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Fifty-fourth meeting of the Standing Committee

Geneva (Switzerland), 2-6 October 2006

Agenda and documents

(all documents are provided in PDF format)

Agenda item Document Posted/updated
on (dd/mm/yy)

1.

 Opening remarks by the Chairman no document  
Strategic and administrative matters
2. Adoption of the agenda and working programme    
2.1 Agenda (provisional) SC54 Doc. 2.1 28/09/06
2.2 Working programme (provisional) SC54 Doc. 2.2
(Rev. 1)		 29/09/06
05/10/06
3. Rules of Procedure SC54 Doc. 3 11/08/06
4. Credentials no document  
5. Admission of observers SC54 Doc. 5 01/10/06
6. CITES Strategic Plan: 2008-2013    
6.1 Report of the Strategic Plan Working Group SC54 Doc. 6.1 27/09/06
6.2 Outline of a costed programme of work for the Secretariat for the triennium 2009-2011 SC54 Doc. 6.2 15/08/06
7. Arrangements for the 14th meeting of the Conference of the Parties    
7.1 Preparation for CoP14 no document  
7.2 Agenda SC54 Doc. 7.2 11/08/06
7.3 Working programme SC54 Doc. 7.3 11/08/06
7.4 Rules of Procedure SC54 Doc. 7.4 15/08/06
7.5 Selection of nominees for chairmanship of the committees SC54 Doc. 7.5 15/08/06
7.6 Summary records SC54 Doc. 7.6 11/08/06
7.7 Sponsored Delegates Project no document  
8. Legal personality of the Convention and the Secretariat SC54 Doc. 8 15/08/06
9. Relationship with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)    
9.1 Report of UNEP SC54 Doc. 9.1
(Rev. 1)		 05/09/06
25/09/06
9.2 Memorandum of Agreement between the Executive Director of UNEP and the Standing Committee no document  
10. Cooperation with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations SC54 Doc. 10 11/08/06
Annex SC54 Doc. 10A 11/08/06
11. Cooperation with the World Trade Organization SC54 Doc. 11 17/08/06
12. Financial matters    
12.1 Report for 2005 SC54 Doc. 12.1 11/08/06
Annex 1: CITES Trust Fund – Expenditures for 2005 SC54 Doc. 12.1A1 11/08/06
Annex 2: CITES Trust Fund – Status of contributions on 31 December 2005 SC54 Doc. 12.1A2 11/08/06
Annex 3: Contributions received in 2005 cumulative for each month SC54 Doc. 12.1A3 11/08/06
Annex 4: CITES Trust Fund – Annual distribution of the unpaid contributions on 31 December 2005 SC54 Doc. 12.1A4 11/08/06
Annex 5: CITES Trust Fund – Flow and use of resources for 2003-2005 SC54 Doc. 12.1A5 11/08/06
12.2 Estimated expenditures for 2006 SC54 Doc. 12.2 11/08/06
Annex 1: CITES Trust Fund – Estimated expenditures for 2006 by category of service SC54 Doc. 12.2A1 11/08/06
Annex 2: Projection of income to and expenditure from the CITES Trust Fund for the years 2006-2007 SC54 Doc. 12.2A2 11/08/06
12.3 Collection of arrears SC54 Doc. 12.3
(Rev. 1)		 11/08/06
07/09/06
Annex 1: CITES Trust Fund – Unpaid contributions for the years 1992-2004 at the time of SC53 and on 31 July 2006 SC54 Doc. 12.3A1
(Rev. 1)		 11/08/06
07/09/06
Annex 2: CITES Trust Fund – Annual distribution of the unpaid contributions on 31 July 2006 SC54 Doc. 12.3A2
(Rev. 1)		 11/08/06
07/09/06
13. Review of the scientific committees    
13.1 Report of the Secretariat SC54 Doc. 13.1 24/08/06
13.2 Self-evaluation by the scientific committees SC54 Doc. 13.2 24/08/06
14. Improving regional communication and representation no document  
15. Master’s course on Management, Access and Conservation of Species in Trade (Spain) SC54 Doc. 15 11/08/06
Interpretation and implementation of the Convention
Review of Resolutions, Decisions and the Appendices
16. Review of Resolutions and Decisions SC54 Doc. 16
(Rev. 1)		 16/08/06
17/08/06
17. Species-specific Resolutions concerning Appendix-I species SC54 Doc. 17 15/08/06
18. Annotation of various Taxus species SC54 Doc. 18 15/08/06
Trade control
19. Introduction from the sea SC54 Doc. 19 15/08/06
20. Trade in Appendix-I species SC54 Doc. 20 15/08/06
21. Management of annual export quotas SC54 Doc. 21
(Rev. 1)		 22/08/06
12/09/06
22. Electronic permitting SC54 Doc. 22 11/08/06
23. Identification Manual SC54 Doc. 23 11/08/06
Species trade and conservation issues
24. Great apes SC54 Doc. 24 15/08/06
25. Tiger    
25.1 Report of the Secretariat SC54 Doc. 25.1 15/08/06
25.2 Illegal trade in tigers (United States of America) SC54 Doc. 25.2
(Rev. 1)		 15/08/06
21/09/06
26. Elephants    
26.1 Control of trade in African elephant ivory SC54 Doc. 26.1
(Rev. 1)		 15/08/06
19/09/06
26.2 MIKE baseline information SC54 Doc. 26.2
(Rev. 1)		 15/08/06
27/09/06
26.3 Funding of and administrative arrangements for MIKE SC54 Doc. 26.3 29/09/06
26.4 Report of the MIKE and ETIS subgroup SC54 Doc. 26.4 04/10/06
27. Rhinoceroses SC54 Doc. 27 15/08/06
28. Tibetan antelope SC54 Doc. 28 15/08/06
29. Saiga antelope SC54 Doc. 29 15/08/06
30. Sturgeons and paddlefish    
30.1 Report of the Secretariat SC54 Doc. 30.1 15/08/06
30.2 Conclusions of the international sturgeon enforcement workshop to combat illegal trade in caviar (Czech Republic, Germany) SC54 Doc. 30.2 17/08/06
30.3 Caviar export quotas for the Caspian Sea basin for 2006 (Islamic Republic of Iran, Kazakhstan) SC54 Doc. 30.3 15/08/06
30.4 Strategy for sturgeon conservation (Russian Federation) SC54 Doc. 30.4 17/08/06
31. Timber trade    
31.1 Bigleaf mahogany SC54 Doc. 31.1 17/08/06
31.2 Ramin SC54 Doc. 31.2 22/08/06
32. Annual reports on ranching operations SC54 Doc. 32 15/08/06
Exemptions and special trade provisions
33. Personal and household effects SC54 Doc. 33 11/08/06
34. Relationship between ex situ production and in situ conservation SC54 Doc. 34 15/08/06
General compliance issues
35. Guidelines for compliance with the Convention
(Addendum posted on 29/09/06
Comments posted on 02/10/06)		 SC54 Doc. 35 15/08/06
36. National laws for implementation of the Convention SC54 Doc. 36 17/08/06
  Annex SC54 Doc. 36A 04/10/06
37. Stricter domestic measures SC54 Doc. 37
(Rev. 1)		 15/08/06
16/08/06
38. Enforcement matters SC54 Doc. 38 15/08/06
39. National reports SC54 Doc. 39 11/08/06
40. Wildlife trade policies SC54 Doc. 40
(Rev. 1)		 15/08/06
06/09/06
41. Economic incentives SC54 Doc. 41 15/08/06
42. Review of Significant Trade SC54 Doc. 42 22/08/06
Reports
43. Reports of regional representatives    
43.1 Africa SC54 Doc. 43.1 06/10/06
43.2 Asia SC54 Doc. 43.2
(Rev. 1)		 15/08/06
27/09/06
43.3 Central and South America and the Caribbean SC54 Doc. 43.3
(Rev. 1)		 03/10/06
03/10/06
43.4 Europe SC54 Doc. 43.4 05/09/06
43.5 North America SC54 Doc. 43.5 05/09/06
43.6 Oceania SC54 Doc. 43.6 05/09/06
Concluding items
44. Any other business no document  
45. Time and venue of the next meeting no document  
46. Closing remarks no document  

Information documents

Title Document Language Posted/updated
on (dd/mm/yy)
1. UNEP Knowledge Management meeting – Workshop on harmonization of reporting
(agenda item 39)		 SC54 Inf. 1 English 11/08/06
2. Strengthening the biodiversity conventions through the strategic use of information
(agenda item 39)		 SC54 Inf. 2 English 11/08/06
3. Compliance Committees within MEAs and the Desirability and Feasibility of Establishing Special Compliance Bodies under CITES
(agenda item 35)		 SC54 Inf. 3 English 11/08/06
4. Background to the review of the scientific committees
(agenda item 13.1)		 SC54 Inf. 4 English 24/08/06
5. Proposal for the Self-Evaluation of the Scientific Committees: Performance Analysis Chart
(agenda item 13.2)		 SC54 Inf. 5 English 24/08/06
6. International Sturgeon Enforcement Workshop to Combat Illegal Trade in Caviar
(agenda item 30.2) – 8,660 Kb!!!		 SC54 Inf. 6 English 25/09/06
7. CITES and Livelihoods Workshop – Workshop Report (agenda item 41) SC54 Inf. 7 English 26/09/06
8. Communiqué from the Plants Committee for the information of the Standing Committee (agenda item 31.1) SC54 Inf. 8 English 02/10/06
9. Statement by Mr Achim Steiner, Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme SC54 Inf. 9 English 02/10/06
10. Periodic review of the Appendices SC54 Inf. 10 English 04/10/06