United States To Attend 15th Regular Meeting Conference of the Parties to CITES in Doha
November 6, 2009The United States, as a party to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), will attend the fifteenth regular meeting of the Conference of the Parties to CITES (CoP15) in Doha, Qatar, March 13–25, 2010. Currently, the United States is developing its negotiating positions on proposed resolutions, decisions, and amendments to the CITES Appendices (species proposals), as well as other agenda items that have been submitted by other party countries and the CITES Secretariat for consideration at CoP15. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service( FWS) has announced the provisional agenda for CoP15 and a public meeting to discuss the items on the provisional agenda.
The public meeting will be held on December 2, 2009, at 1:30 p.m. in the Sidney Yates Auditorium at the Department of the Interior at 18th and C Streets, NW, Washington, DC. In developing the U.S. negotiating positions on proposed resolutions, decisions, and species proposals, and other agenda items submitted by other Party countries and the CITES Secretariat for consideration at CoP15, FWS will consider written information and comments received by January 4, 2010. For more details, see the notice published in the Federal Register.
For information pertaining to resolutions, decisions, and agenda items contact: Robert R. Gabel, Chief, Division of Management Authority; Phone: (703) 358-2095; E-Mail: cop15@fws.gov.
For information pertaining to species proposals contact: Dr. Rosemarie Gnam, Chief, Division of Scientific Authority; Phone: (703) 358-1708; E-Mail: scientificauthority@fws.gov.
