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Decisions of the Conference of the Parties to CITES
in effect after the 13th meeting

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No. Subject
13.1 Strategic Vision
13.2 to 13.5 Synergy between CITES and CBD
12.7 (Rev. CoP13) Cooperation with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
13.6 & 13.7 Addis Ababa Principles and Guidelines for the Sustainable Use of Biodiversity
13.8 Global Strategy for Plant Conservation
13.9 & 13.10 Review of the scientific committees
13.11 to 13.17 Improving regional communication and representation
13.18 & 13.19 Introduction from the sea
13.20 Trade in Appendix-I species
13.21 Species-specific Resolutions concerning Appendix-I species
13.22 Conservation of and trade in Asian big cats
13.23 to 13.25 African and Asian rhinoceros species
10.2 (Rev. CoP11) Elephants – Conditions for the disposal of ivory stocks and generating resources for conservation in African elephant range States
13.26 African elephant
11.57 Musk deer
13.27 to 13.35 Saiga antelope
13.36 & 13.37 Tortoises and freshwater turtles
13.38 to 13.41 Hawksbill turtle
13.42 & 13.43 Sharks
13.44 to 13.47 Conservation of and trade in sturgeon and paddlefish
13.48 & 13.49 Sea cucumbers
9.38 (Rev. CoP11) Trade in plants
13.50 to 13.53 Medicinal plants
13.54 Tree species
13.55 to 13.59 Bigleaf mahogany
13.60 Harpagophytum
13.61 to 13.65 Agarwood-producing taxa
12.72 (Rev. CoP13) & 13.66 Management of annual export quotas
12.90 to 12.93 Capacity-building programme for science-based establishment and implementation of voluntary national export quotas for Appendix-II species
13.67 Review of Significant Trade
13.68 Production systems for specimens of CITES-listed species
12.76 CITES permits and certificates
13.69 & 13.70 Electronic permitting
13.71 Personal and household effects
12.79 Non-commercial loan, donation or exchange of museum and herbarium specimens
13.72 & 13.73 Artificially propagated plants
13.74 & 13.75 National wildlife trade policy reviews
13.76 & 13.77 Further work on economic incentives
13.78 Relationship between ex situ production and in situ conservation
13.79 to 13.83 National laws for implementation of the Convention
13.84 to 13.87 Enforcement matters
9.15 Violations of the Convention by diplomats and troops serving under the flag of the United Nations
13.88 & 13.89 Transport of live specimens
13.90 to 13.92 Reporting requirements
13.93 Review of the Appendices
13.94 Standard nomenclature for birds
13.95 to 13.97 Fossil corals
13.98 & 13.99 Annotation for Orchidaceae included in Appendix II
11.170 Implementation of the Quito Declaration
13.100 Capacity building in the Oceanian region
13.101 to 13.103 Bushmeat
13.104 & 13.105 Master's course on Management, Access and Conservation of Species in Trade
Annex 1 Strategic Vision
Annex 2 Action plan for the control of trade in African elephant ivory
Annex 3 Terms of reference for an evaluation of the Review of Significant Trade
Annex 4 Quito Declaration

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