Forty-first meeting of the Standing Committee
Geneva (Switzerland), 8-12 February 1999
Agenda and documents
(all documents are provided in PDF format)
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1. |
Opening remarks by the Chairman |
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2. |
Introduction of the new Secretary General |
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3. |
Adoption of the Agenda |
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4. |
Rules of Procedure |
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5. |
Implementation of the Agreement between the Standing Committee and the Executive Director of UNEP |
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Annual report by UNEP (paragraph 16) |
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Selection of the Secretary General (paragraph 5) | ||
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Selection of other staff (paragraph 6) | ||
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Finance and administration Doc. SC.41.3 |
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| a) | Status of contributions as at November 1998 | Doc. SC.41.3 Annex 1 | |
| b) | Accumulated fund balances (provisional) | Doc. SC.41.3 Annex 2 | |
| c) | Audited accounts for the biennium 1996 and 1997 | Doc. SC.41.3 Annex 3 | |
| d) | 1998 expenditures (provisional) | Doc. SC.41.3 Annex 4 | |
| e) | Estimated financial requirements for 1999 | Doc. SC.41.3 Annex 5 | |
| f) | Additional funds for priority activities in 1999 | Doc. SC.41.3 Annex 6 | |
| g) | CITES banking arrangements | Doc. SC.41.3 Annex 7 | |
| h) | Financial controls for CITES project funds | Doc. SC.41.3 Annex 8 | |
| i) | Permit confirmation | Doc. SC.41.3.1 | |
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Planning |
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| a) | Preparation of the Strategic Plan for the Convention | Doc. SC.41.4 Annex 1, Annex 2 |
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| b) | Implementation of the Action Plan | Doc. SC.41.5 | |
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8. |
Issues relating to species |
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Elephants |
Doc. SC.41.6.1 (Rev.)
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| b) | Tigers | Doc. SC.41.7 | |
| c) | Bears | Doc. SC.41.8 | |
| d) | Significant trade (Resolution Conf. 8.9) | Doc. SC.41.9 | |
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Implementation of the Convention in individual countries |
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| a) | Greece | Doc. SC.41.10 | |
| b) | Implementation of Decisions 10.18 and 10.64 (possible trade measures) | Doc. SC.41.11 | |
| i) Democratic Republic of the Congo ii) Egypt iii) Guyana iv) Indonesia v) Senegal |
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| c) | Progress report on the National Legislation Project | Doc. SC.41.12 | |
| d) | Stricter domestic measures (Decision 10.103) | Doc. SC.41.13 | |
| e) | Enforcement matters | Doc. SC.41.14, Doc. SC.41.14.1 | |
| f) | Designation of Management and Scientific Authorities | Doc. SC.41.15 | |
| g) | Late submission of annual reports | Doc. SC.41.16 | |
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10. Future meetings of the Conference of the Parties |
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| a) | Preparations for CoP11 (UNEP, Gigiri) | no document | |
| b) | Organizational and procedural arrangements | Doc. SC.41.17 | |
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11. Issues relating to the appendices |
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| a) | Use of annotations in the appendices (Decision 10.70) | Doc. SC.41.18 | |
| b) | Review of the criteria for amendment of Appendices I and II | Doc. SC.41.19, Doc. SC.41.19.1 | |
| c) | Timber Working Group | Doc. SC.41.20 | |
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Approval of new projects |
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Cross-border movement of live animals |
Doc. SC.41.22 | |
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Written reports from regional representatives |
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| a) | Africa | Doc. SC.41.23.1 | |
| b) | Asia | Doc. SC.41.23.2 | |
| c) | Central and South America and the Caribbean | Doc. SC.41.23.3 | |
| d) | Europe | Doc. SC.41.23.4 | |
| e) | North America | Doc. SC.41.23.5 | |
| f) | Oceania | Doc. SC.41.23.6 | |
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CITES Implementation Manual | Doc. SC.41.24 | |
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Synergy between the biodiversity-related conventions (Decision 10.63) and relations with other organizations | Doc. SC.41.25 | |
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Organization of work of the Committee until CoP11 Time and venue of the next meeting |
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Any other business | no document | |
| a) Letterhead on CITES Notifications | no document | ||
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19. |
Closing remarks |
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