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CITES CONFERENCE PLENARY SESSIONS: 17 OCTOBER
SUMMARY
1. PLENARY ADOPTS BY CONSENSUS AMENDED SOMALI RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY COMMITTEE I ON 16 OCTOBER.
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2. A PLENARY SESSION OF THE CONFERENCE WAS CONVENED AT 9 AM TODAY
FOLLOWING REPORTED THREAT FROM BOTSWANA TO LEAVE CITES IF SOMALI PROPOSAL ACCEPTED BY PLENARY. AFTER DISCUSSION IN PLENARY AND FURTHER DELICATE CORRIDOR NEGOTIATIONS, THE SOMALI PROPOSAL, APPROVED ON 16 OCTOBER BY COMMITTEE I, WAS ADOPTED BY CONSENSUS AT A RECONVENED PLENARY SESSION THIS AFTERNOON. ZIMBABWE, BOTSWANA, MALAWI, MOZAMBIQUE AND BURUNDI ALL INDICATED THEIR INTENTION TO ENTER RESERVATIONS. THE SOUTH AFRICAN DELEGATION RESTRICTED
THEMSELVES TO STATING THAT THEY COULD NOT GIVE THE SOMALI PROPOSAL UNCONDITIONAL SUPPORT AND BOTSWANA, RATHER THAN THREATENING TO LEAVE CITES, STATED ONLY THAT CONSIDERATION WOULD HAVE TO BE GIVEN TO THE ROLE OF CITES IN RESPECT OF BOTSWANA.
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