59th meeting of the Standing Committee (resumed session)

Gland Switzerland

23 May - 27 May 2022

June 2022

An additional virtual resumed session of the 59th Meeting of the Standing Committee took place on Tuesday 21 June 2022 , in accordance with Standing Committee Decision SC59/2022-49.

Report and decisions

May 2022

The resumed session of the 59th meeting of the Standing Committee took place at Secretariat headquarters in Gland, Switzerland, between 23 and 27 May 2022, in accordance with Standing Committee Decision SC59-36.

The agenda and documents of the session are published below in the official languages of the Convention.

In-session documents

Report and decisions of the meeting

Summary of decisions

April 2022

The Subgroup on Finance met on 5 April 2022. The report and recommendations of this meeting are published here.

November 2021

The Standing Committee held a resumed online session of its 59th meeting online on 15 November 2021.

The report and decisions of this resumed session are published here.

June 2021

The first session of the 59th meeting of the Standing Committee took place online, from Monday 21 to Friday 25 June 2021.

The meeting documents are published here.

Report and decisions of the meeting

Summary of decisions

Agenda

24 May 2022

Agenda

SC59/2022 Doc.2 Rev.2 Agenda

SC59/2022 Doc.2 Rev.1 Provisional agenda

SC59/2022 Doc.2 Provisional agenda

SC59/2022 Doc.3 Rev.2 Working programme

SC59/2022 Doc.3 Rev.2 Add.1 Annotated working programme

SC59/2022 Doc.3 Rev.1 Provisional working programme

SC59/2022 Doc.3 Rev.1 Add.1 Annotated provisional working programme

SC59/2022 Doc.3 Provisional working programme

SC59/2022 Doc.4 Admission of observers

SC59/2022 Doc.5 Report of the Executive Team and Chair of the Standing Committee

SC59/2022 Doc.6 Report of the Secretary General

SC59/2022 Doc.7.2 Report of the Management Working Group

SC59/2022 Doc.8.1 Report on financial matters for 2019-2021 and 2022

SC59/2022 Doc.8.2 Financial and budgetary matters: Status of annual contributions

SC59/2022 Doc.8.3 Budget scenarios for 2023-2025 and draft resolution on financial and budgetary matters

SC59/2022 Doc.8.4 Potential financial implications of draft resolutions

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

SC59/2022 Doc.10 Rev.2 Draft Resolution - Review of the fourth Strategic Plan of the Convention on Wetlands, additions for the period COP14-COP15 and key elements for the fifth Strategic Plan

SC59/2022 Doc.10 Rev.1 Report of the Strategic Plan Working Group

SC59/2022 Doc.10 Report of the Strategic Plan Working Group

SC59/2022 Doc.11 Effectiveness Working Group (EWG) Final Report

SC59 Doc.12 Review of the Rules of Procedure

SC59 Doc.13 Review of all previous Resolutions and Decisions

SC59 Doc.13.1 Review of all previous Resolutions and Decisions: Process for conducting the review

SC59 Doc.13.2 Draft list of Resolutions that are effectively defunct

SC59 Doc.13.3 Draft consolidated resolution on “Inventories”

SC59/2022 Doc.14 Report of the Observer Status Working Group

SC59 Doc.15 Rev.1 Roles and responsibilities of the Standing Committee

SC59 Doc.15 Roles and responsibilities of the Standing Committee

SC59 Doc.16 Rev.1 Resolution XIV.xx Enhancing the Convention’s visibility and synergies with other multilateral environmental agreements and other international institutions

SC59/2022 Doc.16 Update on Enhancing the Convention’s visibility and synergies with other multilateral environmental agreements and other international institutions

SC59/2022 Doc.17.1 Rev.1 Report of the Chair of the CEPA Oversight Panel

SC59/2022 Doc.17.1 Report of the Chair of the CEPA Oversight Panel

SC59/2022 Doc.17.3 Implementation of Resolution XIII.1 on World Wetlands Day

SC59/2022 Doc.18 Integrated Secretariat 2022 Annual Plan as an extension of the approved Triennial Plan for 2019-2021

SC59 Doc.19 Management of requests for data

SC59/2022 Doc.20.1 Report of Host Country on the Preparation of COP14

SC59/2022 Doc.20.2 Report of the Secretariat on COP14

SC59 Doc.21.1 Rev.1 Report of the Ramsar Regional Initiatives Working Group on Addressing Resolution XIII.9

SC59 Doc.21.1 Rev.1 Report of the Ramsar Regional Initiatives Working Group on Addressing Resolution XIII.9 (TRACKED VERSION)

SC59 Doc.21.1 Report of the Ramsar Regional Initiatives Working Group on Addressing Resolution XIII.9

SC59/2022 Doc.21.2 Report of the Secretariat on the Ramsar Regional Initiatives

SC59/2022 Doc.22 Report of the Co-chairs of the Independent Advisory Committee on Wetland City Accreditation (IAC)

SC59 Doc.23 Rev.1 Update on the status of Sites on the List of Wetlands of International Importance

SC59/2022 Doc.24.1 Annex 1 Rev.1 Draft Resolution - Protection, management and restoration of wetlands as [nature-based solutions] [ecosystem-based approaches] to address the climate crisis

SC59/2022 Doc.24.1 Rev.1 Proposed draft resolution on Protection, management and restoration of wetlands as Nature-based solutions to address the climate crisis

SC59/2022 Doc.24.1 Proposed draft resolution on Protection, management and restoration of wetlands as Nature-based solutions to address the climate crisis

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

SC59 Doc.24.3 Draft Resolution on development of legal indicators to measure the effectiveness of the Ramsar Convention

SC59/2022 Doc.24.4 Rev.1 Draft resolution on Enhancing the Conservation and Management of Small Wetlands

SC59/2022 Doc.24.4 Draft resolution on Guidance on Conservation and Management of Small Wetlands

SC59 Doc.24.5 Rev.1 Draft Resolution on Integrating wetland conservation and restoration into national sustainable development strategy

SC59 Doc.24.5 Draft Resolution on Integrating wetland conservation and restoration into national sustainable development strategy

SC59 Doc.24.6 Rev.1 Draft resolution on Wetland education in the formal education sector

SC59 Doc.24.6 Draft resolution on Wetland education in the formal education sector

SC59 Doc.24.7 Rev.1 Draft Resolution on the Ramsar Wetland Conservation Awards

SC59 Doc.24.7 Draft Resolution on the Ramsar Wetland Awards

SC59/2022 Doc.24.8 Rev.1 Draft Resolution on Updating the Wetland City Accreditation of the Ramsar Convention

SC59/2022 Doc.24.8 Draft Resolution on Updating the Wetland City Accreditation of the Ramsar Convention

SC59/2022 Doc.24.9 Proposed draft resolution on Ramsar Regional Initiatives – the basics

SC59/2022 Doc.24.10 Proposed draft resolution on Ramsar Regional Initiatives – COP14-COP15

SC59/2022 Doc.24.11 Proposed draft resolution on Ramsar Regional Initiatives – addressing old decisions

SC59/2022 Doc.24.12 Rev.1 Draft Resolution on Strengthening Ramsar Connections Through Youth

SC59/2022 Doc.24.13 Rev.1 Draft Resolution Waterbird population estimates to support new and existing Ramsar site designations under Ramsar Criterion 6 – use of alternative estimates

SC59/2022 Doc.24.13 Draft Resolution on Waterbird population estimates to support new and existing Ramsar site designations under Ramsar Criterion 6 – use of alternative estimates

SC59/2022 Doc.24.14 Proposed draft Resolution on the Ramsar Convention’s Scientific and Technical work – The basics

SC59/2022 Doc.24.15 Proposed draft resolution on the Ramsar Convention’s Scientific and Technical bodies COP14-COP15

SC59/2022 Doc.24.16 Draft Resolution on the Establishment of the International Mangrove Center in the Framework of the Ramsar Convention

SC59/2022 Doc.24.17 Proposed draft resolution on online drafting and preparatory negotiations of documents

SC59/2022 Doc.24.18 Proposed draft Resolution - How to structure, write and handle Convention documents and messages

SC59/2022 Doc.25 Report of the Chair of the Scientific and Technical Review Panel

SC59/2022 Doc.26 Rev.1 Draft Resolution XIV.xx Future implementation of scientific and technical aspects of the Convention for 2023-2025

SC59/2022 Doc.26 Draft Resolution on the future implementation of scientific and technical aspects of the Convention for 2023-2025