SC53 - Agenda and documents

Fifty-third meeting of the Standing Committee

Geneva (Switzerland), 27 June - 1 July 2005

Agenda and documents

Agenda item			Document
1.	Opening remarks by the Chairman		no document
Strategic and administrative matters
2.	Agenda		SC53 Doc. 2 (Rev. 3)
3.	Rules of Procedure		SC53 Doc. 3
4.	Credentials		no document
5.	Admission of observers		SC53 Doc. 5
6.	Strategic Vision		SC53 Doc. 6 SC53 Doc. 6.1
7.	Relationship with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
	7.1	Report of UNEP	SC53 Doc. 7.1
	7.2	Memorandum of Agreement between the Executive Director of UNEPand the Standing Committee	SC53 Doc. 7.2 (Rev.2) SC53 Doc. 7.2.1
	7.3	Proposal of the Executive Director to change the administrative arrangements for the Secretariat	SC53 Doc. 7.3
8.	Synergy between CITES and the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)		SC53 Doc. 8 (Rev.1) SC53 Doc. 8.1
9.	Cooperation and synergy with the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS)		SC53 Doc. 9
10.	Cooperation with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations		SC53 Doc. 10 SC53 Doc. 10.1
11.	Financial matters
	11.1	Report for 2004	SC53 Doc. 11.1
	11.2	Estimated expenditures for 2005	SC53 Doc. 11.2
	11.3	Cost-saving measures and staff-time allocations for the triennium 2006-2008	SC53 Doc. 11.3
	11.4	Budget containment strategies	SC53 Doc. 11.4
	11.5	Shifting the financial burden to the trade (Israel)	SC53 Doc. 11.5
12.	Review of the scientific committees		SC53 Doc. 12
13.	Improving regional communication and representation		no document
14.	Dialogue meetings		SC53 Doc. 14 SC53 Doc. 14.1
Interpretation and implementation of the Convention
15.	Introduction from the sea		SC53 Doc. 15
16.	Trade in Appendix-I species		SC53 Doc. 16
			SC53 Doc. 16.1
17.	Illegal trade in tigers (United States of America)		SC53 Doc. 17
18.	Conservation of and trade in great apes		SC53 Doc. 18
19.	Conservation of and trade in African and Asian rhinoceroses		SC53 Doc. 19
20.	African elephant
	20.1	Control of trade in African elephant ivory	SC53 Doc. 20.1
	20.2	Report of the MIKE and ETIS Sub-group	SC53 Doc. 20.2
	20.3	Short-term funding of MIKE	SC53 Doc. 20.3 SC53 Doc. 20.3.1
21.	Conservation of and control of trade in the Tibetan antelope		SC53 Doc. 21
22.	Trade in falcons for falconry		SC53 Doc. 22
23.	Illegal trade in ramin		SC53 Doc. 23
24.	Export quotas
	24.1	Management of annual export quotas	SC53 Doc. 24.1
	24.2	Zero export quotas (Mexico)	SC53 Doc. 24.2
25.	Review of Significant Trade		SC53 Doc. 25 Addendum
26.	Electronic permitting		SC53 Doc. 26
27.	Personal and household effects		SC53 Doc. 27
28.	Economic incentives		SC53 Doc. 28
29.	Relationship between ex situ production and in situ conservation		SC53 Doc. 29
30.	Guidelines for compliance with the Convention		SC53 Doc. 30
31.	National laws for implementation of the Convention		SC53 Doc. 31
32.	Enforcement matters		SC53 Doc. 32
33.	National reports		SC53 Doc. 33
34.	Reservations		SC53 Doc. 34
35.	Identification Manual		SC53 Doc. 35
36.	Master’s course on management of, access to and conservation of species in trade		SC53 Doc. 36
37.	Annotations in the Appendices		SC53 Doc. 37
Reports
38.	Reports of regional representatives
	38.1	Africa	SC53 Doc. 38.1
	38.2	Asia	SC53 Doc. 38.2
	38.3	Central and South America and the Caribbean	SC53 Doc. 38.3
	38.4	Europe	SC53 Doc. 38.4
	38.5	North America	SC53 Doc. 38.5 (Rev.2)
	38.6	Oceania	SC53 Doc. 38.6
Concluding items
39.	Any other business		no document
40.	Determination of the time and venue of the next meeting		no document
41.	Closing remarks		no document

Information documents

Document title		Document
1.	Synergy between CITES and the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)	SC53 Inf. 1
2.	Report on U.S. imports of Gonystylus spp: 2001-2004	SC53 Inf. 2
3.	Sustainability of Rat Snake (Ptyas mucosus) Harvests in Indonesia: A Discussion of Issues	SC53 Inf. 3
4.	Nepal – Community-based conservation of Asian big cats in Nepal	SC53 Inf. 4
5.	European Commission – European Union contribution to agenda item 8 on Synergy between CITES and the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) (English only)	SC53 Inf. 5
6.	Clearing-house mechanism	SC53 Inf. 6
7.	Honduras - Comercio signicativo en Strombus gigas	SC53 Inf. 7
8.	Informal meeting on saiga antelope	SC53 Inf. 8 (Rev.1)
9.	Malaysia – Intervention note on the illegal trade in ramin (agenda item 23)	SC53 Inf. 9