Seventy-seventh meeting of the Standing Committee

Opening remarks of the Chair

Opening remarks of the Secretary-General

1. Agenda

2. Working programme

3. Rules of Procedure

4. Credentials

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

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

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

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

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

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.)

46. Legal acquisition findings

47. Introduction from the sea

48. Purpose-of-transaction codes

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

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

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.)

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)

69. Products containing specimens of Appendix II orchids (Orchidaceae spp.)

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

74. Taxonomy and nomenclature of African elephants (Loxodonta spp.)

75. Any other business

76. Determination of the time and venue of the 78th meeting

77. Closing remarks

77.1. Secretary-General

77.2. Chair