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6 June 2007, Issue No. 4

Daily working programme – Wednesday 6 June

When

What

Where

09h00 - 12h00

Committee I

Agenda items* 54, 47, 51,
59.1 and 59.2

World Forum Theater

09h00 - 12h00

Committee II
Agenda items* 14, 15, 60,
23, 45 and 16

Atlantic

 

14h00 - 17h00

Committee I
Agenda items* 66, 67, 8.3, 68 (proposal 22 et seq.)

World Forum Theater

14h00 - 17h00

Committee II
Agenda items* 8.4, 17, 18,
19, 20, 21 and 22

Atlantic

*The order of items taken is subject to change

Other meetings – Wednesday 6 June

When

What

Where

08h00 – 09h00

Informal meeting of African elephant range States
(closed meeting)

Amazon

12h00 – 13h00 (also meeting in late afternoon. See below)

Budget Working Group

Yangtze 1

12h00 – 13h00

Working Group on the CITES Strategic Vision 2008-2013 (agenda item 11)

To be announced

12h00 – 13h00

Informal meeting of the Working Group on Electronic Permits

Volga

17h30

Bureau

Yangtze 1

17h30 – 18h30

Budget Working Group

Everest 1

To be determined

Working Group on the Review
of Scientific Committees
agenda item 12)

To be announced

To be determined

Working Group on Hawksbill Turtle (agenda item 58)

To be announced

To be determined

Working Group on Sea Cucumbers (agenda item 62)

To be announced

Press briefings – Wednesday 6 June*

When

What

Where

12h30 – 13h00

Ivory (open to the press only)
Speakers:

Holly Dublin, IUCN

Tom de Meulenaer, CITES Secretariat

John Sellar, CITES Secretariat

Press Conference room – South America

*Other briefings: daily briefings by the delegation of the United States of America for non-governmental organizations will be held at the Crown Plaza – Promenade, Van Stolkweg 1, The Hague, in the Staten Zaal room, at 17h30 daily, unless otherwise announced.

Side events – Wednesday 6 June

When

What

Who

Where

12h30 – 13h45

Confiscation of animals and plants: In this interactive lunch meeting we would like to give an impression on how The Netherlands works looking at confiscated animals and plants.

The Government of the Netherlands

Mississippi

12h30 – 13h45

Enforcement : Regional and Interregional Collaboration

CITES Management Authority of the United Kingdom and TRAFFIC International

Amazon

12h30 – 13h45

CITES and the primate trade in Asia, Africa and Latin America

Species Survival Network

Yangtze 2
(refreshments and snacks provided)

12h30 – 13h45

CITES and Climate Change

Species Survival Network

SSN Meeting Room in the Mississippi Foyer
(lunch provided)

17h30 – 19h00

Southern Africa Community Speaks! CITES proposals for CoP14

SADC countries and Safari Club International Foundation

Mississippi

17h30 – 19h00

Promoting private sector engagement in the biodiversity-related conventions

UNCTAD BioTrade Initiative and the Multilateral Environmental Agreements Working Group

Yangtze 2

Proposals for amendment of Appendices I and II

Brazil has withdrawn its proposal for the inclusion in Appendix II of the Brazilian populations of Panulirus argus and P. laevicauda (proposal CoP14 Prop. 20).

Credentials

The credentials of Azerbaijan, Cape Verde, Georgia, Monaco, Mozambique and San Marino have been accepted by the Credentials Committee. Their voting cards can be collected from the Secretariat. Any Party that has still to submit its credentials or has not discussed this matter with the Secretariat is asked to do so as soon as possible.

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