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class="container"> <div class="row">  <div class="region col-md-12 center-column"> <div class="container"><ol class="breadcrumb"><li class="first"><a href="/web/20140822185934/http://www.cms.int/en">Home</a></li> <li><span title="" class="nolink">Contact</span></li> <li class="active last">Standing Committee</li> </ol></div> <a id="main-content"></a> <h1 class="page-header">Standing Committee</h1> <div class="region region-before-content"> <section id="block-block-1" class="block block-block clearfix"> <p>The Standing Committee was established by Resolution 1.1 of the Conference of the Parties (COP). It is responsible for carrying out interim activities on behalf of the COP to</p> <ul><li>ensure that decisions are implemented,</li> <li>monitor the budget,</li> <li>make recommendations for consideration by the next COP,</li> <li>provide advice and guidance to the Secretariat,</li> <li>represent the COP in negotiations with the Host Government and UNEP with regard to the Secretariat,</li> <li>act as a bureau at the COP,</li> <li>and to undertake any other ad hoc task assigned to it by the COP.</li> </ul><p>The Standing Committee usually meets immediately before and after the COP. Intersessionally it usually meets once a year. The Committee consists of representatives of every global region, of the Depositary, of the country that hosted the previous COP and where applicable, of the country which plans to host the next meeting of the COP. The two regions with the largest membership (Europe and Africa) have three representatives each, Central & South America & the Caribbean and Asia both have two and Oceania one. There are no Parties from North America.</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140822185934/http://cms.eaudeweb.ro/sites/default/files/document/tor_reg_mbrs.pdf" target="_blank">Terms of Reference for the Regional Representatives</a>, adopted by the 37th Meeting of the Standing Committee</p> <p>The current membership of the Standing Committee is as follows:</p> <h3>Members of the CMS Standing Committee 2011-2014</h3> <table border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" style="width: 900px;"><tbody><tr><td><strong>REGION</strong></td> <td><strong>MEMBERS</strong></td> <td><strong>ALTERNATE MEMBERS</strong></td> </tr><tr><td><strong>Africa</strong></td> <td>Ghana (Chair)</td> <td>Congo (Brazzaville)</td> </tr><tr><td> </td> <td>Tunisia</td> <td>Mali</td> </tr><tr><td> </td> <td>Uganda</td> <td>South Africa</td> </tr><tr><td><strong>Asia</strong></td> <td>India</td> <td>Mongolia</td> </tr><tr><td> </td> <td>Pakistan</td> <td>Syrian Arab Republic</td> </tr><tr><td> <p><strong>South & Central America & Caribbean</strong></p> </td> <td>Chile</td> <td>Argentina</td> </tr><tr><td> </td> <td>Cuba</td> <td>Costa Rica</td> </tr><tr><td><strong>Europe</strong></td> <td>Norway (Vice-Chair)</td> <td>France</td> </tr><tr><td> </td> <td>Poland</td> <td>Georgia</td> </tr><tr><td> </td> <td>Ukraine</td> <td>Switzerland</td> </tr><tr><td><strong>North America (no Parties)</strong></td> <td>vacant</td> <td>vacant</td> </tr><tr><td><strong>Oceania</strong></td> <td>New Zealand</td> <td>Australia</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="3"> </td> </tr><tr><td><strong>Depositary</strong></td> <td colspan="2" rowspan="1">Germany</td> </tr><tr><td><strong>Host of COP10</strong></td> <td colspan="2" rowspan="1">Norway (also representative for Europe)</td> </tr><tr><td><strong>Host of COP11</strong></td> <td colspan="2" rowspan="1">Ecuador</td> </tr></tbody></table><p><a href="/web/20140822185934/http://www.cms.int/sites/default/files/document/stc_members_tbl.pdf" target="_blank">CMS Standing Committee Members since 1985</a> (Table in PDF Format)</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Reports and documents of all meetings are available below.</strong></p> <p> </p> </section>  </div> <div class="region region-content"> <section id="block-system-main" class="block block-system clearfix"> <div class="view view-front-end-meetings view-id-front_end_meetings view-display-id-standing_committee table table-striped view-dom-id-ac6f4391cb321a95f4bbe8d24aec2569"> <div class="view-content"> <table id="datatable-1" class="views-table cols-5 table table-striped table-hover table-bordered"> <thead> <tr> <th class="views-field views-field-title-field"> Title </th> <th class="views-field views-field-event-calendar-date"> Start date </th> <th class="views-field views-field-field-meeting-status"> Status </th> <th class="views-field views-field-field-country"> Country </th> <th class="views-field views-field-field-instrument"> CMS Instrument </th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr class="odd views-row-first"> <td class="views-field views-field-title-field"> <a href="/web/20140822185934/http://www.cms.int/en/meeting/43rd-standing-committee-meeting">43rd Standing Committee Meeting</a> </td> <td class="views-field views-field-event-calendar-date"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2014-11-09T00:00:00+00:00">Sunday, November 09, 2014</span> </td> <td class="views-field views-field-field-meeting-status"> Confirmed </td> <td class="views-field views-field-field-country"> Ecuador </td> <td class="views-field views-field-field-instrument"> CMS </td> </tr> <tr class="even"> <td class="views-field views-field-title-field"> <a href="/web/20140822185934/http://www.cms.int/en/meeting/42nd-standing-committee-meeting">42nd Standing Committee Meeting</a> </td> <td class="views-field views-field-event-calendar-date"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2014-11-02T00:00:00+00:00">Sunday, November 02, 2014</span> </td> <td class="views-field views-field-field-meeting-status"> Confirmed </td> <td class="views-field views-field-field-country"> Ecuador </td> <td class="views-field views-field-field-instrument"> CMS </td> </tr> <tr class="odd"> <td class="views-field views-field-title-field"> <a href="/web/20140822185934/http://www.cms.int/en/meeting/41st-standing-committee-meeting">41st Standing Committee Meeting</a> </td> <td class="views-field views-field-event-calendar-date"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2013-11-27T00:00:00+00:00">Wednesday, November 27, 2013</span> </td> <td class="views-field views-field-field-meeting-status"> Concluded </td> <td class="views-field views-field-field-country"> Germany </td> <td class="views-field views-field-field-instrument"> CMS </td> </tr> <tr class="even"> <td class="views-field views-field-title-field"> <a href="/web/20140822185934/http://www.cms.int/en/meeting/40th-standing-committee-meeting">40th Standing Committee Meeting</a> </td> <td class="views-field views-field-event-calendar-date"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2012-11-08T00:00:00+00:00">Thursday, November 08, 2012</span> </td> <td class="views-field views-field-field-meeting-status"> Concluded </td> <td class="views-field views-field-field-country"> Germany </td> <td class="views-field views-field-field-instrument"> CMS </td> </tr> <tr class="odd"> <td class="views-field views-field-title-field"> <a href="/web/20140822185934/http://www.cms.int/en/meeting/39th-standing-committee-meeting">39th Standing Committee Meeting</a> </td> <td class="views-field views-field-event-calendar-date"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2011-11-21T00:00:00+00:00">Monday, November 21, 2011</span> </td> <td class="views-field views-field-field-meeting-status"> Concluded </td> <td class="views-field views-field-field-country"> Norway </td> <td class="views-field views-field-field-instrument"> CMS </td> </tr> <tr class="even"> <td class="views-field views-field-title-field"> <a href="/web/20140822185934/http://www.cms.int/en/meeting/38th-standing-committee-meeting">38th Standing Committee Meeting</a> </td> <td class="views-field views-field-event-calendar-date"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2011-11-19T00:00:00+00:00">Saturday, November 19, 2011</span> </td> <td class="views-field views-field-field-meeting-status"> Concluded </td> <td class="views-field views-field-field-country"> Norway </td> <td class="views-field views-field-field-instrument"> CMS </td> </tr> <tr class="odd"> <td class="views-field views-field-title-field"> <a href="/web/20140822185934/http://www.cms.int/en/meeting/37th-standing-committee-meeting">37th Standing Committee Meeting</a> </td> <td class="views-field views-field-event-calendar-date"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2010-11-23T00:00:00+00:00">Tuesday, November 23, 2010</span> </td> <td class="views-field views-field-field-meeting-status"> Concluded </td> <td class="views-field views-field-field-country"> Germany </td> <td class="views-field views-field-field-instrument"> CMS </td> </tr> <tr class="even"> <td class="views-field views-field-title-field"> <a href="/web/20140822185934/http://www.cms.int/en/meeting/36th-standing-committee-meeting">36th Standing Committee Meeting</a> </td> <td class="views-field views-field-event-calendar-date"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2009-12-02T00:00:00+00:00">Wednesday, December 02, 2009</span> </td> <td class="views-field views-field-field-meeting-status"> Concluded </td> <td class="views-field views-field-field-country"> Germany </td> <td class="views-field views-field-field-instrument"> CMS </td> </tr> <tr class="odd"> <td class="views-field views-field-title-field"> <a href="/web/20140822185934/http://www.cms.int/en/meeting/extraordinary-meeting-standing-committee">Extraordinary Meeting of the Standing Committee</a> </td> <td class="views-field views-field-event-calendar-date"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2009-06-08T00:00:00+00:00">Monday, June 08, 2009</span> </td> <td class="views-field views-field-field-meeting-status"> Concluded </td> <td class="views-field views-field-field-country"> Switzerland </td> <td class="views-field views-field-field-instrument"> CMS </td> </tr> <tr class="even"> <td class="views-field views-field-title-field"> <a href="/web/20140822185934/http://www.cms.int/en/meeting/35th-standing-committee-meeting">35th Standing Committee Meeting</a> </td> <td class="views-field views-field-event-calendar-date"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2009-06-08T00:00:00+00:00">Monday, June 08, 2009</span> </td> <td class="views-field views-field-field-meeting-status"> Concluded </td> <td class="views-field views-field-field-country"> Italy </td> <td class="views-field views-field-field-instrument"> CMS </td> </tr> <tr class="odd"> <td class="views-field views-field-title-field"> <a href="/web/20140822185934/http://www.cms.int/en/meeting/34th-standing-committee-meeting">34th Standing Committee Meeting</a> </td> <td class="views-field views-field-event-calendar-date"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2008-12-05T00:00:00+00:00">Friday, December 05, 2008</span> </td> <td class="views-field views-field-field-meeting-status"> Concluded </td> <td class="views-field views-field-field-country"> Italy </td> <td class="views-field views-field-field-instrument"> CMS </td> </tr> <tr class="even"> <td class="views-field views-field-title-field"> <a href="/web/20140822185934/http://www.cms.int/en/meeting/33rd-standing-committee-meeting">33rd Standing Committee Meeting</a> </td> <td class="views-field views-field-event-calendar-date"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2008-11-30T00:00:00+00:00">Sunday, November 30, 2008</span> </td> <td class="views-field views-field-field-meeting-status"> Concluded </td> <td class="views-field views-field-field-country"> Germany </td> <td class="views-field views-field-field-instrument"> CMS </td> </tr> <tr class="odd"> <td class="views-field views-field-title-field"> <a href="/web/20140822185934/http://www.cms.int/en/meeting/32nd-standing-committee-meeting">32nd Standing Committee Meeting</a> </td> <td class="views-field views-field-event-calendar-date"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2007-11-08T00:00:00+00:00">Thursday, November 08, 2007</span> </td> <td class="views-field views-field-field-meeting-status"> Concluded </td> <td class="views-field views-field-field-country"> Germany </td> <td class="views-field views-field-field-instrument"> CMS </td> </tr> <tr class="even"> <td class="views-field views-field-title-field"> <a href="/web/20140822185934/http://www.cms.int/en/meeting/31st-standing-committee-meeting">31st Standing Committee Meeting</a> </td> <td class="views-field views-field-event-calendar-date"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2006-09-28T00:00:00+00:00">Thursday, September 28, 2006</span> </td> <td class="views-field views-field-field-meeting-status"> Concluded </td> <td class="views-field views-field-field-country"> Germany </td> <td class="views-field views-field-field-instrument"> CMS </td> </tr> <tr class="odd"> <td class="views-field views-field-title-field"> <a href="/web/20140822185934/http://www.cms.int/en/meeting/30th-standing-committee-meeting">30th Standing Committee Meeting</a> </td> <td class="views-field views-field-event-calendar-date"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2005-11-25T00:00:00+00:00">Friday, November 25, 2005</span> </td> <td class="views-field views-field-field-meeting-status"> Concluded </td> <td class="views-field views-field-field-country"> Kenya </td> <td class="views-field views-field-field-instrument"> CMS </td> </tr> <tr class="even"> <td class="views-field views-field-title-field"> <a href="/web/20140822185934/http://www.cms.int/en/meeting/29th-standing-committee-meeting">29th Standing Committee Meeting</a> </td> <td class="views-field views-field-event-calendar-date"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2005-11-20T00:00:00+00:00">Sunday, November 20, 2005</span> </td> <td class="views-field views-field-field-meeting-status"> Concluded </td> <td class="views-field views-field-field-country"> Kenya </td> <td class="views-field views-field-field-instrument"> CMS </td> </tr> <tr class="odd"> <td class="views-field views-field-title-field"> <a href="/web/20140822185934/http://www.cms.int/en/meeting/28th-standing-committee-meeting">28th Standing Committee Meeting</a> </td> <td class="views-field views-field-event-calendar-date"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2005-04-21T00:00:00+00:00">Thursday, April 21, 2005</span> </td> <td class="views-field views-field-field-meeting-status"> Concluded </td> <td class="views-field views-field-field-country"> Germany </td> <td class="views-field views-field-field-instrument"> CMS </td> </tr> <tr class="even"> <td class="views-field views-field-title-field"> <a href="/web/20140822185934/http://www.cms.int/en/meeting/27th-standing-committee-meeting">27th Standing Committee Meeting</a> </td> <td class="views-field views-field-event-calendar-date"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2004-06-22T00:00:00+00:00">Tuesday, June 22, 2004</span> </td> <td class="views-field views-field-field-meeting-status"> Concluded </td> <td class="views-field views-field-field-country"> Germany </td> <td class="views-field views-field-field-instrument"> CMS </td> </tr> <tr class="odd"> <td class="views-field views-field-title-field"> <a href="/web/20140822185934/http://www.cms.int/en/meeting/26th-standing-committee-meeting">26th Standing Committee Meeting</a> </td> <td class="views-field views-field-event-calendar-date"> <span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2003-07-17T00:00:00+00:00">Thursday, July 17, 2003</span> </td> <td class="views-field views-field-field-meeting-status"> Concluded </td> <td class="views-field views-field-field-country"> Germany </td> <td class="views-field views-field-field-instrument"> CMS </td> </tr> <tr class="even"> <td class="views-field views-field-title-field"> <a 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