CITES Calendar

Type

Title	Venue & Date	Details
Online Meeting on National Legislation for the effective implementation of the Convention for selected CITES Parties in West Asia	Online, 21 July 2020	TENTATIVE AGENDA Opening remarks by CITES and UNEP ROWA Practical announcements Introduction of participants Brief presentation by the CITES Secretariat on the National Legislation Project Updated information from participants on legislative progress in adopting adequate national legislation for the implementation of the Convention (including any specific comments, concerns, and challenges faced by Parties) Presentation by UNEP/ROWA on the results of the questionnaire Presentation by the Environment Public Authority of Kuwait on experiences with the CITES legislative process Introduction by the CITES Secretariat of available tools, including InforMEA Discussion - Q&A Next steps
Standing Committee - Question and Answer Session	01 July 2020	The Secretariat had proposed three scenarios: postponement, online meeting with sessions of limited duration, or a hybrid in-person/online meeting, based on a similar analysis prepared for the meetings of the Animals and Plants Committees. The aide memoire of this Q&A session can be found here.
Informal Online Meeting for Parties in the Caribbean on National Legislation and Needs for Assistance	18 June 2020	TENTATIVE AGENDA Introduction (Bahamas, CITES Secretariat and each participant) Information from the CITES Secretariat concerning the planned meetings of the permanent Committees Status with regard to National legislation, annual reports etc. Needs for technical assistance and capacity-building (including eCITES etc.) and how to best address these (see annex below) Other questions
72nd meeting of the Standing Committee	Geneva, Switzerland 28 August 2019	- Agenda and documents - Summary record
Eighteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties	Geneva, Switzerland 17 - 28 August 2019	(Venue: Palexpo, Geneva, Switzerland) Agenda and working documents Proposals for amendment of Appendices I and II Amendments to Appendices I and II adopted at CoP18 Information documents In-session documents Summary records Source documents for the changes to the list of Resolutions and Decisions List of participants ENB coverage of the meeting Opening remarks at the opening ceremony of CoP18
71st meeting of the Standing Committee	Geneva, Switzerland 16 August 2019	- Agenda and documents - Information documents - Summary record
10th InforMEA Steering Committee Meeting	11 - 14 June 2019	10th InforMEA Steering Committee Meeting, Montreux, Switzerland
Deadline for submission of credentials by Parties for participation in CoP18	16 May 2019	Deadline for submission of credentials by Parties for participation in CoP18
Deadline for submission of documents for consideration at the 71st meeting of the CITES Standing Committee (SC71)	23 March 2019	Deadline for submission of documents for consideration at the 71st meeting of the CITES Standing Committee (SC71)
World Wildlife Day 2019	03 March 2019	World Wildlife Day 2019. See joint press release for more information