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INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG, GABORONE, KINSHASA, YAOUNDE, BRAZZAVILLE INFO PRIORITY LIBREVILLE, TOKYO, NAIROBI, LILONGWE, MAPUTO INFO PRIORITY MOGADISHU, PRETORIA, KHARTOUM, DAR ES SALAAM
INFO PRIORITY WASHINGTON, HARARE, LUSAKA, UKREP BRUSSELS, BANJUL INFO PRIORITY UKMIS GENEVA
FROM UKDEL CITES
KUALA LUMPUR FOR CHOGM DELEGATION
7TH CONFERENCE ON PARTIES TO CITES: LAUSANNE 9-20 OCTOBER 1989: REPORT ON THE IVORY DEBATE
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1. CITES CONFERENCE APPROVES BAN ON INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL TRADE IN IVORY WITH NO EXEMPTIONS. BOTH NEW IVORY AND EXISTING STOCKS, INCLUDING HONG KONG'S AFFECTED. SOME AFRICAN COUNTRIES INDICATE INTENTION TO OPT OUT OF BAN.
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2. THE 7TH CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES TO THE CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES OF WILD FAUNA AND FLORA (CITES) TOOK PLACE IN LAUSANNE FROM 9-20 OCTOBER. 95 OF THE 103 PARTIES WERE REPRESENTED. 150 NGOS WERE ALSO ACCREDITED, INCLUDING FROM THE UK, WWF, ELEFRIENDS AND ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTIGATION AGENCY. NATURE THE 11-STRONG UK DELEGATION, LED BY THE DOE,COMPRISED DOE (2), CONSERVANCY COUNCIL (2), ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS KEW (2), HM CUSTOMS AND EXCISE (1), HONG KONG GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT, AND DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES (3), AND FCO (1).
3. THE DOMINANT THEME OF THE CONFERENCE WAS INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN IVORY FROM THE AFRICAN ELEPHANT. THE CONFERENCE WAS REQUIRED TO
DECISIONS DECIDE ON TWO MAJOR ISSUES RELATING TO THE TRADE IN IVORY, ON WHICH MANY BELIEVED THE FATE OF THE AFRICAN ELEPHANT RESTED.
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4. THE FIRST ISSUE WAS THE PROPOSALS FROM SEVEN COUNTRIES GAMBIA, HUNGARY, SOMALIA, KENYA, TANZANIA AND THE UNITED STATES - FOR THE UPGRADING OF THE AFRICAN ELEPHANT FROM APPENDIX II TO APPENDIX I OF CITES, THEREBY BANNING COMMERCIAL TRADE IN IVORY AND OTHER
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