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For use of the media only; not an official document. Press release UN targets wildlife crime in the lead up to CITES CoP17 UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal...

Press release Backed by Stars, Unprecedented UN Campaign Seeks to Mobilize Millions to End Illegal Trade in Wildlife Ban Ki-moon, Gisele Bündchen, Yaya Touré an d Ian Somerhalder among those...

CITES and the UN Conventions against Corruption and Transnational Organized Crime John E. Scanlon, CITES Secretary-General 25th session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Plenary Session 24...

For use of the media only; not an official document. PRESS RELEASE CITES welcomes G7 Environment Ministers Communiqué in the lead up to CITES CoP17 in South Africa Geneva, 16...

(Beijing) – China's controversial legal market for ivory exists because the country imported 62 tons of elephant tusks from African countries in 2008 in a one-off sale authorized by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), the primary international agreement protecting the animal.

For use of the media only; not an official document. PRESS RELEASE Record agenda for World Wildlife Conference – CITES CoP17 – 
 to be held in South Africa in...

The CITES Secretary-General will be amongst the special guests attending the ivory burn on 30 April in Nairobi hosted by Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta Geneva, 28 April 2016: Over the...

For use of the media only; not an official document. JOINT PRESS RELEASE Call for wildlife conservation illustrated through inspiring artworks from people around the world Winners of UN World...