AC23: Agenda and documents

Twenty-third meeting of the Animals Committee

Geneva, (Switzerland), 19-24 April 2008

Agenda and documents

(all documents are provided in PDF format)

Agenda item				Documents
1.	Opening of the meeting			No document
2.	Rules of Procedure
	2.1	Current Rules of Procedure		AC23 Doc. 2.1
	2.2	Proposed amendments*		AC23 Doc. 2.2
3.	Adoption of the agenda and working programme
	3.1	Agenda		AC23 Doc. 3.1
	3.2	Working programme		AC23 Doc. 3.2
4.	Admission of observers			AC23 Doc. 4
5.	Regional reports
	5.1	Africa		AC23 Doc. 5.1
	5.2	Asia		AC23 Doc. 5.2 (Rev.1)
	5.3	Central and South America and the Caribbean		AC23 Doc. 5.3
	5.4	Europe		AC23 Doc. 5.4
	5.5	North America		AC23 Doc. 5.5
	5.6	Oceania		AC23 Doc. 5.6
6.	Revision of the Terms of Reference of the Animals and Plants Committees*			AC23 Doc. 6
7.	Cooperation with advisory bodies of other biodiversity-related multilateral environmental agreements*			AC23 Doc. 7
8.	Review of Significant Trade in specimens of Appendix-II species
	8.1	Evaluation of the Review of Significant Trade*		AC23 Doc. 8.1
	8.2	Progress report on the country-based Review of Significant Trade in Madagascar*		AC23 Doc. 8.2
	8.3	Overview of the species-based Review of Significant Trade		AC23 Doc. 8.3
	8.4	Species selected following CoP13		AC23 Doc. 8.4
	8.5	Selection of species for trade reviews following CoP14		AC23 Doc. 8.5
		8.5.1	Selection of the Solomon Islands population of Tursiops aduncus for inclusion in the Review of Significant Trade	AC23 Doc. 8.5.1
9.	Review of the use of source code ‘R’*			AC23 Doc. 9 (Rev. 2)
10.	International expert workshop on non-detriment findings*			AC23 Doc. 10 (Rev. 1)
11.	Periodic review of animal species included in the CITES Appendices
	11.1	Schedule and responsibilities for species selected for periodic review between CoP13 and CoP15		AC23 Doc. 11.1
	11.2	Periodic review of Felidae
		11.2.1	Periodic review of Felidae – progress report from the United States of America	AC23 Doc. 11.2.1
		11.2.2	Status of the populations of Lynx rufus in Mexico	AC23 Doc. 11.2.2
	11.3	Periodic review of species selected prior to CoP13		AC23 Doc. 11.3 (Rev.2)
12.	Selection of a representative for the Standing Committee Working Group reviewing the implementation and effectiveness of the universal tagging system and the trade in small crocodilian leather goods			AC23 Doc. 12
13.	Sturgeons and paddlefish
	13.1	Secretariat’s report		AC23 Doc. 13.1 (Rev. 1)
	13.2	Evaluation of the assessment and monitoring methodologies used for stocks of Acipenseriformes species shared between different range States		AC23 Doc. 13.2 (Rev. 1)
14.	Nomenclatural matters			AC23 Doc. 14
15.	Conservation and management of sharks
	15.1	Reports from Parties on commodity codes, opportunities to improve monitoring, verification and reporting of catch, bycatch and discards, market and international trade data		AC23 Doc. 15.1 Addendum
	15.2	Identification of shark species of concern that require consideration for inclusion in the Appendices if their management and conservation status does not improve		AC23 Doc. 15.2
	15.3	Linkages between international trade in shark fins and meat and illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing		AC23 Doc. 15.3
16.	Transport of live animals			AC23 Doc. 16
17.	Progress report on the Identification Manual			AC23 Doc. 17
18.	Proposal to transfer the Mexican population of Crocodylus moreletii from Appendix I to Appendix II			AC23 Doc. 18
19.	Time and venue of the 24th meeting of the Animals Committee			No document
20.	Any other business			No document
21.	Closing remarks			No document

Information documents

Document title		Document	Language
1.	Molecular genetic identification of Bester strains (H. huso, A. ruthenus, sin. A. Ninoljukinii)	AC23 Inf. 1	English
2.	Monitoring international wildlife trade with coded species database	AC23 Inf. 2	English
3.	Response from the Management Authority of the United States of America to Notification to the Parties No. 2007/033 on sharks	AC23 Inf. 3	English
4.	Respuesta de la Autoridad Administrativa de México a la Notificación a las Partes No. 2007/033 sobre tiburones	AC23 Inf. 4	Spanish
5.	Biological background on bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops spp.) in the 'live-capture' trade and specifically on the Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin, T. Aduncus	AC23 Inf. 5	English
6.	Recommendations on the refinement of the list of shark species of concern (document AC23 Doc. 15.2): an example using the requeim shark group	AC23 Inf. 6	English
7.	Response from the Magement Authority of Japan on Notification to the Parties No. 2008/033 on sharks	AC23 Inf. 7	English

*This agenda item will be discussed during the joint session.