(أ) توجيه طلب إلى الأمانة لإعداد ورقة، بتذييلات تقنية، بشأن نطاق وفعالية أنشطة بناء القدرات في البلدان النامية الرامية إلى تنفيذ المقرر 2/م أ-7، لكي تنظر فيها الهيئة الفرعية للتنفيذ في دورتها العشرين، على أن تستند هذه الورقة وتذييلاتها التقنية إلى الموضوع الوارد في المرفق الثالث من تقرير الهيئة الفرعية للتنفيذ في دورتها الثامنة عشرة؛
Decides to complete the first comprehensive review of the implementation of the framework for capacity-building in developing countries by its tenth session and to conduct further comprehensive reviews every five years thereafter; Decides on the following actions and steps necessary to complete this first comprehensive review: To request the secretariat to prepare a paper, with technical appendices, on the range and effectiveness of capacity-building activities in developing countries aimed at implementing decision 2/CP.7, for consideration by the Subsidiary Body for Implementation at its twentieth session, this paper and its technical appendices to be based on the terms of reference contained in annex III of the report of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation at its eighteenth session; To invite Parties to submit to the secretariat, by 15 February 2004, additional information in a format to be guided by the above-mentioned terms of reference as an input to the paper and its technical appendices; Requests the Chair of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation, subject to the availability of resources, and upon consideration by Parties of the secretariat paper and its technical appendices, to convene a technical meeting with the aim of contributing to the comprehensive review at the tenth session of the Conference of the Parties;