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ARTICLE-I: Definitions     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (f) "Scientific Authority" means a national scientific authority designated in accordance with Article IX; ...
... (g) "Management Authority" means a national management authority designated in accordance with Article IX; ...


ARTICLE-IV: Regulation of Trade in Specimens of Species Included in Appendix II     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 7. Certificates referred to in paragraph 6 of this Article may be granted on the advice of a Scientific Authority, in consultation with other national scientific authorities or, when appropriate, international scientific authorities, in respect of periods not exceeding one year for total numbers of specimens to be introduced in such periods. ...


ARTICLE-XI: Conference of the Parties     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (a) international agencies or bodies, either governmental or non-governmental, and national governmental agencies and bodies; and ...
... (b) national non-governmental agencies or bodies which have been approved for this purpose by the State in which they are located. Once admitted, these observers shall have the right to participate but not to vote. ...


ARTICLE-XII: The Secretariat     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. Upon entry into force of the present Convention, a Secretariat shall be 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 fauna and flora. ...