CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES

 

An international agreement between governments. CITES was drafted as a result of a resolution adopted in 1963 at a meeting of members of The World Conservation Union. The text of the Convention was finally agreed on 3 March 1973, and on 1 July 1975 CITES entered in force. CITES is an international agreement to which States (countries) adhere voluntarily. Although CITES is legally binding on the Parties - it does not take the place of national laws. Rather it provides a framework to be respected by each Party, which has to adopt its own domestic legislation to make sure that CITES is implemented at the national level.				CITES AIMS To ensure that international trade in specimens of wild animals and plants does not threaten their survival
Contact Details: Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species CITES Secretariat International Environment House Chemin des Anemones Chatelaine Geneva CH-1219 SWITZERLAND Tel: (+41) 22 917 8139/40 Fax: (+41) 22 797 3417 Website: http://www.cites.org