Secretary-General's statements

UNEP Governing Council and Global Ministerial Environment Forum (GMEF) GMEF Plenary Panel on the Institutional Framework for Sustainable Development 12th Special Session 21 February 2012, Nairobi, Kenya Panel Chair, Minister Solheim, Honorable Ministers, and distinguished delegates. It is a great honour to be able to share some thoughts with you on this very important topic and to offer you a perspective from a multilateral environment agreement (MEA) secretariat. 

Bangkok, Thailand, 14 February, 2012 Executive Director of INTERPOL's Police Service Leaders of the Customs and Police authorities of the tiger range States Representatives of the Host Country Colleagues from the International Consortium on Combating Wildlife Crime Distinguished participants

Bangkok, Thailand, 13 February, 2012   Deputy Prime Minister Commissioner-General Executive Director of the Police Service of INTERPOL Leaders of the Customs and Police authorities from across the tiger range States Members of the INTERPOL Environmental Crime Committee and its Wildlife and Pollution Crime Working Groups Partners from the International Consortium on Combating Wildlife Crime Distinguished participants

In declaring 2011 as the International Year of Forests, the United Nations General Assembly stressed its conviction that "concerted efforts should focus on raising awareness at all levels to strengthen the sustainable management, conservation and sustainable development of all types of forests for the benefit of current and future generations", and called upon governments, relevant regional and international organizations, and major groups to support activities related to the International Year of Forests. CITES has responded to this call in line with its mandate. Background

CITES: en la intersección del comercio, el medio ambiente y el desarrollo John E Scanlon, Secretario General de la CITES Orador especial La Cumbre "Un Ojo sobre la Tierra", Abu Dhabi, Emiratos Árabes Unidos 12-15 de diciembre de 2011

8 de noviembre de 2011 John E. Scanlon, Secretario General de la CITES, durante su intervención en la 41ª reunión del Consejo del FMAM. Muchas gracias a la Presidencia, al Director Ejecutivo y a los miembros del Consejo - el Comité Permanente de la CITES está examinando actualmente el acceso a la financiación, inclusive la financiación con cargo al FMAM, y aprovecho esta oportunidad para dirigirme a ustedes. Actualmente hay siete billones de personas que consumen biodiversidad cada día en forma de medicamentos, alimentos, vestidos, muebles, perfumes y artículos de lujo.

by John E. Scanlon, Secretary-General of CITES (first posted on www.iisd.org on 9 September 2011) We need “all hands on deck” to deliver on the Strategic Plan and Aichi Biodiversity Targets! Global Biodiversity Outlook 3 provided us with a stark reminder of the challenges that lie ahead in achieving the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. The reality is there is no one convention or organization that can alone address the challenges ahead – we need “all hands on deck”!

at the Sixty-first meeting of the Standing Committee Geneva (Switzerland), 15 August 2011 Thank you Chair and I would also like to extend a very warm welcome to the Standing Committee Members, their alternates, Party Observers, and Inter-governmental organizations, international and national non-governmental organizations.