13 September 2010: The second meeting of the signatories to the Memorandum of Understanding on the Saiga Antelope, developed under the auspices of the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS), was held from 9-10 September 2010, in Ulanbataar, Mongolia. It was preceded by a technical meeting on the Saiga Antelope, held from 7-8 September 2010. During the meeting, Mongolia signed the memorandum, including the populations of the Mongolian Saiga antelope in the framework of international cooperation on saiga in Central Asia and the Russian Federation. The Saiga antelope is protected both under CMS and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). [UNEP press release]