CITES Standing Committee

The Standing Committee provides general policy and operational direction to the Secretariat concerning the implementation of the Convention, drafts resolutions for consideration by the COP, and performs any other functions entrusted to it by the COP. The Standing Committee reports to the COP on the activities it has carried out between the COPs. Committee members are nominated by the COP and the Committee includes representatives from the depository government (Switzerland), the country that hosted the previous meeting of the COP, and the country that will host the next meeting of the COP. Terms of office expire at the second regular COP after that at which they were nominated.

77th Meeting of the CITES Standing Committee (2023)
  • SSN's Recommendations to the 77th Meeting of the CITES Standing Committee - ENDownload PDF

  • SSN's Recommendations to the 77th Meeting of the CITES Standing Committee - FRDownload PDF

  • SSN's Recommendations to the 77th Meeting of the CITES Standing Committee - ESDownload PDF

61st Meeting of the CITES Standing Committee (2011)
  • SSN's Recommendations to the 61st Meeting of the CITES Standing CommitteeDownload PDF

58th Meeting of the CITES Standing Committee (2009)
  • SSN's Recommendations to the 58th Meeting of the CITES Standing CommitteeDownload PDF

57th Meeting of the CITES Standing Committee (2008)
  • SSN's Summary of the Results of the 57th Meeting of the CITES Standing CommitteeDownload PDF

  • SSN's Recommendations to the 57th Meeting of the CITES Standing CommitteeDownload PDF

  • SSN Factsheet on the CITES Enforcement-needs Assessment Mission to EgyptDownload PDF

  • SSN on Indicators for the CITES Strategic VisionDownload PDF

55th Meeting of the CITES Standing Committee (2007)
  • SSN's Recommendations to the 55th Meeting of the CITES Standing CommitteeDownload PDF

  • SSN on SC55 Doc. 10.2, MIKE baseline informationDownload PDF

54th Meeting of the CITES Standing Committee (2006)
  • SSN's Recommendations to the 54th Meeting of the CITES Standing CommitteeDownload PDF

  • SSN and the Born Free Foundation's Ivory Trade Report for the 54th Meeting of the CITES Standing CommitteeDownload PDF

  • SSN comments on SC54 Doc. 26. (Rev.1) on MIKE Baseline InformationDownload PDF

  • Preliminary Comments on SC54 Doc. 6.1, The CITES Strategic Plan: 2008-2013Download PDF

53rd Meeting of the CITES Standing Committee (2005)
  • SSN Fact Sheet: Control of Trade in African Elephant Ivory (SC53 Doc. 20.1)Download PDF

  • SSN Fact Sheet: Conservation of and Trade in Great Apes (SC53 Doc. 18)Download PDF

  • SSN Fact Sheet: Illegal Trade in Tigers (SC53 Doc. 17)Download PDF

  • SSN Fact Sheet: Conservation Of and Trade In African and Asian Rhinoceroses (SC53 Doc.19)Download PDF

51st Meeting of the CITES Standing Committee (2004)
  • SSN Briefing Document on the Proposed revision of Resolution Conf. 9.24 (CoP12 Com. I. 3) Criteria for listing on Appendix I and Appendix IIDownload PDF

50th Meeting of the CITES Standing Committee (2003)
  • SSN Briefing for the 50th Meeting of the CITES Standing CommitteeDownload PDF

49th Meeting of the CITES Standing Committee (2002)
  • SSN Briefing for the 49th Meeting of the CITES Standing CommitteeDownload PDF