the recommendations emanating from the fifteenth and sixteenth sessions of the United Notes Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, and requests the Secretariat to continue to inform the Permanent Forum on developments of mutual interest. 1. Background The meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Inter-Sessional Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity was held in Montreal, Canada, at the Palais des Congrès, from 13 to 16 December 2017, concurrently with the twenty-first meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice. 2. Attendance The meeting was attended by representatives of the following Parties and other Governments: Angola Central African Republic Honduras Antigua and Barbuda Chad India Argentina China Indonesia Australia Colombia Jamaica Austria Comoros Japan Bangladesh Costa Rica Kiribati Barbados Cuba Lao People's Democratic Republic Belarus Denmark Madagascar Belgium Djibouti Malawi Benin Dominica Malaysia Bhutan Dominican Republic Maldives Bolivia (Plurinational State Ecuador of) Mali Bosnia and Herzegovina Mauritania Estonia Botswana Mexico Ethiopia Brazil Morocco European Union Bulgaria Namibia Finland Burkina Faso Nepal France Burundi Netherlands Gambia Cabo Verde New Zealand Germany Cambodia Niger Guatemala Cameroon Norway Guinea-Bissau Canada Oman Haiti
Notes the recommendations emanating from the fifteenth and sixteenth sessions of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, and requests the Secretariat to continue to inform the Permanent Forum on developments of mutual interest. 1. Background The meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Inter-Sessional Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity was held in Montreal, Canada, at the Palais des Congrès, from 13 to 16 December 2017, concurrently with the twenty-first meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice. 2. Attendance The meeting was attended by representatives of the following Parties and other Governments: Angola Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Australia Austria Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Benin Bhutan Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cabo Verde Cambodia Cameroon Canada Central African Republic Chad China Colombia Comoros Costa Rica Cuba Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Estonia Ethiopia European Union Finland France Gambia Germany Guatemala Guinea-Bissau Haiti Honduras India Indonesia Jamaica Japan Kiribati Lao People's Democratic Republic Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Mauritania Mexico Morocco Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Niger Norway Oman
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