Article IX The Secretariat

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2.

3.

4.

a)

to arrange for and service meetings:

i)

of the Conference of the Parties, and

ii)

the Scientific Council;

b)

to maintain liaison with and promote liaison between the Parties, the standing bodies set up under agreements and other international organizations concerned with migratory species;

c)

to obtain from any appropriate source reports and other information which will further the objectives and implementation of this Convention and to arrange for the appropriate dissemination of such information;

d)

to invite the attention of the Conference of the Parties to any matter pertaining to the objectives of this Convention;

e)

to prepare for the Conference of the Parties reports on the work of the Secretariat and on the implementation of this Convention;

f)

to maintain and publish a list of Range States of all migratory species included in Appendices I and II;

g)

to promote, under the direction of the Conference of the Parties, the conclusion of agreements;

h)

to maintain and make available to the Parties a list of agreements and, if so required by the Conference of the Parties, to provide any information on such agreements;

i)

to maintain and publish a list of the recommendations made by the Conference of the Parties pursuant to sub-paragraphs (e), (f) and (g) of paragraph 5 of Article VII or of decisions made pursuant to sub-paragraph (h) of that paragraph;

j)

to provide for the general public information concerning this Convention and its objectives; and

k)

to perform any other function entrusted to it under this Convention or by the Conference of the Parties.