The Standing Committee was established by Resolution 1.1 of the Conference of the Parties (COP). It is responsible for carrying out interim activities on behalf of the COP to
The Standing Committee usually meets immediately before and after the COP. Intersessionally it usually meets once a year. The Committee consists of representatives of every global region, of the Depositary, of the country that hosted the previous COP and where applicable, of the country which plans to host the next meeting of the COP. The two regions with the largest membership (Europe and Africa) have three representatives each, Central & South America & the Caribbean and Asia both have two and Oceania one. There are no Parties from North America.
Terms of Reference for the Regional Representatives, adopted by the 37th Meeting of the Standing Committee
The current membership of the Standing Committee is as follows:
REGION | MEMBERS | ALTERNATE MEMBERS |
Africa | Congo (Brazzaville) | Mali |
South Africa * | Algeria | |
United Republic of Tanzania | Kenya | |
Asia | Mongolia (Vice-Chair)** | Tajikistan |
Kyrgyzstan | Pakistan | |
South & Central America and the Caribbean |
Bolivia* | Argentina |
Costa Rica | Panama | |
Europe | Norway (Chair) | |
France* | Latvia | |
Georgia | Switzerland | |
North America (no Parties) | vacant | vacant |
Oceania | Fiji* | Palau |
Depositary | Germany* | |
Host of COP12 | Philippines | |
Host of COP13 | India |
** Chair of the Finance & Budget Sub-Committee * Members of the Finance & Budget Sub-Committee
CMS Standing Committee Members since 1985 (Table in PDF Format)
Reports and documents of all meetings are available below.
Title | Start date | Status | Country | CMS Instrument |
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24th Standing Committee Meeting | 17.09.2002 | Concluded | Germany | CMS |
23rd Standing Committee Meeting | 13.12.2001 | Concluded | Germany | CMS |
22nd Standing Committee Meeting | 21.09.2000 | Concluded | Germany | CMS |
21st Standing Committee Meeting | 16.11.1999 | Concluded | South Africa | CMS |
20th Standing Committee Meeting | 09.11.1999 | Concluded | South Africa | CMS |
19th Standing Committee Meeting | 28.01.1999 | Concluded | Germany | CMS |
18th Standing Committee Meeting | 03.02.1998 | Concluded | Germany | CMS |
17th Standing Committee Meeting | 16.04.1997 | Concluded | Switzerland | CMS |
16th Standing Committee Meeting | 09.04.1997 | Concluded | Switzerland | CMS |
15th Standing Committee Meeting | 23.01.1997 | Concluded | Germany | CMS |
14th Standing Committee Meeting | 29.02.1996 | Concluded | Germany | CMS |
13th Standing Committee Meeting | 16.03.1995 | Concluded | Germany | CMS |
12th Standing Committee Meeting | 11.06.1994 | Concluded | Kenya | CMS |
11th Standing Committee Meeting | 06.06.1994 | Concluded | Kenya | CMS |
10th Standing Committee Meeting | 16.01.1994 | Concluded | Argentina | CMS |
9th Standing Committee Meeting | 24.02.1993 | Concluded | Germany | CMS |
8th Standing Committee Meeting | 05.02.1992 | Concluded | Germany | CMS |
7th Standing Committee Meeting | 13.09.1991 | Concluded | Switzerland | CMS |
6th Standing Committee Meeting | 01.05.1991 | Cancelled | CMS | |
5th Standing Committee Meeting | 18.10.1990 | Concluded | Germany | CMS |
4th Standing Committee Meeting | 01.03.1989 | Cancelled | CMS | |
3rd Standing Committee Meeting | 19.04.1988 | Concluded | Germany | CMS |
2nd Standing Committee Meeting | 29.09.1987 | Concluded | Germany | CMS |
1st Standing Committee Meeting | 11.05.1987 | Concluded | Germany | CMS |