Summary
After a much appreciated two-day break, during which several working groups met to hammer out differences, CITES CoP17 Committees reconvened on Sunday. Committee I voted by secret ballot for the uplisting of the African Grey Parrot. Committee II adopted draft decisions on NIAPs and trade in elephant specimens. Committee I reconvened at night for an evening session.
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Committee I
View of the dais during Committee I
Karen Gaynor, Chair, Committee I
M. Bella Diallo, Guinea
Hugh Robertson, New Zealand
Elizabeth Ehi-Ebewele, Nigeria
Ali Mansoor Abbas, Bahrain
Sangay, Bhutan
Ratna Kusuma Sari, Indonesia
Kone Salimata, Côte d'Ivoire
Rhedyn Ollerenshaw, Australia
Kahsay Asgedom, Ethiopia
Heng Sovannara, Cambodia
Tamar Ron, Angola
Aurélie Flore Koumba Pambo, Gabon
Shaikha Al Dhaheri, UAE
Antonella Finis, Panama
Committee II
View of the plenary during Committee II
Bill Clark, Israel
Jonathan Barzdo, Chair, Committee II
Zhou Zhihua, China
Mathias Lörtscher, Switzerland
Anne St. John, US
Bandar Ibrahim Al-Faleh, Saudi Arabia
Orlando Verrecchia, Ireland
Daniel Kachelriess, CITES Secretariat
Ju Dae-young, Republic of Korea
Clarissa Nina, Brazil
Wendy Jackson, New Zealand
Basile van Havre, Canada
Junya Nakano, Japan
Ida Sletsjøe, Norway
Daaporn Chairat, Thailand
Around the Venue
CITES Secretariat family photo
A delegate reads the Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) website to keep up to date with negotiations
Nadra Nathai-Gyan, Trinidad and Tobago,
with Rodrigo Medellin, Mexico
Delegates from Burkina Faso
Conference staff assist around the venue
Delegates review documents
Delegates take notes during the sessions
Will Travers, Born Free, and Bill Clark, Israel
Kate Harris and Tanya Rosen, Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) with Jonathan Barzdo, Chair, Committee II
Delegates speak informally between sessions
Around the Sandton Convention Centre
