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Notification to the PartiesNo. 1998/11 Geneva, 31 March 1998
CONCERNING:
Result of the Audit of Government Stocks of Ivory
1. Decision 10.2 of the Conference of the Parties provides for:
a one-off purchase for non-commercial purposes of government stocks declared by African elephant range States to the CITES Secretariat within the 90-day period before the transfer to Appendix II of certain populations of the African elephant takes effect. The ivory stocks declared should be marked in accordance with the ivory marking system approved by the Conference of the Parties in Resolution Conf. 10.10. In addition, the source of ivory stocks should be given. The stocks of ivory should be consolidated in a pre-determined number of locations. An independent audit of any declared stocks shall be undertaken under the auspices of TRAFFIC International, in co-operation with the CITES Secretariat.
2. On 4 July 1997, the Secretariat distributed Notification to the Parties No. 984, regarding declaration of African elephant ivory stocks, enclosing a form to be completed by Parties wishing to declare their stocks of ivory in connection with the decision recorded above. On 4 October 1997, the Secretariat distributed Notification to the Parties No. 989 on the same subject, reporting that 14 States had transmitted their ivory declarations to the Secretariat before the deadline. Subsequently it was found that a 15th State had sent its declaration in time but it had been wrongly addressed.
3. In October 1997, the Secretariat concluded a Memorandum of Understanding with TRAFFIC East/Southern Africa, so that TRAFFIC could undertake the auditing of the declared government ivory stocks, in accordance with Decision 10.2. TRAFFIC presented the full report of its audit of the stock at the 40th meeting of the Standing Committee, in document Doc. SC.40.5.2.4, supplemented by Doc. SC.40/Inf.8.
4. The declared and verified government ivory stocks, as confirmed by the audit, are shown in the table annexed to the present Notification, the total comprising 39,947 ivory tusks and pieces weighing 158,077.35 kg.
5. Stocks that were not actually owned by the declaring government on 18 September 1997 can not be considered as verified government stocks declared in accordance with Decision 10.2.
Declared and Verified Ivory Stocks (26 February 1998)
Country
Declared Stock Total
Verified Stock Total
Comments
kg
No. pieces
kg
No. pieces
Botswana
10 013.20
3 552
9 999.40
3 551
Burkina Faso
187.30
47
199.30
47
Central African Republic
886.80
52
121.80
47
22 ivory tusks and pieces, weighing 535.50kg, were privately owned at the time of the declaration
Ehtiopia
3 717.10
954
3 218.30
926
Kenya
9 515.85
968
9 610.75
1 013
Malawi
4 579.70
1 615
5 108.70
1 643
Mozambique
1 846.80
266
1 840.40
269
Namibia
32 139.01
+6 266
31 914.54
+6 266
Niger
54.40
19
53.55
19
Sudan
46 894.00
10 881
4 971.56
1 276
9 602 ivory tusks and pieces, weighing 41669.80kg, were privately owned at the time of the declaration
Togo
311.28
77
0.00
0
The entire declared stock of ivory is privately owned
Uganda
1 226.97
2 612
1 239.65
2 612
United Republic of Tanzania
70 312.23
17 888
72 196.30
18 414
Zambia
8 786.60
2 078
8 712.90
2 078
Zimbabwe
+8 800.00
+1 828
8 890.20
1 786
TOTAL
+199 271.24
+49 103
158 077.35
+39 947
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