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Diplomatic Note 2024/10: The 64th meeting of the Standing Committee of the Convention on Wetlands, 21-24 January 2025

Date: 18.09.2024

CONVENTION ON WETLANDS
CONVENTION SUR LES ZONES HUMIDES
CONVENCIÓN SOBRE LOS HUMEDALES
(Ramsar, Iran, 1971)

 

Diplomatic Note 2024/10

The 64th meeting of the Standing Committee of the Convention on Wetlands

21-24 January 2025

 

The Secretariat of the Convention on Wetlands presents its compliments to the Permanent Mission, and has the honour to provide information regarding the upcoming 64th meeting of the Standing Committee of the Convention.
 
The plenary sessions of the meeting will take place from Tuesday 21 to Friday 24 January 2025, at the Secretariat headquarters in Gland, Switzerland. Simultaneous interpretation in English, French and Spanish, the three official languages of the Convention, will be provided.

The provisional agenda and working programme are available on the Convention website at https://www.ramsar.org/meeting/64th-meeting-standing-committee. Links to documents will be added to the agenda as they are published, in accordance with the Rules of Procedure.

Membership of the Standing Committee, its subgroups and working groups is accessible on the Convention website at: https://www.ramsar.org/current-standing-committee-2023-2025-members.

In accordance with Rule 6 of the Rules of Procedure for meetings of the Conference of the Parties, any State not a Contracting Party to the Convention may be represented by observers who, upon the invitation of the Chair, may participate without the right to vote in the proceedings unless at least one third of the Contracting Parties present at the meeting object.

The Secretariat requests that nominated observers representing States not party to the Convention and seeking observer status at the meeting complete the registration process by 30 December 2024. The online registration system is accessible at: https://contacts.ramsar.org/register-sc64.

The Secretariat of the Convention on Wetlands respectfully avails itself of this opportunity to renew to the Permanent Mission the assurance of its highest consideration.


Gland, 18 September 2024

 
Secretariat of the Convention on Wetlands
28 rue Mauverney, CH-1196 Gland, Switzerland
Tel: +41 22 999 0170

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