Protocol to amend articles 6 and 7 of the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat.
Text
Articles 6 and 7 of the Convention on wetlands of international importance especially as waterfowl habitat as amended by the Conference of the Contracting Parties on 28 May 1987
(Amendments are reproduced below in bold)
Article 6
1. There shall be established a Conference of the Contracting Parties to review and promote the implementation of this Convention. The Bureau referred to in Article 8, paragraph 1, shall convene ordinary meetings of the Conference of the Contracting Parties at intervals of not more than three years, unless the Conference decides otherwise, and extraordinary meetings at the written request of at least one third of the Contracting Parties. Each ordinary meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties shall determine the time and venue of the next ordinary meeting.
2. The Conference of the Contracting Parties shall be competent:
a. to discuss the implementation of this Convention; (b) to discuss additions to and changes in the List;
c. to consider information regarding changes in the ecological character paragraph 2 of Article 3;
d. to make general or specific recommendations to the Contracting Parties regarding the conservation, management and wise up of wetlands and their flora and fauna;
f. to adopt other recommendations, or resolutions, to promote the functioning of this Convention.
3. The Contracting Parties shall ensure that those responsible at all levels for wetlands management shall be informed of, and take into consideration,recommendations of such Conferences concerning the conservation, management and wise use of wetlands and their flora and fauna.
4. The Conference of the Contracting, Parties shall adopt rules of procedure for each of its meetings.
5. The Conference of the Contracting Parties shall establish and keep under review the financial regulations of this Convention. At each of its ordinary meetings, it shall adopt the budget for the next financial period by a two-third majority of Contracting Parties present and voting.
6. Each Contracting Party shall contribute to the budget according to a scale of contributions adopted by unanimity of the Contracting Parties present and voting at a meeting of the ordinary Conference of the Contracting Parties.
Article 7
1. The representatives of the Contracting Parties at such Conferences should include persons who are experts on wetlands or waterfowl by reason of knowledge and experience gained in scientific, administrative or other appropriate capacities.
2. Each of the Contracting parties represented at a Conference shall have one vote, recommendations, resolutions and decisions being adopted by a simple majority of the Contracting Parties present and voting, unless otherwise provided for in this Convention.
Opened for signature
| Country | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 3 December 1982 | ||
| 27 May 1983 | ||
| 3 December 1982 | ||
| 3 December 1982 | ||
| 31 August 1989 | ||
| 22 April 1983 | ||
| 15 September 1992 | ||
| 21 February 1984 | ||
| 23 December 1986 | ||
| 3 December 1982 | ||
| 13 September 1985 |
Territorial Application
| Notification by | Date of receipt of notification | Extension to |
|---|---|---|
| 19 April 1984 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Bailiwick of Jersey, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands and Dependencies (see Note 1), Gibraltar, Hong Kong, Montserrat, Pitcairn Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands, St Helena and Dependencies, Turks and Caicos Islands (See Letter LA/Depositary/1984/14 of 8 June 1984) |
Notes
1. With regard to this declaration by the United Kingdom, the Government of Argentina, by a communication dated 26 July 1976:
The Government of Argentina contested the mention, in the instrument deposited by the United Kingdom, of the Malouines Islands, the South Georgia Islands and the South Sandwich Islands under the erroneous denomination of "Falkland Islands and dependencies" and their being presented as part of the overseas territories which the United Kingdom administrates, and it declared that this mention in no way affected the Argentine Government's rights over these islands, which are an integral part of its territory and which are under forceful occupation by a foreign power, a situation concerning which the General Assembly of the United Nations, by Resolutions 2065(XX) and 3160(XXVIII) noted a conflict of sovereignty over the archipelago and asked that negotiations be opened immediately between the Argentine Republic and the occupying State in order to find a definitive solution to that conflict.
(See letter LA/Depositary/1976/25 of 18 November 1976)