John E. Scanlon, CITES Secretary-General
29 May 2015
Minister Zhao Shucong, State Forestry Administration,
Minister Yu Guangzhou, General Administration of Customs,
Vice Minister Chen Fengxue, State Forestry Administration,
Distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen,
I would like to express my sincere thanks to the Government of China for inviting me to witness the destruction of 662 kg of confiscated elephant ivory today and I regret that I am unable to make it to Beijing in person.
Secretary-General's statements
"The Future International Arrangement on the Forests We Want"
CITES Statement
John E. Scanlon, Secretary General, CITES
Delivered by Milena Sosa Schmidt, Scientific Support Officer (Flora), CITES Secretariat
UNFF11 - High-level segment
New York, United States of America
13 - 14 May 2015
Hon. Chair, Nelson Messone
UNFF Director, Manoel Sobral Filho
Distinguished delegates
Friends and colleagues
This is the first time that CITES has an opportunity to join a session of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF) and it is with great pleasure that we do so at this strategic 11th Session.
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CITES Secretary-General's remarks to the first destruction of confiscated
elephant ivory in the United Arab Emirates
John E. Scanlon, CITES Secretary-General
29 April 2015
The United Arab Emirates Ministry of Environment and Water, which serves as the Management Authority of CITES.
The Dubai Municipality, together with the Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi, which serves as the Scientific Authority of CITES.
Distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen.
I would like to express my sincere thanks to the Government of the United Arab Emirates, and to the Dubai Municipality, for inviting me to witness the destruction of more than 10 tonnes of confiscated elephant ivory and I regret that I am unable to make it to Dubai in person.
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WTO 20th Anniversary Event – Trade and Environment
20 Years of Building Pathways to Sustainable Development
Address by John E. Scanlon, Secretary-General of CITES
28 April 2015, Geneva
Ambassador Kairamo
Distinguished Guests
I would like to thank Director General Azevêdo and our colleagues here at the World Trade Organization (WTO) for inviting us to participate in this 20th Anniversary event.
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Wildlife and Forest Crime: A Serious Crime
A High-level Side Event at the 13th UN Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
Opening remarks by John E. Scanlon, Secretary-General, CITES
Doha, Qatar, 13 April 2015
Mr. Sam Kutesa, President of the 69th Session of the UNGA
Mr. Yury Fedotov, Executive Director of UNODC
Distinguished panelists and delegates
Informal Plenary Meeting to Celebrate World Wildlife Day
UN General Assembly
Intervention by John E. Scanlon
World Wildlife Day
High-level Stakeholder Dialogue on Illegal Wildlife Trade
It's time to get serious about wildlife crime
Opening remarks by John E. Scanlon, Secretary-General, CITES
WCS Central Park Zoo, New York, 3 March 2015
BEYOND ENFORCEMENT:
Communities, governance, incentives and sustainable use in combating wildlife crime
26 – 28 February 2015
Glenburn Lodge, Muldersdrift, South Africa
Opening Speech by John E. Scanlon, Secretary-General CITES
Delivered by Tom De Meulenaer, Chief, CITES Scientific Support
Ms. Edna Molewa, Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs of South Africa,
Mr Braulio de Souza Dias, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity,
Representatives of the IUCN Sustainable Use and Livelihood Specialist Group and of the International Institute for Environment and Development,
Distinguished guests, friends and colleagues.
Opening remarks at the
Workshop on demand-side strategies for curbing illegal ivory trade
CITES Secretary-General, Mr John E. Scanlon
Hangzhou, China
28-29 January 2015
Mr Mr Liu Dongsheng, Vice Administrator, State Forestry Administration
Mr Lin Yunju, Director General of the Forestry Department of Zhejiang Province
Dr Meng Xianlin, Director-General, CITES Management Authority of China
Distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen.
CITES Secretary-General's statement at CoP11 of the Convention on Migratory Species - Quito, Ecuador
CITES and the CMS share common origins, have complementary mandates, and enjoy longstanding and deepening programmatic collaboration.
It was IUCN that first called for these two conventions in the early 1960’s. This call was heeded and enshrined in recommendations adopted at the UN Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment in 1972, which led to CITES and the CMS being adopted within the decade – CITES in 1973 and the CMS in 1979.