In a statement the Council said it "notes with deep regret that Turkey, despite repeated calls, continues refusing to fulfil its obligation of full, non-discriminatory implementation of the Additional Protocol" - a reference to the Turkish boycott of customs arrangements with Cyprus.

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The course - which connects perfectly to the implementation of the Protocol - aims to train local experts from the Sava River Basin, involved in sediment management.

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It also establishes a 12 member Intergovernmental Committee to oversee the implementation of the Second Protocol and de facto the Convention.

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The discussions will seek to advance the implementation of the Kyoto Protocol, which effectively expires in 2012, leaving the world with a weak, and mostly disparate set of climate change policies.

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Cyprus was elected as a member of the Intergovernmental Committee of the Second Protocol of the Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict for the period 2007-2011 and contributed substantially in drafting the guidelines for the implementation of the Second Protocol.

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Climate experts and environmental officials from 180 countries are currently meeting in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to agree on a work plan for implementation of the 1997 Kyoto protocol, signed by developed countries in Japan last December.

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In Doha, governments are expected to usher in a renewed commitment under the Kyoto Protocol, move the broad infrastructure of support they have been building for action in the developing world into firm implementation, and decide how to resolve policy issues that remain outstanding under the UN Climate Change Convention.

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