CITES Conference to Strengthen Wildlife Trade Rules

Update, June 2019: CoP18 Rescheduled

June 12, 2019 - The 71st meeting of the CITES Standing Committee, the 18th meeting of the Conference of the Parties and the 72nd meeting of the CITES Standing Committee will be held in Geneva, Switzerland from 16 - 28 August 2019 at the following address:

Palexpo
Centre de Congrès
Route François-Peyrot 30
CH-1218 Grand-Saconnex
Geneva, Switzerland

Read the full letter from Secretary-General, Ivonne Higuero

Related Information:

• Notification to the Parties
• CITES Musical Instrument Certificates – Further Improvements Needed (French, English, and Spanish)
• Proposed Listing of Cedrela spp. (Spanish Cedar) on Appendix II without Annotation (French, English, and Spanish)
• Dalbergia - Statement of Principles, Musical Instruments and Appendix II Annotation #15 (French, English, and Spanish)
• Musical Instruments and the Proposed Listing of Woolly Mammoth (Mammuthus Primigenius) on Appendix II without Annotation (French, English, and Spanish)

CoP18 Side Event

Please join us for a NAMM-hosted luncheon, musical performance, and information session: "Musical Instruments and CITES Protected Species"

• Saturday, August 17, 12:30 – 14:00
• Location: Room W, Palexpo
• Learn more.