The 47th meeting of the CITES Standing Committee will preceed COP-12. It will be held from 1-2 November 2002 in Santiago, Chile. A total of 54 proposals for amendment of Appendices I and II were submitted to the Secretariat by the deadline of 6 June 2002, and are now available on the CITES website. The working documents of the meeting will be placed on the site as they become available.  

dates: 3-15 November 2002  
location: Santiago, Chile  
contact: CITES Secretariat  
phone: 41-22-917-8139  
fax: 41-22-797-3417  
e-mail: cites@unep.ch  
www: http://www.cites.org/eng/news/meetings/cop12.shtml