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CITES Secretary-General's remarks at the US Department of State World Wildlife Day Reception - Washington DC, USA
… we celebrate the 5 th World Wildlife Day’ 1 March, 2018, Washington DC, USA Director Christine Dawson Deputy … to be celebrating World Wildlife Day than right here in Washington DC, as it is what took place here on 3 March 1973 … This treaty is now known as CITES or the Washington Convention. This Conference was called, the ‘World Wildlife …
Reminder - World Wildlife Day 2023: Invitation to register for the in-person event in Washington, D.C.
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2023/016
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Valid
Revised date
… 2023: Invitation to register for the in-person event in Washington, D.C. … Reminder - World Wildlife Day 2023: Invitation to register for the in-person event in Washington, D.C. …
World Wildlife Day 2023: In-person World Wildlife Day event in Washington, D.C.
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2023/009
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Valid
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… Wildlife Day 2023: In-person World Wildlife Day event in Washington, D.C. … World Wildlife Day 2023: In-person World Wildlife Day event in Washington, D.C. …

Remarks by the Secretary-General of CITES, Mr John Scanlon on the occasion of the 35th anniversary of CITES
… 35th anniversary of CITES entry into force today; and the Convention on Biological Diversity holds its 10th meeting of … Convention, negotiations that concluded 10 years later in Washington D.C. But today we celebrate the Parties to CITES, … also the host of the Plenipotentiary Conference, held in Washington D.C. in March 1973, where the Convention was …
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
… Bonn amendment and the Gaborone amendment ) Text of the Convention in PDF: Preamble Article I Definitions Article … 12.3 (Rev. CoP17) on Permits and certificates . Signed at Washington, D.C., on 3 March 1973 Amended at Bonn, on 22 June … The present Convention shall be open for signature at Washington until 30th April 1973 and thereafter at Berne …

Celebrating 50 years of CITES conserving the world’s wild animals and plants on World Wildlife Day 2023
… marks the 50 th anniversary of the signing of a landmark convention that stands at the crossroads of wildlife … the world’s governments for signature on 3 March, 1973 in Washington DC, at the end of the Plenipotentiaries Conference … with nature and not ask from it more than it can give us. Washington DC is the birthplace of CITES, and there is no …

CITES welcomes Secretary Clinton’s ‘Call for Action’ on illegal wildlife trade
… official document. Geneva, 11 November 2012 – CITES, the convention on international wildlife trade, welcomes the call … Trafficking and Conservation: A Call to Action’ held in Washington, D.C. on 8 November, 2012. “...we now find … with the 40th Anniversary of the adoption of CITES in Washington, D.C., on 3 March, 1973. At this meeting, the 176 …
CITES
… CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of … plants does not threaten their survival. The text of the Convention was agreed at a meeting of representatives of 80 countries in Washington DC., United States of America, on 3 March 1973. …

Remarks by CITES Secretary-General Mr. John E. Scanlon
… of the people who pioneered this ground-breaking Convention in Washington D.C. 40 years ago, and the many thousands of … of Wild Fauna and Flora was concluded and signed in Washington D.C. on 3 March 1973. Today we pay tribute to the …

CITES - 40 Years of International Cooperation and National Action - External link to CITES Secretary-General's Op Ed
… agreement to be adopted in the early 1970's, signed in Washington DC, US on 3 March 1973 – and 3 March is now … on 1 July 1975, some six months earlier than the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands and the World Heritage Convention. External URL …

CITES Secretary-General's opening remarks at UN World Wildlife Day 2018 Global Celebration - UN Headquarters, New York
… me, ‘John, why 3 rd March?’ On 3 March 1973 CITES – the Convention that I work for and that regulates international trade in wildlife – was signed in Washington DC. And yesterday we had a wonderful celebration in Washington. CITES meets once every three years. In 2013, …

Launching the official logo for the 40th anniversary of CITES
… days time we will celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of … and Flora (CITES). CITES was signed on 3 March 1973 in Washington, D.C.. Today, forty days from this anniversary, we … CITES 40th anniversary logo. The 40th anniversary of the Convention will coincide with the opening of the 16th Meeting …
List of Parties to the Convention
… be bound by the provisions of CITES, it can 'join' the Convention by making a formal declaration to this effect in … by the Depositary, through the diplomatic channel, the Convention enters into force for the State concerned 90 days … regional economic integration organization for which the Convention has entered into force is called a Party to CITES. …

New list of proposals for the CITES world wildlife conference are available online today
… to change the lists of species protected under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of … and whether 3 March, the date of adoption of CITES in Washington DC in 1973, should be declared a UN World Wildlife … is sustainable, legal and traceable. CITES was adopted in Washington D.C. on 3 March 1973. The 40th anniversary of the …

World Wildlife Day 2023 website launched
… of 3 March was chosen to commemorate the signature of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of … for wildlife conservation and that the success of the Convention has also been due to the strength and breadth of … which will take place back in the birthplace of CITES, Washington DC. The event, co-organised by the US Fish and …
Gaborone amendment to the text of the Convention
… to consider a proposed amendment to Article XXI of the Convention to permit accession by regional economic … so that the Article now reads as follows: The present Convention shall be open indefinitely for accession. … be deposited with the Depositary Government. This Convention shall be open for accession by regional economic …
Pre-Convention specimen
… A specimen acquired before the provisions of the Convention applied to it. If a certificate to this effect is … then no other permit or certificate is required under the Convention to authorize export, import or re-export. In … paragraph 2 : a) the date from which the provisions of the Convention apply to a specimen be the date on which the …
Language strategy for the Convention
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18.30
Document type
Decision
… Chinese and Russian to the working languages of the Convention, including for the administration, budget, implementation and effectiveness of the Convention; b) particularly consider benefits and challenges … each one of these languages as working languages of the Convention, taking note of document CoP18 Doc. 8 on Draft …