Summary
CITES CoP17 met throughout the day in Committees. Committee I addressed marine species issues, including sharks and rays, totoaba, queen conch, as well as ebonies, rosewoods and agarwoods. Meanwhile Committee II discussed a wide range of elephant-related agenda items. While many issues, like the closure of domestic ivory markets, were deferred to a working group, others, like the motions to either adopt or continue discussing a Decision-Making Mechanism for a process of trade in ivory were struck down during voting.
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Committee I
View of the dais during Committee I
Karen Gaynor, Chair, Committee I
Wu Zhongze, China
Antonio Palma Inostroza, Chile
Jürgen Friedrich, EU
Aisake Batibasaga, Fiji
Abba Sonko, Senegal
Atelaite Matoto, Tonga
Moustafa Fouda, Egypt
Hugh Robertson,
CITES Animals Committee
Ilham Atho Mohamed, the Maldives
Bénédicte Jahanita Ndahimananjary, Madagascar
Vanessa Dick, World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
Mathias Lörtscher, Switzerland
Anne St. John, US
Gianni Ruta, World Bank
Susanne Breitkopf, Environmental Investigation Agency
Committee II
View of the dais during Committee II
Patrick Omondi, Kenya
Jonathan Barzdo, Chair, Committee II
Delegates during the session
Sarath Wimalabandara Kotagama,
Sri Lanka
Lejo van der Heiden, EU
Pohamba Shifeta, Minister of Environment and Tourism, Namibia
Tom Milliken, TRAFFIC
Antonio Manila, the Philippines
Nozipho Mxakato-Diseko, South Africa
He Jingxin, China
Yap Him Hoo, Singapore
Ahmed Esmaeil Al Hashmi, UAE
Delegates vote for the adoption of a resolution
Øystein Størkersen, Chair, Standing Committee
Sévérin Nsia, Benin
Craig Hoover, US
Oppah Chamu Muchinguri, Minister of Environment,
Water and Climate, Zimbabwe
Delegates during the session
Around the Venue
Delegates enter the venue for the third day of negotiations
Delegates discuss issues relating to Committee II
Delegates from Finland
Delegates between sessions
A delegate reads the Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) website
Delegates from the EU
Around the exhibition area
