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WOAH 90th General Session of the World Assembly of Delegates: Opening Ceremony Remarks by CITES Secretary-General Ivonne Higuero
Opening Ceremony Remarks at the World Organisation for Animal Health's 90th General Session of the World Assembly of Delegates by CITES Secretary-General Ivonne Higuero Maison de la Chimie, Paris, France...
Message from CITES Secretary-General Ivonne Higuero for International Day for Biodiversity 2023
CITES Secretary-General, Ivonne Higuero's message for International Biodiversity Day 2023 On this International Day of Biodiversity, CITES sends its congratulations to the governments of the world for their historical agreement...
CITES SG addresses CBD CoP15 as Chair of partnership of 14 international organizations
Joint Statement from the Collaborative Partnership on Sustainable Wildlife Management for CBD CoP15 Made by CITES Secretary-General and CPW Chair, Ivonne Higuero Plenary: CBD/COP/15/L.5 on Sustainable Wildlife Management, 10 December...
SG's statement on Cooperation at CBD CoP15
Statement By the Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention...
SG's Reflection on CITES COP19 outcomes
By CITES Secretary-General, Ivonne Higuero After a few days off to recover from the very busy two weeks in Panama and now moving on to the CBD Open Ended Working...
SG's Closing speech to CITES CoP19
Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Friends. It’s Friday, the 25th of November - the last day of CoP19. We made it! All of us have worked tirelessly and for a long...
How digitalization will curb illicit trade in endangered species
Why more countries should adopt digitalization to curb illicit trade in endangered species As the final week of the World Wildlife Conference, in Panama, gets under way, CITES Secretary-General Ivonne...
Secretary-General speech at Clark R. Bavin Wildlife Law Enforcement Awards
Species Survival Network - CoP19 Side event Clark R. Bavin Wildlife Law Enforcement Awards Wednesday 15 November 2022 – 17h15 (Canal 2 – Committee I) Ivonne HIGUERO CITES Secretary-General Distinguished...
Secretary-General's opening speech to CoP19
Excellencies, distinguished delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, Welcome to Panama... welcome to my home, welcome to the CoP of the Americas! It has been 20 years since the last CITES CoP...
CITES Secretary-General, Ivonne Higuero message for Ramsar CoP14
CITES Secretary-General, Ivonne Higuero's message to the Ramsar Wetlands Convention's CoP14 More than a third of the world’s wetlands have been lost since 1970 and the rate has been accelerating...
