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1. The Technical Committee shall comprise:
(a) nine experts representing different regions of the
Agreement Area, in accordance with a balanced geographical
distribution;
(b) one representative from the International Union for
Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN), one
from the International Waterfowl and Wetlands Research Bureau
(IWRB) and one from the International Council for Game and
Wildlife Conservation (CIC); and
(c) one expert from each of the following fields: rural
economics, game management, and environmental law.
The procedure for the appointment of the experts, the term
of their appointment and the procedure for designation of
the Chairman of the Technical Committee shall be determined
by the Meeting of the Parties. The Chairman may admit a
maximum of four observers from specialized international
inter-governmental and non-governmental organizations.
2. Unless the Meeting of the Parties decides otherwise, meetings
of the Technical Committee shall be convened by the Agreement
secretariat in conjunction with each ordinary session of the
Meeting of the Parties and at least once between ordinary
sessions of the Meeting of the Parties.
3. The Technical Committee shall:
(a) provide scientific and technical advice and information
to the Meeting of the Parties and, through the Agreement
secretariat, to Parties;
(b) make recommendations to the Meeting of the Parties concerning
the Action Plan, implementation of the Agreement and further
research to be carried out;
(c) prepare for each ordinary session of the Meeting of
the Parties a report on its activities, which shall be submitted
to the Agreement secretariat not less than one hundred and
twenty days before the session of the Meeting of the Parties,
and copies shall be circulated forthwith by the Agreement
secretariat to the Parties; and
(d) carry out any other tasks referred to it by the Meeting
of the Parties.
4. Where in the opinion of the Technical Committee there
has arisen an emergency which requires the adoption of immediate
measures to avoid deterioration of the conservation status
of one or more migratory waterbird species, the Technical
Committee may request the Agreement secretariat to convene
urgently a meeting of the Parties concerned. These Parties
shall meet as soon as possible thereafter to establish rapidly
a mechanism to give protection to the species identified
as being subject to particularly adverse threat. Where a
recommendation has been adopted at such a meeting, the Parties
concerned shall inform each other and the Agreement secretariat
of measures they have taken to implement it, or of the reasons
why the recommendation could not be implemented.
5. The Technical Committee may establish such working groups
as may be necessary to deal with specific tasks.
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