Summary
CITES CoP17 reconvened Sunday afternoon. After resolving the stalemate on the Rules of Procedure, participants split into two Committees to continue deliberations. Committee I addressed corals and eel, among other topics, while Committee II discussed budget issues, in particular how the Secretariat might meet the demands of the increasing interest and participation in CITES. Working groups met late into the evening, including a closed Asia group on National Ivory Action Plans and the Elephant Trade Information System and a trilateral meeting with Japan, China and the US on coral.
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Main Plenary
View of the dais during plenary
CoP Chair Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, South Africa
John Scanlon, Secretary-General, CITES
Øystein Størkersen, Chair,
Standing Committee
Wendy Jackson, New Zealand
Sabri Zain, TRAFFIC
Isabel Camarena Osorno, Mexico
Clarissa Nina, Brazil
Josef Schmuck, Documentation Center for
Species Protection
Maheshwar Dhakal, Nepal
Hiroyuki Nishiura, Japan
Committee I
Participants in Committee I
Karen Gaynor, Chair, Committee I
Hélène Perier, EU
Mauro Gongora, Belize
Pamela Scruggs, US
Ali Laouel Abbagana, Niger
Firdaus Agung, Indonesia
Committee II
View of the dais during Committee II
Paul Murphy, Australia
Susanne Bengtsson, CITES Secretariat
Jonathan Barzdo, Chair, Committee II
Bruce Weissgold, US
Simon Nemtzov, Israel
Mikhail Malkov, Russian Federation
Around the Venue
John Scanlon, Secretary-General, CITES, shares a moment with CoP Chair Maite Nkoana-Mashabane,
Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, South Africa
Delegates from Kuwait
Interviews are conducted throughout the day
Delegates meet informally
Delegates between sessions
Around the exhibition venue
