11.00 am 28 October 2010
Intervention by the Executive Heads of the Secretariats of the:
Convention on Wetlands of International Importance;
Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage;
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora; and
Convention on Migratory Species
Delivered by the Secretary-General of CITES
Your Excellency President of the COP, Honorable Ministers, Executive Secretary of the CBD, distinguished delegates, ladies and gentlemen.
Secretary-General's statements
Museum of Natural History of the City of Geneva
Geneva, Switzerland
Your excellencies, Madame la Maire, distinguished CITES authorities, colleagues within and outside of the United Nations system, friends of CITES, ladies and gentleman,
2010 is an important year for many reasons.
Geneva, 20 May 2010
The Secretariat has recently received a number of emails urging the return to Indonesia of 11 orangutans confiscated by the CITES Management Authority of Thailand in February 2009.
made during the Global Tiger Initiative side-event
at the 10th meeting of the Conference of the Parties
to the Convention on Biological Diversity
Nagoya, Japan, 28 October 2010
The subject of conservation of tigers is one that the CITES community has given a special focus to over many years. The CITES Secretariat has also been a very active player in the Global Tiger Initiative, since the President of the World Bank asked the Secretariat to take the lead in providing enforcement-related advice to the Initiative.
8 November 2010, Doha, Qatar
Mr President
Secretary General
Commissioners of Police and heads of INTERPOL National Central Bureaus
Distinguished Delegates
Ladies and Gentlemen
I last stood in this magnificent building in March of this year, when I was introduced to the 175 Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora - widely known as CITES or the Washington Convention. I had just been selected to become the new Secretary-General of CITES, following the retirement of my predecessor.