# Council Decision of 24 June 1982 on the conclusion of the Convention on the conservation of migratory species of wild animals (82/461/EEC), Article IX: The Secretariat


1. For the purposes of this Convention, a Secretariat shall be established.
2. Upon entry into force of this Convention, the Secretariat is provided by the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme. To the extent and in the manner he considers appropriate, he may be assisted by suitable inter-governmental or non-governmental, international or national agencies and bodies technically qualified in protection, conservation and management of wild animals.
3. If the United Nations Environment Programme is no longer able to provide the Secretariat, the Conference of the Parties shall make alternative arrangements for the Secretariat.
4. The functions of the Secretariat shall be:
(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 objects 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 subparagraphs (e), (f) and (g) of paragraph.5 of Article VII or of decisions made pursuant to subparagraph (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.

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