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Recommendations of the 1st Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties

The 1st Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties
Cagliari, Italy
24-29 November 1980

Recommendations of the 1st Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties

The Recommendations adopted by the 1st Conference of the Contracting Parties did not have titles; the titles below have been supplied. There were no Resolutions. At the time of the 1st COP, there were no official French and Spanish versions of the Recommendations, and the French and Spanish translations provided here were published for the information of the Parties attending the 5th COP, Kushiro, Japan, 1993.

Recommendation 1.1	Expanding the Convention's membership	PDF	Word
Recommendation 1.2	Developing countries in the Convention	PDF	Word
Recommendation 1.3	Designating more wetlands for the Ramsar List	PDF	Word
Recommendation 1.4	Criteria for identifying wetlands of international importance	PDF	Word
Recommendation 1.5	National Wetland Inventories	PDF	Word
Recommendation 1.6	Assessment of wetland values	PDF	Word
Recommendation 1.7	Proposed protocol on amendment procedures	PDF	Word
Recommendation 1.8	Proposed amendments to the Convention	PDF	Word
Recommendation 1.9	Meetings of the Conference of the Parties	PDF	Word
Recommendation 1.10	A permanent secretariat	PDF	Word
Recommendation 1.11	Thanks to the Italian hosts	PDF	Word

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