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The Conference of the Parties
1.Takes note of the report of the Environmental Network for Optimizing Regulatory Compliance on Illegal Traffic (ENFORCE) on its work1 and acknowledges the progress made by the network since the eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties;1See UNEP/CHW.12/INF/28.
2.Expresses its appreciation to parties and others that have made financial and in-kind contributions to ENFORCE;
3.Encourages members of ENFORCE to continue collaborating by exchanging experiences, providing relevant information and undertaking capacity-building activities to prevent and combat illegal traffic;
4.Elects the following representatives of five parties to the Basel Convention to serve as members of ENFORCE:
From African States:Mr. Dany Mpolesha Kankonda (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
From Asia-Pacific States:Mr. Abbas Torabi (Islamic Republic of Iran)
From Central and Eastern European States:Ms. Gordana Vesligaj (Croatia)
From Latin American and Caribbean States:Mr. Luis Espinosa Salas (Ecuador)
From Western European and other States:Mr. Helge Ziolkowski (Sweden)
5.Designates the following four representatives of the Basel Convention regional and coordinating centres to serve as members of ENFORCE:
From the African region:Basel Convention Regional Centre for French-speaking countries in Africa located in Senegal
From the Asia-Pacific region:Pacific Regional Centre for Training and Technology Transfer for the Joint Implementation of the Basel and Waigani Conventions in the South Pacific region (SPREP) located in Samoa
From the Central and Eastern European region:Basel Convention Regional Centre for Central Europe located in Slovakia
From the Latin American and Caribbean region:Basel Convention Regional Centre for the South American Region located in Argentina
6.Takes note, in accordance with the ENFORCE terms of reference, of the organizations or entities that have become additional members of ENFORCE;22See UNEP/CHW.12/16.
7.Requests the Secretariat, subject to the availability of resources, to organize annual meetings of ENFORCE and to report to the Conference of the Parties at its thirteenth meeting on the activities of ENFORCE.