Glossary Element  Subsidiary Body of the Convention on Biological Diversity

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English: Subsidiary Body of the Convention on Biological Diversity
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English: The Convention defines one permanent committee: the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA). The Conference of the Parties may establish additional subsidiary bodies as needed; for example in 1996 it set up the Open-ended Ad Hoc Working Group on Biosafety..