 This representative selection of the membership of the Scientific Council is called the Sessional Committee.It is composed of nine COP-appointed Councillors, as well as fifteen Party-appointed Councillors (three from Africa; three from Asia; three from Europe; three from Oceania; three from South and Central America and the Caribbean).The Sessional Committee works during the intersessional period between two consecutive meetings of the COP, and is responsible for the implementation of the mandate assigned to the Scientific Council by the COP.