16 December 2014
ASEAN Members Adopt Declaration on Combating Wildlife Trafficking
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The 9th East Asia Summit (EAS) concluded with the issuance of declarations and statements on a number of transboundary issues of common concern including Ebola, wildlife trafficking, disaster response and terrorism.

On wildlife trafficking, 10 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member States, as well as Australia, China, India, Japan, the Republic of Korea, New Zealand, the Russian Federation and the US adopted the 'Declaration on Combating Wildlife Trafficking.'

Asean13 November 2014: The 9th East Asia Summit (EAS) concluded with the issuance of declarations and statements on a number of transboundary issues of common concern including Ebola, wildlife trafficking, disaster response and terrorism. On wildlife trafficking, 10 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member States, as well as Australia, China, India, Japan, the Republic of Korea, New Zealand, the Russian Federation and the US, adopted the ‘Declaration on Combating Wildlife Trafficking.’

The Declaration calls for increased harmonization, capacity building, support, coordination and resources to optimize crime prevention and criminal justice to combat illicit trafficking and illegal wildlife trade throughout the region. It also calls for formalized financial and institutional support for the ASEAN Wildlife Enforcement Network (WEN) and requests the ASEAN Ministers’ Meeting on Transnational Crime (AMMTC) to recognize environmental crime as a serious transnational crime and to include it as an area of cooperation in the ASEAN Plan of Action to Combat Transnational Crime.

The Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) welcomed the Declaration. The 9th East Asia Summit (EAS) was held in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar on 13 November 2014. [EAS Website] [EAS Declaration on Combating Wildlife Trafficking] [CITES News]

 

 

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