Notification to the Parties

No. 1999/49 Geneva, 30 July 1999

CONCERNING:

Forty-second meeting of the Standing Committee

1. As was announced in Notification to the Parties No. 1999/46 of 1 July 1999, the 42nd meeting of the Standing Committee will take place from 28 September to 1 October 1999, at the Hotel Altis, Rua Castilho 11, 1250 Lisbon, Portugal.

2. The Provisional Agenda of the 42nd meeting of the Standing Committee is provided herewith.

3. Parties are again reminded that, in accordance with 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. The original document should be presented, not a photocopy.

4. Attached to this Notification is a list of hotels in which rooms have been pre-booked for the participants in the meeting, together with a map of part of Lisbon, indicating the locations of the hotels. It would be appreciated if all participants, with the exception of sponsored Committee members, would make their own reservations. The sponsored delegates will be contacted direct by the Secretariat regarding their travel arrangements and hotel reservations.

5. Parties that are not members of the Standing Committee are reminded that documentation will be sent in advance only to Parties that have informed the Secretariat of their intention to be represented at the meeting. However, on this occasion, documents for the Standing Committee meeting will be available on the CITES Web site (http://www.cites.org) from 1 September 1999.

6. A meeting of the Finance Subcommittee will take place in Lisbon on 27 September 1999. However, the space available for this meeting is extremely limited. If any Party should wish to attend as an observer, it should inform the Secretariat.

List of hotels in which rooms have been pre-booked

Hotel	Price (PTE)
	Single	Double
ALTIS (5 stars - 50 rooms, including those for the staff) Rua Castilho, n° 11 1269-072 Lisbon Tel.: (3511) 357-9262 Fax: (3511) 353-5808 Att.: Mrs Teresa Ribeiro	21,000	24,000
HOLIDAY INN CONTINENTAL (4 stars - 30 rooms) Rua Laura Alves, n° 9 - 1° 1050 Lisbon Tel.: (3511) 793-6622 Fax: (3511) 796-1130 Att.: Mrs Cristina Baptista	14,500	16,100
HOLIDAY INN LISBOA (4 stars - 30 rooms) Av. António José de Almeida, n° 28-A 1000 Lisbon Tel.: (3511) 793-6622 Fax: (3511) 796-1130 Att.: Mrs Cristina Baptista	14,500	16,100

Please note that, with the exception of sponsored Committee members, hotels need the individual confirmation of the participants before 20 August 1999, and every participant must pay in advance the first night (also before 20 August 1999).

Doc. SC.42.3 (Rev.)

CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES
OF WILD FAUNA AND FLORA

____________________

Forty-second meeting of the Standing Committee
Lisbon (Portugal), 28 September-1 October 1999

Provisional Agenda

1.	Opening remarks by the Chairman	(no document)
2.	Acceptance of credentials	(no document)
3.	Adoption of the Agenda	Doc. SC.42.3
4.	Finance and administration	Doc. SC.42.4*
	a) Report of the Finance Subcommittee	(no document)
	b) Permit confirmation	Doc. SC.42.4.1
	c) Letterhead of the Secretariat	(no document)
5.	Preparation of the Strategic Plan for the Convention	Doc. SC.42.5
6.	Future meetings of the Conference of the Parties
	a) Preparations for CoP11 (UNEP, Gigiri) Doc. SC.42.6.1
	b) Organizational and procedural arrangements (Decisions 10.107, 10.108)	Doc. SC.42.6.2
7.	Decisions regarding improvement of the effectivenes of the Convention (Decision 10.111)
	a) Implementation of the Action Plan	Doc. SC.42.7
	b) Consolidation of Resolutions	Doc. SC.42.7.1
8.	Responsibilities of members of the Plants Committee	Doc. SC.42.8
9.	Small island developing States (Decision 10.112)	Doc. SC.42.9
10.	Issues relating to species
	a) Bears (Decision 10.65)	Doc. SC.42.10.1
	b) Elephants
	i) Verification of compliance with the precautionary undertakings for the sale and shipment of raw ivory	Doc. SC.42.10.2.1
	ii) MIKE Sub-group report	Doc. SC.42.10.2.2
	c) Tigers
	i) Decision 10.66	Doc. SC.42.10.3
	ii) Technical missions	Doc. SC.42.10.4
	iii) Political missions	(no document)
	d) Rhinoceroses; indicators of conservation success
	(Resolution Conf. 9.14)	Doc. SC.42.10.5
	e) Approval of new projects	Doc. SC.42.10.6
	i) Status of projects presented at the 41st meeting	Doc. SC.42.10.6.1
	ii) Status of implementation of projects	Doc. SC.42.10.6.2
11.	Review of the criteria for amendment of Appendices I and II (Resolution Conf. 9.24)	Doc. SC.42.11
12.	Implementation of the Convention in individual countries
	a) National legislation project: progress and future development	Doc. SC.42.12.1
	b) Implementation of Decisions 10.18 and 10.64 (possible trade measures)	Doc. SC.42.12.2
	c) Stricter domestic measures (Decision 10.103)	Doc. SC.42.12.3
	d) Enforcement matters	Doc. SC.42.12.4
	e) Import and export controls	Doc. SC.42.12.5
13.	Transport of live animals (Resolution Conf. 10.21)	Doc. SC.42.13
14.	Guidelines for the preparation and submission of annual reports (Decision 10.131)	Doc. SC.42.14
15.	Cross-border movement of live animals (Decision 10.142)	Doc. SC.42.15
16.	Traditional medicines (Decision 10.143)	Doc. SC.42.16
17.	Synergy between the biodiversity-related conventions (Decision 10.63) and relations with other organizations	Doc. SC.42.17
18.	Trade in bushmeat	Doc. SC.42.18
19.	Organization of work of the Committee until CoP11 Time and venue of the next meeting	(no document)
20.	Any other business	(no document)
21.	Closing remarks	(no document)

^* This document contains nine annexes, all to be considered by the Finance Subcommittee and reported on under item 4.a) of the Agenda.

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