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DOCUMENT BACKGROUND / CURRENT STATUS EFFECT OF DOCUMENT SSN VIEW 42 8.5 Access to other sources of funding Cop16 Doc.8.5 • Decision 15.20 directs Secretariat to: • investigate ways to establish means to secure funding to support provision of technical assistance to CITES Parties in relation to regulating wildlife trade; and • report to CoP16. • Provides an update on Secretariat’s work including, inter alia, that with the Innovative Finance Foundation (IFF) on a finance portfolio involving discussions with the “luxury goods and the food industries” intended to find ways for the private sector to gain “enhanced reputation, market access or brand building”. • Provides draft Decisions (Annex 1) for adoption that, inter alia: • invite Parties to provide assistance to and lend staff to the CITES Secretariat; • direct SC to continue its intersessional WG on Access to Finance, including GEF Funding and Innovative Mechanisms; and • direct Secretariat to organize a Wildlife Donor Roundtable and report to SC66, SC67 and CoP17. The roundtable would share information on existing wildlife funding programs, gain a better understanding of financial needs of developing countries to implement CITES, and explore potential for increased financial resources to ensure the conservation and sustainable use of wildlife and to tackle wildlife crime. • Provides results of a questionnaire on Access to finance, including GEF funding for CITES Parties (Annex 2). • Recommends Decision 15.20 be deleted. • Proposes deletion of all Decisions that call on Secretariat to seek external funding for specific activities, recommends against adoption of new Decisions of that nature, recommends that fund-raising activities be addressed through financial mechanisms proposed in CoP16 Docs. 8.4 and 8.5, and, if deemed necessary, allocation of external funding to specific activities could be prioritized in consultation with CoP Budget Working Group or SC Finance and Budget Subcommittee. SUPPORT IN PART / OPPOSE IN PART • SSN urges Parties to: • support draft Decisions that call for Parties to provide assistance to the Secretariat; and • amend the draft Decision regarding the Donor Roundtable to: ·· develop the Roundtable in cooperation with the SC; ·· require Secretariat to report to SC66 and SC67, rather than “as appropriate”; ·· amend para 16 C c): “explore the potential for scaled-up financial resources to ensure the conservation and sustainable use of wildlife wild fauna and flora, to ensure that trade in these species is non-detrimental, and to tackle wildlife crime”; and ·· add an additional paragraph, directing Secretariat to seek input from developing countries to assist the Roundtable to understand their long-term financial needs for implementing CITES. • SSN urges Parties to reject Secretariat’s proposal to delete all Decisions calling on it to seek external funding, as these Decisions identify CoP priorities. • SSN urges Parties to approach the recommendations regarding the finance portfolio with great caution. CITES’ mission is not to promote trade in wildlife and their parts and products, nor should CITES seek to profit from the wildlife trade. SSN urges the CoP to direct the Secretariat to advise IFF of this, and to instruct IFF to restrict its activities in fulfillment of the agreement to the objectives of the Convention. 9. Arrangements for meetings Cop16 Doc. 9 • Prepared by Central African Republic and Rwanda. • Proposes draft Resolution containing guidelines for organization of ad hoc meetings by the Secretariat and/or using CITES funding. SUPPORT • The draft Resolution will improve organization of meetings and ability of delegates to fully participate in them. Adoption of guidelines on submission, distribution, and Continued Continued
DOCUMENT BACKGROUND / CURRENT STATUS EFFECT OF DOCUMENT SSN VIEW Continued Continued • Provides: • Guidelines for the Secretariat to resolve recurring problems such as lack of translation and late distribution of documents and information on sponsorship and logistics to meeting participants; and • A mechanism for Parties to provide guidance to the Secretariat as to whether such meetings are a priority for use of CITES funds. translation of documents is common practice within international conventions. • Given CITES’ funding constraints, it is important to ensure that such meetings are welcomed by the Parties. 10. Committee Reports and Recommendations Cop16 Docs. 10.1.1 – 10.3.1 • 10.1 Standing Committee • 10.2 Animals Committee • 10.3 Plants Committee 10.1.1, 10.2.1, 10.3.1 Reports of the Chairs • Provides summary and status of issues and Decisions addressed by SC since CoP15. • No comment. 10.1.2, 10.2.2, 10.3.2 Election of new regional and alternative regional representatives • No documents. 11. Potential conflicts of interest in the Animals and Plants Committees Cop16 Doc. 11 • Prepared by Denmark on behalf of EU. • Proposes to amend RC 11.1 (Rev. CoP15) Regarding representation in the Animals and Plants Committees to require, inter alia, that proposed candidates for membership or alternate membership should disclose any current or past professional, financial or other interest that could call into question their impartiality, objectivity or independence in carrying out their duties, and update this when relevant; if their impartiality can be called into question regarding a subject, representatives may participate in discussion of that subject but not in the making of any decision. SUPPORT • SSN urges the Parties to strongly support this proposal. A rule addressing potential conflicts of interest is a basic requirement for conduct of impartial, objective and independent advisory bodies such as the AC and PC, members of which fulfill their positions as individuals and not as Party representatives. 12. CITES Strategic Vision Cop16 Doc. 12 • RC 14.2 contains the CITES Strategic Vision: 2008-2013. • In 2010, the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) adopted a Strategic Plan for Biodiversity for 2011- 2020 that includes Aichi Biodiversity Targets. • Decision 15.10 directs SC to “review the adopted post-2010 biodiversity targets [a reference to the CBD’s Aichi Biodiversity Targets] and, if necessary, make adjustments to the CITES Strategic Vision: 2008-2013 as appropriate.” • Proposes revisions to the Strategic Vision (RC 14.2) including, inter alia: • extend the Vision to 2020; • amend the CITES Vision statement: “Conserve biodiversity and contribute to its sustainable use by ensuring that no species of wild fauna or flora becomes or remains subject to unsustainable exploitation through international trade, thereby contributing to the significant reduction of the rate of biodiversity loss and making a significant Continued OPPOSE • SSN recommends Parties oppose incorporation of the CBD’s Aichi Biodiversity Targets into the CITES Vision Statement because they have not been adopted by CITES CoP. • The document does not provide Parties with the text of the Targets, nor does it explain how including them in the CITES Vision statement would be valuable to CITES. SSN recommends that Parties ensure that CITES maintain its focus on the core objectives of the Convention. Continued www.ssn.org 43
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