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1. The ordinary meetings of the Parties shall be held in conjunction with the ordinary meetings of the Parties to the Convention held pursuant to Article 16 of the Convention. The Parties may also hold extraordinary meetings in conformity with Article 16 of the Convention. The meetings will be governed by the Rules of Procedure adopted pursuant to Article 20 of the Convention.
2. It shall be the function of the meetings of the Parties to this Protocol:
a) to keep under review and direct the implementation of this Protocol;
b) to approve the expenditure of funds referred to in Article 24;
c) to oversee and provide policy guidance to the Organization;
d) to consider the efficacy of the measures adopted for the management and protection of areas and species, and to examine the need for other measures, in particular in the form of annexes, as well as amendments to this Protocol or to its annexes;
e) to monitor and promote the establishment and development of the network of protected areas and recovery plans for protected species provided for in Articles 7 and 11;
f) to adopt and revise, as needed, the guidelines and criteria provided for in Article 21;
g) to analyze the advice and recommendations of the Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee pursuant to Article 20;
h) to analyze reports transmitted by the Parties to the Organization under Article 22 of the Convention and Article 19 of this Protocol, as well as any other information which the Parties may transmit to the Organization or to the meeting of the Parties; and
i) to conduct such other business as appropriate.