{"id":12886,"date":"2026-01-08T13:02:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T18:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iai.int\/?page_id=12886"},"modified":"2026-01-14T11:03:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T16:03:40","slug":"4th-meeting-of-the-conference-of-the-parties","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iai.int\/en\/4th-meeting-of-the-conference-of-the-parties\/","title":{"rendered":"4th meeting of the Conference of the Parties"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">11-12 June 1997, Buenos Aires, Argentina<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Agenda &amp; working documents<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Supplementary materials<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Decisions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Participants<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Final report<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Agenda &amp; working documents<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Provisional Agenda<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>4th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP-4) to the IAI<\/strong><br>11-12 June 1997, Buenos Aires, Argentina<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>#<\/td><td><strong>Agenda item<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Document (PDF)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1.<\/td><td>Election of the CoP Bureau<\/td><td>No document<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2.<\/td><td>Election of the Accreditation Committee<\/td><td>No document<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>3.<\/td><td>Approval of the agenda<\/td><td><a href=\"http:\/\/old.iai.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/iai-cop-4-agenda-items-e.pdf\">English<\/a> &amp;ndash <a href=\"http:\/\/old.iai.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/iai-cop-4-agenda-items-s.pdf\">Spanish<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>4.<\/td><td>Approval of the report of the 3rd meeting of the Conference of the Parties<\/td><td><a href=\"http:\/\/old.iai.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/iai-cop-3-report-e.pdf\">English<\/a> &amp;ndash <a href=\"http:\/\/old.iai.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/iai-cop-3-report-s.pdf\">Spanish<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5.<\/td><td>Presentations:&amp;ndash Parties to the Agreement&amp;ndash Signatory Nations&amp;ndash Observers<\/td><td>No document<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>6.<\/td><td>Report of the Executive Council Chair<\/td><td><a href=\"http:\/\/old.iai.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/iai-cop-4-ec-report.pdf\">English<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>Joint funding and resource agreements<\/td><td><a href=\"http:\/\/old.iai.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/iai-cop-4-joint-funding-and-resources-agreements.pdf\">English<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>IAI mission statement<\/td><td><a href=\"http:\/\/old.iai.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/iai-cop-4-revised-science-agenda-mission.pdf\">English<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>Phase II announcement<\/td><td><a href=\"http:\/\/old.iai.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/iai-cop-4-proposal-phaseII-program.pdf\">English<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>IAI&amp;rsquos overhead policy<\/td><td><a href=\"http:\/\/old.iai.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/iai-cop-4-proposal-overhead-policy.pdf\">English<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>7.<\/td><td>Rules of procedure<\/td><td><a href=\"http:\/\/old.iai.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/iai-cop-4-ammendments-CoP-and-EC-rules.pdf\">English<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>8.<\/td><td>Core budget<\/td><td><a href=\"http:\/\/old.iai.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/iai-cop-4-budget-request.pdf\">English<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>IAI Employee Handbook<\/td><td><a href=\"http:\/\/old.iai.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/iai-cop-4-proposed-changes-employee-handbook.pdf\">English<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>9.<\/td><td>Report of the Director<\/td><td>No document<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>10.<\/td><td>Report of the Chief Scientific Officer<\/td><td>No document<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>Initial Science Program III<\/td><td><a href=\"http:\/\/old.iai.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/iai-cop-4-approval-mechanism-for-ISP-III.pdf\">English<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11.<\/td><td>Report of the Science Advisory Committee<\/td><td><a href=\"http:\/\/old.iai.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/iai-cop-4-sac-report.pdf\">English<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>12.<\/td><td>Update of the current IAI\/GEF\/WMO Project<\/td><td>No document<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>13.<\/td><td>IAI Data policy and Data Information System<\/td><td>No document<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>14.<\/td><td>Report of the Editor of the IAI Newsletter<\/td><td>No document<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>15.<\/td><td>SAC Nominating Committee and election of new members<\/td><td><a href=\"http:\/\/old.iai.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/iai-cop-4-process-for-selecting-SAC-members.pdf\">English<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>16.<\/td><td>Future meetings and Sites<\/td><td><a href=\"http:\/\/old.iai.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/iai-cop-4-offer-to-host-meetings-USA.pdf\">English<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>17.<\/td><td>Suggested modifications to future CoP agendas<\/td><td>No document<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>18.<\/td><td>Action Lists<\/td><td><a href=\"http:\/\/old.iai.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/decisions-CoP04_EN.pdf\">English<\/a> &amp;ndash <a href=\"http:\/\/old.iai.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/decisions-CoP04_SP.pdf\">Spanish<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>19.<\/td><td>Adjourn<\/td><td>No document<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Supplementary materials<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Decisions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Decisions adopted at the 4th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research<\/strong><br><a href=\"http:\/\/old.iai.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/decisions-CoP04_EN.pdf\">English<\/a>\u00a0&amp;ndash\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/old.iai.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/decisions-CoP04_SP.pdf\">Spanish<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Participants<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>List of participants of the 4th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research<\/strong><br><a href=\"http:\/\/old.iai.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/iai-cop-4-list-participants.pdf\">click here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Final report<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Report of the 4th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research<\/strong><br><a href=\"http:\/\/old.iai.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/iai-cop-4-report-e.pdf\">English<\/a>\u00a0&amp;ndash\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/old.iai.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/iai-cop-4-report-s.pdf\">Spanish<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/iai.int\/en\/reuniones-ec-y-cop\/\"><strong>Return to EC and COP Meetings<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>11-12 June 1997, Buenos Aires, Argentina Agenda &amp; working documents Provisional Agenda 4th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP-4) to the IAI11-12 June 1997, Buenos Aires, Argentina # Agenda item Document (PDF) 1. Election of the CoP Bureau No document 2. Election of the Accreditation Committee No document 3. 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