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International Plenipotentiary Conference to Conclude an International Convention on Trade in Certain Species of Wildlife: Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 April 2017

Abstract

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Treaties and Agreements
Copyright
Copyright © American Society of International Law 1973

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Footnotes

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[Reproduced from U.S. Department of State Publication 8729, General Foreign Policy Series 279 (June 1973). Appendix IV is reproduced from Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, Message from the President of the United States, U.S. Senate, Executive H, 93rd Cong., 1st Sess. (April 13, 1973).

[On August 3, 1973, the U.S. Senate agreed to a resolution of ratification, by a vote of 86 to none, with 14 not voting. On September 13, 1973, the United States became the first state to ratify the Convention.

[A U.S. District Court Consent Decree concerning the prohibition of importing an endangered species appears at I.L.M. page 1177.]

References

1 Transmitted on Apr. 13 (White House press release); also printed as S. Ex. H, 93d Cong., 1st sess.

2 S. Ex. H, 93d Cong., 1st sess.

3 The final act included lists of the countries represented on each committee, which are not printed here.

4 The resolutions to include the Chinese and Russian languages are not printed here.

5 The appendices to the convention are not printed here. [This reprint includes texts of appendices with common English names of species added; see p. 23.]

* Includes all species threatened with extinction which are or may be affected by trade. Not printed in the Bulletin. Footnotes appear at the end of the appendices.

* Includes all species which although not necessarily now threatened with extinction may become so unless trade in specimens of such species is subject to strict regulation. Not printed in the Bulletin. Footnotes appear at the end of this appendix.

1 Indicate tlie type of product.

2 Delete if not applicable.