CITES Secretariat
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The CITES Secretariat is administered by UNEP and located in Geneva, Switzerland. It plays a coordinating, advisory, and servicing role in implementing the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. Key functions include arranging meetings, providing assistance in areas like enforcement and science, distributing information to parties, and preparing annual reports. The Secretariat is funded through party contributions outlined in a costed programme of work.
CITES Secretariat
- 1. 1 Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora www.CITES.org The CITES Secretariat
- 2. 2 CITES Secretariat • The CITES Secretariat is administered by UNEP and is located at Geneva, Switzerland • It has a pivotal role, fundamental to the Convention, and its functions are laid down in Article XII of the text of the Convention
- 3. 3 CITES Secretariat • These functions include: – playing a coordinating, advisory and servicing role in the working of the Convention – assisting with communication and monitoring the implementation of the Convention to ensure that its provisions are respected – arranging meetings of the Conference of the Parties and of the permanent Committees at regular intervals and servicing those meetings – providing assistance in the fields of legislation, enforcement, science and training
- 4. 4 CITES Secretariat – undertaking, under agreed programmes, occasional scientific and technical studies into issues affecting the implementation of the Convention – making recommendations regarding the implementation of the Convention – acting as the repository for the reports, sample permits and other information submitted by the Parties – distributing information relevant to several or all Parties
- 5. 5 CITES Secretariat – issuing new editions of Appendices I, II and III, whenever there is a change, as well as of the Resolutions and Decisions adopted by the Conference of the Parties at its meetings, and information to assist identification of species listed in the Appendices – preparing annual reports to the Parties on its own work and on the implementation of the Convention
- 6. 6 CITES Secretariat • Secretary-General’s Office – Secretary-General Finances and Administration Resource Mobilization Legal Affairs and Trade Policy Support • Functional Units – Enforcement Assistance Unit – Management Authority and Convention Support Unit – Scientific Support Unit – Capacity Building Unit (and MIKE Central Coordinating Unit)
- 8. 8 Staffing of the Secretariat
- 9. 9 Costed Programme of Work • In Resolution Conf. 14.1 on Financing and the Costed Programme of Work for the Secretariat for the triennium 2009-2011, the CoP decided that this CPW should be covered by contributions from the Parties for the amounts of USD 4,904,991 for 2009, USD 5,426,937 for 2010 and USD 5,150,247 for 2011 • The Secretariat was instructed to develop a CPW based on the Strategic Vision, taking into account available staffing resources and financial means • The CPW was agreed by the Standing Committee, on advice from its Finance and Budget Subcommittee