[wanabidii] Press release: Countdown begins for the 2016 world wildlife conference

Thursday, September 24, 2015

Geneva, 24 September 2015: In exactly one year's time from today, the entire CITES community will congregate at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa, for the 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to CITES (#CITESCoP17). The meeting will run from 24 September to 5 October 2016 and a new dedicated portal for #CITESCoP17 was launched today. This portal will provide access to all #CITESCoP17 documents and relevant information concerning the meeting vi a one webpage.

The CITES Secretary-General, Mr John E. Scanlon, visited the Sandton Convention Centre ‎in Johannesburg with Mrs. Edna Molewa, Minister of Environmental Affairs of South Africa earlier this month. The Sandton Convention Centre is a technologically advanced convention centre and is a superb location for #CITESCoP17, having state of the art facilities and being well located to the Johannesburg O. R. Tambo International Airport via a recently completed direct train link.

CoP17 Web portal - https://cites.org/cop17

See the full press release at:

https://cites.org/eng/news/pr/countdown_begins_for_the_2016_world_wildlife_conference

CITES Secretariat
International Environment House
11 Chemin des Anemones
CH-1219 Chatelaine, Geneva
Switzerland
Fax: +41-22-797-34-17
 
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