Eighteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties

Geneva, Switzerland, 17 - 28 August 2019

In-session documents

(All documents are provided here in PDF format)

Committee I
Title Files
1. African lion (Panthera leo) (document(o) 76.1 / 76.2)
2. Draft decisions on the conservation of amphibians (document(o) 62)
3. Songbird trade and conservation management (Passeriformes) (document(o) 79)
4. Banggai cardinalfish (Pterapogon kauderni) (document(o) 82)
5. Sharks and rays (Elasmobranchii spp.) (document(o) 68.2 Annex 3)
6. Great apes (Hominidae spp.) (document(o) 73)
7. Hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) and other marine turtles (Cheloniidae and Dermochelyidae) (document(o) 70)
8. Conservation of the Titicaca Water Frog (Telmatobius culeus) (document(o) 87)
9. Queen conch (Strombus gigas) (document(o) 85)
10. Quotas for leopard hunting trophies (document(o) 46)
11. Annotation 15 (document(o) Prop. 52)
12. Helmeted hornbill (Rhinoplax vigil) (document(o) Inf. 22)
Committee II
Title Files
1. Language strategy for the Convention (document(o) 8)
2. National laws for the implementation of the Convention (document(o) 26)
3. Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (document(o) 15.4)
4. Legal Acquisition Findings (document(o) 39)
5. Designation and role of Management Authorities (document(o) 38)
6. Elephants (Elephantidae spp.) (document(o) 69.1)
7. CITES Strategic Vision post-2020 (document(o) 10)
8. Malagasy palisanders and rosewoods (Dalbergia spp.) and ebonies (Diospyros spp.) (document(o) 30.2)
9. Disposal of confiscated specimens (document(o) 35)
10. Review of the Convention (document(o) 11)
11. Cooperation with other biodiversity-related conventions (document(o) 15.1)
12. Rhinoceroses (Rhinocerotidae spp.) (document(o) 83.1)
13. Annotations (document(o) 101)
14. Simplified procedures for permits and certificates (document(o) 56)
15. Strategic matters - Capacity building (document(o) 21.2 / 21.3)
16. Pangolins (Manis spp.) (document(o) 75)
17. Strategic matters - Rural communities and livelihoods (document(o) 17.1, 17.2, 17.3, 18.1, 18.2, and 18.3)
18. Budget and work programme for 2020 to 2022 (document(o) 7.4)
Addendum:
19. Cooperation between CITES and the World Heritage Convention (document(o) 15.6)
Appendix A - Costed programme of work of the CITES Secretariat for 2020-2022
20. Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) (document(o) 15.2)
Appendix B - Operational budget under the general CITES Trust Fund (CTL)
21. Amendments to resolution Conf. 10.13 (Rev. CoP15) on Implementation of the Convention for timber species (document(o) 50)
Appendix C - Operational budget under the general CITES Trust Fund (CTL) in UN Umoja format
22. Demand reduction strategies to combat illegal trade on cites-listed species (document(o) 20)
Appendix D - Indicative budget under the Support to CITES activities (QTL)
23. Specimens produced from synthetic or cultured DNA (document(o) 43)
Appendix E - CITES Trust Fund (CTL) scale of assessment for the triennium 2020-2022
24. Identification Manual (document(o) 21.1 and 54.1)
Appendix F - UN standard salary costs used in calculating staff costs for the triennium 2020-2022
25. Combatting wildlife cybercrime (document(o) 33.1 and 33.2)
Appendix G - Indicative staffing table for the Secretariat for the triennium 2020-2022
26. Revision of Resolution Conf. 11.1 (Rev. CoP 17) on Establishment of Committees (document(o) 13, annex 3)
27. Revisions to Resolution Conf. 11.3 (Rev. CoP17) on Compliance and Enforcement (document(o) 27, 32, 33.2 and 40)
28. Elephants (Elephantidae spp.) (document(o) 31 and 69.1)