Secretary-General's statements

CITES Secretary-General's remarks at the 12th IATA World Cargo Symposium - Dallas, Texas, USA
12th IATA World Cargo Symposium Dallas, 13 March 2018 ‘Air cargo and the fight against illegal wildlife trade’ Keynote address by John E. Scanlon, Secretary-General of CITES Distinguished delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen,
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CITES Secretary-General's opening remarks at UN World Wildlife Day 2018 Global Celebration - UN Headquarters, New York
UN World Wildlife Day 2018. Big Cats: Predators Under Threat! Opening Remarks by John E. Scanlon, Moderator and CITES Secretary-General 2 March 2018   Deputy Secretary-General, Excellences, Distinguished guests, friends of wildlife! A very warm welcome to all of you on this wild and wintery day to the 5th celebration of UN World Wildlife Day. World Wildlife Day has today become the largest global annual celebration of wildlife.
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CITES Secretary-General's remarks at the US Department of State World Wildlife Day Reception - Washington DC, USA
Big Cats: Predators Under Threat ‘CITES turns 45 as we celebrate the 5th World Wildlife Day’ 1 March, 2018, Washington DC, USA     Director Christine Dawson Deputy Assistant Secretary Jim Walsh Colleagues Friends of Wildlife! I can think of no more appropriative place to be celebrating World Wildlife Day than right here in Washington DC, as it is what took place here on 3 March 1973 that served to inspire the Parties to CITES and the UN General Assembly in 2013 to declare 3 March as World Wildlife Day.
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CITES Secretary-General's opening remarks at the Rural Communities Working Group meeting, Nairobi, Kenya
CITES and Rural Communities Working Group meeting Opening remarks by Mr. John E. Scanlon, CITES Secretary-General 26 February, Geneva/Nairobi, 2018 Dear colleagues from CITES Parties and rural community representatives Good morning to you all! Let me start by expressing our deep gratitude to Namibia for leading the organization of this very important meeting of the Working Group on CITES and Rural Communities and to extend my particular thanks to our Working Group Chair, Louisa Mupetami.
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Message from the CITES Secretary-General, John E. Scanlon
  Completing my mandate as CITES Secretary-General   February, 2018   John Scanlon giving keynote address at the World Travel and Tourism Council Global Summit, Bangkok, 2017 After serving for eight years as Secretary-General of the CITES Secretariat (and three years with the UN Environment Programme in Nairobi prior to that) I will soon be completing my mandate with the Convention and taking up my next career challenge.
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Secretary-General's opening remarks at the Sixty-ninth meeting of the Standing Committee, Geneva, Switzerland
Sixty-ninth meeting of the CITES Standing Committee Geneva, Switzerland, 27 November 2017 Opening remarks by John E. Scanlon, CITES Secretary General Good morning and welcome to Geneva – or back to Geneva for many of you. I would like to extend a very warm welcome to our Standing Committee Members, Party Observers, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, as well as the private sector and the media.
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CITES Secretary General's intervention at the Annual General Meeting and Open Forum of International Fragrance Association (IFRA), Barcelona, Spain
Statement by John E. Scanlon, CITES Secretary-General Annual General Meeting and Open Forum of International Fragrance Association (IFRA) ‘The Role of Science in a Post Truth, Fake News World’ ‘CITES and International Agreements: Opportunities and Challenges for Business’ Majestic Hotel, Barcelona, 6-10 November 2017   Michael Carlos, IFRA Chairman Martina Bianchini, IFRA President Fellow panelists Friends and colleagues
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CITES Secretary-General's statement at the 7th session of the Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption, Vienna, Austria
Plenary: Remarks by John E. Scanlon, CITES Secretary-General 7th session of the Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption Vienna, 6-10 November 2017   Thank you President and thank you for giving CITES the opportunity to address today’s Plenary session, which is a first for the Convention. I would also like to express our sincere thanks to Executive Director Yury Fedotov and his good team for their extraordinary support for CITES and the fight against wildlife crime.
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CITES Secretary-General's remarks at the side event on Addressing Corruption Linked to Wildlife, Forest and Fisheries Crime, Vienna, Austria
Remarks by John E. Scanlon, CITES Secretary-General 7th session of the Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption The elephant in the room Addressing Corruption Linked to Wildlife, Forest and Fisheries Crime Vienna, Austria, 6-10 November 2017 UNODC Executive Director Fedotov Ambassadors, Distinguished guests Friends and colleagues
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CITES Secretary-General’s statement for the Twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Migratory Species, Opening Plenary - Manila, Philippines
Statement by John E. Scanlon, CITES Secretary-General Twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Migratory Species Opening Plenary Manila, Philippines, 23 October, 2017   Hon. Senator Cynthia Villar State Secretary for the Environment, Hon. Roy A. Cimatu Minister for the Environment of Ecuador, as Host of CMS CoP 11, Hon. Tarsicio Granizo CMS Standing Committee Chair, Øystein Størkersen  CMS Executive Secretary, Bradnee Chambers UNEP Deputy Executive Director, Ibrahim Thiaw CBD Executive Secretary, Cristiana Pasca-Palmer Distinguished guests, friends and colleagues
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