Seventy-eighth 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 Committees

7. Financial matters

Annex 1 – Financial report on costed programme of work for the Secretariat for 2023 as of 31 December 2023

Annex 2 – CITES Core Trust Fund (CTL) contributions as of 31 December 2023

Annex 3 – CITES external Trust Fund (QTL) contributions as of 31 December 2023

Annex 4 – Financial report on costed programme of work for the Secretariat for 2024 as of 30 September 2024

Annex 5 – CITES core Trust Fund (CTL) contributions as of 30 September 2024

Annex 6 – CITES external Trust Fund (QTL) contributions as of 30 September 2024

Annex 7 – Interim financial report on costed programme of work for the Secretariat for 2024 as of 31 December 2024

Annex 8 – CITES core Trust Fund (CTL) contributions as of 31 December 2024

Annex 9 – CITES external Trust Fund (QTL) contributions as of 31 December 2024

Annex 10 – Statement of income and expenditure for CTL as of 31 December 2023

Annex 11 – Statement of income and expenditure for QTL as of 31 December 2023

8. Report on proposed budget scenarios for 2026-2028

9. Administrative matters

9.1. Report of the Secretariat (changes to paragraph 8)

9.2. Report of the United Nations Environment Programme on administrative matters

10. Emerging operational matters of the committees

11. Access to funding

12. Arrangements for the 20th meeting of the Conference of the Parties

12.1. Preparations for CoP20

12.2. Draft provisional agenda

12.3. Draft provisional working programme

12.4. Rules of Procedure of the Conference of the Parties

12.5. Selection of nominees for Committee Chairs

12.6. Sponsored delegates project and CoP20 sponsored delegates

13. Arrangements for meetings of the Conference of the Parties

14. CITES Strategic Vision

15. Role of CITES in reducing risk of future zoonotic disease emergence associated with international wildlife trade

16. Cooperation with Multilateral Environmental Agreements and other international organizations (changes to paragraphs 7 and 15)

Addendum

17. Cooperation with the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on
Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services - IPBES Assessment report on the sustainable use of wild species

18. World Wildlife Trade Report (changes to paragraph a) of decision 20.BB)

19. CITES and forests

20. Language strategy for the Convention

21. Capacity-building framework

22. Implementation of Resolution Conf. 19.2 on Capacity-building

23. Compliance Assistance Programme

24. CITES Tree Species Programme

25. CITES Global Youth Network

26. CITES gender action plan

27. Engagement of indigenous peoples and local communities

28. Livelihoods

29. Demand reduction to combat illegal trade

30. Review of Resolutions and Decisions

31. National laws for implementation of the Convention

31.1. Report of the Secretariat

31.2. Request by the Sultanate of Oman to lift the suspension of international trade

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

33. Compliance matters

33.1. Implementation of Article XIII and Resolution Conf. 14.3 (Rev. CoP19) on CITES compliance procedures

33.2. Expedited application of Article XIII for West African rosewood (Pterocarpus erinaceus ) for all range States

33.3. Application of Article XIII in Bangladesh

33.4. Application of Article XIII in Cameroon

33.5. Application of Article XIII in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

33.6. Application of Article XIII in Ecuador and Peru

33.7. Application of Article XIII in Guinea

33.8. Application of Article XIII in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic

33.9. Application of Article XIII in Nigeria

33.10. Application of Article XIII in Viet Nam

33.11. Malagasy palisanders and rosewoods (Dalbergia spp.) and ebonies (Diospyros spp.)

33.12. Totoabas (Totoaba macdonaldi)

33.12.1. Report of the Secretariat

33.12.2. Report of the Trilateral Enforcement Contact Group

33.13. National ivory action plan process

33.13.1. Report of the Secretariat

33.13.2. Review of the National Ivory Action Plans Process

34. Review of Significant Trade in specimens of Appendix-II species

34.1. Overview (change to Trioceros montium from Cameroon and to Uromastyx geyri from Mali)

34.2. Implementation of the recommendations of the Animals Committee

34.3. Implementation of the recommendations of the Plants Committee

35. Resolution Conf. 17.7 (Rev. CoP19) on Review of trade in animal specimens reported as produced in captivity

35.1. Implementation of Resolution Conf. 17.7 (Rev. CoP19)

35.2. Review of Resolution Conf. 17.7 (Rev. CoP19)

36. Possession of specimens of species included in Appendix I

37. Review of Resolution Conf. 11.3 (Rev. CoP19) on Compliance and enforcement

38. Enforcement matters

38.1. Report of the Secretariat

38.2. International Consortium on Combatting Wildlife Crime (changes to paragraph 34)

38.3. Task Force on illegal trade in specimens of CITES-listed tree species (changes to paragraph 3)

39. Wildlife crime enforcement support in West and Central Africa

39.1. Report of the intersessional working group

39.2. Report of the Secretariat

40. Illegal trade in cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus)

41. Marine turtles (Cheloniidae spp. and Dermochelyidae spp.)

42. CITES Big Cats Task Force

43. Asian big cats (Felidae spp.)

43.1. Report of the Secretariat

43.2. Asian big cats in captivity (missing verbs in the draft decisions)

44. Jaguars (Panthera onca)

44.1. Report of the intersessional working group

44.2. Report of the Secretariat

45. Rhinoceroses (Rhinocerotidae spp.)

46. Tortoises and freshwater turtles (Testudines spp.)

47. Legal acquisition findings

48. Non-detriment findings for specimens of Appendix-II species taken from areas beyond national jurisdiction

49. Introduction from the sea

50. Purpose-of-transaction codes

51. Electronic systems and information technology (changes to draft decisions 20.AA and 20.BB)

52. Risk assessment and analysis for border control of CITES-listed species

53. Stocks and stockpiles

54. Stocks and stockpiles (elephant ivory) (changes to paragraphs 20, 22 and 28f)

55. Transport of live specimens

56. Rapid movement of wildlife diagnostic samples and musical instruments

57. Specimens produced through biotechnology

58. Disposal of confiscated specimens

59. Labelling system for trade in caviar

60. Trade in stony corals

61. Resolution Conf. 12.10 (Rev. CoP15) on Registration of operations that breed Appendix-I animal species in captivity for commercial purposes

61.1. Review of Resolution Conf. 12.10 (Rev. CoP15)

61.2. Implementation of paragraph 5 j) of Resolution Conf. 12.10 (Rev. CoP15)

61.3. Registration of the operation Radiatas Paradise (Spain) breeding Astrochelys radiata (Application withdrawn by Spain)

62. Review of CITES provisions related to trade in specimens of animals and plants not of wild source

63. Identifying information on species at risk of extinction affected by international trade

64. Spix's macaw (Cyanopsitta spixii)

65. Elephants (Elephantidae spp.)

65.1. Report on the implementation of Resolution Conf. 10.10 (Rev. CoP19)

65.2. Implementation of the priority recommendations from the review of the ETIS programme (correction to date of ETIS data submission and to title of Annex 2a)

65.3. ETIS categorization of Parties

65.4. Domestic ivory markets

65.5. Exchange of information between the annual illegal trade report and the Elephant Trade Information System

65.6. Trade in Asian elephants (Elephas maximus)

65.7. Trade in mammoth ivory

65.8. CITES dialogue meeting for African elephant range States

66. Great apes (Hominidae spp.): Report on the implementation of Resolution Conf. 13.4 (Rev. CoP18)

67. Pangolins (Manis spp.)

67.1. Report of the Animals Committee

67.2. Report of the Secretariat

68. Saiga antelopes (Saiga spp.)

68.1. Report by Kazakhstan

68.2. Report of the Secretariat (changes to paragraph 5)

69. Eels (Anguilla spp.)

69.1. Report of the intersessional working group

69.2. Report of the Secretariat

70. Sharks and rays (Elasmobranchii spp.)

70.1. Report of the intersessional working group

70.2. Report of the Animals Committee

70.3. Report of the Secretariat

Addendum

71. Seahorses (Hippocampus spp.)

71.1. Report of the Animals Committee

71.2. Report of the Secretariat

72. Products containing specimens of Appendix-II orchids (Orchidaceae spp.) (renumbering of the Annexes)

73. Brazil wood (Paubrasilia echinata)

74. Trade in medicinal and aromatic plant species

75. An assessment of the practicalities of the CoP12 decision that the Convention should apply to fungi

76. Annotations

Addendum

77. Annotation #15

78. Orchid specimens exempted through annotation #4 g)

79. Implications of the transfer of a species from one Appendix to another (change to paragraph 2 of the guidance

80. Information system for trade in specimens of CITES-listed tree species

81. Informal review mechanism for existing and proposed annotations

82. Nomenclature of Appendix-III listings

83. Higher taxon listings in the Appendices (correction to cross-references to paragraphs)

84. Taxonomy and nomenclature of African elephants (Loxodonta spp.) (correction to cross-references to paragraphs)

85. Any other business

86. Determination of the time and venue of the 79th and 80th meetings

87. Closing remarks

87.1. Secretary-General

87.2. Chair