Twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties - Provisional agenda and working documents

Santiago (Chile), 3-15 November 2002

Provisional agenda and working documents

(all documents are provided here in PDF format)

Agenda item				Document No.	Posted/updated
Opening of the meeting
Opening ceremony				(no document)
Welcoming addresses				(no document)
Strategic and administrative matters
1.	a)	Rules of Procedure		CoP12 Doc.1.1 (Rev. 1)	23/10/02
	b)	Revision of the Rules of Procedure (Chile)		CoP12 Doc.1.2	01/10/02
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			CoP12 Doc. 3 (Rev.2)	17/09/02
4.	Adoption of the Working Programme			CoP12 Doc. 4 (Rev.1)	02/10/02
5.	Establishment of the Credentials Committee			(no document)
6.	Report of the Credentials Committee			CoP12 Doc. 6
7.	Admission of observers			CoP12 Doc. 7	30/10/02
8.	Matters related to the Standing Committee
	a)	Report of the Chairman		CoP12 Doc. 8	02/10/02
	b)	Election of new regional and alternate regional members		(no document)
9.	Financing and budgeting of the Secretariat and of meetings of the Conference of the Parties
	a)	Budget for 2003-2005		CoP12 Doc. 9.1 (Rev. 1) Annex 1 Annex 1a Annex 2 Annex 3 (Rev. 1) Annex 4 Annex 5	06/11/02
	b)	Procedure for approval of externally funded projects		CoP12 Doc. 9.2	30/08/02
10.	Committee reports and recommendations
	a)	Animals Committee
		i)	Report of the Chairman	CoP12 Doc. 10.1	01/10/02
		ii)	Election of new regional and alternate regional members	(no document)
	b)	Plants Committee
		i)	Report of the Chairman	CoP12 Doc. 10.2	01/10/02
		ii)	Election of new regional and alternate regional members	(no document)
	c)	Nomenclature Committee report		CoP12 Doc. 10.3 (Rev.1)	23/10/02
11.	Identification Manual			CoP12 Doc. 11	13/08/02
12.	Revision of the Action Plan of the Convention			CoP12 Doc. 12	13/08/02
13.	Establishment of Committees
	a)	Revision of Resolution Conf. 11.1 on establishment of committees (Chile)		CoP12 Doc. 13.1	13/08/02
	b)	Enhancing implementation of the Convention (United States of America)		CoP12 Doc. 13.2	13/08/02
	c)	Review of the committee structure		CoP12 Doc. 13.3	30/08/02
14.	Title of the Convention			CoP12 Doc. 14 (Rev. 1)	03/09/02
15.	Outcome of the World Summit on Sustainable Development and the discussion on International Environmental Governance: consequences for CITES			(no document)
16.	Cooperation with other organizations
	a)	Cooperation between CITES and the Commission for Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) regarding the trade in toothfish (Chile)		CoP12 Doc. 16.1	30/08/02
	b)	CITES and FAO
		i)	Synergy and cooperation between CITES and FAO (Japan)	CoP12 Doc. 16.2.1	30/08/02
		ii)	FAO collaboration with CITES through a Memorandum of Understanding (United States of America)	CoP12 Doc. 16.2.2 Annex	01/10/02
	c)	Cooperation and synergy with the Inter-American Convention for the Protection and Conservation of Sea Turtles (Ecuador)		CoP12 Doc. 16.3	30/08/02
	d)	Cooperation between CITES and the International Whaling Commission (Mexico)		CoP12 Doc. 16.4	30/08/02
	e)	Statements from representatives of other conventions and agreements		(no document)
17.	Sustainable use and trade in CITES species (Norway)			CoP12 Doc. 17	30/08/02
18.	Economic incentives and trade policy			CoP12 Doc. 18	01/10/02
19.	Financing of the conservation of species of wild fauna and flora			CoP12 Doc. 19	30/08/02
20.	Reports of dialogue meetings
	a)	Results of the African elephant dialogue meeting		CoP12 Doc. 20.1	04/11/02
	b)	Results of the wider Caribbean hawksbill turtle dialogue meetings		CoP12 Doc. 20.2	01/10/02
Interpretation and implementation of the Convention
	Review of Resolutions and Decisions
21.	Review of Resolutions and Decisions
	a)	Review of Resolutions
		i)	Resolutions to be repealed	CoP12 Doc. 21.1.1	01/10/02
		ii)	Resolutions to be revised	CoP12 Doc. 21.1.2	30/10/02
	b)	Review of Decisions		CoP12 Doc. 21.2	01/10/02
	Regular and special reports
22.	Report on national reports required under Article VIII, paragraph 7, of the Convention
	a)	Annual reports		CoP12 Doc. 22.1 Annex 3a Annex 3b Annex 4	01/10/02
	b)	Biennial reports		CoP12 Doc. 22.2 Annex 1 Annex 2	01/10/02
23.	Appendix-I species subject to export quotas
	a)	Leopard
		i)	Report on implementation of Resolution Conf. 10.14 on quotas for leopard hunting trophies and skins for personal use	CoP12 Doc. 23.1.1	13/08/02
		ii)	Amendment to the quota of the United Republic of Tanzania (United Republic of Tanzania)	CoP12 Doc. 23.1.2	30/08/02
	b)	Markhor		CoP12 Doc. 23.2	01/10/02
24.	Exports of vicuña wool and cloth			CoP12 Doc. 24	01/10/02
25.	Transport of live animals			CoP12 Doc. 25	30/08/02
	General compliance issues
26.	Compliance with the Convention			CoP12 Doc. 26	01/10/02
27.	Enforcement matters			CoP12 Doc. 27	13/08/02
28.	National laws for implementation of the Convention			CoP12 Doc. 28	01/10/02
29.	Verification of the authenticity and veracity of CITES permits and certificates (Chile)			CoP12 Doc. 29	30/08/02
30.	Implementation of CITES in the European Community (Denmark)			CoP12 Doc. 30	30/08/02
	Species trade and conservation issues
31.	Trade in bear specimens			CoP12 Doc. 31	13/08/02
32.	Conservation of the leopard, snow leopard and clouded leopard (India)			CoP12 Doc. 32	02/10/02
33.	Conservation of and trade in tigers			CoP12 Doc. 33 Annex	30/08/02
34.	Conservation of elephants and trade in elephant specimens
	a)	Illegal trade in ivory and other elephant specimens		CoP12 Doc. 34.1	04/10/02
	b)	Illegal hunting of elephants		CoP12 Doc. 34.2	16/10/02
	c)	Revision of Resolution Conf. 10.10 (Rev.) on trade in elephant specimens (India, Kenya)		CoP12 Doc. 34.3	30/08/02
	d)	Revision of Resolution Conf. 10.10 (Rev.) in relation to quotas and trade in ivory		CoP12 Doc. 34.4	01/10/02
35.	Conservation of and trade in rhinoceroses			CoP12 Doc. 35	13/08/02
36.	Conservation of and trade in musk deer			CoP12 Doc. 36	01/10/02
37.	Conservation of and control of trade in Tibetan antelope			CoP12 Doc. 37	13/08/02
38.	Controlled trade in specimens of abundant cetacean stocks (Japan)			CoP12 Doc. 38	01/10/02
39.	Conservation of and trade in tortoises and freshwater turtles			CoP12 Doc. 39	01/10/02
40.	Conservation of and trade in pancake tortoise Malacochersus tornieri (Kenya)			CoP12 Doc. 40	01/10/02
41.	Conservation of sharks
	a)	Conservation and management of sharks (Australia)		CoP12 Doc. 41.1	30/08/02
	b)	Conservation of and trade in sharks (Ecuador)		CoP12 Doc. 41.2	30/08/02
	c)	Conservation of and trade in sharks (Australia and Ecuador)		CoP12 Doc. 41.2 addendum	07/11/02
42.	Conservation of sturgeons and labelling of caviar
	a)	Implementation of Resolution Conf. 10.12 (Rev.) on conservation of sturgeons		CoP12 Doc. 42.1	01/10/02
	b)	Consolidation of Resolutions relating to sturgeons and trade in caviar		CoP12 Doc. 42.2	01/10/02
43.	Conservation of seahorses and other members of the family Syngnathidae			CoP12 Doc. 43	01/10/02
44.	Conservation of and trade in Dissostichus species (Australia)			CoP12 Doc. 44	01/10/02
45.	Trade in sea cucumbers in the families Holothuridae and Stichopodidae (United States of America)			CoP12 Doc. 45	30/08/02
46.	Biological and trade status of Harpagophytum			CoP12 Doc. 46	30/08/02
47.	Conservation of Swietenia macrophylla: report of the Mahogany Working Group			CoP12 Doc. 47	01/10/02
48.	Implementation of Resolution Conf. 8.9 (Rev.) on trade in specimens of Appendix-II species taken from the wild
	a)	Revison of Resolution Conf. 8.9 (Rev.)		CoP12 Doc. 48.1	01/10/02
	b)	Saiga tatarica: Summary of the CITES-sponsored workshop in Kalmykia in May 2002 and presentation of the draft conservation action plan (United States of America)		CoP12 Doc. 48.2	withdrawn 29/08/02
49.	Nationally established export quotas for Appendix-II species: the scientific basis for quota establishment and implementation (United States of America)			CoP12 Doc. 49	01/10/02
	Trade control and marking issues
50.	Management of export quotas
	a)	Improving the management of annual export quotas and amendment of Resolution Conf. 10.2 (Rev.) Annex 1 on permits and certificates (Germany)		CoP12 Doc. 50.1	01/10/02
	b)	Implementation and monitoring of nationally established export quotas for species listed in Appendix II of the Convention (United States of America)		CoP12 Doc. 50.2	01/10/02
51.	Trade in time-sensitive biological samples			CoP12 Doc. 51	03/10/02
52.	Movements of collections of samples
	a)	Movement of sample reptile skins and other related products		CoP12 Doc. 52.1	01/10/02
	b)	Use of certificates for movements of sample collections, covered by an ATA or TIR carnet and made of parts or derivatives of species included in Appendices II and III (Italy, Switzerland)		CoP12 Doc. 52.2	01/10/02
53.	Trade regimes for timber species			CoP12 Doc. 53	13/08/02
	Exemptions and special trade provisions
54.	Personal effects
	a)	Trade in personal effects		CoP12 Doc. 54.1	01/10/02
	b)	Personal effects made of crocodilian leather (Venezuela)		CoP12 Doc. 54.2	01/10/02
55.	Operations that breed Appendix-I species in captivity for commercial purposes
	a)	Revision of Resolutions Conf. 8.15 and Conf. 11.14 on guidelines for a procedure to register and monitor operations that breed Appendix-I animal species for commercial purposes		CoP12 Doc. 55.1	16/10/02
	b)	Applications to register operations that breed Appendix-I animals species for commercial purposes		CoP12 Doc. 55.2	30/10/02
56.	Non-commercial loan, donation or exchange of museum and herbarium specimens (United States of America)			CoP12 Doc. 56	01/10/02
57.	Travelling live-animal exhibitions (Russian Federation)			CoP12 Doc. 57	01/10/02
	Amendment of the Appendices
58.	Criteria for amendment of Appendices I and II			CoP12 Doc. 58 Annex 1 Annex 2 Annex 3 Annex 4 Annex 5a Annex 5b	13/08/02
59.	Amendment of the Appendices with regard to populations			CoP12 Doc. 59	02/10/02
60.	Annotations for medicinal plants in the Appendices			(No document. The issue is covered in paragraph 31 of document CoP12 Doc. 10.2)
	Other themes and issues
61.	Establishment of a working group to analyse relevant aspects of the application of CITES to marine species (Chile)			CoP12 Doc. 61	30/08/02
62.	Bushmeat			CoP12 Doc. 62	13/08/02
63.	The rescue of dependent apes from war zones (Kenya)			CoP12 Doc. 63	01/10/02
64.	Trade in traditional medicines			CoP12 Doc. 64	01/10/02
65.	Publicity materials			CoP12 Doc. 65	13/08/02
Consideration of proposals for amendment of Appendices I and II
66.	Proposals to amend Appendices I and II			CoP12 Doc. 66 Annex 4 Addendum	01/10/02 24/10/02
Conclusion of the meeting
67.	Determination of the time and venue of the next regular meeting of the Conference of the Parties			(no document)
68.	Closing remarks			(no document)