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AMENDMENTS TO APPENDICES I AND II OF THE
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Introduction Considering the events that conducted Argentina to submit a proposal to amend Appendices I and II of CITES for consideration by the postal procedure provided for by Article XV, paragraph 2, of the Convention, it was expected that the CITES Secretariat would recommend its adoption to the Parties to end a too long history and to enact a decision that was in practice adopted by the Conference of the Parties at its 11th meeting, CoP11, (Gigiri, 2000). Surprisingly, it took eight weeks for the Secretariat to prepare its comments on the proposal and to recommend to the Parties that it be rejected. The nature of the comments may explain why a long time was needed, although Article XV, paragraph 2(c), provides that the recommendations of the Secretariat shall be communicated to the Parties as soon as possible after it has communicated the proposal (this was done on 12 October 2001 through the diplomatic channel). It was also a surprise, for which we do not have any explanation, to notice that the comments and recommendation have been sent through the diplomatic channel when they used to be sent, including those concerning the proposals submitted for consideration at CoP11, with a ordinary Notification to the Parties, e.g. Notification No. 1999/097. It was expected, however, that copies of the Notifications to contracting or signatory States of CITES were send direct to the Management Authorities of all Parties. Nevertheless, it appears from Notification to the Parties No. 2001/080 of 19 December 2001 that this was not the case.In view of the above and considering the contents of the Notification and the comments and recommendation made, IWMC, which obtained copies of them, felt that comments of its own were necessary, which could be used by Argentina and/or others to oppose the position of the Secretariat and to recommend to the Parties that the proposal of Argentina be adopted. |
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