Decisions 12.26 to 12.28 - Task Force on Illegal Killing, Taking and Trade of Migratory Birds in the Mediterranean (MIKT)

Parties which are members of the MIKT are invited to:

a) Periodically use the scoreboard in Annex 1 of UNEP/CMS/Resolution 11.16 (Rev.COP12) on Illegal Killing, Taking and Trade of Migratory Birds as a national tool to self-assess progress in addressing the illegal killing of wild birds;

b) Provide, on a voluntary basis and to the extent of availability and relevance of information for the indicators, the Secretariat with the information identified in the scoreboard, for the purposes of discussion within the MIKT, to facilitate information sharing and best practice.  

Parties, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations are encouraged to implement the Programme of Work of MIKT 2016-2020. 

The Secretariat shall:

a) Compile, in the intersessional period between the 12th and the 13th meeting of the Conference of the Parties, the information duly provided by the Parties under Decision 12.26;

b) Share that information with MIKT members for the purposes outlined in Decision 12.26 in the intersessional period between the 12th and 13th meeting of the Conference of the Parties. 

Parties that are members of the MIKT are invited to: a) periodically use the Scoreboard in Annex 1 of Resolution 11.16 (Rev.COP13) Illegal Killing, Taking and Trade of Migratory Birds as a national tool to self-assess progress in addressing the illegal killing of wild birds; b) provide voluntarily and to the extent of availability and relevance of information for the indicators the Secretariat with the information identified in the Scoreboard, for the purposes of discussion within the MIKT, and to facilitate information sharing and best practice.

a) Parties, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations are encouraged to implement the Programme of Work of MIKT 2016- 2020; b) Parties, non-Parties, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations that are members and observers to the MIKT are encouraged to finalize and adopt a strategic framework for the MIKT on eradicating illegal killing, taking and trade in migratory birds in the Mediterranean region, with a view to be implemented as a scientifically sound and robust tool for the period 2020-2030.