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Objectives: To maintain African-Eurasian migratory waterbird species in a favourable conservation status or to restore them to such a status. Summary of provisions: (a) Parties to take measures to conserve migratory waterbirds, giving special attention to endangered species as well as those with an unfavourable conservation status (art. 3); (b) Specified, in an Action Plan which is annexed, actions which Parties shall undertake in relation to priority species and issues. These deal with species conversation, habitat conservation, management of human activities, research and monitoring, education and information and implementation (art. 4.); (c) Parties to designate an implementation authority and a contact point and prepare for each Meeting of the Parties a report on its implementation of the Agreement (art. 5); (d) Provide that the Meeting of the Parties shall be the decision-making body of the Agreement (art. 6); (e) Establishes a Technical Committee to facilitate the scientific and technical activities under the Agreement (art. 7.); (f) Sets out, in an annex, the list of waterbird species to which this agreement applies. (Source: UNEP Register of International Treaties and Other Agreements in the Field of the Environment, 2005)
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