The Standing Committee shall keep under regular review the Memorandum
of Understanding concluded between the Secretariats of CITES and CMS on
18 September 2002, in particular with a view to:
a) seeking reports from the CITES Secretariat on steps taken to
implement a more detailed work programme to be developed jointly with
CMS in early 2003; and
b) ensuring that CITES initiatives in respect of the
following species or taxonomic groups complement, reinforce and, as far as
possible, benefit from the regional collaboration already being undertaken
or envisaged in the framework of CMS:
i) saiga antelope (Saiga tatarica), snow leopard
(Uncia uncia) and west and central African populations of African
elephants (Loxodonta africana);
ii) marine turtles of the Atlantic coast of Africa,
the Indian Ocean / Southeast Asia, and the Pacific Ocean;
iii) the whale shark (Rhincodon typus) of South and
Southeast Asia; as well as the great white shark (Carcharodon
carcharias); and
iv) sturgeons (Acipenseriformes).
