59th meeting of the Standing Committee (first session)
Gland
Switzerland
21 Jun - 25 Jun 2021
The first session of the 59th meeting of the Standing Committee took place online, from Monday 21 to Friday 25 June 2021.
The agenda and documents are published below in the official languages of the Convention.
In-session documents are published here.
Report and decisions of the session
Information and documentation for the resumed sessions of the meeting are published here.
Agenda
1.
Opening statements (no documents)
1.1.
Chair of the Standing Committee (United Arab Emirates)
1.2.
Director General of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
1.3.
International Organization Partners
1.4.
Secretary General of the Convention
2.
Adoption of the provisional agenda
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15 June 2021
SC59 Doc.2 Rev.1 Provisional agenda
11 March 2021
SC59 Doc.2 Provisional agenda
3.
Adoption of the provisional working programme
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23 June 2021
SC59 Doc.3 Rev.2 Working programme
23 June 2021
SC59 Doc.3 Rev.1 Working programme
15 June 2021
SC59 Doc.3 Provisional working programme
4.
Admission of observers
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22 June 2021
SC59 Doc.4 Admission of observers
5.
Report of the Executive Team and Chair of the Standing Committee
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30 March 2021
SC59 Doc.5 Report of the Executive Team and Chair of the Standing Committee
6.
Report of the Secretary General
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7 June 2021
SC59 Doc.6 Report of the Secretary General
7.
Report of the Management Working Group
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21 June 2021
SC59 Doc.7 Report of the meeting of the Management Working Group of 14 June 2021
8.
Financial and budgetary matters: Report of the Subgroup on Finance
8.1.
Report on financial matters for 2019-2020 and 2021 including the audited statements for 2020
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26 May 2021
SC59 Doc.8.1 Report on financial matters for 2019, 2020 and 2021
8.2.
Status of annual contributions
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14 April 2021
SC59 Doc.8.2 Status of annual contributions
8.3.
Budget scenarios for 2022-2024 and draft resolution on financial and budgetary matters (* includes a draft resolution)
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8 June 2021
SC59 Doc.8.3 Budget scenarios for 2022-2024 and draft resolution on financial and budgetary matters
8.4.
Potential financial implications of draft resolutions
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22 June 2021
SC59 Doc.8.4 Potential financial implications of draft resolutions
9.
Urgent challenges to the wise use of wetlands to receive enhanced attention: Best practices in the development of wetland inventories
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21 June 2021
SC59 Doc.9 Urgent challenges to the wise use of wetlands to receive enhanced attention: update in the development of wetland inventories and other challenges
10.
Report of the Working Group on the Review of the Strategic Plan of the Ramsar Convention
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25 May 2021
SC59 Doc.10 Report of the Working Group on the review of the Strategic Plan
11.
Report of the Effectiveness Working Group
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11 June 2021
SC59 Doc.11 Report of the Chair of the Effectiveness Working Group
12.
Review of the Rules of Procedure
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4 May 2021
SC59 Doc.12 Review of the Rules of Procedure
13.
Review of all previous Resolutions and decisions
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25 May 2021
SC59 Doc.13 Review of all previous Resolutions and Decisions
26 May 2021
SC59 Doc.13.1 Review of all previous Resolutions and Decisions: Process for conducting the review
25 May 2021
SC59 Doc.13.2 Draft list of Resolutions that are effectively defunct
16 June 2021
SC59 Doc.13.3 Draft consolidated resolution on “Inventories”
14.
Report of the Working Group on Observer status in the United Nations General Assembly
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16 June 2021
SC59 Doc.14 Report of the Observer Status Working Group
15.
Roles and responsibilities of the Standing Committee *
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6 April 2021
SC59 Doc.15 Roles and responsibilities of the Standing Committee
16.
Enhancing the Convention’s visibility and synergies with other multilateral environmental agreements and other international institutions *
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22 June 2021
SC59 Doc.16 Enhancing the Convention’s visibility and synergies with other multilateral environmental agreements and other international institutions
28 May 2021
SC59 Doc.16.1 Review of the Fifth Joint Work Plan between the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Ramsar Convention On Wetlands (2011-2020)
17.
Communication, capacity building, education, participation and awareness (CEPA)
17.1.
Report of the Chair of the CEPA Oversight Panel
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31 March 2021
SC59 Doc.17.1 Report of the Chair of the CEPA Oversight Panel
17.2.
Report of the Secretariat on World Wetlands Day (no document)
17.3.
World Wetlands Day themes for 2022-2024
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22 April 2021
SC59 Doc.17.3 World Wetlands Day themes for 2022-2024
17.4.
Implementation of Resolution XIII.1 on World Wetlands Day (declaration by the United Nations General Assembly) (no document)
18.
Work plan of the Secretariat for 2021
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30 March 2021
SC59 Doc.18 Integrated Secretariat 2021 Annual Plan as part of the approved Triennial Plan for 2019-2021
19.
Management of requests for data
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14 April 2021
SC59 Doc.19 Management of requests for data
20.
Preparation of the 14th meeting of the Conference of the Parties
20.1.
Report of the Subgroup on COP14
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16 June 2021
SC59 Doc.20.1 Report of the Subgroup on COP14
20.2.
Report of the Secretariat on COP14
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11 June 2021
SC59 Doc.20.2 Report of the Secretariat on COP14
20.3.
The Ramsar Wetland Conservation Awards (SC59 Doc.20.3 for discussion in closed session – document to members of the Subgroup on COP14 only)
20.4.
Process for preparation and review of draft resolutions
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29 March 2021
SC58 Doc.20.4 Rev.5 Process for preparation, submission and review of draft resolutions
21.
Ramsar Regional Initiatives
21.1.
Report of the Ramsar Regional Initiatives Working Group *
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21 June 2021
SC59 Doc.21.1 Report of the Ramsar Regional Initiatives Working Group on Addressing Resolution XIII.9
21.2
Report of the Secretariat on the Ramsar Regional Initiatives
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3 June 2021
SC59 Doc.21.2 Report of the Secretariat on the Ramsar Regional Initiatives
22.
Report of the Co-chairs of the Independent Advisory Committee on Wetland City Accreditation
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26 May 2021
SC59 Doc.22 Report of the Co-chairs of the Independent Advisory Committee on Wetland City Accreditation (IAC)
23.
Update on the status of Sites on the List of Wetlands of International Importance *
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21 June 2021
SC59 Doc.23 Rev.1 Update on the status of Sites on the List of Wetlands of International Importance
28 May 2021
SC59 Doc.23 Update on the status of Sites on the List of Wetlands of International Importance
24.
Draft resolutions submitted by Contracting Parties
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22 April 2021
SC59 Doc.24.1 Draft resolution on Guidance on protection, management and restoration of Mediterranean wetlands as Nature-based solutions to address environmental and climate changes
24 April 2021
SC59 Doc.24.2 Draft Resolution on review of the Ramsar criteria, and delisting of Ramsar Sites located in territories which are not recognized at the UN level as part of the territory of the submitting country
23 April 2021
SC59 Doc.24.3 Draft Resolution on development of legal indicators to measure the effectiveness of the Ramsar Convention
23 April 2021
SC59 Doc.24.4 Draft resolution on Guidance on Conservation and Management of Small Wetlands
23 April 2021
SC59 Doc.24.5 Draft Resolution on Integrating wetland conservation and restoration into national sustainable development strategy
17 April 2021
SC59 Doc.24.6 Draft resolution on Wetland education in the formal education sector
31 May 2021
SC59 Doc.24.7 Draft Resolution on the Ramsar Wetland Awards
11 June 2021
SC59 Doc.24.8 Draft Resolution on Wetland City Accreditation of the Ramsar Convention
25.
Report of the Chair of the Scientific and Technical Review Panel
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6 May 2021
SC59 Doc.25 Report of the Chair of the Scientific and Technical Review Panel
26.
Draft resolution on future implementation of scientific and technical aspects of the Convention for 2022-2024 *
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6 May 2021
SC59 Doc.26 Draft Resolution on the future implementation of scientific and technical aspects of the Convention for 2022-2024
27.
Dates and venues of the 60th and 61st meetings of the Standing Committee (no document)
28.
Adoption of the report of the meeting (no document)
29.
Any other business (no document)
30.
Closing remarks (no document)