COP12 delegates in the plenary room

COP12 Meeting Records

This page includes the records of the 12th meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties (COP12).

The Conference Report and presentations made are listed below. The IISD Earth Negotiations Bulletin has also produced daily summary highlights. The Resolutions of COP12 are listed here.

Preparatory documentation

Draft Resolutions and information documents.
Documents for the 49th meeting and the 50th meeting of the Standing Committee.
National reports submitted by the Parties.
Description of side events.

Video

The YouTube channel of the Ministry for Housing, Planning and the Environment of Uruguay (MVOTMA) includes a COP12 promotional film (in Spanish with English subtitles), a visual summary of the Conference and also interviews with key representatives of the Host Country (in Spanish).

The Convention's YouTube channel presents the work of the recipients of the Ramsar Wetland Conservation Awards for 2015:
Ramsar Award for Merit: Tour du Valat, Professor Gea Jae Joo and Professor William Mitsch
The Young Wetland Champions Award: Fundación Humedales Bogotá
The Wise Use Award: Giselle Hazzan
The Award for Innovation: Océanium

Featured documents

3 June 2015

Report of the Chairperson of the Standing Committee 2012-2015, Ms. Doina Catrinoiu (Conference Report, para. 33)

English
3 June 2015

Report of the Secretary General: Overview of implementation of the Convention at the global level, Dr. Christopher Briggs (Conference Report, para. 35)

English
3 June 2015

Special Presentation: “Wetlands in Uruguay”, Mr. Alejandro Nario, Ministry of Housing, Planning and Environment of Uruguay (Conference Report, para. 50)

Español
3 June 2015

Presentation of the Livelihoods Fund, Mr. Bernard Giraud, Livelihoods Fund (Conference Report, para. 51)

English
3 June 2015

Report on implementation of the CEPA programme 2009-15, Ms. Camilla Chalmers (Conference Report, para. 55)

English
3 June 2015

Report of the Chair of the Scientific and Technical Review Panel 2012-2015, Prof. Royal C. Gardner (Conference Report, para. 56)

English
4 June 2015

Special Presentation: “Can the Sustainable Development Goals help save wetlands?”, Ms. Jane Madgwick, Wetlands International (Conference Report, para. 65)

English
4 June 2015

Financial report for 2012-2015 by the Chairperson of the Standing Committee Subgroup on Finance, Ms. Elizabeth Hess (Conference Report, para. 70)

English
6 June 2015

Special Presentation: “International Water Governance: Nothing Fishy about it.” Ms. Sybille Vermont, Federal Office for the Environment, Switzerland (Conference Report, para. 133)

English