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Angola – World Environment Day 2016 - Message from CITES Secretary-General
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...
CITES Secretary-General's opening remarks at the Committee of the German Bundestag for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety - Berlin, Germany
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 CoP17 and CBD COP13
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...
Saving lions: Africa agrees on ways forward
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...
Lion Range State Meeting - Joint statement by CITES - CMS
Joint Statement by John E. Scanlon, Secretary-General of CITES and Bradnee Chambers, Executive Secretary of CMS Distinguished delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is with great pleasure that we welcome you...
U.N. World Environment Day 2016
Message from CITES Secretary-General John E. Scanlon Illicit wildlife trafficking is driving some of the world’s most iconic animals and plants towards extinction, as well as some species you may...
UN targets wildlife crime in the lead up to CITES CoP17
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...
Backed by Stars, Unprecedented UN Campaign Seeks to Mobilize Millions to End Illegal Trade in Wildlife
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 Secretary-General's remarks at the 25th session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice - Vienna, Austria
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...
CITES welcomes G7 Environment Ministers Communiqué in the lead up to CITES CoP 17 in South Africa
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...