Thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties - Agenda and working documents

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Bangkok (Thailand), 2-14 October 2004

Agenda and working documents

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Agenda item
Document
Posted/
updated on
(dd/mm/yyyy)
Opening of the meeting
Opening ceremony
no document
Welcoming addresses
no document
Strategic and administrative matters
1.
 Rules of Procedure
1.1 Use of secret ballots
27/05/2004
1.2 Adoption of the Rules of Procedure
20/09/2004
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
22/09/2004
4.
 Adoption of the working programme
22/09/2004
5.
 Credentials Committee
5.1 Establishment of the Credentials Committee
no document
5.2 Report of the Credentials Committee
no document
6.
 Admission of observers
30/09/2004
7.
 Matters related to the Standing Committee
7.1 Report of the Chairman
09/07/2004
7.2 Election of new regional and alternate regional members
08/09/2004
8.
 Financing and budgeting of the Secretariat and of meetings of the Conference of the Parties
8.1 Financial reports for the years 2002 and 2003
23/08/2004
  • Annex 1 Expenditures for 2002
23/08/2004
  • Annex 2 Expenditures for 2003
23/08/2004
  • Annex 3a Status of contributions as of 31 December 2003
23/08/2004
  • Annex 3b Contributions received in 2002 for each month (cumulative)
23/08/2004
  • Annex 3c Contributions received in 2003 for each month (cumulative)
23/08/2004
  • Annex 3d Annual distribution of the unpaid contributions as of 31 December 2003
23/08/2004
  • Annex 4 Combined statements of the CITES Trust Fund (English only)
23/08/2004
8.2 Estimated expenditures for the years 2004 and 2005
23/08/2004
  • Annex 1 Estimated expenditures for 2004
23/08/2004
  • Annex 2 Estimated expenditures for 2005
23/08/2004
  • Annex 3 Flow and use of resources of the CITES Trust Fund for the period 2003-2005
23/08/2004
8.3 Budget for 2006-2008
23/08/2004
  • Annex 1 Programme requirements from the CITES Trust Fund for the triennium 2006-2008 by category of service
23/08/2004
  • Annex 2 Budget estimates for the triennium 2006-2008 by category of service
23/08/2004
  • Annex 3 Budget estimates for the triennium 2006-2008
23/08/2004
  • Annex 4 Organigram of the CITES Secretariat
23/08/2004
  • Annex 5 Scale of contributions
23/08/2004
  • Annex 6 The zero contribution growth option
23/08/2004
  • Annex 7 Draft resolution of the Conference of the Parties
23/08/2004
8.4 External funding
07/06/2004
9.
 Committee reports and recommendations
9.1 Animals Committee
9.1.1 Report of the Chairman
01/07/2004
9.1.2 Election of new regional and alternate regional members
08/09/2004
9.2 Plants Committee
9.2.1 Report of the Chairman
18/08/2004
9.2.2 Election of new regional and alternate regional members
08/09/2004
9.3 Nomenclature Committee
9.3.1 Report of the Nomenclature Committee
03/08/2004
9.3.2 Appointment of the members
no document
10.
 Strategic Vision
07/06/2004
11.
 Review of permanent committees
11.1 Review of the scientific committees [Australia]
18/08/2004
11.2 Improving regional communication and representation [Animals and Plants Committees]
16/08/2004
11.3 Standard nomenclature and the operation of the Nomenclature Committee [Mexico]
31/08/2004
12.
 Cooperation with other organizations
12.1 Synergy between CITES and CBD
12.1.1 Achieving greater synergy in CITES and CBD implementation [Ireland, Kenya]
12/08/2004
05/10/2004
12.1.2 Sustainable use principles and guidelines [Namibia]
05/08/2004
05/10/2004
12.2 CITES listing of whale stocks and the International Whaling Commission [Japan]
20/07/2004
12.3 Revision of Resolution Conf. 12.4 on Cooperation between CITES and the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources regarding trade in toothfish [Australia]
16/08/2004
12.4 Cooperation with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations [Japan]
18/08/2004
12.5 Statements from representatives of other conventions and agreements
no document
13.
 Economic incentives and trade policy
23/08/2004
14.
 Financing of the conservation of and sustainable international trade in species of wild fauna and flora
14/06/2004
15.
 Report of the African elephant dialogue meeting
08/10/2004
Interpretation and implementation of the Convention
Review of Resolutions and Decisions
16.
 Review of Resolutions
02/07/2004
17.
 Review of Decisions
20/07/2004
Regular and special reports
18.
 Reporting requirements
07/07/2004
19.
 Appendix-I species subject to export quotas
19.1 Leopard: export quota for Namibia [Namibia]
18/08/2004
19.2 Leopard: export quota for South Africa [South Africa]
16/08/2004
19.3 Black rhinoceros: export quota for Namibia [Namibia]
18/08/2004
19.4 Black rhinoceros: export quota for South Africa [South Africa]
12/08/2004
   
16/08/2004
20.
 Trade in vicuña cloth
07/06/2004
21.
 Transport of live specimens
20/07/2004
General compliance issues
22.
 National laws for implementation of the Convention
30/09/2004
23.
 Enforcement matters
07/06/2004
24.
 Revision of Resolution Conf. 11.3 on Compliance and enforcement [Kenya]
16/08/2004
06/10/2004
25.
 Guidelines on compliance with the Convention [Ireland]
18/08/2004
Species trade and conservation issues
26.
 Conservation of and trade in great apes [Ireland]
20/07/2004
27.
 Conservation of and trade in bears
27/05/2004
28.
 Conservation of and trade in Asian big cats
07/06/2004
29.
 Elephants
29.1 Trade in elephant specimens
27/05/2004
08/10/2004
29.2 Monitoring of illegal trade in ivory and other elephant specimens
08/09/2004
  • Annex (English only)
08/09/2004
29.3 Monitoring of illegal hunting in elephant range States
14/09/2004
  • Annexes (English only)
14/09/2004
11/10/2004
29.4 Illegal ivory trade and control of internal markets [Kenya]
11/06/2004
11/10/2004
29.5 Conditions for the export of registered stocks of ivory in the annotation to the Appendix-II listing of populations of Loxodonta africana in Botswana, Namibia and South Africa [Kenya]
20/07/2004
29.6 Ivory stocks in Burundi
12/08/2004
30.
 Conservation of and trade in rhinoceroses
17/09/2004
31.
 Conservation of and control of trade in Tibetan antelope
07/06/2004
32.
 Conservation of Saiga tatarica [Ireland]
12/08/2004
33.
 Conservation of and trade in tortoises and freshwater turtles
01/07/2004
34.
 Conservation of hawksbill turtle
01/07/2004
35.
 Conservation and management of sharks
18/08/2004
36.
 Conservation of and trade in Dissostichus species
07/07/2004
37.
 Sea cucumbers
37.1 Trade in sea cucumbers in the families Holothuriidae and Stichopodidae [Animals Committee]
24/08/2004
37.2 Implementation of Decision 12.60 [Ecuador]
19/08/2004
38.
 Trade in stony corals
07/07/2004
39.
 Conservation of bigleaf mahogany: report of the Working Group
21/07/2004
40.
 Evaluation of the Review of Significant Trade
20/07/2004
Trade control and marking issues
41.
 Introduction from the sea: interpretation and implementation of Article I, Article III, paragraph 5, and Article IV, paragraphs 6 and 7 [United States of America]
18/08/2004
42.
 Commercial trade in Appendix-I species [Israel]
18/08/2004
43.
 Management of annual export quotas
07/06/2004
44.
 Use of CITES certificates with ATA or TIR carnets
07/06/2004
45.
 Electronic permitting systems for CITES specimens [Ireland]
18/08/2004
46.
 Retrospective issuance of permits [Ireland]
02/08/2004
47.
 Use of the source code 'R' for ranched specimens: revision of Resolution Conf. 12.3 on Permits and certificates [United States of America]
18/08/2004
48.
 Use of marks and numbers in lieu of bill of lading numbers for CITES export and re-export documents for timber species: revision of Resolution Conf. 12.3 on Permits and certificates [United States of America]
19/08/2004
49.
 Production systems for specimens of CITES-listed species [United States of America]
18/08/2004
50.
 Plant specimens subject to exemptions [Switzerland]
09/08/2004
51.
 Review of Resolutions on plants and plant trade and the definition of 'artificially propagated' [United States of America]
08/09/2004
52.
 Definition of plywood of Swietenia macrophylla: revision of Resolution Conf. 10.13 on Implementation of the Convention for timber species [United States of America]
09/08/2004
53.
 Revision of Resolution Conf. 9.10 (Rev.) on Disposal of illegally traded, confiscated and accumulated specimens [Kenya]
11/06/2004
54.
 Identification Manual
15/09/2004
Exemptions and special trade provisions
55.
 Personal and household effects
55.1 Amendments to Resolution Conf. 12.9 [China]
16/08/2004
11/10/2004
55.2 Amendments to Resolution Conf. 12.9 [Ireland]
18/08/2004
55.3 Amendments to Resolution Conf. 12.9 [Australia]
16/08/2004
56.
 Operations that breed Appendix-I species in captivity for commercial purposes
56.1 Evaluation of the process for registration
20/07/2004
56.2 Applications to register operations that breed Appendix-I animal species for commercial purposes
no document
56.3 Relationship between ex situ breeding and in situ conservation
56.3.1 Report of the Animals Committee
21/07/2004
56.3.2 Relationship between commercial ex situ breeding operations and in situ conservation of Appendix-I species [Mexico]
18/08/2004
Amendment of the Appendices
57.
 Criteria for amendment of Appendices I and II
05/08/2004
58.
 Annotations for medicinal plants in the Appendices
05/08/2004
59.
 Standard nomenclature
59.1 Standard nomenclature for birds [Mexico]
18/08/2004
59.2 Recognition of Chamaeleo excubitor as a separate species [Kenya]
12/08/2004
60.
 Proposals to amend Appendices I and II
01/09/2004
08/10/2004
11/10/2004
• Annex 3 (English only)
27/08/2004
61.
 Inclusion of species in Appendix III [Switzerland and the Secretariat]
20/07/2004
Other themes and issues
62.
 Bushmeat
62.1 Bushmeat Working Group
11/06/2004
62.2 Bushmeat [Ireland]
14/06/2004
Conclusion of the meeting
63.
 Determination of the time and venue of the next regular meeting of the Conference of the Parties
no document
64.
 Closing remarks
no document
65. Conservation of and trade in sturgeons and paddlefish
05/10/2004