TNAG-1956-FCO40-2785-Trade-of-rare-and-endangered-species-in-Hong-Kong-1989 — Page 60

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MDHIAN 9990

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FM UKMIS GENEVA

TO DESKBY 16100OZ FCO

TELNO 631

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FROM UK DELEGATION TO CITES CONFERENCE

ROUND-UP 13 OCTOBER

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1. CONFUSED DEBATE IN COMMITTEE I ON SEVEN PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO PROPOSALS FOR SPLIT LISTING OF AFRCIAN ELEPHANT. MEETING FINALLY AD JOURNED UNTIL 16 OCTOBER TO ALLOW TIME FOR PROPOSALS AND AMENDMENTS TO BE REDRAFTED OVER WEEKEND. POSSIBILITY OF VOTE ON APPENDIX 1 LISTING IN AFTERNOON OF 16 OCTOBER.

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2. THE AFTERNOON SESSION OF COMMITTEE I DEBATED CITES LISTING OF THE AFRICAN ELEPHANT, WHICH HAD BEEN REFERRED BACK FROM COMMITTEE 2 FOR FURTHER EXPERTS CONSIDERATION. A RATHER CONFUSED SESSION WITH A NUMBER OF AMENDMENTS TO PROPOSALS ON SPLIT LISTING BEING DISCUSSED. A VOTE WAS TAKEN ON WHETHER THE COMMITTEE SHOULD VOTE ON THE PROPOSALS AND AMENDMENTS BEFORE IT. AS EXPLAINED IN TELECON FOLLAND/GREEN, UK ABSTAINED BECAUSE A) THE WHOLE SUBJECT HAD BECOME CONFUSED THROUGH THE PLETHORA OF PROPOSALS ON THE TABLE B) WE JUDGED THAT IF A VOTE HAD BEEN TAKEN APPENDIX I LISTING WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED, AND C) MOST OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS DID LIKELWISE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FRANCE AND THE FRG WHO VOTED TO PUT THE MATTER THERE AND THEN TO THE VOTE, AND ITALY WHO OPPOSED SUCH A MOVE.

3. THE MAJORITY OF DELEGATIONS WERE IN FAVOUR OF FURTHER CONSDIERATION OF THE PROPOSALS ON THE TABLE BEFORE ANY VOTE ON APPENDIX I IS TAKEN. REDRAFTING HAS CONTNUED OVER THE WEEKEND AND A

VOTE MAY BE TAKEN LATER TODAY.

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