CITES Conference of the Parties

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conference of the parties decision-making body governing body international environmental governance mechanism

The CITES Conference of the Parties is the main decision-making body of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, where member countries meet to set global rules and policies for wildlife trade regulation.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
CITES Conference of the Parties canonical	10
Conference of the Parties to CITES	5
CITES CoP	2
CITES Conference of the Parties resolutions	1
Conférence des Parties à la CITES	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	conference of the parties ⓘ decision-making body ⓘ governing body ⓘ international environmental governance mechanism ⓘ
aimsTo	ensure that international trade in specimens of wild animals and plants does not threaten their survival ⓘ
appliesTo	international trade in endangered species of wild fauna and flora ⓘ
canEstablish	committees and working groups ⓘ
composedOf	Parties to CITES ⓘ
convenedBy	CITES Secretariat ⓘ
decisionType	binding for Parties when amending Appendices ⓘ non-binding resolutions and decisions providing guidance ⓘ
firstSessionHeldInCity	Berne ⓘ
firstSessionHeldInYear	1976 ⓘ
governs	implementation of CITES at the international level ⓘ
hasFunction	adopt decisions and recommendations to Parties ⓘ adopt resolutions on the implementation of CITES ⓘ amend CITES Appendices ⓘ consider proposals to list or delist species in CITES Appendices ⓘ provide policy guidance to the CITES Secretariat ⓘ review national reports and compliance issues ⓘ review the implementation of the Convention ⓘ set global rules for international wildlife trade regulation under CITES ⓘ strengthen the effectiveness of the Convention ⓘ
hasRole	forum for CITES Parties ⓘ main decision-making body of CITES ⓘ policy-making body of CITES ⓘ
language	United Nations languages as working and official languages ⓘ
legalBasis	Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora ⓘ
mandatedBy	articles of the CITES Convention ⓘ
meetsAtFrequency	approximately every three years ⓘ
monitors	effectiveness of CITES measures ⓘ
oversees	CITES Animals Committee ⓘ surface form: Animals Committee of CITES Plants Committee ⓘ surface form: Plants Committee of CITES Standing Committee of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora ⓘ surface form: Standing Committee of CITES
participantsInclude	Parties to CITES ⓘ surface form: CITES member states intergovernmental organizations ⓘ non-governmental organizations ⓘ observer states ⓘ
partOf	Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora ⓘ
relatedTo	Conference of the Parties ⓘ surface form: Conference of the Parties to other multilateral environmental agreements United Nations Environment Programme ⓘ
scope	global ⓘ
shortName	CITES Conference of the Parties self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: CITES CoP
subjectArea	biodiversity conservation ⓘ endangered species protection ⓘ wildlife trade regulation ⓘ
typeOfMeeting	multilateral treaty conference ⓘ
usesInstrument	CITES Appendices ⓘ surface form: CITES Appendices I, II and III

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Animals Committee → reportsTo → CITES Conference of the Parties ⓘ

Plants Committee → reportsTo → CITES Conference of the Parties ⓘ

CITES Secretariat → supports → CITES Conference of the Parties ⓘ

Appendix III → adoptedBy → CITES Conference of the Parties ⓘ

Convention de Washington → organeDeDécision → CITES Conference of the Parties ⓘ

this entity surface form: Conférence des Parties à la CITES

CITES Appendix I → adoptedBy → CITES Conference of the Parties ⓘ

this entity surface form: Conference of the Parties to CITES

CITES Article II → interpretedBy → CITES Conference of the Parties ⓘ

this entity surface form: CITES Conference of the Parties resolutions

CoP → shortName → CITES Conference of the Parties ⓘ

subject surface form: Conference of the Parties

this entity surface form: CITES CoP

Parties to CITES → participatesIn → CITES Conference of the Parties ⓘ

Standing Committee of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora → reportsTo → CITES Conference of the Parties ⓘ

this entity surface form: Conference of the Parties to CITES

Standing Committee of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora → supports → CITES Conference of the Parties ⓘ

this entity surface form: Conference of the Parties to CITES

Standing Committee of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora → establishedBy → CITES Conference of the Parties ⓘ

this entity surface form: Conference of the Parties to CITES

CITES Resolutions and Decisions concerning committee structure → adoptedBy → CITES Conference of the Parties ⓘ

CITES Appendices → maintainedBy → CITES Conference of the Parties ⓘ

this entity surface form: Conference of the Parties to CITES

CITES Animals Committee → hasParentOrganization → CITES Conference of the Parties ⓘ

CITES Animals Committee → supportsBody → CITES Conference of the Parties ⓘ

CITES Animals Committee → reportsTo → CITES Conference of the Parties ⓘ

CITES Conference of the Parties → shortName → CITES Conference of the Parties self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: CITES CoP

Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora → subjectOf → CITES Conference of the Parties ⓘ