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Harare (Zimbabwe), 9 to 20 June 1997
Agenda and working documents
(all documents are provided here in PDF format)
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Agenda item |
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Document
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| I. | Opening ceremony by the authorities of Zimbabwe | |||
| II | Welcoming addresses | |||
| III | Rules of Procedure | |||
| 1. | Voting before credentials have been accepted | Doc. 10.4 | Doc. 10.4 | |
| 2. | Adoption of the Rules of Procedure | Doc. 10.3 | Doc. 10.3 | |
| IV | Election of Chairman and Vice-Chairmen of the meeting and of Chairmen of Committees I and II and of the Budget Committee | |||
| V | Adoption of the Agenda and Working Programmes | Doc. 10.1 (Rev. 3);Doc. 10.2 (Rev. 2); Doc. 10.2.1 (Rev. 2); Doc. 10.2.2 (Rev.) | Doc. 10.1 (Rev.3) to Doc. 10.2.2 (Rev.) | |
| VI | Establishment of the Credentials Committee | |||
| VII | Report of the Credentials Committee | |||
| VIII | Admission of observers | Doc. 10.5 | Doc. 10.5 | |
| IX | Matters related to the Standing Committee | |||
| 1. | Report of the Chairman | Doc. 10.6 | Doc. 10.6 | |
| 2. | Regional representation | Doc. 10.7; Doc. 10.7.1 | Doc. 10.7 & Doc.10.7.1 | |
| 3. | Election of new regional and alternate regional members | |||
| X | Reports of the Secretariat | |||
| 1. | Annual report of the Secretariat | Doc. 10.8 (Rev.) | Doc. 10.8 (Rev.) | |
| 2. | Strategic plan | Doc. 10.9 | Doc. 10.9 | |
| 3. | Organization plan and programme budget for the Secretariat | Doc. 10.10 | Doc. 10.10 | |
| XI | Financing and budgeting of the Secretariat and of meetings of the Conference of the Parties | |||
| 1. | Financial report for 1994, 1995 and 1996 | Doc. 10.11 | Doc. 10.11 to Doc. 10.14 | |
| 2. | Estimated expenditures for 1997 | Doc. 10.12 | ||
| 3. | Budget for 1998-2000 and Medium-term Plan for 1998-2002 | Doc. 10.13 (Rev.); Doc. 10.13.1 | ||
| 4. | External funding | Doc. 10.14 | ||
| XII | Committee reports and recommendations | |||
| 1. | Animals Committee | |||
| a)Report of the Chairman | Doc. 10.15 (Rev.) | Doc. 10.15 (Rev.) | ||
| b)Regional representation | Doc. 10.7; Doc. 10.7.1 | Doc. 10.7 & Doc.10.7.1 | ||
| c)Election of new regional and alternate regional members | ||||
| 2. | Plants Committee | |||
| a) Report of the Chairman | Doc. 10.16 (Rev. 2) | Doc. 10.16 (Rev. 2) | ||
| b) Regional representation | Doc. 10.7; Doc. 10.7.1 | Doc. 10.7 & Doc.10.7.1 | ||
| c) Election of new regional and alternate regional members | ||||
| 3. | Identification Manual Committee | Doc. 10.17 | Doc. 10.17 | |
| 4. | Nomenclature Committee | |||
| a) Report of the Chairman | Doc. 10.18 (Rev.) | Doc. 10.18 (Rev.) | ||
| b) Recommendations of the Committee | Doc. 10.19 | Doc. 10.19 | ||
| XIII | Evolution of the Convention | |||
| 1. | How to improve the effectiveness of the Convention | |||
| a) Comments from the Parties and organizations on the study | Doc. 10.20 | Doc. 10.20 to Doc. 10.22 | ||
| b) Consideration of the recommendations arising from the study | Doc. 10.21 | |||
| c) Co-operation/synergy with other conservation conventions and agencies | Doc. 10.22 | |||
| 2. | Relationship between CITES and UNEP | Doc. 10.23; Doc. 10.23.1 | Doc. 10.23 and Doc. 10.23.1 | |
| XIV | Interpretation and implementation of the Convention | |||
| 1. | Review of the Resolutions of the Conference of the Parties | |||
| a) Consolidation of valid Resolutions | Doc. 10.24 | Doc. 10.24 and Doc. 10.25 (Rev.) | ||
| b) Index of Resolutions of the Conference of the Parties | Doc. 10.25 (Rev.) | |||
| 2. | Report on national reports required under Article VIII, paragraph 7(a), of the Convention | Doc. 10.26 | Doc. 10.26 | |
| 3. | Amendment to Resolution Conf. 9.1 on Establishment of Committees | Doc. 10.27 (Rev.) | Doc. 10.27 (Rev.) | |
| 4. | Enforcement | |||
| a) Review of alleged infractions and other problems of implementation of the Convention | Doc. 10.28 (Rev.) | Doc. 10.28 (Rev.) to Doc. 10.30 | ||
| b) Working group on illegal trade in CITES specimens | Doc. 10.29 | |||
| c) Inspection of wildlife shipments | Doc. 10.30 | |||
| 5. | National laws for implementation of the Convention | Doc. 10.31 (Rev.) | Doc. 10.31 (Rev.) | |
| 6. | Training | Doc. 10.32 (Rev.) | Doc. 10.32 (Rev.) | |
| 7. | Small island developing States | Doc. 10.33 | Doc. 10.33 | |
| 8. | Relationship with the International Whaling Commission | Doc. 10.34 (Rev.) | Doc. 10.34 (Rev.) | |
| 9. | Revision of Resolution Conf. 9.3 on Permits and Certificates | Doc. 10.35 | Doc. 10.35 | |
| 10. | Interpretation of Article II, paragraph 2(b), and Article IV, paragraph 3 | Doc. 10.36 (Rev.) | Doc. 10.36 (Rev.) | |
| 11. | Interpretation of Article XIV, paragraph 1 | Doc. 10.37 | Doc. 10.37 | |
| 12. | Revision of the definition of ‘primarily commercial purposes’ | Doc. 10.38 (Rev.); Doc. 10.38.1 (Rev.) | Doc. 10.38 (Rev.); Doc. 10.38.1 (Rev.) | |
| 13. | Criteria for granting export permits in accordance with Article V, paragraph 2 | Doc. 10.39 | Doc. 10.39 | |
| 14. | Illegal trade in whale meat | Doc. 10.40; Doc. 10.40.1 | Doc. 10.40; Doc. 10.40.1 | |
| 15. | Illegal trade in bear specimens | Doc. 10.41; Doc. 10.41.1 | Doc. 10.41 to Doc. 10.43.2 | |
| 16. | Exports of leopard hunting trophies and skins | Doc. 10.42; Doc. 10.42.1 | ||
| 17. | Trade in tiger specimens | Doc. 10.43; Doc. 10.43.1; Doc. 10.43.2 | ||
| 18. | Trade in African elephant specimens | |||
| a) Revision of Resolution Conf. 9.16 | Doc. 10.44; Doc. 10.44.1; Doc. 10.44.2; Doc. 10.44.3 | Doc. 10.44 to Doc. 10.46 | ||
| b) Revision of Resolution Conf. 7.9 | Doc. 10.45 (Rev.) | |||
| c) Stockpiles of ivory | Doc. 10.46 | |||
| 19. | Trade in and conservation of rhinoceroses | |||
| a) Implementation of Resolution Conf. 9.14 | Doc. 10.47 (Rev.) | Doc. 10.47 (Rev.) & Doc. 10.48 | ||
| b) Trade in live rhinoceroses from South Africa | Doc. 10.48 | |||
| 20. | Exports of vicuña cloth | Doc. 10.49 | Doc. 10.49 | |
| 21. | Conservation of edible-nest swiftlets of the genus Collocalia | Doc. 10.50 (Rev.) | Doc. 10.50 (Rev.) | |
| 22. | Biological and trade status of sharks | Doc. 10.51 | Doc. 10.51 | |
| 23. | Trade in plant specimens | |||
| a) Implementation of the Convention for timber species | Doc. 10.52 | Doc. 10.52 to Doc. 10.54 | ||
| b) Amendment to the definition of ‘artificially propagated’ | Doc. 10.53 (Rev. 2) | |||
| c) Disposal of confiscated live plants of species included in the appendices | Doc. 10.54 | |||
| 24. | Significant trade in Appendix-II species | |||
| a) Animals | Doc. 10.55 | Doc. 10.55 & Doc. 10.56 | ||
| b) Plants | Doc. 10.56 | |||
| 25. | Sale of tourist items of Appendix-I species at international airports, seaports and border crossings | Doc. 10.57 | Doc. 10.57 to Doc. 10.60.1 | |
| 26. | Trade in specimens of species transferred to Appendix II subject to annual export quotas | Doc. 10.58 | ||
| 27. | Trade in alien species | Doc. 10.59 | ||
| 28. | Establishment of a working group on marine fish species | Doc. 10.60; Doc. 10.60.1 | ||
| 29. | Scientific justification for national export quotas | Doc. 10.61 | Doc. 10.61 - Doc. 10.63 | |
| 30. | Disposal of stocks of dead specimens of Appendix-I species | Doc. 10.62 | ||
| 31. | Revision of the consolidated Resolution on ranching and trade in ranched specimens | Doc. 10.63 | ||
| 32. | Universal tagging system for the identification of crocodilian skins | Doc. 10.64 (Rev.) | Doc. 10.64 - Doc. 10.66 | |
| 33. | Identification of corals and reporting of coral trade | Doc. 10.65 | ||
| 34. | Implementation of Article VII, paragraph 2: pre-Convention | Doc. 10.66 | ||
| 35. | Captive breeding | |||
| a) Implementation of Article VII, paragraphs 4 and 5 | Doc. 10.67; Doc. 10.68.1 (Rev.); Doc. 10.68.2 | Doc. 10.67 to Doc. 10.68.2 | ||
| b) Proposals to register the first commercial captive-breeding operation for an Appendix-I animal species | Doc. 10.69 | Doc. 10.69 | ||
| 36. | Hybrids | |||
| a) Amendment of Resolution Conf. 2.13 | Doc. 10.70; Doc. 10.70.1 | Doc. 10.70 & Doc. 10.70.1 | ||
| b) Regulation of trade in animal hybrids | Doc. 10.71 | Doc. 10.71 | ||
| 37. | Shipments covered by Customs Carnets | Doc. 10.72 | Doc. 10.72 to Doc. 10.75 | |
| 38. | Frequent transborder movements of personally owned live animals | Doc. 10.73 (Rev. 2) | ||
| 39. | Live animals in travelling circuses | Doc. 10.74 (Rev.) | ||
| 40. | Transport of live animals | Doc. 10.75 (Rev.) | ||
| 41. | Designation of Scientific Authorities | Doc. 10.76 | Doc. 10.76 to Doc. 10.78 (Rev.) | |
| 42. | Standard nomenclature | Doc. 10.77 | ||
| 43. | Information on the population status of and threats to Ovis vignei | Doc. 10.78 (Rev.) | ||
| 44. | Traditional medicine and CITES | Doc. 10.79 (Rev.); Doc. 10.79.1; Doc. 10.80 | Doc. 10.79 (Rev.) & Doc. 10.80 | |
| 45. | Financing of the conservation of the biodiversity and development of sustainable use of natural resources | Doc. 10.81 (Rev.); Doc. 10.81.1 | Doc. 10.81 (Rev.) & Doc. 10.81.1 | |
| 46. | Development of an Information Management Strategy | Doc. 10.82 (Rev.) | Doc. 10.82 (Rev.) | |
| 47. | Inclusion of higher taxa | Doc. 10.83 (Rev.); Doc. 10.83.1; Doc. 10.83.2 | Doc. 10.83 (Rev.) to Doc. 10.83.2 | |
| 48. | Proposals concerning quotas for specimens of Appendix-I species | Doc. 10.84 (Rev.) | Doc. 10.84 (Rev.) | |
| 49. | Conservation of the houbara bustard (Chlamydotis undulata) | Doc. 10.92 (Rev.) | Doc. 10.92 (Rev.) | |
| XV | Consideration of proposals for amendment of Appendices I and II | Doc. 10.85 | Doc. 10.85 | |
| 1. | Proposals submitted pursuant to Resolution on Ranching | Doc. 10.86 | Doc. 10.86 | |
| 2. | Proposals resulting from the periodic reviews by the Animals and Plants Committees | Doc. 10.87 | Doc. 10.87 | |
| 3. | Proposals concerning export quotas for specimens of species in Appendix I or II | Doc. 10.88 | Doc. 10.88 | |
| 4. | Other proposals | Doc. 10.89 (Rev.); Doc. 10.91 | Doc. 10.89 (Rev.) & Doc. 10.91 | |
| XVI | Conclusion of the meeting | |||
| 1. | Determination of the time and venue of the next regular meeting of the Conference of the Parties | Doc. 10.90 (Rev.) | Doc. 10.90 (Rev.) | |
| 2. | Closing remarks | |||