CoP13 agenda and working documents

Thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties

Bangkok (Thailand), 2-14 October 2004

Agenda and working documents

(All documents are provided here in PDF format)

Agenda item				Document	Posted/ updated on (dd/mm/yyyy)
Opening of the meeting
Opening ceremony				no document
Welcoming addresses				no document
Strategic and administrative matters
1.	Rules of Procedure
	1.1	Use of secret ballots		CoP13 Doc. 1.1	27/05/2004
	1.2	Adoption of the Rules of Procedure		CoP13 Doc. 1.2 (Rev. 1)	20/09/2004
2.	Election of Chairman and Vice-Chairmen of the meeting and of Chairmen of Committees I and II			no document
3.	Adoption of the agenda			CoP13 Doc. 3 (Rev. 5)	22/09/2004
4.	Adoption of the working programme			CoP13 Doc. 4 (Rev. 1)	22/09/2004
5.	Credentials Committee
	5.1	Establishment of the Credentials Committee		no document
	5.2	Report of the Credentials Committee		no document
6.	Admission of observers			CoP13 Doc. 6	30/09/2004
7.	Matters related to the Standing Committee
	7.1	Report of the Chairman		CoP13 Doc. 7.1	09/07/2004
	7.2	Election of new regional and alternate regional members		CoP13 Inf. 2	08/09/2004
8.	Financing and budgeting of the Secretariat and of meetings of the Conference of the Parties
	8.1	Financial reports for the years 2002 and 2003		CoP13 Doc. 8.1 (Rev. 1)	23/08/2004
		• Annex 1	Expenditures for 2002	CoP13 Doc. 8.1 A1	23/08/2004
		• Annex 2	Expenditures for 2003	CoP13 Doc. 8.1 A2	23/08/2004
		• Annex 3a	Status of contributions as of 31 December 2003	CoP13 Doc. 8.1 A3a	23/08/2004
		• Annex 3b	Contributions received in 2002 for each month (cumulative)	CoP13 Doc. 8.1 A3b	23/08/2004
		• Annex 3c	Contributions received in 2003 for each month (cumulative)	CoP13 Doc. 8.1 A3c	23/08/2004
		• Annex 3d	Annual distribution of the unpaid contributions as of 31 December 2003	CoP13 Doc. 8.1 A3d	23/08/2004
		• Annex 4	Combined statements of the CITES Trust Fund (English only)	CoP13 Doc. 8.1 A4	23/08/2004
	8.2	Estimated expenditures for the years 2004 and 2005		CoP13 Doc. 8.2 (Rev. 1)	23/08/2004
		• Annex 1	Estimated expenditures for 2004	CoP13 Doc. 8.2 A1	23/08/2004
		• Annex 2	Estimated expenditures for 2005	CoP13 Doc. 8.2 A2	23/08/2004
		• Annex 3	Flow and use of resources of the CITES Trust Fund for the period 2003-2005	CoP13 Doc. 8.2 A3	23/08/2004
	8.3	Budget for 2006-2008		CoP13 Doc. 8.3 (Rev. 1)	23/08/2004
		• Annex 1	Programme requirements from the CITES Trust Fund for the triennium 2006-2008 by category of service	CoP13 Doc. 8.3 A1	23/08/2004
		• Annex 2	Budget estimates for the triennium 2006-2008 by category of service	CoP13 Doc. 8.3 A2	23/08/2004
		• Annex 3	Budget estimates for the triennium 2006-2008	CoP13 Doc. 8.3 A3	23/08/2004
		• Annex 4	Organigram of the CITES Secretariat	CoP13 Doc. 8.3 A4	23/08/2004
		• Annex 5	Scale of contributions	CoP13 Doc. 8.3 A5	23/08/2004
		• Annex 6	The zero contribution growth option	CoP13 Doc. 8.3 A6	23/08/2004
		• Annex 7	Draft resolution of the Conference of the Parties	CoP13 Doc. 8.3 A7	23/08/2004
	8.4	External funding		CoP13 Doc. 8.4	07/06/2004
9.	Committee reports and recommendations
	9.1	Animals Committee
		9.1.1	Report of the Chairman	CoP13 Doc. 9.1.1	01/07/2004
		9.1.2	Election of new regional and alternate regional members	CoP13 Inf. 2	08/09/2004
	9.2	Plants Committee
		9.2.1	Report of the Chairman	CoP13 Doc. 9.2.1	18/08/2004
		9.2.2	Election of new regional and alternate regional members	CoP13 Inf. 2	08/09/2004
	9.3	Nomenclature Committee
		9.3.1	Report of the Nomenclature Committee	CoP13 Doc. 9.3.1	03/08/2004
		9.3.2	Appointment of the members	no document
10.	Strategic Vision			CoP13 Doc. 10	07/06/2004
11.	Review of permanent committees
	11.1	Review of the scientific committees [Australia]		CoP13 Doc. 11.1	18/08/2004
	11.2	Improving regional communication and representation [Animals and Plants Committees]		CoP13 Doc. 11.2	16/08/2004
	11.3	Standard nomenclature and the operation of the Nomenclature Committee [Mexico]		CoP13 Doc. 11.3 (Rev. 1)	31/08/2004
12.	Cooperation with other organizations
	12.1	Synergy between CITES and CBD
		12.1.1	Achieving greater synergy in CITES and CBD implementation [Ireland, Kenya]	CoP13 Doc. 12.1.1	12/08/2004 05/10/2004
		12.1.2	Sustainable use principles and guidelines [Namibia]	CoP13 Doc. 12.1.2	05/08/2004 05/10/2004
	12.2	CITES listing of whale stocks and the International Whaling Commission [Japan]		CoP13 Doc. 12.2	20/07/2004
	12.3	Revision of Resolution Conf. 12.4 on Cooperation between CITES and the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources regarding trade in toothfish [Australia]		CoP13 Doc. 12.3	16/08/2004
	12.4	Cooperation with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations [Japan]		CoP13 Doc. 12.4	18/08/2004
	12.5	Statements from representatives of other conventions and agreements		no document
13.	Economic incentives and trade policy			CoP13 Doc. 13 (Rev. 1)	23/08/2004
14.	Financing of the conservation of and sustainable international trade in species of wild fauna and flora			CoP13 Doc. 14	14/06/2004
15.	Report of the African elephant dialogue meeting			CoP13 Doc. 15	08/10/2004
Interpretation and implementation of the Convention
	*Review of Resolutions and Decisions*
16.	Review of Resolutions			CoP13 Doc. 16 (Rev. 1)	02/07/2004
17.	Review of Decisions			CoP13 Doc. 17	20/07/2004
	*Regular and special reports*
18.	Reporting requirements			CoP13 Doc. 18	07/07/2004
19.	Appendix-I species subject to export quotas
	19.1	Leopard: export quota for Namibia [Namibia]		CoP13 Doc. 19.1	18/08/2004
	19.2	Leopard: export quota for South Africa [South Africa]		CoP13 Doc. 19.2	16/08/2004
	19.3	Black rhinoceros: export quota for Namibia [Namibia]		CoP13 Doc. 19.3	18/08/2004
	19.4	Black rhinoceros: export quota for South Africa [South Africa]		CoP13 Doc. 19.4	12/08/2004
				CoP13 Doc. 19.3/19.4 Addendum	16/08/2004
20.	Trade in vicuña cloth			CoP13 Doc. 20	07/06/2004
21.	Transport of live specimens			CoP13 Doc. 21	20/07/2004
	*General compliance issues*
22.	National laws for implementation of the Convention			CoP13 Doc. 22 (Rev. 2)	30/09/2004
23.	Enforcement matters			CoP13 Doc. 23	07/06/2004
24.	Revision of Resolution Conf. 11.3 on Compliance and enforcement [Kenya]			CoP13 Doc. 24 (Rev. 1)	16/08/2004 06/10/2004
25.	Guidelines on compliance with the Convention [Ireland]			CoP13 Doc. 25	18/08/2004
	Species trade and conservation issues
26.	Conservation of and trade in great apes [Ireland]			CoP13 Doc. 26	20/07/2004
27.	Conservation of and trade in bears			CoP13 Doc. 27	27/05/2004
28.	Conservation of and trade in Asian big cats			CoP13 Doc. 28	07/06/2004
29.	Elephants
	29.1	Trade in elephant specimens		CoP13 Doc. 29.1 Annex (Rev. 1)	27/05/2004 08/10/2004
	29.2	Monitoring of illegal trade in ivory and other elephant specimens		CoP13 Doc. 29.2	08/09/2004
		• Annex (English only)		CoP13 Doc. 29.2 A	08/09/2004
	29.3	Monitoring of illegal hunting in elephant range States		CoP13 Doc. 29.3	14/09/2004
		• Annexes (English only)		CoP13 Doc. 29.3 A Annex 9	14/09/2004 11/10/2004
	29.4	Illegal ivory trade and control of internal markets [Kenya]		CoP13 Doc. 29.4 (Rev. 1)	11/06/2004 11/10/2004
	29.5	Conditions for the export of registered stocks of ivory in the annotation to the Appendix-II listing of populations of Loxodonta africana in Botswana, Namibia and South Africa [Kenya]		CoP13 Doc. 29.5	20/07/2004
	29.6	Ivory stocks in Burundi		CoP13 Doc. 29.6	12/08/2004
30.	Conservation of and trade in rhinoceroses			CoP13 Doc. 30 (Rev. 1)	17/09/2004
31.	Conservation of and control of trade in Tibetan antelope			CoP13 Doc. 31	07/06/2004
32.	Conservation of Saiga tatarica [Ireland]			CoP13 Doc. 32	12/08/2004
33.	Conservation of and trade in tortoises and freshwater turtles			CoP13 Doc. 33	01/07/2004
34.	Conservation of hawksbill turtle			CoP13 Doc. 34	01/07/2004
35.	Conservation and management of sharks			CoP13 Doc. 35	18/08/2004
36.	Conservation of and trade in Dissostichus species			CoP13 Doc. 36 (Rev. 1)	07/07/2004
37.	Sea cucumbers
	37.1	Trade in sea cucumbers in the families Holothuriidae and Stichopodidae [Animals Committee]		CoP13 Doc. 37.1	24/08/2004
	37.2	Implementation of Decision 12.60 [Ecuador]		CoP13 Doc. 37.2	19/08/2004
38.	Trade in stony corals			CoP13 Doc. 38	07/07/2004
39.	Conservation of bigleaf mahogany: report of the Working Group			CoP13 Doc. 39	21/07/2004
40.	Evaluation of the Review of Significant Trade			CoP13 Doc. 40	20/07/2004
	Trade control and marking issues
41.	Introduction from the sea: interpretation and implementation of Article I, Article III, paragraph 5, and Article IV, paragraphs 6 and 7 [United States of America]			CoP13 Doc. 41	18/08/2004
42.	Commercial trade in Appendix-I species [Israel]			CoP13 Doc. 42	18/08/2004
43.	Management of annual export quotas			CoP13 Doc. 43	07/06/2004
44.	Use of CITES certificates with ATA or TIR carnets			CoP13 Doc. 44	07/06/2004
45.	Electronic permitting systems for CITES specimens [Ireland]			CoP13 Doc. 45	18/08/2004
46.	Retrospective issuance of permits [Ireland]			CoP13 Doc. 46	02/08/2004
47.	Use of the source code 'R' for ranched specimens: revision of Resolution Conf. 12.3 on Permits and certificates [United States of America]			CoP13 Doc. 47	18/08/2004
48.	Use of marks and numbers in lieu of bill of lading numbers for CITES export and re-export documents for timber species: revision of Resolution Conf. 12.3 on Permits and certificates [United States of America]			CoP13 Doc. 48	19/08/2004
49.	Production systems for specimens of CITES-listed species [United States of America]			CoP13 Doc. 49	18/08/2004
50.	Plant specimens subject to exemptions [Switzerland]			CoP13 Doc. 50	09/08/2004
51.	Review of Resolutions on plants and plant trade and the definition of 'artificially propagated' [United States of America]			CoP13 Doc. 51	08/09/2004
52.	Definition of plywood of Swietenia macrophylla: revision of Resolution Conf. 10.13 on Implementation of the Convention for timber species [United States of America]			CoP13 Doc. 52	09/08/2004
53.	Revision of Resolution Conf. 9.10 (Rev.) on Disposal of illegally traded, confiscated and accumulated specimens [Kenya]			CoP13 Doc. 53	11/06/2004
54.	Identification Manual			CoP13 Doc. 54 (Rev. 2)	15/09/2004
	Exemptions and special trade provisions
55.	Personal and household effects
	55.1	Amendments to Resolution Conf. 12.9 [China]		CoP13 Doc. 55.1 (Rev. 1)	16/08/2004 11/10/2004
	55.2	Amendments to Resolution Conf. 12.9 [Ireland]		CoP13 Doc. 55.2	18/08/2004
	55.3	Amendments to Resolution Conf. 12.9 [Australia]		CoP13 Doc. 55.3	16/08/2004
56.	Operations that breed Appendix-I species in captivity for commercial purposes
	56.1	Evaluation of the process for registration		CoP13 Doc. 56.1	20/07/2004
	56.2	Applications to register operations that breed Appendix-I animal species for commercial purposes		no document
	56.3	Relationship between ex situ breeding and in situ conservation
		56.3.1	Report of the Animals Committee	CoP13 Doc. 56.3.1	21/07/2004
		56.3.2	Relationship between commercial ex situ breeding operations and in situ conservation of Appendix-I species [Mexico]	CoP13 Doc. 56.3.2	18/08/2004
	Amendment of the Appendices
57.	Criteria for amendment of Appendices I and II			CoP13 Doc. 57	05/08/2004
58.	Annotations for medicinal plants in the Appendices			CoP13 Doc. 58	05/08/2004
59.	Standard nomenclature
	59.1	Standard nomenclature for birds [Mexico]		CoP13 Doc. 59.1	18/08/2004
	59.2	Recognition of Chamaeleo excubitor as a separate species [Kenya]		CoP13 Doc. 59.2	12/08/2004
60.	Proposals to amend Appendices I and II			CoP13 Doc. 60 Addendum Addendum 2	01/09/2004 08/10/2004 11/10/2004
	• Annex 3 (English only)			CoP13 Doc. 60 A3	27/08/2004
61.	Inclusion of species in Appendix III [Switzerland and the Secretariat]			CoP13 Doc. 61	20/07/2004
	Other themes and issues
62.	Bushmeat
	62.1	Bushmeat Working Group		CoP13 Doc. 62.1 (Rev. 1)	11/06/2004
	62.2	Bushmeat [Ireland]		CoP13 Doc. 62.2	14/06/2004
Conclusion of the meeting
63.	Determination of the time and venue of the next regular meeting of the Conference of the Parties			no document
64.	Closing remarks			no document
65.	Conservation of and trade in sturgeons and paddlefish			CoP13 Doc. 65	05/10/2004