If a member of the Consultative Group of Experts resigns or is otherwise unable to complete the assigned term of office or to perform the functions of that office, the Consultative Group of Experts may decide, bearing in mind the proximity of the next session of the Conference of the Parties, to request the group that had nominated the member to nominate another member to replace the said member for the remainder of that member's mandate.
b) De recenser et d'évaluer, selon qu'il convient, les difficultés rencontrées par les Parties non visées à l'annexe I dans l'application des directives et l'utilisation des méthodes mises au point pour l'établissement des communications nationales et de formuler des recommandations tendant à les améliorer;