Standing Committee

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CITES body executive body subsidiary body of an international organization treaty body

The Standing Committee is the main executive body that oversees the implementation, compliance, and administrative affairs of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) between its full conferences of the parties.

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Surface form	Occurrences
CITES Standing Committee	0

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	CITES body ⓘ executive body ⓘ subsidiary body of an international organization ⓘ treaty body ⓘ
abbreviation	Standing Committee of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora ⓘ surface form: CITES Standing Committee
associatedWith	United Nations Environment Programme ⓘ surface form: UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre United Nations Environment Programme ⓘ
composition	representatives of CITES Parties from different geographic regions ⓘ
countryScope	international ⓘ
field	biodiversity conservation ⓘ international environmental law ⓘ multilateral environmental agreements ⓘ wildlife trade regulation ⓘ
fullName	Standing Committee of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora ⓘ
function	consider specific compliance cases under CITES ⓘ deal with policy, budgetary and compliance issues under CITES ⓘ make recommendations to Parties on the implementation of CITES ⓘ
governs	inter‑sessional work under CITES ⓘ
hasMemberType	Party representatives ⓘ
hasObserverType	intergovernmental organizations ⓘ non‑Party States ⓘ non‑governmental organizations ⓘ
hasSecretariat	CITES Secretariat ⓘ
jurisdiction	Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora ⓘ
language	English ⓘ French ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
locationOfSecretariat	Geneva ⓘ Switzerland ⓘ
meetsBetween	Conference of the Parties ⓘ surface form: meetings of the Conference of the Parties to CITES
parentOrganization	Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora ⓘ
reportsTo	Conference of the Parties ⓘ surface form: Conference of the Parties to CITES
role	coordinates and oversees the work of other CITES committees where appropriate ⓘ handles administrative affairs of CITES ⓘ main executive body of CITES between meetings of the Conference of the Parties ⓘ oversees compliance with CITES ⓘ oversees implementation of CITES ⓘ prepares draft resolutions and decisions for the CITES Conference of the Parties ⓘ provides policy guidance to the CITES Secretariat ⓘ supervises the management of the CITES Trust Fund ⓘ
shortName	Standing Committee self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subjectOf	CITES Resolutions and Decisions concerning committee structure ⓘ
supportsImplementationOf	Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora ⓘ
website	https://cites.org/eng/disc/sc.php ⓘ

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Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora → hasBody → Standing Committee ⓘ

Standing Committee → shortName → Standing Committee self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: CITES Standing Committee