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5 June 2007, Issue No. 3

Daily working programme – Tuesday 5 June

When

What

Where

09h00 - 12h00

Committee I

Agenda items 35, 37, 38 and 41
Some items from the afternoon session may also be taken

World Forum Theater

09h00 - 12h00

Committee II
Agenda items 7 and 11

Atlantic

 

14h00 - 17h00

Committee I
Agenda items 47, 51,
54 and 56

World Forum Theater

14h00 - 17h00

Committee II
Agenda items 12, 13, 14,
15, 23, 45 and 60

Atlantic

Other meetings – Tuesday 5 June

When

What

Where

08h00 – 09h00

Informal meeting of African elephant range States
(closed meeting)

Yangtze 1

17h30

Meeting of the Bureau

Yangtze 1

Press briefings* – Tuesday 5 June

When

What

Where

12h30 – 13h00

Livelihoods: CITES and poverty

Speakers:
Sue Mainka, IUCN,
Barney Dickson, Fauna and Flora Intl., and
Marceil Yeater, CITES Secretariat

Press Conference room – South America

*Other briefings: daily briefings by the delegation of the United States of America for non-governmental organizations will be held at the Crown Plaza – Promenade, Van Stolkweg 1, The Hague, in the Staten Zaal room, at 17h30 daily, unless otherwise announced.

Side events – Tuesday 5 June

When

What

Who

Where*

11h00 – 12h00

Press conference by Care for the Wild International to launch "U.S. Exposed as Leading Ivory Market", an investigation by Dr Esmond Martin and Dr Daniel Stiles

Care for the Wild International

SSN Meeting Room
(Mississippi Foyer)

12h15 – 13h45

Elephant DNA profiling, technological advancements and wildlife law enforcement by Prof. Sam Wasser

Species Survival Network

Amazon

12h30 – 13h45

Banggai Cardinalfish: An imperiled species requiring listing in CITES Appendix II

Species Survival Network

SSN Meeting Room (Mississippi Foyer)

12h30 – 13h45

Enhancing National Capacities to Review Wildlife Trade Policies

UNEP/ETB – CITES – IUDE

Yangtze 1

12h30 – 13h45

CAWT - Forging partnerships to improve wildlife law enforcement at the regional and international levels, particularly the organizational and political aspects of such partnerships

United States Department

Yangtze 2

12h30 – 13h45

Customs/General Inspection Service

Dutch Government

Mississippi

17h30 – 19h30

Deep sea corals: a precious community

SeaWeb

World Forum Theater

17h30 – 19h00

Wildlife Trade Policies. A working meeting with selected countries and the international advisory group

UNEP/ETB – CITES – IUDE

Atlantic

19h00 – 23h00

IWMC beach party

IWMC World Conservation Trust

Blue Lagoon Restaurant, Strandweg 25-27


The credentials of the following Parties have been accepted by the Credentials Committee:

Algeria, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Belgium, Bhutan, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi,, Canada, Chad, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Honduras, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Islamic Republic of Iran, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Latvia, Liberia, Lithuania, Madagascar, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Niger, Norway, Pakistan, Republic of Korea, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, San Marino, Senegal, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United Republic of Tanzania, United States of America, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Viet Nam, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Any Party that is not listed above is encouraged to contact the CITES Secretariat. Cards for electronic voting for those Parties whose credentials have been accepted should be collected from the CITES Secretariat at 12h00 today (5 June 2007) beside the Africa Office on the ground floor of the conference centre.

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