The Coordinating Unit of the of the Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation of Migratory Birds of Prey in Africa and Eurasia (Raptors MOU) wishes to share the following information concerning the Third Meeting of Signatories to the Raptors MOU (MOS3).
The Meeting will take place from 19 to 22 June 2023 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Formal invitations will follow in due course.
Deadlines for the submission of documents and for documents to be made available to MOS3 are established in the MOU Text, as well as in the Rules of Procedure, as adopted at the Second Meeting of Signatories (MOS2, Trondheim, October 2015; see document UNEP/CMS/Raptors/MOS2/Report/Annex I). These deadlines are presented in the below table.
Signatories are requested to submit any documents to the Coordinating Unit at [email protected] by the stated deadlines.
Deadlines |
Time before MOS |
Document |
Reference |
20 January 2023 |
150 days |
Submission by Signatories of proposed amendments accompanied by rationale and, if appropriate, supporting scientific evidence |
ROP, Rules 16.3(a), 16.3(b) |
21 March 2023 |
90 days |
Submission by the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) of proposed amendments accompanied by rationale and, if appropriate, supporting scientific evidence |
|
20 April 2023 |
60 days |
Submission by Signatories and TAG of comments on proposed amendments |
ROP, Rules 16.3(c), 16.3(d) |
20 May 2023 |
30 days |
Documents for MOS made available |
ROP, Rule 2.5 |
19 June 2023 |
Start date of MOS3 |
Last updated on 21 December 2022