In the Ramsar Convention, an international treaty or formal and binding written agreement, the members of the Standing Committee, an intersessional executive body, are elected in the meetings of the Conference of the Contracting Parties to serve for three years.
The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat is an international treaty for the conservation and sustainable use of wetlands. A treaty is a formal and binding written agreement entered into by actors in international law, usually sovereign states and international organizations but can include individuals and other actors. Every three years, representatives of the contracting parties meet as the Conference of the Contracting Parties (COP), the policy-making organ of the convention which adopts decisions (resolutions and recommendations) to administer the work of the convention and improve the way in which the parties are able to implement its objectives. 
