Illegal trade in great apes

Directed to the Secretariat
15.44 The Secretariat shall seek external funding to undertake, in conjunction with GRASP, ICPO-INTERPOL and the World Customs Organization, technical missions to a limited number of gorilla range States. The Secretariat shall report to the Standing Committee on the outcome of the missions.
Directed to the Standing Committee
15.45 The Standing Committee shall consider the report of the Secretariat and also consider:
  a) endorsing any relevant recommendation or measure that could be implemented prior to the 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP16); and
  b) requesting the Secretariat to prepare a report for consideration at CoP16.