Fifty-fourth meeting of the Standing Committee
Geneva (Switzerland), 2-6 October 2006
Agenda and documents
(all documents are provided in PDF format)
| Agenda item | Document | Posted/updated on (dd/mm/yy) |
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1. |
Opening remarks by the Chairman | no document | |||
| Strategic and administrative matters | |||||
| 2. | Adoption of the agenda and working programme | ||||
| 2.1 | Agenda (provisional) | SC54 Doc. 2.1 | 28/09/06 | ||
| 2.2 | Working programme (provisional) | SC54 Doc. 2.2 (Rev. 1) |
29/09/06 05/10/06 |
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| 3. | Rules of Procedure | SC54 Doc. 3 | 11/08/06 | ||
| 4. | Credentials | no document | |||
| 5. | Admission of observers | SC54 Doc. 5 | 01/10/06 | ||
| 6. | CITES Strategic Plan: 2008-2013 | ||||
| 6.1 | Report of the Strategic Plan Working Group | SC54 Doc. 6.1 | 27/09/06 | ||
| 6.2 | Outline of a costed programme of work for the Secretariat for the triennium 2009-2011 | SC54 Doc. 6.2 | 15/08/06 | ||
| 7. | Arrangements for the 14th meeting of the Conference of the Parties | ||||
| 7.1 | Preparation for CoP14 | no document | |||
| 7.2 | Agenda | SC54 Doc. 7.2 | 11/08/06 | ||
| 7.3 | Working programme | SC54 Doc. 7.3 | 11/08/06 | ||
| 7.4 | Rules of Procedure | SC54 Doc. 7.4 | 15/08/06 | ||
| 7.5 | Selection of nominees for chairmanship of the committees | SC54 Doc. 7.5 | 15/08/06 | ||
| 7.6 | Summary records | SC54 Doc. 7.6 | 11/08/06 | ||
| 7.7 | Sponsored Delegates Project | no document | |||
| 8. | Legal personality of the Convention and the Secretariat | SC54 Doc. 8 | 15/08/06 | ||
| 9. | Relationship with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) | ||||
| 9.1 | Report of UNEP | SC54 Doc. 9.1 (Rev. 1) |
05/09/06 25/09/06 |
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| 9.2 | Memorandum of Agreement between the Executive Director of UNEP and the Standing Committee | no document | |||
| 10. | Cooperation with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | SC54 Doc. 10 | 11/08/06 | ||
| Annex | SC54 Doc. 10A | 11/08/06 | |||
| 11. | Cooperation with the World Trade Organization | SC54 Doc. 11 | 17/08/06 | ||
| 12. | Financial matters | ||||
| 12.1 | Report for 2005 | SC54 Doc. 12.1 | 11/08/06 | ||
| Annex 1: CITES Trust Fund – Expenditures for 2005 | SC54 Doc. 12.1A1 | 11/08/06 | |||
| Annex 2: CITES Trust Fund – Status of contributions on 31 December 2005 | SC54 Doc. 12.1A2 | 11/08/06 | |||
| Annex 3: Contributions received in 2005 cumulative for each month | SC54 Doc. 12.1A3 | 11/08/06 | |||
| Annex 4: CITES Trust Fund – Annual distribution of the unpaid contributions on 31 December 2005 | SC54 Doc. 12.1A4 | 11/08/06 | |||
| Annex 5: CITES Trust Fund – Flow and use of resources for 2003-2005 | SC54 Doc. 12.1A5 | 11/08/06 | |||
| 12.2 | Estimated expenditures for 2006 | SC54 Doc. 12.2 | 11/08/06 | ||
| Annex 1: CITES Trust Fund – Estimated expenditures for 2006 by category of service | SC54 Doc. 12.2A1 | 11/08/06 | |||
| Annex 2: Projection of income to and expenditure from the CITES Trust Fund for the years 2006-2007 | SC54 Doc. 12.2A2 | 11/08/06 | |||
| 12.3 | Collection of arrears | SC54 Doc. 12.3 (Rev. 1) |
11/08/06 07/09/06 |
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| Annex 1: CITES Trust Fund – Unpaid contributions for the years 1992-2004 at the time of SC53 and on 31 July 2006 | SC54 Doc. 12.3A1 (Rev. 1) |
11/08/06 07/09/06 |
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| Annex 2: CITES Trust Fund – Annual distribution of the unpaid contributions on 31 July 2006 | SC54 Doc. 12.3A2 (Rev. 1) |
11/08/06 07/09/06 |
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| 13. | Review of the scientific committees | ||||
| 13.1 | Report of the Secretariat | SC54 Doc. 13.1 | 24/08/06 | ||
| 13.2 | Self-evaluation by the scientific committees | SC54 Doc. 13.2 | 24/08/06 | ||
| 14. | Improving regional communication and representation | no document | |||
| 15. | Master’s course on Management, Access and Conservation of Species in Trade (Spain) | SC54 Doc. 15 | 11/08/06 | ||
| Interpretation and implementation of the Convention | |||||
| Review of Resolutions, Decisions and the Appendices | |||||
| 16. | Review of Resolutions and Decisions | SC54 Doc. 16 (Rev. 1) |
16/08/06 17/08/06 |
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| 17. | Species-specific Resolutions concerning Appendix-I species | SC54 Doc. 17 | 15/08/06 | ||
| 18. | Annotation of various Taxus species | SC54 Doc. 18 | 15/08/06 | ||
| Trade control | |||||
| 19. | Introduction from the sea | SC54 Doc. 19 | 15/08/06 | ||
| 20. | Trade in Appendix-I species | SC54 Doc. 20 | 15/08/06 | ||
| 21. | Management of annual export quotas | SC54 Doc. 21 (Rev. 1) |
22/08/06 12/09/06 |
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| 22. | Electronic permitting | SC54 Doc. 22 | 11/08/06 | ||
| 23. | Identification Manual | SC54 Doc. 23 | 11/08/06 | ||
| Species trade and conservation issues | |||||
| 24. | Great apes | SC54 Doc. 24 | 15/08/06 | ||
| 25. | Tiger | ||||
| 25.1 | Report of the Secretariat | SC54 Doc. 25.1 | 15/08/06 | ||
| 25.2 | Illegal trade in tigers (United States of America) | SC54 Doc. 25.2 (Rev. 1) |
15/08/06 21/09/06 |
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| 26. | Elephants | ||||
| 26.1 | Control of trade in African elephant ivory | SC54 Doc. 26.1 (Rev. 1) |
15/08/06 19/09/06 |
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| 26.2 | MIKE baseline information | SC54 Doc. 26.2 (Rev. 1) |
15/08/06 27/09/06 |
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| 26.3 | Funding of and administrative arrangements for MIKE | SC54 Doc. 26.3 | 29/09/06 | ||
| 26.4 | Report of the MIKE and ETIS subgroup | SC54 Doc. 26.4 | 04/10/06 | ||
| 27. | Rhinoceroses | SC54 Doc. 27 | 15/08/06 | ||
| 28. | Tibetan antelope | SC54 Doc. 28 | 15/08/06 | ||
| 29. | Saiga antelope | SC54 Doc. 29 | 15/08/06 | ||
| 30. | Sturgeons and paddlefish | ||||
| 30.1 | Report of the Secretariat | SC54 Doc. 30.1 | 15/08/06 | ||
| 30.2 | Conclusions of the international sturgeon enforcement workshop to combat illegal trade in caviar (Czech Republic, Germany) | SC54 Doc. 30.2 | 17/08/06 | ||
| 30.3 | Caviar export quotas for the Caspian Sea basin for 2006 (Islamic Republic of Iran, Kazakhstan) | SC54 Doc. 30.3 | 15/08/06 | ||
| 30.4 | Strategy for sturgeon conservation (Russian Federation) | SC54 Doc. 30.4 | 17/08/06 | ||
| 31. | Timber trade | ||||
| 31.1 | Bigleaf mahogany | SC54 Doc. 31.1 | 17/08/06 | ||
| 31.2 | Ramin | SC54 Doc. 31.2 | 22/08/06 | ||
| 32. | Annual reports on ranching operations | SC54 Doc. 32 | 15/08/06 | ||
| Exemptions and special trade provisions | |||||
| 33. | Personal and household effects | SC54 Doc. 33 | 11/08/06 | ||
| 34. | Relationship between ex situ production and in situ conservation | SC54 Doc. 34 | 15/08/06 | ||
| General compliance issues | |||||
| 35. | Guidelines for compliance with the Convention (Addendum posted on 29/09/06 Comments posted on 02/10/06) |
SC54 Doc. 35 | 15/08/06 | ||
| 36. | National laws for implementation of the Convention | SC54 Doc. 36 | 17/08/06 | ||
| Annex | SC54 Doc. 36A | 04/10/06 | |||
| 37. | Stricter domestic measures | SC54 Doc. 37 (Rev. 1) |
15/08/06 16/08/06 |
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| 38. | Enforcement matters | SC54 Doc. 38 | 15/08/06 | ||
| 39. | National reports | SC54 Doc. 39 | 11/08/06 | ||
| 40. | Wildlife trade policies | SC54 Doc. 40 (Rev. 1) |
15/08/06 06/09/06 |
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| 41. | Economic incentives | SC54 Doc. 41 | 15/08/06 | ||
| 42. | Review of Significant Trade | SC54 Doc. 42 | 22/08/06 | ||
| Reports | |||||
| 43. | Reports of regional representatives | ||||
| 43.1 | Africa | SC54 Doc. 43.1 | 06/10/06 | ||
| 43.2 | Asia | SC54 Doc. 43.2 (Rev. 1) |
15/08/06 27/09/06 |
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| 43.3 | Central and South America and the Caribbean | SC54 Doc. 43.3 (Rev. 1) |
03/10/06 03/10/06 |
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| 43.4 | Europe | SC54 Doc. 43.4 | 05/09/06 | ||
| 43.5 | North America | SC54 Doc. 43.5 | 05/09/06 | ||
| 43.6 | Oceania | SC54 Doc. 43.6 | 05/09/06 | ||
| Concluding items | |||||
| 44. | Any other business | no document | |||
| 45. | Time and venue of the next meeting | no document | |||
| 46. | Closing remarks | no document | |||
Information documents
| Title | Document | Language | Posted/updated on (dd/mm/yy) |
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| 1. | UNEP Knowledge Management meeting – Workshop on harmonization of reporting (agenda item 39) |
SC54 Inf. 1 | English | 11/08/06 |
| 2. | Strengthening the biodiversity conventions through the strategic use of information (agenda item 39) |
SC54 Inf. 2 | English | 11/08/06 |
| 3. | Compliance Committees within MEAs and the Desirability and Feasibility of Establishing Special Compliance Bodies under CITES (agenda item 35) |
SC54 Inf. 3 | English | 11/08/06 |
| 4. | Background to the review of the scientific committees (agenda item 13.1) |
SC54 Inf. 4 | English | 24/08/06 |
| 5. | Proposal for the Self-Evaluation of the Scientific Committees: Performance Analysis Chart (agenda item 13.2) |
SC54 Inf. 5 | English | 24/08/06 |
| 6. | International Sturgeon Enforcement Workshop to Combat Illegal Trade in Caviar (agenda item 30.2) – 8,660 Kb!!! |
SC54 Inf. 6 | English | 25/09/06 |
| 7. | CITES and Livelihoods Workshop – Workshop Report (agenda item 41) | SC54 Inf. 7 | English | 26/09/06 |
| 8. | Communiqué from the Plants Committee for the information of the Standing Committee (agenda item 31.1) | SC54 Inf. 8 | English | 02/10/06 |
| 9. | Statement by Mr Achim Steiner, Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme | SC54 Inf. 9 | English | 02/10/06 |
| 10. | Periodic review of the Appendices | SC54 Inf. 10 | English | 04/10/06 |