that the matter merited the attention of the Meeting of the Parties . On 18 December 2009 , Norway had made a request to convene an extraordinary session of the Meeting of the Parties ( ExMoP ) for the purpose of discussing , inter alia , the mandate for the Committee 's documentation .