The main focus of this week will be the Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) to fine tune the draft Treaty.
Starting on Saturday (Oct 4), governments will be sorting out their final won't-cross-this line positions during the week. The past months, since the Convention finished its work, have shown where the main fault lines lie.
Broadly speaking the larger countries are pushing for a quick IGC with little changes made to the draft, the smaller countries want as much time for discuss...
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