Summary
CITES CoP17 Committees quickly moved through many agenda issues. Committee I agreed to list several species under Appendix I, including all pangolin species. The African lion proposal was deferred to a working group. Committee II agreed to the first dedicated decision on fighting wildlife cybercrime as well as a resolution to combating corruption.
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Committee I
View of the dais during Committee I
Kim Friedman, Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO)
Karen Gaynor, Chair, Committee I
Teona Karchava, Georgia
Nicolas Roncagliolo, Peru
Simon Stuart, IUCN
Anton Mezhnev, Russian Federation
Felipe Alencar Da Costa, Brazil
Vanesa Tossenberger, Argentina
Antonita Mollo Vino, Bolivia
Rodrigo Medellin, Mexico
Boundjouw Sama, Togo
M. Bella Diallo, Guinea
Albertina Nzuzi, Angola
Margaret Mwakima, Kenya
Byoungyoon Lee, Republic of Korea
Ted Reilly, Swaziland
Committee II
Participants during Committee II
Juan Carlos Vasquez, CITES Legal Affairs and Compliance
Jonathan Barzdo, Chair, Committee II
Sonja Meintjes, South Africa
Stephen Mwansa, Zambia
Bruno Mainini, Switzerland
Iris Ho, Humane Society International
Zhang Shanning, China
Louisa Mupetami, Namibia
Daven Joseph, Antigua and Barbuda
Lawrence Chidi Anukam, Nigeria
Paul Murphy, Australia
Jürgen Friedrich, EU
Bruce Weissgold, US
Arthur Musakwa, Zimbabwe
Melvin James, Saint Kitts and Nevis
Fernando Beltrán, Chile
Grace Ge Gabriel, International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW)
Around the Venue
Delegates speak informally before the start of plenary
Members of the Secretariat
John Scanlon, Secretary-General, CITES,
conducts an interview with media
Press conference held with Edna Molewa, Minister of Environmental Affairs, South Africa; Pohamba Shifeta, Minister of
Environment and Tourism, Namibia; Oppah Chamu Muchinguri, Minister of Environment, Water and Climate,
Zimbabwe; and Stephen Mwansa, Ministry of Tourism and Arts, Zambia
Jonathan Barzdo, Chair, Committee II,
speaks with a delegate from the EU
Representatives from the Conservation Alliance for Kenya
prepare for an interview with the media
Students, lecturers and participants of the CITES Master Course gather to give thanks
to former CITES Plants Committee Chair Margarita Clemente Muñoz
Edna Molewa, Minister of Environmental Affairs, South Africa, speaks with Tasha Goldberg and Bo-Alex Fredvik, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
Delegates from Mexico
A remote controlled pangolin leaves the negotiating rooms
Delegates between sessions
Conference staff around the venue
