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9 April 2013: CITES Secretary-General welcomes UN tourism and crime agencies call on travelers to play a role in reducing demand for illicit goods including illegal wildlife products
13 March 2013: ICCWC delivers specialized training for law enforcement officers
28 February 2013: The 178th Party: Lebanon
18 February 2013: Wildlife crime consortium to host high-level events on transnational organized wildlife crime at CITES Conference
31 January 2013: CITES Secretariat presents recommendations on proposals to amend the CITES Appendices
21 January 2013: Launching the official logo for the 40th anniversary of CITES
11 January 2013: Recent trade of elephants from Zimbabwe to China
26 December 2012: Tanzania withdraws its proposal to downlist African elephant
20 December 2012: The 177th Party: Maldives
12 December 2012: CITES Secretary-General welcomes adoption of a draft resolution for the United Nations General Assembly urging countries to take action against illegal wildlife trade
6 December 2012: CBOL receives $3 million grant from Google Foundation to barcode endangered species
21 November 2012: CITES supports UNODC-led PATROL cross-border law enforcement training programme in Cambodia and Viet Nam
23 July 2012: CITES trade: a snapshot
19 July 2012: Web-based course for Customs now available on the CITES Virtual College
6 June 2012: Tracking technologies for CITES tree species
5 June 2012: Stay connected with CITES through social networking tools
3 May 2012: Royal Thai Customs Officers enhance capacities through the CITES Virtual College
7 March 2012: CITES and FAO promote better understanding of the application and effectiveness of international regulatory measures for the conservation and sustainable use of sharks
6 February 2012: North-South initiative by Sweden and Tanzania: Making wildlife crime more visible and wildlife law enforcement more effective
22 December 2011: Workshops held on agarwood in 2011
19 December 2011: Controlled deliveries: a tool for reaching the big players in illegal wildlife trafficking
25 November 2011: CITES makes best use of knowledge and information management with the World Customs Organization (WCO)
11 October 2011: Due recognition of CITES promoted at IPBES plenary
30 June 2011: Building compliance and enforcement capacity in Indonesia through Green Customs
23 June 2011: CITES keynote remarks at the ninth INECE Conference on "Enforcement Cooperation: Strengthening Environmental Governance”
15 June 2011: Law enforcers and prosecutors gather in Johannesburg for specialized CITES training
7 June 2011: Launch of the CITES Virtual College
6 June 2011: Brazilian support for strengthening implementation of CITES
2 May 2011: Vacancy announcement
28 April 2011: Scientists meet in Geneva to discuss global trade in CITES-listed plants
21 April 2011: CITES Secretary-General welcomes Resolution of the United Nations Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice on illicit trafficking in endangered species of wild fauna and flora
4 April 2011: Law enforcement support for gorillas
21 March 2011: CITES shares experience with UNESCO
7 March 2011: CITES and Nigeria working together for the future
4 March 2011: CITES and CMS Secretariats hold first virtual meeting to map out future collaboration
1 March 2011: ICCWC begins its work
22 February 2011: Vacancy announcements
4 February 2011: The Year of the Tiger ends with high hopes for wildlife
2 February 2011: Video message from CITES Secretary-General John Scanlon on the 40th anniversary of the Ramsar Convention
13 December 2010: Putting Saint Petersburg into practice
9 November 2010: The CITES trade data dashboards
15 October 2010: Engaging the Traditional Chinese Medicine industry in the recovery of the saiga antelope
23 August 2010: Tiger cub confiscated at Suvarnabhumi Airport destined for Iran
16 July 2010: The United Nations Postal Administration launches a new set of stamps depicting CITES-listed species
1 July 2010: Thirty-fifth anniversary of CITES
17 January 2010: Message to the 1st Asia Ministerial Conference on Tiger Conservation from the Secretary-General of CITES
8 December 2009: A milestone for the CITES Trade Database
23 July 2009: Fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties
23 February 2009: Postponement of the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties
12 February 2009: Happy 200th birthday Mr Darwin
27 January 2009: The 175th Party: Bosnia and Herzegovina
3 November 2008: The 174th Party: Armenia
16 October 2008: INTERPOL and CITES launch new support manual for wildlife crimes investigators
7 October 2008: National wildlife trade policy reviews available on CITES website
29 July 2008: World cyclist visits the Secretariat
25 June 2008: Secretariat's new Senior Scientific Officer
20 March 2008: The 173th Party: Oman
6 December 2007: Reservations
16 October 2007: Trade in live dolphins
24 August 2007: Fraud warning
7 June 2007: The 172nd Party: the Kyrgyz Republic
5 May 2007: Laptop computers for delegates of developing countries donated by Born Free Foundation and SSN
29 March 2007: New Parties
24 January 2007: Vacancy announcement
21 December 2006: Monitoring of illegal trade in ivory
17 November 2006: On-line discussion forums
7 November 2006: Electronic permitting systems
29 August 2006: Release of the 8th edition of The Evolution of CITES
29 August 2006: Secretariat's new Senior Capacity Building Officer (Training)
19 July 2006: Parties' reports on ranching operations
9 June 2006: The Fourth Global Environment Outlook (GEO-4)
7 June 2006: Vacancy announcements
5 May 2006: CITES orchid references
24 March 2006: Message from the Secretary-General on illicit trade in orang-utans
14 March 2006: CITES Strategic Plan Working Group
9 January 2006: Kekexili: Mountain Patrol
25 July 2005: Draft MOU between the CITES Standing Committee and the Executive Director of UNEP
12 December 2005: ASEAN Launches the ASEAN Wildlife Law Enforcement Network (ASEAN-WEN)
7 December 2005: John Kundaeli
11 November 2005: CITES Workshop on Introduction from the Sea Issues
1 November 2005: Deputy Secretary-General
16 September 2005: The Kinshasa Declaration
29 August 2005: Call for external funding for CITES projects
15 August 2005: The 169th Party: the Republic of Cape Verde
25 July 2005: The 168th Party: the Republic of San Marino
22 July 2005: Intergovernmental Meeting on Great Apes and First GRASP Council Meeting
20 July 2005: Recommendation to suspend trade with Nigeria
7 May 2005: Deputy Secretary-General
4 April 2005: Vacancy announcement
1 April 2005: Ger van Vliet retires
29 February 2005: Eleventh UN Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
23 February 2005: CITES Secretary-General's Speech to the UNEP Governing Council
29 November 2004: CITES trade information query tool
22 November 2004: The 167th Party: the Independent State of Samoa
26 October 2004: Charting the way forward for improved CITES-CBD synergy
25 September 2004: Updates about sturgeons
9 August 2004: Tiger poachers and wildlife traders sentenced in Sumatra
30 July 2004: Recommendation to suspend trade with Mauritania and Somalia
2 June 2004: CITES and postal stamps
16 June 2004: Inter-agency cooperation for effective enforcement of CITES
2 June 2004: The CITES glossary
30 May 2004: CITES Asian regional meeting
29 May 2004: Consultative meeting held to address illegal trade in falcon
24 May 2004: Withdrawal of recommendation to suspend trade with Panama
23 April 2004: Thailand signs agreement to host CoP13
20 April 2004: The 166th Party: the Republic of Palau
6 March 2004: The 165th Party: Lao People's Democratic Republic
15 March 2004: Secretary-General’s Certificate of Commendation