Dubai
United Arab Emirates
55th Meeting of the Standing Committee
20 Oct 2018
The 55th meeting of the Standing Committee took place on 21 October 2018 from 10:00 to 13:00, in the Festival Arena, Dubai.
Report and decisions of the meeting
Agenda
1
Opening statements
1.1
Chair of the Standing Committee (no document)
1.2
Representative of the host country (no document)
2
Adoption of the provisional agenda
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3 August 2018
SC55 Doc. 2 Provisional agenda
3
Admission of observers
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8 October 2018
COP13 Doc.7 Admission of observers
4
Arrangements for COP13
4.1
Review of the provisional agenda and working programme
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3 October 2018
COP13 Doc.3.1 Rev.1 Provisional agenda
3 October 2018
COP13 Doc.3.2 Provisional working programme
4.2
Process for reviewing draft resolutions (Decision SC54-11)
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12 October 2018
SC55 Doc.4.2 Arrangements for COP13: Process for reviewing draft resolutions (Decision SC54-11)
5
Nomination of COP13 President and Vice-Presidents
6
Establishment of COP13 committees
6.1
Committee on Finance and Budget
6.2
Credentials Committee
7
Review of the financial implications of COP13 draft resolutions
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18 October 2018
COP13 Doc.17 Secretariat’s report on administrative and financial implications of draft resolutions
8
Financial and budgetary matters
8.1
Budget update for 2018
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28 September 2018
SC55 Doc.8.1 Financial and budgetary matters: 2018 core budget update
8.2
IUCN review of non-core finances (see SC54 report Annex 5, Report of the Subgroup on Finance, section 2 para.v)
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12 October 2018
SC55 Doc.8.2 IUCN review of non-core finances
9
Review of the legal status of Ramsar Regional Initiatives and the implications for the Convention (Decision SC54-30)
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11 October 2018
SC55 Doc.9 Review of the legal status of Ramsar Regional Initiatives and the implications for the Convention
10
Observer status in the United Nations General Assembly (no document)
11
Wetland City Accreditation process
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15 October 2018
SC55 Doc.11 Wetland City Accreditation process
12
Agenda for the 56th meeting of the Standing Committee
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15 August 2018