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Tackling Illicit Trafficking in Wildlife

A/RES/70/301No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 15Integrated and coordinated implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and summits in the economic, social and related fields, published in 2016.

What other versions does this mandate have?

7 versions · 2015–2025
This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/79/313
  • 2025A/RES/79/313Tackling illicit trafficking in wildlifeLatestCompare with previous version
  • 2023A/RES/77/325Tackling illicit trafficking in wildlifeCompare with previous version
  • 2021A/RES/75/311Tackling illicit trafficking in wildlifeCompare with previous version
  • 2019A/RES/73/343Tackling illicit trafficking in wildlifeCompare with previous version
  • 2017A/RES/71/326Tackling illicit trafficking in wildlifeCompare with previous version

iVersions are identified automatically by matching titles within the same organ (~97% accuracy on a manual audit).

What subjects does this mandate have?

3 topics
Crime PreventionIllicit TrafficWildlife

What does this mandate say?

6 operative paragraphs
1
Stresses its determination to implement fully and without delay the commitments undertaken in its resolution 69/314;
2
Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary-General;
3
Takes note, further, of the World Wildlife Crime Report: Trafficking in protected species, prepared by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in 2016;
4
Requests the Secretary-General, taking into account Economic and Social Council resolution 2013/40 of 25 July 2013, to present, based on inputs from Member States and other relevant stakeholders, updated information to the General Assembly at its seventy-first session on the global status of illicit trafficking in wildlife, including poaching and illegal trade, and on the implementation of the present resolution, and to present proposals for possible future action;
5
Invites the President of the General Assembly, in cooperation with the secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, and with the involvement of relevant stakeholders, to hold, on 3 March 2017, a high-level thematic discussion on the global observance of World Wildlife Day, including on the protection of wild flora and fauna and on tackling illicit trafficking in wildlife;
6
Decides to revisit the issue and the implementation of the present resolution at its seventy-first session.

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