The Secretariat shall: a) upon request and pending the availability of external funding, assist the range States of Asian elephants in their implementation of Decision 17.217; and b) incorporate information provided by range States in accordance with Decision 17.217, paragraph e), together with other findings and recommendations concerning trade in live Asian elephants as appropriate, into its regular reporting to the Standing Committee on the implementation of Resolution Conf. 10.10 (Rev. CoP17) on Trade in elephant specimens.