Statement

Statement by Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the Fourteenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, the Hague, 3-15 June 2007

It is a great pleasure and honour to address the fourteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). As you know, the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) attaches great importance to the need to protect biodiversity from unsustainable trade. The Conference of the Parties to the CBD adopted a framework of goals and targets to assess progress in implementing the Strategic Plan of the Convention. Target 4.3 of this framework calls for no species of wild flora and fauna to be endangered by international trade. I am pleased to acknowledge that the inclusion of this target was welcomed by you at your thirteenth meeting, and that you noted its full consistency with the CITES strategic plan.

Publication Date
2007-06-04