Seventy-seventh meeting of the Standing Committee

Geneva, Switzerland, 06 - 10 November 2023

Agenda and working documents

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Title Files Created / Updated
Opening remarks of the Chair
Opening remarks of the Secretary-General
Administrative and financial matters
1. Agenda
2. Working programme
3. Rules of Procedure
4. Credentials
(no document)
5. Admission of observers
6. Report of the Chairs of the Animals and Plants Committee
7. Standard disclosure form for Members of the Animals and Plants Committee
8. Financial matters
 
Annex 1: Financial report on costed programme of work for the Secretariat for 2022 as of 31 December 2022
 
Annex 2: CITES Trust Fund (CTL) contributions as of 31 December 2022
 
Annex 3: CITES Trust Fund (QTL) contributions as of 31 December 2022
 
Annex 4: Financial report on costed programme of work for the Secretariat for 2023 as of 30 June 2023
 
Annex 5: CITES Trust Fund (CTL) contributions as of 30 June 2023
 
Annex 6: CITES Trust Fund (QTL) contributions as of 30 June 2023
 
Annex 7: Financial report on costed programme of work for the Secretariat for 2023 as of 30 September 2023
 
Annex 8: CITES Trust Fund (CTL) contributions as of 30 September 2023
 
Annex 9: CITES Trust Fund (QTL) contributions as of 30 September 2023
 
Annex 10: Statement of income and expenditure for CTL as of 31 December 2022
 
Annex 11: Statement of income and expenditure for QTL as of 31 December 2022
9. Terms of reference of the Finance and Budget Subcommittee
10. Administrative matters
 
10.1. Report of the Secretariat
 
10.2. Report of the United Nations Environment Programme on administrative matters
11. Rules of Procedure of the Conference of the Parties
12. Emerging operational matters of the committees
13. Access to funding
14. Sponsored Delegates Project
15. Arrangements for the 20th meeting of the Conference of the Parties
(no document)
Strategic matters
16. CITES Strategic Vision
17. Role of CITES in reducing risk of future zoonotic disease emergence associated with international wildlife trade
 
17.1. Report of the working group
 
17.2. Report of the Secretariat
18. Cooperation with Multilateral Environmental Agreements and other international organizations
19. Cooperation with the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, including policy aspects of IPBES Assessment report on the sustainable use of wild species
20. World Wildlife Trade Report
21. CITES and forests
22. Language strategy for the Convention
Capacity-building
23. Capacity-building 
 
23.1. Implementation of Resolution Conf. 19.2 on Capacity-building
 
23.2. Report by the Sudan
 
23.3. Capacity-building framework
24. Compliance Assistance Programme
25. CITES Tree Species Programme
CITES and people
26. CITES gender action plan
27. Establishment of the CITES Youth Global Network
28. Engagement of indigenous peoples and local communities
 
28.1. Report of the working group
 
28.2. Report of the Secretariat
29. Livelihoods
30. Demand reduction to combat illegal trade
Compliance
31. National laws for implementation of the Convention
32. National reports
 
32.1. Submission of annual reports
 
32.2. Revised Guidelines for the preparation and submission of CITES annual reports and Guidelines for the preparation and submission of CITES annual illegal trade report
 
32.3. Revised Report format for implementation reports
33. Compliance matters
 
33.1. Implementation of Article XIII and Resolution Conf. 14.3 (Rev. CoP19) on CITES compliance procedures [Resolution Conf. 11.3 (Rev. CoP19) paragraph 23 c) – e)]
 
33.2. Expedited application of Article XIII for West African rosewood (Pterocarpus erinaceus ) for all range States
 
 
33.2.1. Report by Senegal
 
 
33.2.2. Updated Non-Detriment Finding (NDF) and Legal Acquisition Finding (LAF) report for Pterocarpus erinaceus in Sierra Leone and a request for special authorization to export the pre-zero export quota harvested stocks of Pterocarpus erinaceus
 
 
33.2.3. Report of the Secretariat
 
33.3. Application of Article XIII in Bangladesh
 
33.4. Application of Article XIII in Cameroon
 
33.5. Application of Article XIII in China
 
33.6. Application of Article XIII in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
 
33.7. Application of Article XIII in Ecuador
 
33.8. Application of Article XIII in European Union
 
33.9. Application of Article XIII in Guinea
 
33.10. Application of Article XIII in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic
 
33.11. Application of Article XIII in Nigeria
 
33.12. Malagasy palisanders and rosewoods (Dalbergia spp.) and ebonies (Diospyros spp.): Report of Madagascar
 
33.13. Totoabas (Totoaba macdonaldi)
 
 
33.13.1. Report presented by Mexico as Chairman of the Trilateral Contact Group on law enforcement to combat the illegal trade in totoaba
 
 
33.13.2. Report of the Secretariat
34. National ivory action plan process
35. Review of Significant Trade in specimens of Appendix-II species
 
35.1. Overview of the Review of Significant Trade
 
35.2. Implementation of recommendations of the Animals Committee
 
35.3. Implementation of recommendations of the Plants Committee
36. Review of trade in specimens reported as produced in captivity
37. Possession of specimens of species included in Appendix I
Illegal trade and enforcement
38. Review of Resolution Conf. 11.3 (Rev. CoP19) on Compliance and enforcement
39. Enforcement
 
39.1. Enforcement matters
 
39.2. International Consortium on Combatting Wildlife Crime: Report of the Secretariat
 
39.3. CITES Big Cats Task Force
 
39.4. Wildlife crime enforcement support in West and Central Africa
40. Marine turtles (Cheloniidae spp. and Dermochelyidae spp.)
41. Asian big cats (Felidae spp.)
 
41.1. Report of the Secretariat
 
41.2. Asian big cats in captivity
42. Illegal trade in African great apes (Gorilla gorilla, Gorilla beringei, Pan troglodytes and Pan paniscus)
43. Jaguars (Panthera onca)
44. Conservation of and control of trade in the Tibetan antelope (Pantholops hodgsonii )
45. Rhinoceroses (Rhinocerotidae spp.)
Regulation of trade
46. Legal acquisition findings
47. Introduction from the sea
48. Purpose-of-transaction codes
(no document)
49. Electronic systems and information technology
50. Stocks and stockpiles
51. Stocks and stockpiles (elephant ivory)
52. Transport of live specimens
53. Rapid movement of wildlife diagnostic samples and musical instruments
54. Specimens produced through biotechnology
55. Dialogue meeting for African elephant range States (Loxodonta africana)
56. Disposal of confiscated specimens
57. Labelling system for trade in caviar
(no document)
Exemption and special trade provisions
58. Review of CITES provisions related to trade in specimens of animals and plants not of wild source
59. Review of Resolution Conf. 12.10 (Rev. CoP15) on Registration of operations that breed Appendix-I animal species in captivity for commercial purposes
60. Identifying information on species at risk of extinction affected by international trade
61. Phytosanitary certificates that are regarded as artificial propagation certificates
Species conservation and trade
Fauna
62. West African vultures (Accipitridae spp.
63. Elephants (Elephantidae spp.)
 
63.1. Report of the Secretariat on the implementation of Resolution Conf. 10.10 (Rev. CoP19)
 
63.2. Financial and operational sustainability of the MIKE and ETIS programmes
64. Great apes (Hominidae spp.): Report on the implementation of Resolution Conf. 13.4 (Rev. CoP18)
65. Saiga antelopes (Saiga spp.)
Aquatic species
66. Eels (Anguilla spp.)
67. Sharks and rays (Elasmobranchii spp.)
 
67.1. Evidence of continued non-compliant trade of Appendix-II listed shark species (Carcharhinus longimanus)
 
67.2. Report of the Animals Committee
 
67.3. Report of the Secretariat
68. Queen conch (Strombus gigas)
Flora
69. Products containing specimens of Appendix II orchids (Orchidaceae spp.)
Appendices of the Convention
Annotations
70. Annotations
71. Implications of the transfer of a species from one Appendix to another
72. Information system for trade in specimens of CITES-listed tree species
73. Informal review mechanism for existing and proposed annotations
Nomenclature matters
74. Taxonomy and nomenclature of African elephants (Loxodonta spp.)
Conclusion of the meeting
75. Any other business
(no document)
76. Determination of the time and venue of the 78th meeting
(no document)
77. Closing remarks
 
77.1. Secretary-General
(no document)
 
77.2. Chair
(no document)