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11 July 2016, Geneva – Those who intend to participate in the upcoming 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to CITES (CoP17) as observers, such as non-Parties States...

Presidential Task Force on Wildlife Trafficking Symposium June 28 & 29, 2016, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Allder Auditorium, Springfield, Virginia, U.S.A. Keynote Address b y John E. Scanlon CITES Secretary-General ‘CITES...

For use of the media only; not an official document. PRESS RELEASE 100 days left before the World Wildlife Conference – CITES #CoP17 – kicks off in South Africa! Geneva...

Special High-level event and Launch of the first “World Wildlife Crime” Report UN Headquarters New York, 6 June 2016 Remarks by John E. Scanlon Secretary-General CITES H.E. Mogens Lykketoft, President...

Angola – World Environment Day 2016 Message from John E Scanlon, CITES Secretary-General 5 June 2016 His Excellency José Eduardo dos Santos,President of the Republic of Angola Honourable Maria de...

German Bundestag (Federal Diet) Public discussion with experts on “the wildlife trade” including on “Combating poaching and the illegal wildlife trade” Committee on the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear...

Regional joint preparatory meetings for CITES and CBD meetings of CoP and COP/MOP in 2016 Africa, Asia, Central and South America and the Caribbean / Latin America and the Caribbean...

For use of the media only; not an official document. Joint press release Saving lions: Africa agrees on ways forward First African lion Range States meeting led by CITES and...