WORLD TRADE WT/CTE/W/71
21November 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-5152)
Committee onTrade andEnvironment
CONVENTION ONINTERNATIONAL TRADE INENDANGERED SPECIES
OFWILD FAUNA AND FLORA
Note bytheSecretariat
1. ThisNote provides Members oftheCommittee onTrade andEnvironment withanupdate
ofrecent developments intheConvention onInternational Trade inEndangered Species ofWildFauna
andFlora (CITES). TheTenth Meeting oftheConference oftheParties toCITES tookplace inHarare,
Zimbabwe, from6-20June1997. TheConference adopted several Decisions andResolutions atthis
meeting. Inaddition, anumber oftheDecisions agreed toattheNinth Meeting remain valid.1
2. AsCITES isdesigned toregulate international trade inthreatened species, allitsDecisions
andResolutions aretrade-related. TheDecisions adopted attheTenth Meeting oftheConference of
theParties, andthoseoftheNinth Meeting thatremain valid, havebeengrouped intovarious categories.
These canbesummarized asfollows: (i)Decisions regarding ivory; (ii)Decisions directed tothe
CITES Parties; (iii)Decisions directed tothevarious CITES Committees; (iv)Decisions directed
toUNEP andtheFAO; and(v)Decisions directed totheCITES Secretariat.
3. Whilst allCITES Decisions aretrade-related, oftheDecisions regarding ivory andofthose
directed toCITES Parties, thefollowing most directly address trade2:
- Decision 10.1on"Conditions fortheresumption oftrade inAfrican elephant ivory from
populations transferred toAppendix IIattheTenth Meeting oftheConference ofParties";
- Decision 10.2on"Conditions forthedisposal ofivory stocks andgenerating resources for
conservation inAfrican elephant range States";
- Decision 10.11 "Regarding improvement intheeffectiveness oftheConvention"3;
- Decisions 10.24-10.27 "Regarding theissuance ofpermits" [previously Decisions 9.6-9.9];
- Decisions 10.28 and10.29 "Regarding acceptance ofpermits" [previousy Decisions 9.10and
9.11];
- Decisions 10.30 "Regarding thecontrol andchecking ofshipments ofCITES specimens";
- Decisions 10.31-10.33 on"Illegal trade" [previously Decisions 9.12-9.14];
- Decisions 10.40-10.43 on"Co-operation inmonitoring illegal trade inwhale parts and
derivatives";
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1AlltheDecisions andResolutions oftheTenth Meeting oftheConference oftheParties areavailable at
theWTO Secretariat fordelegations toconsult.
2TheDecisions andResolutions thatmost directly address trade have been identified incooperation with
theCITES Secretariat.
3TheDecision requests Parties toencourage coordination between theCITES andWTO Secretariats.WT/CTE/W/71
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- Decision 10.44 on"Trade inbears";
- Decision 10.48 on"The biological andtrade status ofsharks";
- Decisions 10.49 and10.50 on"Trade inplants" [previously Decisions 9.21and9.22]; and
- Decision 10.54 on"Trade inalienspecies".
4. Ingeneral, theabove-mentioned Decisions address trade inspecies orspecies parts andtheir
derivatives, thecontrol andmonitoring oftheshipment ofCITES specimens andofillegal trade, the
issuance andacceptance ofpermits fortrade, andcooperation between theCITES Secretariat andthe
WTO.
5. Similarly, whilst allCITES Resolutions aretrade-related, thefollowing mostdirectly address
trade:
- Resolution 10.2on"Permits andcertificates";
- Resolution 10.5on"Shipments covered byATA andTIRcarnets";
- Resolution 10.6on"Control oftrade intourist souvenir specimens";
- Resolution 10.8on"Conservation ofandtrade inbears";
- Resolution 10.10 on"Trade inelephant specimens";
- Resolution 10.12 on"Conservation ofsturgeons";
- Resolution 10.14 on"Quotas forleopard hunting trophies andskins forpersonal use";
- Resolution 10.15 on"Establishment ofquotas formarkhor hunting trophies";
- Resolution 10.18 on"Ranching andtrade inranched specimens"; and
- Resolution 10.20 on"Frequent transborder movements ofpersonally-owned liveanimals".
6. Ingeneral, theabove-mentioned Resolutions address tradeinspecies orspecies partsandtheir
derivatives, theshipment ofspecimens ofspecies, theissuance ofpermits andcertificates fortrade,
andthetransborder movement ofliveanimals.