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Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (Conservative), on Thursday, 18 March 2004, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 101 members in total.


CITES AND THE IVORY TRADE

That this House believes in the crucial importance of conserving the elephant population for future generations; fully supports the efforts of the Council for the International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) signatory countries to eradicate elephant poaching; endorses the agreements made by CITES to ban trade in ivory; and urges the CITES Secretariat and Standing Committee to resolve to continue with this ban after May.


Secondary information

Type
Early day motion
Reference
862 
Session
2003-04
Subjects
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species Poaching Trade Ivory Elephants
Link
View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk