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CMS Standing Committee
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The Standing Committee was established by Resolution 1.1 of the Conference of the Parties. Its functions are to provide policy and administrative guidance between regular meetings of the Conference of the Parties. It consists of representatives of every global region, of the Depositary and, where applicable, of the country which plans to host the next meeting of the COP.

CMS Standing Committee Members since 1985 (Table in PDF Format)

The current membership (elected at COP10 in Bergen) of the Standing Committee is as follows:

REGION MEMBERS ALTERNATE MEMBERS
Africa

Ghana (Chair)
Tunisia
Uganda

Congo (Brazzaville)
Mali
South Africa

Asia

India
Pakistan

Mongolia
Syrian Arab Republic

South & Central America & Caribbean  Chile
Cuba
Argentina
Costa Rica
Europe  Norway (Vice-Chair)
Poland
Ukraine
France
Georgia
Switzerland
North America  vacant vacant
Oceania New Zealand Australia
Depositary Germany

Host of COP10

Host of COP11

Norway (also representative for Europe)

to be confirmed

 

     

The Terms of Reference for the Regional Representatives, adopted by the 37th Meeting of the Standing Committee, can be found here.

Reports of all meetings are available below.

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40th Standing Committee Meeting
Bonn, 8-9 November 2012 Draft Report of the 40th Meeting of the CMS Standing Committee
 
39th Standing Committee Meeting
Bergen, 25 November 2011 Report of the 39th Meeting of the CMS Standing Committee
 
38th Standing Committee Meeting
Bergen, 19 November 2011 Report of the 38th Meeting of the CMS Standing Committee
 
37th Standing Committee Meeting
Bonn, 23-24 November 2010 Report of the 37th Meeting of the CMS Standing Committee
 
36th Standing Committee Meeting
Bonn, 2-3 December 2009 Report of the 36th Meeting of the CMS Standing Committee
 
Extraordinary Meeting of the Standing Committee
Geneva, Switzerland, 8 June 2009 Report of the Extraordinary Meeting
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35th Standing Committee Meeting
Rome, Italy, 5 December 2008 Report of the 35th Meeting of the CMS Standing Committee
 
34th Standing Committee Meeting
Rome, Italy, 30 November 2008 Report of the 34th Meeting of the CMS Standing Committee
 
33rd Standing Committee Meeting
22 September 2008 (part Bonn and part teleconference) Report of the 33rd Meeting of the CMS Standing Committee
 
32nd Standing Committee Meeting
Bonn, Germany, 8-9 November 2007 Report of the 32nd Meeting of the CMS Standing Committee
 
31st Standing Committee Meeting
Bonn, Germany, 28-29 September 2006 Report of the 31st Meeting of the CMS Standing Committee
 
30th Standing Committee Meeting
Nairobi, Kenya, 25 November 2005 Report of the 30th Meeting of the CMS Standing Committee
29th Standing Committee Meeting
Nairobi, Kenya, 20 November 2005 Report of the 29th Meeting of the CMS Standing Committee

 

28th Standing Committee Meeting
Bonn, Germany, 21-22 April 2005 Report of the 28th Meeting of the CMS Standing Committee
 
27th Standing Committee Meeting
Bonn, Germany, 22-24 June 2004 Report of the 27th Meeting of the CMS Standing Committee
 
26th Standing Committee Meeting
Bonn, Germany, 17-18 July 2003 Report of the 26th Meeting of the CMS Standing Committee
 
25th Standing Committee Meeting
Bonn, Germany, 24 September 2002 Report of the 25th Meeting of the CMS Standing Committee
 
24th Standing Committee Meeting
Bonn, Germany, 17 September 2002 Report of the 24th Meeting of the CMS Standing Committee
 
23rd Standing Committee Meeting
Bonn, Germany, 13-14 December 2001 Report of the 23rd Meeting of the CMS Standing Committee
22nd Standing Committee Meeting
Bonn, Germany, 21-22 September 2000 Report of the 22nd Meeting of the CMS Standing Committee
 
21st Standing Committee Meeting
Cape Town, South Africa, 16 November 1999 Report of the 21st Meeting of the CMS Standing Committee
 
20th Standing Committee Meeting
Cape Town, South Africa, 9 November 1999 Report of the 20th Meeting of the CMS Standing Committee
 
19th Standing Committee Meeting
Bonn, Germany, 28-29 January 1999 Report of the 19th Meeting of the CMS Standing Committee
 
18th Standing Committee Meeting
Bonn, Germany, 3-4 February 1998 Report of the 18th Meeting of the CMS Standing Committee
 
17th Standing Committee Meeting
Geneva, Switzerland, 16 April 1997 Report of the 17th Meeting of the CMS Standing Committee
 
16th Standing Committee Meeting
Geneva, Switzerland, 9 April 1997 Report of the 16th Meeting of the CMS Standing Committee
 
15th Standing Committee Meeting
Bonn, Germany, 23-24 January 1997 Report of the 15th Meeting of the CMS Standing Committee
 
14th Standing Committee Meeting
Bonn, Germany, 29 February - 1 March 1996 Report of the 14th Meeting of the CMS Standing Committee
 
13th Standing Committee Meeting
Bonn, Germany, 16-17 March 1995 Report of the 13th Meeting of the CMS Standing Committee
 
12th Standing Committee Meeting
Nairobi, Kenya, 11 June 1994 Report of the 12th Meeting of the CMS Standing Committee
 
 
11th Standing Committee Meeting
Nairobi, Kenya, 6 June 1994 Report of the 11th Meeting of the CMS Standing Committee
   
 
10th Standing Committee Meeting
Buenos Aires, Argentina, 16-17 and 24 January 1994, Report of the 10th Meeting of the CMS Standing Committee
 
9th Standing Committee Meeting
Bonn, Germany, 24-25 February 1993 Report of the 9th Meeting of the CMS Standing Committee
 
8th Standing Committee Meeting
Bonn, Germany, 5-6 February 1992 Report of the 8th Meeting of the CMS Standing Committee
 
7th Standing Committee Meeting
Geneva, Switzerland, 13 September 1991 Report of the 7th Meeting of the CMS Standing Committee
 
6th Standing Committee Meeting
         
 
5th Standing Committee Meeting
Bonn, Germany, 18 October 1990 Report of the 5th Meeting of the CMS Standing Committee
   
 
4th Standing Committee Meeting
         
 
3rd Standing Committee Meeting
Bonn, Germany, 19 April 1988 Report of the 3rd Meeting of the CMS Standing Committee
   
 
2nd Standing Committee Meeting
Bonn, Germany, 29 September 1987 Report of the 2nd Meeting of the CMS Standing Committee
   
 
1st Standing Committee Meeting
Bonn, Germany, 11 May 1987 Report of the 1st Meeting of the CMS Standing Committee
   

 

 

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