Meetings
Meetings of Signatories are organized regularly to review the conservation status of the marine turtles and the implementation of the MoU and Conservation Plan. National reports by individual Signatories and a report prepared by the Secretariat are also submitted.
The First Meeting of Signatories took place in the UNEP Headquarters, Nairobi, Kenya, May 2002. A Conservation Plan, which had been drafted at the previous meeting, was revised and adopted.
The Second Meeting of Signatories was held in Dakar, Senegal, 5-7 March 2008. During the meeting the Signatories reviewed the implementation of the MoU, updated the Conservation Plan and established a Consultative Committee on Science and Technology. Furthermore, the second meeting amended the MoU in order to:
- Establish an Advisory Committee
- Encourage the CMS Secretariat to take necessary measures for effective regional coordination of the MoU
- Recall the decisions and accord reached during the first Meeting of Signatories and make explicitly clear in the text of the MoU that this instrument is open to all States with impacts on marine turtles and relevant interests in the region
Read more about this topic: Memorandum Of Understanding Concerning Conservation Measures For Marine Turtles Of The Atlantic Coas
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