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Opening of the Meeting |
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General statements and keynote addresses |
Procedural matters
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Adoption of the provisional agenda and working programme |
3.1 |
Provisional agenda |
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3.2 |
Provisional working programme |
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Adoption of the Rules of Procedure |
4.1 |
Provisional Rules of Procedure |
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4.2 |
Proposed amendments to the Rules of Procedure |
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Election of the President and Vice-Presidents and remarks by the President (no document) |
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Appointment of the Credentials Committee and any other committees (no document) |
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Admission of observers |
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Administrative matters
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Report of the Chair of the Standing Committee |
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Report of the Chair of the Scientific and Technical Review Panel (STRP) |
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Report on implementation of the CEPA Programme 2016-2018 and recommendations on future directions |
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Report of the Secretary General on the implementation of the Convention |
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Global implementation |
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Work of the Secretariat |
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Report of the Secretary General pursuant to Article 8.2 on the List of Wetlands of International Importance |
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Issues arising from Resolutions and Recommendations of previous meetings of the Conference of the Contracting Parties (no document) |
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Financial report for 2016-2018 by the Chair of the Subgroup on Finance of the Standing Committee, and proposed budget for the 2019-2021 triennium |
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Wetland City Accreditation |
15.1 |
Report of the Standing Committee |
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Presentation of certificates (no document) |
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Election of Contracting Parties to the Standing Committee 2019-2021 (no document) |
Draft resolutions
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Secretariat’s report on administrative and financial implications of draft resolutions |
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Consideration of the draft resolutions and recommendations submitted by Contracting Parties and the Standing Committee |
18.1 |
Draft resolution on enhancing the effectiveness of the Ramsar Convention |
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18.2 |
Draft resolution on improving the efficiency of structures and processes of the Convention |
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18.3 |
Draft resolution on the responsibilities, roles and composition of the Standing Committee and regional categorization of countries under the Convention |
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18.4 |
Draft resolution on language strategy for the Convention |
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18.5 |
Draft resolution on financial and budgetary matters |
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18.6 |
Draft resolution on review of the fourth Strategic Plan of the Ramsar Convention |
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Draft resolution on enhancing the Convention’s implementation, visibility and synergies with other multilateral environmental agreements and other international institutions |
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Draft resolution on Ramsar Regional Initiatives 2019-2021 and their Operational Framework |
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18.9 |
Draft resolution on World Wetlands Day |
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18.10 |
Draft resolution on the status of Sites on the List of Wetlands of International Importance |
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18.11 |
Draft resolution on Ramsar Advisory Missions |
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18.12 |
Draft resolution on future implementation of scientific and technical aspects of the Convention for 2019-2021 |
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Draft resolution on guidance on identifying Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar Sites) for global climate change regulation as an additional argument to existing Ramsar criteria |
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Draft resolution on restoration of degraded peatlands to mitigate and adapt to climate change and enhance biodiversity |
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18.15 |
Draft resolution on promoting conservation, restoration and sustainable management of coastal blue carbon ecosystems |
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Draft resolution on cultural values, indigenous peoples and local communities, and climate change mitigation and adaptation in wetlands |
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18.17 |
Draft resolution on sustainable urbanization, climate change and wetlands |
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Draft resolution on the rapid assessment of wetland ecosystem services |
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18.19 |
Draft resolution on the importance of wetlands for peace and security |
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Draft resolution on gender and wetlands |
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18.21 |
Draft resolution on agriculture in wetlands |
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18.22 |
Draft resolution on promoting the conservation and wise use of intertidal wetlands and ecologically associated habitats |
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18.23 |
Draft resolution on conservation and management of small wetlands |
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Draft resolution on wetlands in West Asia |
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Draft resolution on wetlands in the Arctic and sub-Arctic |
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Draft resolution on the enhanced conservation of sea turtle breeding, feeding and nursery areas and the designation of key areas as Ramsar Sites |
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18.27 |
Draft resolution: Thanks to the Host Country, the United Arab Emirates |
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Report of the Credentials Committee |
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Report on the discussions, conclusions and recommendations in the preceding sessions |
21 |
Adoption of resolutions and recommendations |
Procedural matters
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22 |
Date and venue of the next ordinary meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties |
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Any other business |
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Adoption of the report of the 13th Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties |
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Close of the meeting |