Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES); Twelfth Regular Meeting; Tentative U.S. Negotiating Positions for Agenda Items and Species Proposals Submitted by Foreign Governments and the CITES Secretariat; Extension of Comment Period

Résumé

This notice announces the provisional agenda for the twelfth regular meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP12) to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). The description of each agenda item is followed by a brief explanation of the tentative U.S. negotiating position for that item. Proposals submitted by the United States are only covered in this notice to a limited extent. This notice contains primarily summaries of the tentative U.S. negotiating positions on agenda items, resolutions, and species proposals submitted by other countries and the CITES Secretariat for COP12. We are also extending the comment period on these issues, which was announced in our Federal Register notice of August 20, 2002 (67 FR 53962).