Documents for the 24th meeting of the Ramsar Standing Committee

Note: Documents for the 24th meeting of the Ramsar Standing Committee have been posted in hardcopy at the end of October to all Standing Committee members and registered observers. Readers wishing to comment on the content of the SC24 papers should contact the Ramsar Bureau or their Regional Representatives on the Standing Committee.

Document Number	Document title
DOC. SC24-1	Draft agenda of the 24th Standing Committee Meeting
DOC. SC24-2	Report of the Secretary General
DOC. SC24-3	Ramsar Bureau Work Plan for 2000
DOC. SC24-4	World Wetlands Day 2000 and other key promotional activities
DOC. SC24-5	Staffing issues
DOC. SC24-6	Report of the 8th meeting of the Scientific and Technical Review Panel
DOC. SC24-7	COP7 Lessons learnt and review of COP structure and organization
DOC. SC24-8	Tasks of the Standing Committee members
DOC. SC24-9	Revisions to Ramsar sites boundaries, interpretation of Articles 2.5 and 4.2
DOC. SC24-10	Criteria and guidelines for compensation of lost wetland areas
DOC. SC24-11	Regional targets under the Convention Work Plan 2000-2002
DOC. SC24-12	Format for National Reports to be submitted prior to COP8
DOC. SC24-13	Preparation of a revised Strategic Plan 2003-2008
DOC. SC24-14	Working partnerships with other conventions and organizations
DOC. SC24-15	Identification of priority actions from the Barbados Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island States
DOC. SC24-16	Audited account for Fiscal Year 1998 and status of the Reserve Fund
DOC. SC24-17	Review of 1999 core and projects income and expenditure
DOC. SC24-18 (a)	Allocations and operations of the Small Grants Fund: 1999 income and project allocations
DOC. SC24-18 (b)	Allocations and operations of the Small Grants Fund: draft Operational Guidelines for the SGF, 2000-2002
DOC. SC24-18 (c)	Allocations and operations of the Small Grants Fund: future fundraising for the SGF
DOC. SC24-19	Ramsar Bureau Budget 2000, including: i) Elements of the Convention Work Plan funded from the core budget; ii) Establishment of a Development Assistance Officer post; iii) Fundraising for non-funded elements of the Convention Work Plan; iv) Invoicing of annual contributions for the year 2001; v) Special request from the Islamic Republic of Iran
DOC. SC24-20	8th meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties
DOC. SC24-21	25th meeting of the Standing Committee, 2000 [to be tabled at the meeting]
DOC. SC24-22	Letter from the Permanent Mission of Yugoslavia
DOC. SC24-23	Request from Ducks Unlimited, Inc., to be recognized as an International Organization Partner

For further information about the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, please contact the Ramsar Convention Bureau, Rue Mauverney 28, CH-1196 Gland, Switzerland (tel +41 22 19999 0170, fax +41 22 99 0169, e-mail ramsar@ramsar.org). Posted 12 October-10 November 1999, Dwight Peck, Ramsar.