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AND TO PRIORITY EC POSTS, BIS NEW YORK, UKMIS NEW YORK, OTTAWA AND TO PRIORITY ABIDJAN ABU BHABT ACCRA BANJUL, BERNE AND TO PRIORITY BRAZZAVILLE, BUDAPEST, CANBERRA, CAPE TOWN AND TO PRIORITY DAR ES SALAAM, DUBAI, GABORONE, UKMIS GENEVA AND TO PRIORITY GIBRALTAR, HARARE, HELSINKI, BTC HONG KONG AND TO PRIORITY JOHANNESBURG, KAMPALA, KINSHASA, KUALA LUMPUR AND TO PRIORITY LAGOS, LILONGWE, LUANDA, LUSAKA, MAPUTO, MASERU AND TO PRIORITY MBABANE, NAIROBI, OSLO, PEKING, PRETORIA

AND TO PRIORITY REYKJAVIK, SINGAPORE, STOCKHOLM, TOKYO, VALLETTA AND TO PRIORITY VIENNA, WASHINGTON, WELLINGTON

AND TO SAVING EASTERN EUROPEAN POSTS, MIDDLE EAST POSTS AND TO SAVING OAS POSTS, UKDEL STRASBOURG, ADDIS ABABA, ANGUILLA AND TO SAVING ANKARA, ANTANANARIVO, ANTIGUA, ASCENSION ISLAND AND TO SAVING BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, BANGKOK, BELMOPAN, BMG BERLIN AND TO SAVING UKDEL NATO, CASTRIES, COLOMBO, DAKAR, DHAKA AND TO SAVING FREETOWN, UKDIS GENEVA, GEORGETOWN, GRAND CAYMAN AND TO SAVING GRAND TURK, HAMILTON, HANOI, HOLY SEE, HONIARA AND TO SAVING ISLAMABAD, ISTANBUL, JAKARTA, KATHMANDU, KINGSTON AND TO SAVING LIBREVILLE, MANAGUA, MANILA, MOGADISHU, MONROVIA AND TO SAVING MONTSERRAT, NASSAU, NEW DELHI, NICOSIA, NUKU'ALOFA AND TO SAVING UKDEL OECD PARIS, PORT LOUIS, PORT MORESBY AND TO SAVING PORT STANLEY, RANGOON, ST GEORGE'S, ST HELENA AND TO SAVING ST VINCENT, SAN SALVADOR, SAO PAULO, SEOUL AND TO SAVING SUVA, TARAWA, TORTOLA, TRIPOLI, TRISTAN DA CUNHA AND TO SAVING ULAN BATOR, VICTORIA, UKDEL VIENNA, UKMIS VIENNA AND TO SAVING VILA, YAOUNDE, UKDEL IMF/IBRD WASHINGTON

AFRICAN ELEPHANT IVORY: SIX-MONTH EXEMPTION OF HONG KONG FROM BAN ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE

INTRODUCTION

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ON 17 JANUARY THE UK ENTERED A SIX-MONTH RESERVATION ON BEHALF OF HONG KONG AGAINST THE DECISION OF THE 7TH CONFERENCE OF CONTRACTING PARTIES TO THE CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES OF WILD FAUNA AND FLORA (CITES) TO UPGRADE THE AFRICAN ELEPHANT FROM APPENDIX II TO APPENDIX I OF CITES. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUERIES ON THE CONTENTS OF THIS GUIDANCE PLEASE

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