In Geneva, it is now:

The 54th meeting of the Standing Committee started in Geneva, Switzerland on 2 October at the following address:

Centre International de Conférences de Genève (CICG)
17, rue de Varembé
CH-1211 Geneva
Switzerland

The meeting will continue until 6 October 2006.

The documents of the meeting are available on this site. A detailed working programme can be viewed here.

Click here to see the coverage of the meeting by Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB). Please note that any expressed views there may not necessarily represent those of the CITES Secretariat.

In accordance with Rules 7 and 8 of the Rules of Procedure of the Standing Committee, all participants will be required to present official credentials, which may be submitted to the Secretariat in advance or on the first day of attendance at the meeting.

Printed copies of all documents available were sent to members and alternate members of the Standing Committee and other pre-registered representative of a Party who requested them. However, in order to avoid additional printing costs, the Secretariat will not distribute sets of documents at the meeting.