CONVENTION ON MIGRATORY SPECIES - SCIENTIFIC COUNCIL Composition

COP14) MIGRATORY SPECIES Original: English SCIENTIFIC COUNCIL Adopted by the Conference of the Parties at its 14th Meeting (Samarkand, February 2024) Aware of the provisions of Article VIII of the Convention and recalling the establishment by Resolution 1.41 of the Scientific Council, made up of members appointed by the Conference of the Parties and members appointed by individual Contracting Part. [...] Determines the following guidelines for the funding of the Council: a) the expenses of the members appointed by the Conference of the Parties in relation to attendance at meetings of the Council and its working groups and task forces must be met from the Convention budget as a high priority; b) Parties are expected to finance the expenses of their own nominees, except in case of i) the Chair, in r. [...] Between consecutive ordinary meetings of the Conference of the Parties, a representative selection of the Scientific Council, called the Sessional Committee of the Scientific Council, should be identified, in accordance with Resolution 11.43 of the Conference of the Parties. [...] The Sessional Committee is primarily responsible for the implementation of the mandate assigned to the Scientific Council by the Conference of the Parties for the intersessional period. [...] The scientific contribution of non-governmental organizations to the fulfilment of the role of the Scientific Council is strongly encouraged in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Convention, decisions of the Conference of the Parties and Rules of Procedures of the Scientific Council.