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CITES and the WTO: Enhancing Cooperation for Sustainable Development

“CITES and the WTO: Enhancing Cooperation for Sustainable Development” illustrates how the relationship between the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and the WTO has evolved into a leading example of how global trade and environmental regimes can support each other and work coherently to achieve shared objectives.

See also:
> WTO-CITES co-publication marks 20 years of cooperation on sustainable development

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Programme

 12:30

Introductory remarks by Ms. Irene B.K. Young, Permanent Representative of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China to the WTO and Chair of the Committee on Trade and Environment (CTE)

 
 

12:35-13:00

Remarks by Mr Roberto Azevêdo, WTO Director-General
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Remarks by Mr. John E. Scanlon, Secretary-General of CITES
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