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Paragraphs in "Agreement On The Conservation Of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds" coded as FINAD

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Art.5 ARTICLE V
Art.5.1 1. Each Party shall:
Art.5.1.a (a) designate the Authority or Authorities to implement this Agreement which shall, inter alia, monitor all activities that may have impact on the conservation status of those migratory waterbird species of which the Party is a Range State;
Art.5.1.b (b) designate a contact point for the other Parties, and communicate without delay its name and address to the Agreement secretariat to be circulated forthwith to the other Parties; and
Art.5.1.c (c) prepare for each ordinary session of the Meeting of the Parties, beginning with the second session, a report on its implementation of the Agreement with particular reference to the conservation measures it has undertaken. The format of such reports shall be determined by the first session of the Meeting of the Parties and reviewed as may be necessary at any subsequent session of the Meeting of the Parties. Each report shall be submitted to the Agreement secretariat not less than one hundred and twenty days before the ordinary session of the Meeting of the Parties for which it has been prepared, and copies shall be circulated forthwith to the other Parties by the Agreement secretariat.
Art.5.2.a 2. (a) Each Party shall contribute to the budget of the Agreement in accordance with the United Nations scale of assessment. The contributions shall be restricted to a maximum of 25 per cent of the total budget for any Party that is a Range State. No regional economic integration organization shall be required to contribute more than 2.5 per cent of the administrative costs.
Art.5.2.b (b) Decisions relating to the budget and any changes to the scale of assessment that may be found necessary shall be adopted by the Meeting of the Parties by consensus.
Art.5.3 3. The Meeting of the Parties may establish a conservation fund from voluntary contributions of Parties or from any other source for the purpose of financing monitoring, research, training and projects relating to the conservation, including protection and management, of migratory waterbirds.
Art.5.4 4. Parties are encouraged to provide training and technical and financial support to other Parties on a multilateral or bilateral basis to assist them in implementing the provisions of this Agreement.
Art.6 ARTICLE VI
Art.6.1 1. The Meeting of the Parties shall be the decision-making body of this Agreement.
Art.6.2 2. The Depositary shall, in consultation with the Convention Secretariat, convene a session of the Meeting of the Parties not later than one year after the date of the entry into force of this Agreement. Thereafter, the Agreement secretariat shall convene, in consultation with the Convention Secretariat, ordinary sessions of the Meeting of the Parties at intervals of not more than three years, unless the Meeting of the Parties decides otherwise. Where it is possible to do so, such sessions should be held in conjunction with the ordinary meetings of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention.
Art.6.3 3. On the written request of at least one third of the Parties, the Agreement secretariat shall convene an extraordinary session of the Meeting of the Parties.
Art.6.4 4. The United Nations, its Specialized Agencies, the International Atomic Energy Agency, any State not a Party to the Agreement, and the secretariats of international conventions concerned inter alia with the conservation, including protection and management, of migratory waterbirds may be represented by observers in sessions of the Meeting of the Parties. Any agency or body technically qualified in such conservation matters or in research on migratory waterbirds may also be represented at sessions of the Meeting of the Parties by observers, unless at least one third of the Parties present object.
Art.6.5 5. Only Parties have the right to vote. Each Party shall have one vote, but regional economic integration organizations which are Parties to this Agreement shall, in matters within their competence, exercise their right to vote with a number of votes equal to the number of their Member States which are Parties to the Agreement. A regional economic integration organization shall not exercise its right to vote if its Member States exercise theirs, and vice versa.
Art.6.6 6. Unless provided otherwise in this Agreement, decisions of the Meeting of the Parties shall be adopted by consensus or, if consensus cannot be achieved, by a two-thirds majority of the Parties present and voting.
Art.6.7 7. At its first session, the Meeting of the Parties shall:
Art.6.7.a (a) adopt its rules of procedure by consensus;
Art.6.7.b (b) establish an Agreement secretariat within the Convention Secretariat to perform the secretariat functions listed in Article VIII of this Agreement;
Art.6.7.c (c) establish the Technical Committee provided for in Article VII of this Agreement;
Art.6.7.d (d) adopt a format for the reports to be prepared according to Article V, paragraph 1, subparagraph (c), of this Agreement; and
Art.6.7.e (e) adopt criteria to define emergency situations which require urgent conservation measures, and determine the modalities for assigning responsibility for action to be taken.
Art.6.8 8. At each of its ordinary sessions, the Meeting of the Parties shall:
Art.6.8.a (a) consider actual and potential changes in the conservation status of migratory waterbirds and the habitats important for their survival, as well as the factors which may affect them;
Art.6.8.b (b) review the progress made and any difficulty encountered in the implementation of this Agreement;
Art.6.8.c (c) adopt a budget and consider any matters relating to the financial arrangements for this Agreement;
Art.6.8.d (d) deal with any matter relating to the Agreement secretariat and the membership of the Technical Committee;
Art.6.8.e (e) adopt a report for communication to the Parties to this Agreement and to the Conference of the Parties of the Convention; and
Art.6.8.f (f) determine the time and venue of the next session.
Art.6.9 9. At any of its sessions, the Meeting of the Parties may:
Art.6.9.a (a) make recommendations to the Parties as it deems necessary or appropriate;
Art.6.9.b (b) adopt specific actions to improve the effectiveness of this Agreement and, as the case may be, emergency measures as provided for in Article VII, paragraph 4, of this Agreement;
Art.6.9.c (c) consider and decide upon proposals to amend this Agreement;
Art.6.9.d (d) amend the Action Plan in accordance with Article IV, paragraph 3, of this Agreement;
Art.6.9.e (e) establish such subsidiary bodies as it deems necessary to assist in the implementation of this Agreement, in particular for coordination with bodies established under other international treaties, conventions and agreements with overlapping geographic and taxonomic coverage; and
Art.6.9.f (f) decide on any other matter relating to the implementation of this Agreement.
Art.8 ARTICLE VIII
Art.8.1x The functions of the Agreement secretariat shall be:
Art.8.1x.a (a) to arrange and service the sessions of the Meeting of the Parties as well as the meetings of the Technical Committee;
Art.8.1x.b (b) to execute the decisions addressed to it by the Meeting of the Parties;
Art.8.1x.c (c) to promote and coordinate activities under the Agreement, including the Action Plan, in accordance with decisions of the Meeting of the Parties;
Art.8.1x.d (d) to liaise with non-Party Range States and to facilitate coordination between the Parties and with international and national organizations, the activities of which are directly or indirectly relevant to the conservation, including protection and management, of migratory waterbirds;
Art.8.1x.e (e) to gather and evaluate information which will further the objectives and implementation of the Agreement and to arrange for appropriate dissemination of such information;
Art.8.1x.f (f) to invite the attention of the Meeting of the Parties to matters pertaining to the objectives of this Agreement;
Art.8.1x.g (g) to circulate copies of the reports of the Authorities referred to in Article V, paragraph 1, subparagraph (a), of this Agreement and of the Technical Committee, along with copies of the reports it must provide pursuant to paragraph (h) of this Article, to each Party not less than sixty days before the commencement of each ordinary session of the Meeting of the Parties;
Art.8.1x.h (h) to prepare, on an annual basis and for each ordinary session of the Meeting of the Parties, reports on the work of the secretariat and on the implementation of the Agreement;
Art.8.1x.i (i) to administer the budget for the Agreement and, if established, its conservation fund;
Art.8.1x.j (j) to provide information for the general public concerning the Agreement and its objectives; and
Art.8.1x.k (k) to perform such other functions as may be entrusted to it under the Agreement or by the Meeting of the Parties.