Seventy-third meeting of the Standing Committee
Online meeting, 5 - 7 May 2021
12.30pm to 3.30pm (CET / Geneva time)
AGENDA (provisional)
| OPENING OF THE MEETING | Documents |
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| Opening remarks of the Chair | No document | |||||
| Opening remarks of the Secretary-General | No document | |||||
| ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL MATTERS | ||||||
| 1. | Agenda | |||||
| 1.1 | Adoption of the agenda | SC73 Doc. 1.1 | 22.04.2021 | |||
| 1.2 | Annotated agenda | SC73 Doc. 1.2 | 16.04.2021 | |||
| 2. | Adoption of the working programme | SC73 Doc. 2 | 20.04.2021 | |||
| 3. | Adoption of the Rules of Procedure | SC73 Doc. 3 | 26.03.2021 | |||
| 4. | Credentials | No document | ||||
| 5. | Admission of observers | SC73 Doc. 5 (Rev. 1) | 22.04.2021 30.04.2021 |
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| 6. | Financial matters: Report of the Finance and Budget Subcommittee | No document | ||||
| 7. | Arrangements for the 19th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP19) | No document | ||||
| 8. | Report on current activities of the scientific committees | |||||
| 8.1 | Animals Committee | SC73 Doc. 8.1 | 12.03.2021 | |||
| 8.2 | Plants Committee | SC73 Doc. 8.2 | 17.03.21 | |||
| STRATEGIC MATTERS | ||||||
| 9. | Rules of Procedure of the Conference of the Parties: Report of the working group | SC73 Doc. 9 | 12.03.2021 | |||
| 10. | Conduct of Committees: Guidance to assist chairs of working groups established by the Committees |
SC73 Doc. 10 | 22.03.2021 | |||
| 11. | Language strategy for the Convention (changes to para. 18) | SC73 Doc. 11 (Rev. 1) | 22.03.2021 19.04.2021 |
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| 12. | Cooperation with other biodiversity-related Conventions: CITES input to the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework |
SC73 Doc. 12 | 24.03.2021 | |||
| 13. | Cooperation with the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals |
SC73 Doc. 13 | 16.04.2021 | |||
| 14. | African Carnivores Initiative: Report of the Secretariat | SC73 Doc. 14 | 16.04.2021 | |||
| 15. | Implications of the COVID ‑ 19 pandemic on the implementation of the Convention | SC73 Doc. 15 | 17.03.2021 | |||
| INTERPRETATION AND IMPLEMENTATION MATTERS | ||||||
| Existing Resolutions and Decisions | ||||||
| 16. | Review of Resolutions and Decisions: Report of the Secretariat | SC73 Doc. 16 | 11.03.2021 | |||
| General compliance and enforcement | ||||||
| 17. | Revisions to the Guidelines for the preparation and submission of CITES annual reports and to the Guidelines for the preparation and submission of the CITES annual illegal trade report |
SC73 Doc. 17 | 11.03.2021 | |||
| Regulation of trade | ||||||
| 18. | Electronic systems and information technologies: Report of the working group | SC73 Doc. 18 | 19.03.2021 | |||
| 19. | Purpose codes on CITES permits and certificates: Report of the working group | SC73 Doc. 19 | 11.03.2021 | |||
| Exemptions and special trade provisions | ||||||
| 20. | Simplified procedures for permits and certificates: Report of the Secretariat (Typos corrected in English only) |
SC73 Doc. 20 | 19.03.2021 28.04.2021 |
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| 21. | Stocks and stockpiles | SC73 Doc. 21 | 19.03.2021 | |||
| 22. | Stocks and stockpiles (elephant ivory): Report of the working group | SC73 Doc. 22 | 17.03.2021 | |||
| SPECIES SPECIFIC MATTERS | ||||||
| 23. | CITES Big Cats Task Force: Report of the Secretariat | SC73 Doc. 23 | 29.03.2021 | |||
| 24. | Tortoises and freshwater turtles (Testudines spp.) | |||||
| 24.1 | Report of the Secretariat | SC73 Doc. 24.1 | 22.03.2021 | |||
| 24.2 | Implementation of Resolution Conf. 11.9 (Rev. CoP18) on Conservation of and trade in tortoises and freshwater turtles in Madagascar: Report of Madagascar |
SC73 Doc. 24.2 | 24.03.2021 | |||
| Maintenance of the Appendices | ||||||
| 25. | Annotations: Report of the working group | SC73 Doc. 25 | 11.03.2021 | |||
| 26. | Guidance for the publication of the Appendices: Report of the Secretariat (revisions highlighted in yellow) |
SC73 Doc. 26 (Rev. 1) | 19.03.2021 03.05.2021 |
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| CONCLUDING ITEMS | ||||||
| 27. | Any other business | No document | ||||
| 28. | Future Standing Committee meetings and activities | SC73 Doc. 28 | 16.04.2021 | |||
| 29. | Closing remarks | No document | ||||