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UNCLASSIFIED
FM UKMIS GENEVA
TO DESKBY 17170OZ FCO
TELNO 638
OF 171643Z OCTOBER 1989
AND TO DESKBY 17170OZ UKDEL KUALA LUMPUR
FROM UKDEL CITES
HKC151
277
064144
MDHIAN 0261
EXISTING TRADE IN IVORY
SUMMARY
1. COMMITTEE II DISCUSSES PROPOSALS TO AMEND RESOLUTION 5.11 TO ALLOW FOR TRADE IN EXISTING STOCKS OF IVORY. VOTE HEAVILY AGAINST CHANGE, THEREBY BANNING TRADE IN EXISTING STOCKS IN IVORY.
DETAIL
2. COMMITTEE II DISCUSSED THIS AFTERNOON PROPOSALS TO CHANGE RESOLUTION 5.11 TO ALLOW FOR TRADE IN EXISTING STOCKS OF IVORY. AUSTRALIA, AUSTRIA, UNITED STATES AND TANZANIA SPOKE AGAINST ANY CHANGE. MACAO (PORTUGAL), HONG KONG (UK), CHINA AND BURUNDI SPOKE IN FAVOUR. A CARD VOTE SHOWED A LARGE MAJORITY AGAINST ANY AMENDMENT TO 5.11. SIX COUNTRIES ONLY VOTED IN FAVOUR, AND THREE, INCLUDING THE UK AND PORTUGAL, ABSTAINED. NO COMMONWEALTH COUNTRY APPEARS TO HAVE VOTED IN FAVOUR OF CHANGE TO 5.11.
3. UK PROPOSAL, 7.43.3 ON REMOVAL OF 90 DAY GRACE PERIOD PASSED BY CONSENSUS TO GENERAL ACCLAMATION. A MINOR AMENDMENT BY THE FRG, WHO WERE IN FULL SUPPORT, WAS ACCEPTED.
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