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IPT: IRO SUB-GROUP: MULTILATERAL TREATIES: CONSERVATION
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THE CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES OF WILD FAUNA AND FLORA (CITES) WAS CONCLUDED ON 3 MARCH 1973 IN WASHINGTON DC AND ENTERED INTO FORCE ON 1 JULY 1975 (TEXT AT ANNEX A).
2. THE AIM OF THE CITES IS TO ESTABLISH A SYSTEM OF INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION IN THE PROTECTION OF CERTAIN SPECIES OF WILD FAUNA AND FLORA LISTED IN THE APPENDICES TO THE CONVENTION. THE CONVENTION SEEKS, IN PARTICULAR, TO PROTECT SUCH SPECIES FROM OVER-EXPLOITATION THROUGH INTERNATIONAL TRADE. APPENDIX I LISTS SPECIES THREATENED WITH EXTINCTION AND, UNLESS AUTHORISED IN EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES, PROHIBITS INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN SUCH SPECIES. APPENDIX II LISTS SPECIES, NOT THREATENED WITH EXTINCTION, BUT SUBJECTS INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN THEM TO STRICT CONTROL TO PREVENT OVER-EXPLOITATION. APPENDIX III LISTS SPECIES WHICH DO NOT FALL WITHIN APPENDICES I OR II BUT WHICH A CONTRACTING PARTY HAS IDENTIFIED AS SUBJECT TO REGULATION WITHIN ITS JURISDICTION. APPENDIX III, TOGETHER WITH OTHER PROVISIONS OF THE CONVENTION, PROVIDES A MECHANISM WHEREBY SUCH A CONTRACTING PARTY CAN OBTAIN THE CO-OPERATION OF OTHER CONTRACTING PARTIES IN CONTROLLING TRADE IN THESE SPECIES.
3. CONTRACTING PARTIES TO CITES ARE REQUIRED TO ESTABLISH MANAGEMENT AND SCIENTIFIC AUTHORITIES TO IMPLEMENT A PERMIT SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITES PROVISIONS (ARTICLE IX). THE CONVENTION ESTABLISHED A SECRETARIAT IN SWITZERLAND TO CO- ORDINATE IMPLEMENTATION CARTICLE XII). THE CONFERENCE OF PARITIES MEETS BIENNIALLY AND MAY REVISE THE ENDANGERED SPECIES APPENDICES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURES SET OUT IN ARTICLES XV AND XVI.
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