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Conference of the parties

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Conference of the parties
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A conference of the parties (COP; French: Conférence des Parties, CP) is the supreme governing body of an international convention (treaty, written agreement between actors in international law). It is composed of representatives of the member states of the convention and accredited observers. Scope of the COP is to review the "implementation of the Convention and any other legal instruments that the COP adopts and take decisions necessary to promote the effective implementation of the Convention".[1]

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A conference of the parties of the Chemical Weapons Convention, in 2007
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Flags at the 2012 Hyderabad Biodiversity Conference
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A meeting of the 2012 United Nations Climate Change Conference

Conventions with a COP include:

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