7th Session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-7) MEAs Day High-Level Dialogue 2Keeping the Promise - Boosting SDGs implementation through the MEAsRemarks by CITES Secretary-General Ivonne Higuero10 December 2025, Nairobi, Kenya
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Thank you, Madame Moderator. Excellencies, distinguished delegates and colleagues,
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CITES CoP20 Side Event: Non-Detriment Findings (NDF) GuidanceRemarks by CITES Secretary-General Ivonne Higuero27 November 2025, Samarkand, Uzbekistan
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Distinguished delegates, Colleagues and friends, It is my great pleasure to welcome you to the side event on the launch of the guidance on making CITES non-detriment findings. This is a topic that is familiar to everyone in this room.
CITES CoP20 Side Event: ICCWC's ImpactRemarks by CITES Secretary-General Ivonne Higuero26 November 2025, Samarkand, Uzbekistan
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Distinguished guests, Esteemed colleagues, Ladies and gentlemen,
CoP20 CITES et événement parallèle sur les forêtsAllocution de la Secrétaire générale de la CITES, Ivonne Higuero25 novembre 2025, Samarcande, Ouzbékistan
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Bienvenue à ce qui est désormais devenu une véritable tradition au sein de la CITES : l’événement parallèle consacré à La CITES et les forêts !
20th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to CITES (CITES CoP20) Opening Plenary SessionRemarks by CITES Secretary-General Ivonne Higuero24 November 2025, Samarkand, Uzbekistan
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Your Excellency, Mr Aziz Abduhakimov, Advisor to the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan and Chair of the National Committee on Ecology and Climate Change,Excellencies,
Dialogue de haut niveau : Renforcer l’impact stratégique de la CoP20 de la CITES – Des politiques à la pratique : suivi, financement et mesures en faveur du commerce réglementé des espèces sauvagesAllocution de la Secrétaire générale de la CITES, Ivonne Higuero23 novembre 2025, Samarcande, Ouzbékistan Son Excellence M. Aziz Abdu-khaki-mov, Conseiller du Président de la République d’Ouzbékistan et Président du Comité national sur l’écologie et le changement climatiqueSon Excellence M. Yerlan Nyssan-bayev, Ministre de l’écologie et des ressources naturelles du Kazakhstan
79e session du Comité permanent de la CITES (SC79)Allocution d’ouverture de la Secrétaire générale de la CITES, Ivonne Higuero23 novembre 2025, Samarcande, Ouzbékistan Mme Naimah Aziz, Présidente du Comité permanent de la CITES, Mesdames et Messieurs les Membres du Comité permanent,Chers délégués,Mesdames et Messieurs,
2024 - 2025 Asia Environmental Enforcement Recognition of Excellence CeremonyOpening Remarks by CITES Secretary-General Ivonne Higuero17 October 2025, onlineDistinguished award winners, Environmental champions, Esteemed colleagues,Ladies and gentlemen,What an honour and pleasure it is for me to address you today at this 2024 - 2025 Asia Environmental Enforcement Recognition of Excellence Ceremony.
Second Meeting of the Jaguar Range States: Opening Remarks by CITES Secretary-General Ivonne Higuero
2nd meeting of the Jaguar Range StatesOpening Remarks by CITES Secretary-General Ivonne Higuero22 September 2025, Mexico City, Mexico
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Her Excellency, the Undersecretary for Biodiversity and Environmental Restoration, Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources, Ms Marina Robles Garcia, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Migratory Species, Ms Amy Fraenkel,
15th meeting of the Parties to the Ramsar Convention on WetlandsOpening Remarks by CITES Secretary-General Ivonne Higuero24 July 2025, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe His Excellency, the Honourable Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa, President of the Republic of Zimbabwe,Her Excellency, the Honourable Evelyn Ndlovu, COP15 President and Minister of Environment, Climate and Wildlife of the Republic of Zimbabwe,Ms Musonda Mumba, Secretary-General of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands,Honourable Heads of State, Ministers, Excellencies, distinguished delegates,