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Paragraphs in "Convention On The Conservation Of Migratory Species Of Wild Animals" coded as SECF

Label Provision
Art.6 Article VI
Art.6.1 1. A list of the Range States of migratory species listed in Appendices I and II shall be kept up to date by the Secretariat using information it has received from the Parties.
Art.6.2 2. The Parties shall keep the Secretariat informed in regard to which of the migratory species listed in Appendices I and II they consider themselves to be Range States, including provision of information on their flag vessels engaged outside national jurisdictional limits in taking the migratory species concerned and, where possible, future plans in respect of such taking.
Art.6.3 3. The Parties which are Range States for migratory species listed in Appendix I or Appendix II should inform the Conference of the Parties through the Secretariat, at least six months prior to each ordinary meeting of the Conference, on measures that they are taking to implement the provisions of this Convention for these species.
Art.7 Article VII
Art.7.1 1. The Conference of the Parties shall be the decision-making organ of this Convention.
Art.7.2 2. The Secretariat shall call a meeting of the Conference of the Parties not later than two years after the entry into force of this Convention.
Art.7.3 3. Thereafter the Secretariat shall convene ordinary meetings of the Conference of the Parties at intervals of not more than three years, unless the Conference decides otherwise, and extraordinary meetings at any time on the written request of at least one-third of the Parties.
Art.7.4 4. The Conference of the Parties shall establish and keep under review the financial regulations of this Convention. The Conference of the Parties shall, at each of its ordinary meetings, adopt the budget for the next financial period. Each Party shall contribute to this budget according to a scale to be agreed upon by the Conference. Financial regulations, including the provisions on the budget and the scale of contributions as well as their modifications, shall be adopted by unanimous vote of the Parties present and voting.
Art.7.5 5. At each of its meetings the Conference of the Parties shall review the implementation of this Convention and may in particular:
Art.7.5.a a) review and assess the conservation status of migratory species;
Art.7.5.b b) review the progress made towards the conservation of migratory species, especially those listed in Appendices I and II;
Art.7.5.c c) make such provision and provide such guidance as may be necessary to enable the Scientific Council and the Secretariat to carry out their duties;
Art.7.5.d d) receive and consider any reports presented by the Scientific Council, the Secretariat, any Party or any standing body established pursuant to an Agreement;
Art.7.5.e e) make recommendations to the Parties for improving the conservation status of migratory species and review the progress being made under Agreements;
Art.7.5.f f) in those cases where an Agreement has not been concluded, make recommendations for the convening of meetings of the Parties that are Range States of a migratory species or group of migratory species to discuss measures to improve the conservation status of the species;
Art.7.5.g g) make recommendations to the Parties for improving the effectiveness of this Convention; and
Art.7.5.h h) decide on any additional measure that should be taken to implement the objectives of this Convention.
Art.7.6 6. Each meeting of the Conference of the Parties should determine the time and venue of the next meeting.
Art.7.7 7. Any meeting of the Conference of the Parties shall determine and adopt rules of procedure for that meeting. Decisions at a meeting of the Conference of the Parties shall require a two-thirds majority of the Parties present and voting, except where otherwise provided for by this Convention.
Art.7.8 8. The United Nations, its Specialized Agencies, the International Atomic Energy Agency, as well as any State not a party to this Convention and, for each Agreement, the body designated by the parties to that Agreement, may be represented by observers at meetings of the Conference of the Parties.
Art.7.9 9. Any agency or body technically qualified in protection, conservation and management of migratory species, in the following categories, which has informed the Secretariat of its desire to be represented at meetings of the Conference of the Parties by observers, shall be admitted unless at least one-third of the Parties present object:
Art.7.9.a a) international agencies or bodies, either governmental or non-governmental, and national governmental agencies and bodies; and
Art.7.9.b b) national non-governmental agencies or bodies which have been approved for this purpose by the State in which they are located.
Art.7.9.cx Once admitted, these observers shall have the right to participate but not to vote.
Art.9 Article IX
Art.9.1 1. For the purposes of this Convention a Secretariat shall be established.
Art.9.2 2. Upon entry into force of this Convention, the Secretariat is provided by the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme. To the extent and in the manner he considers appropriate, he may be assisted by suitable intergovernmental or non-governmental, international or national agencies and bodies technically qualified in protection, conservation and management of wild animals.
Art.9.3 3. If the United Nations Environment Programme is no longer able to provide the Secretariat, the Conference of the Parties shall make alternative arrangements for the Secretariat.
Art.9.4 4. The functions of the Secretariat shall be:
Art.9.4.a a) to arrange for and service meetings:
Art.9.4.a.i (i) of the Conference of the Parties, and
Art.9.4.a.ii (ii) of the Scientific Council;
Art.9.4.b b) to maintain liaison with and promote liaison between the Parties, the standing bodies set up under Agreements and other international organizations concerned with migratory species;
Art.9.4.c c) to obtain from any appropriate source reports and other information which will further the objectives and implementation of this Convention and to arrange for the appropriate dissemination of such information;
Art.9.4.d d) to invite the attention of the Conference of the Parties to any matter pertaining to the objectives of this Convention;
Art.9.4.e e) to prepare for the Conference of the Parties reports on the work of the Secretariat and on the implementation of this Convention;
Art.9.4.f f) to maintain and publish a list of Range States of all migratory species included in Appendices I and II;
Art.9.4.g g) to promote, under the direction of the Conference of the Parties, the conclusion of Agreements,
Art.9.4.h h) to maintain and make available to the Parties a list of Agreements and, if so required by the Conference of the Parties, to provide any information on such Agreements;
Art.9.4.i i) to maintain and publish a list of the recommendations made by the Conference of the Parties pursuant to sub-paragraphs (e), (f) and (g) of paragraph 5 of Article VII or of decisions made pursuant to sub-paragraph (h) of that paragraph;
Art.9.4.j j) to provide for the general public information concerning this Convention and its objectives; and
Art.9.4.k k) to perform any other function entrusted to it under this Convention or by the Conference of the Parties.
Art.10 Article X
Art.10.1 1. This Convention may be amended at any ordinary or extraordinary meeting of the Conference of the Parties.
Art.10.2 2. Proposals for amendment may be made by any Party.
Art.10.3 3. The text of any proposed amendment and the reasons for it shall be communicated to the Secretary at least one hundred and fifty days before the meeting at which it is to be considered and shall promptly be communicated by the Secretary to all Parties. Any comments on the text by the Parties shall be communicated to the Secretariat not less than sixty days before the meeting begins. The Secretariat shall, immediately after the last day for submission of comments, communicate to the Parties all comments submitted by that day.
Art.10.4 4. Amendments shall be adopted by a two-thirds majority of Parties present and voting.
Art.10.5 5. An amendment adopted shall enter into force for all Parties which have accepted it on the first day of the third month following the date on which two-thirds of the Parties have deposited an instrument of acceptance with the Depositary. For each Party which deposits an instrument of acceptance after the date on which two-thirds of the Parties have deposited an instrument of acceptance, the amendment shall enter into force for that Party on the first day of the third month following the deposit of its instrument of acceptance.