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REQUIRED TO PRODUCE A REPORT WITHIN 45 DAYS OF COMMENCEMENT OF WORK AND WOULD START WORK NOT MORE THAN 2 MONTHS AFTER A REQUEST FROM A PARTY FOR A REVIEW OF ITS ELEPHANT POPULATION. IT WOULD BE FINANCED EITHER FROM THE REGULAR BUDGET OF CITES OR FROM THE FUNDS ASSIGNED BY PARTIES FOR THIS PURPOSE.
4. THE CRITERIA TO BE USED IN EVALUATING THE STATUS AND MANAGEMENT
OF AN ELEPHANT POPULATION WOULD BE:
A) THE VIABILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY OF THE POPULATION, AND POTENTIAL RISKS
B) THE AFFECTED RANGE STATE'S DEMONSTRATED ABILITY TO MONITOR THE SUBJECT POPULATION AND
C) THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CURRENT ANTI-POACHING MEASURES
5. IN EVALUATING THE AFFECTED RANGE STATE'S ABILITY TO CONTROL TRADE IN IVORY FROM AFRICAN ELEPHANTS THE PANEL OF EXPERTS WOULD TAKE INTO
ACCOUNT
A) WHETHER TOTAL LEVELS OF OFF-TAKE FROM BOTH LEGAL AND ILLEGAL KILLING WERE SUSTAINABLE
B) WHETHER CONTROL OF IVORY STOCKS WAS ADEQUATE TO PREVENT THE MIXING OF LEGAL AND ILLEGAL IVORY AND
C) WHETHER LAW ENFORCEMENT WAS EFFECTIVE
6. A NUMBER OF NGOS WERE CONCERNED THAT NO REFERENCE HAD BEEN MADE IN THESE CRITERIA TO THE STATE'S ABILITY TO CONTROL TRADE IN IVORY IN ITS OWN TERRITORY WHICH HAD BEEN POACHED IN A NEIGHBOURING STATE. A FORM OF WORDS WAS AGREED BY THE US, FRANCE AND NGOS AND ACCEPTED AS A FOURTH CRITERION TO THIS LAST SECTION.
7. BOTSWANA AND MALAWI BOTH COMMENDED THE WG FOR ITS EFFORTS AND PRONOUNCED THE DRAFT RESOLUTION WORTHY OF FURTHER STUDY, WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THEIR EARLIER STATED INTENTION TO ENTER RESERVATIONS. COMMITTEE II WAS GENERALLY ENCOURAGED BY THESE REACTIONS.
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