WELCOME TO ALL PARTICIPANTS

The CITES Secretariat welcomes each and every one of you to the 13th meeting of the Conference of the Parties. We are pleased to inform everyone that a great majority of the 166 Parties to CITES will be represented in this meeting. This high participation has been achieved through the financial support provided by the following countries and organizations to the Sponsored Delegates Project for delegates from the least developed countries, developing countries and countries with economies in transition.

Donor countries                                  Approved donors

Austria                                                 Algonquin and MKI Travel Conference Management Inc.

Canada                                                All Japan Association of Reptile Skin and Leather Industry

Finland                                                 Birds International

Denmark                                              Conservation Treaty Support Fund

Ireland                                                  European Pet Organization

Japan                                                   International Fur Trade Federation

Netherlands                                          IWMC World Conservation Trust

Norway                                                Loro Parque Fundación

Sweden                                                Ornamental Fish International

Switzerland                                          Safari Club International

United Kingdom                                    Species Survival Network

United States                                       World Association of Zoos and Aquariums

                                                           WWF International

This is your first issue of the Daily Journal. This publication will list the daily working programme, as well as any meetings and social events taking place each day of the Conference. It will be available from 8:30 a.m. in the documentation distribution area, at the registration desk and at various locations of the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center.

If you would like a meeting or social event to be listed in the Daily Journal, please ensure that written details of the title, time and location of your meeting or event are given to Ms Alice Burke of the CITES Secretariat, telephone extension no. 3028, or placed in the Daily Journal pigeon hole by 5:30 p.m. at the latest on the day before the meeting (earlier, if possible).

If you want to organize a press conference or a press briefing, please contact Mr Juan Carlos Vasquez, Mr Michael Williams or Ms Fatma Gordon of the CITES Secretariat at the Media Centre, telephone extension nos. 3040, 3041 or 3042.

If you wish to arrange a location for your meeting, please contact Ms Marie-France Barreto of the CITES Secretariat, telephone extension no. 3028.

If you want to distribute a document on behalf of a Party, please contact Mr Laurent Gauthier or Ms Maritza Campos of the CITES Secretariat, telephone extension no. 3016 or 3017.

If an organization has any questions or wants to distribute a document, please contact Mr Steve Nash of the CITES Secretariat, telephone no. 3007.

Please note that all summary records of the Plenary and Committee sessions will be placed on the CITES website each day as soon as they become available.

All issues of the Daily Journal:

• Saturday, 2 October 2004, Issue No. 1
• Sunday, 3October 2004, Issue No. 2
• Monday, 4 October 2004, Issue No. 3
• Tuesday, 5 October 2004, Issue No. 4
• Wednesday, 6 October 2004, Issue No. 5
• Thursday, 7 October 2004, Issue No. 6
• Friday, 8 October 2004, Issue No. 7
• Monday, 11 October 2004, Issue No. 8
• Tuesday, 12 October 2004, Issue No. 9