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Regarding regional representation in the Animals and Plants Committees

11.7

The following guidelines should be implemented.

A. Election of the candidates

a) The proposals for candidates as representatives should be supported by the relevant governments in order to ensure as far as possible that they will obtain the necessary means to undertake their activities.

b) The names of the proposed candidates, and their curricula vitae, should be circulated to the Parties of the region concerned at least 120 days before the meeting of the Conference of the Parties at which the representatives will be elected.

c) Ideally the candidates should be associated with a Scientific Authority, have adequate knowledge of CITES and receive sufficient institutional support to carry out their duties. This information should also be included in the curricula vitae.

d) As long as the regional representatives are persons, a Party shall not be accepted as a proposed candidate, subject to a later identification of the person concerned by the Party.

B. Timing of replacement of members and alternate members

a) If the same procedure as that for the Standing Committee is applied, the present members and alternate members should be replaced as follows:

i) for regions with one member and one alternate member, the selection should be conducted as it has been so far for the Standing Committee, taking into account however that a rotation in the selection is recommended; and

ii) for regions with two members and two alternate members, to guarantee some continuity, the two members should not be changed at the same meeting.

b) As alternate members are alternates of specified members, they should be elected at the same time as the members.

c) If a region wishes to re-elect a member or alternate member, there is nothing to prevent it from doing so.