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(* includes a draft resolution)
| Agenda item | Document | Date posted | |
1. | Opening statements |
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| 1.1 | Chair of the Standing Committee | no document |
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| 1.2 | Director General of IUCN | no document |
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| 1.3 | International Organization Partners | no document |
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| 1.4 | Secretary General of the Convention | no document |
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Procedural matters |
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2. | Adoption of provisional agenda | 23/01/2018 updated 02/02/2018 | ||
3. | Adoption of provisional working programme |
Addendum (Annotated working programme) | 15/02/2018 Rev.3 published 25/04/2018 | |
4. | Admission of observers | 09/04/2018 Revision published 20/04/2018 | ||
Administrative and financial matters |
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5. | Report of the Secretary General | 23/02/2018 | ||
6. | Report of the Management Working Group | no document prior to meeting |
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7. | Financial and budgetary matters |
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| 7.1 | Report on financial matters for 2016-2018 |
Addendum (Revised Annex 4)
| 26/02/2018 Revision published 19/04/2018 with final 2017 results |
| 7.2 | Status of annual contributions | 20/02/2018 | |
| 7.3 | Budget scenarios for 2019-2021 and draft resolution on financial and budgetary matters * | 11/03/2018 | |
| 7.4 | Potential financial implications of draft resolutions | no document |
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| 7.5 | Report of the Subgroup on Finance | no document prior to meeting |
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Strategic matters |
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8. | Review of the fourth Strategic Plan of the Ramsar Convention * | 21/02/2018 | ||
9. | Report of the Facilitation Working Group * | 24/01/2018 | ||
10. | Roles and responsibilities of the Standing Committee * | 06/02/2018 | ||
11. | Communication, capacity building, education, participation and awareness (CEPA) |
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| 11.1 | Report of the Chair of the CEPA Oversight Panel | 23/01/2018 | |
| 11.2 | Report of the CEPA Implementation Working Group | to be confirmed |
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| 11.3 | Update on the MAVA project “Conservation of the natural and cultural heritage in wetlands” | 08/03/2018 (Amended 20/03/2018 to provide additional precision in paragraph 11.) | |
12. | Work plan of the Secretariat for 2018 and proposed format for 2019-2021 | 05/02/2018 | ||
13. | Language strategy * | 11/03/2018 Revision published 19/03/2018 | ||
14. | Enhancing the Convention’s visibility and synergies with other multilateral environmental agreements and other institutions * | 05/02/2018 | ||
15. | Observer status in the United Nations General Assembly | 01/02/2018 Revision with link to UNGA submission published 12/04/2018 | ||
16. | Review of current and proposed cooperative agreements | 01/02/2018 Revision published 09/03/2018 | ||
17. | Ramsar Convention Resource Mobilization Work Plan | 01/02/2018 | ||
Implementation matters |
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18. | Preparation of the 13th meeting of the Conference of the Parties |
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| 18.1 | Report of the Secretariat | 23/01/2018 | |
| 18.2 | Report of the Subgroup on COP13 | no document prior to meeting |
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| 18.3 | Process for review of draft resolutions | 26/02/2018 | |
19. | Update on the status of Sites on the List of Wetlands of International Importance * | 16/02/2018 | ||
20. | Ramsar Regional Initiatives |
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| 20.1 | Update for 2018 | 26/02/2018 | |
| 20.2 | Draft resolution for 2019-2021 and operational framework * | 27/02/2018 | |
21. | Draft resolutions submitted by Contracting Parties | until 22 February 2018 |
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| 21.1 | Draft resolution on the rapid assessment of wetland ecosystem services (Submitted by the Republic of Korea) * | 09/02/2018 | |
| 21.2 | Draft resolution on cultural values, local communities and climate change mitigation and adaptation in wetlands (Submitted by Burkina Faso, Senegal and Tunisia) * | 09/02/2018 | |
| 21.3 | Draft resolution on conservation and management of small and micro wetlands (Submitted by China) * | 09/02/2018 | |
| 21.4 | Draft resolution on Ramsar Advisory Missions (Submitted by Burkina Faso) * | 16/02/2018 | |
| 21.5 | Draft resolution on agriculture in wetlands (Submitted by the Czech Republic) * | 20/02/2018 | |
| 21.6 | Draft resolution on peace and the sustainable management of biodiversity in Ramsar Sites (Submitted by the Central African Republic) * | 22/02/2018 | |
| 21.7 | Draft resolution on wetlands in West Asia (Submitted by Iraq) * | 21/02/2018 | |
| 21.8 | Draft resolution on improving the efficiency of structures and processes of the Convention (Submitted by Switzerland) * |
Addendum (tables of meeting costs submitted by Switzerland) | 21/02/2018 |
| 21.9 | Draft resolution on promoting conservation, restoration and sustainable management of coastal blue carbon ecosystems (Submitted by Australia) * | 22/02/2018 | |
| 21.10 | Draft resolution on the enhanced protection and management of sea turtle | 02/03/2018 | |
| 21.11 | Draft resolution on World Wetlands Day (Submitted by the United Arab Emirates) * | 22/02/2018 | |
| 21.12 | Draft Resolution on urbanization, climate change and sustainable wetlands (Submitted by the United Arab Emirates) * | 22/02/2018 | |
| 21.13 | Draft resolution on promoting the conservation and wise use of intertidal wetlands and ecologically associated habitats (Submitted by the Philippines) * | 22/02/2018 | |
| 21.14 | Draft Resolution on wetlands in polar and subpolar regions (Submitted by Sweden) * | 22/02/2018 | |
| 21.15 | Draft resolution on wetlands, peace and security (Submitted by Senegal) * | 22/02/2018 | |
| 21.16 | Draft resolution on gender and wetlands (Submitted by Colombia) * | 22/02/2018 | |
Scientific matters |
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22. | Report of the Chair of the Scientific and Technical Review Panel | 01/02/2018 | ||
23. | Draft resolution on future implementation of scientific and technical aspects of the Convention for 2019-2021 * | 01/02/2018 | ||
24. | 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 * | 16/02/2018 | ||
25. | Draft resolution on restoration of degraded peatlands to mitigate and adapt to climate change and enhance biodiversity * | 21/02/2018 | ||
Concluding matters |
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26. | World Wetlands Day 2018, 2019 and 2020 | 01/02/2018 | ||
27. | The Ramsar Wetlands Conservation Awards 2018 | for discussion in closed session – document to the Subgroup on COP13 only |
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28. | Wetland City Accreditation |
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| 28.1 | Report of the Secretariat | 01/02/2018 | |
| 28.2 | Report of the Independent Advisory Committee | for discussion in closed session – document to SC members only |
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29. | Dates and venues of the 55th and 56th meetings | no document |
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30. | Adoption of the report of the meeting | reports during the meeting |
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31. | Any other business | no document |
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32. | Closing remarks | no document |
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1. Saga Statement of the Asian Wetland Symposium | 16/04/2018 |
| Title (original document number) | Files |
1 | Language strategy (SC54-13 Rev.1) | |
2 | Draft resolution on cultural values, indigenous peoples and local communities, and climate change mitigation and adaptation in wetlands (SC54-21.2) | |
3 | Draft resolution Importance of wetlands for peace and human security (21.6, 21.15) |
Revised version: |
4 | Draft resolution on conservation and management of small wetlands (21.3) | |
5 | Draft resolution on wetlands in West Asia (21.7) | |
6 | Draft resolution on promoting conservation, restoration and sustainable management of coastal blue carbon ecosystems (21.9) | |
7 | Draft resolution on financial and budgetary matters (7.3) | SC54-Com.7 Addendum (tracked version with annexed tables) |
8 | Review of the fourth Strategic Plan of the Ramsar Convention (8) | |
9 | Draft resolution on gender and wetlands (21.16) | |
10 | Draft resolution on the enhanced protection and management of sea turtle breeding, feeding and nursery areas and the designation of key areas as Ramsar Sites (21.10) | |
11 | Ramsar Regional Initiatives 2019-2021 and their Operational Framework (20.2) | |
12 | Draft resolution on Ramsar Advisory Missions (21.4) | |
13 | Draft Resolution on Enhancing the Convention’s implementation, visibility and synergies with other multilateral environmental agreements and other international institutions (14) | |
14 | Draft resolution on agriculture in wetlands (21.5) | |
15 | Draft Resolution on wetlands in polar and subpolar regions (21.14) | |
16 | Draft resolution on promoting the conservation and wise-use of intertidal wetlands and ecologically-associated habitats (21.13) |
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