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Notification to the Parties

No. 1998/55 Geneva, 30 October 1998

CONCERNING:

Eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties

1. Since no CITES Party was in a position to host the 11th meeting of the Conference of the Parties, the United Nations Environment Programme has agreed to make available its Conference Centre for this meeting. Therefore, the 11th meeting of the Conference of the Parties will be hosted by the Secretariat and held at UNEP Headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya, from 10 to 20 April 2000.

2. This schedule will require the working programme to be established such that the Conference will meet from 10 to 15 April and from 17 to 20 April, with a break of only one day.

3. In accordance with the provisions of Resolution Conf. 4.6 (Rev.) on Submission of Draft Resolutions and Other Documents, the text of any draft resolution and any document submitted for consideration at the 11th meeting of the Conference of the Parties should be communicated to the Secretariat at least 150 days before the meeting, i.e. by 12 November 1999.

4. In accordance with the provisions of Article XV, paragraph 1, of the Convention, any Party may propose an amendment to Appendix I or II for consideration at the 11th meeting of the Conference of the Parties. The text of the proposed amendment shall be communicated to the Secretariat at least 150 days before the meeting, i.e. by 12 November 1999. The proposals for amendment should be based on the criteria adopted at the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (Resolution Conf. 9.24).

5. However, if a Party intends to submit a proposal to amend Appendix I or II that concerns a species or populations of a species that occur partly or totally outside of the territory under its jurisdiction, and if it does not intend to consult the other range States before the submission of its proposal, the Party, in accordance with Resolution Conf. 8.21 on Consultation with Range States, should submit its proposal to the Secretariat at least 330 days prior to the meeting, i.e. by 16 May 1999.

6. In accordance with the provisions of Resolution Conf. 10.18 on Ranching and Trade in Ranched Specimens, any Party may propose an amendment to Appendices I and II pursuant to this Resolution for consideration at the 11th meeting of the Conference of the Parties. The text of the proposed amendment should be received by the Secretariat at least 330 days before the meeting, i.e. by 16 May 1999.

7. The Secretariat reminds the Parties that the Conference of the Parties has recommended [in Resolution Conf. 4.6 (Rev.)] that as a general rule documents submitted for consideration should not be more than 12 pages in length and that any draft resolution or decision that has budgetary or workload implications for the Secretariat must contain a budget for the work involved and an indication of the source of funding.

8. Further information on the arrangements for the 11th meeting of the Conference of the Parties will be sent to the Parties in due course.