Tackling Illicit Trafficking in Wildlife

A/RES/70/301View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 15 Integrated and coordinated implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and summits in the economic, social and related fields, published in 2016.

What other versions does this mandate have?

7 versions · 2015–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/79/313

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/79/313	Tackling illicit trafficking in wildlife	5,737	83%Compare
2023	A/RES/77/325	Tackling illicit trafficking in wildlife	5,356	90%Compare
2021	A/RES/75/311	Tackling illicit trafficking in wildlife	5,217	69%Compare
2019	A/RES/73/343	Tackling illicit trafficking in wildlife	3,906	74%Compare
2017	A/RES/71/326	Tackling illicit trafficking in wildlife	3,221	12%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

5 reports · 2016–2024

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2024	A/79/699	Tackling illicit trafficking in wildlife report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/77/325
2023	A/77/933	Tackling illicit trafficking in wildlife report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/75/311
2021	A/75/953	Tackling illicit trafficking in wildlife report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/73/343
2019	A/73/947	Tackling illicit trafficking in wildlife report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/71/326
2016	A/70/951	Tackling illicit trafficking in wildlife report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/69/314

What subjects does this mandate have?

3 subjects

Crime Prevention Illicit Traffic Wildlife

What’s in this document?

6 operative paragraphs

Stresses its determination to implement fully and without delay the commitments undertaken in its resolution 69/314;

Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary-General;²

²A/70/951.

Takes note, further, of the World Wildlife Crime Report: Trafficking in protected species, prepared by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in 2016;³

³United Nations publication, Sales No. E.16.XI.9.

Requests the Secretary-General, taking into account Economic and Social Council resolution 2013/40 of 25 July 2013, to present, based on inputs from Member States and other relevant stakeholders, updated information to the General Assembly at its seventy-first session on the global status of illicit trafficking in wildlife, including poaching and illegal trade, and on the implementation of the present resolution, and to present proposals for possible future action;

Invites the President of the General Assembly, in cooperation with the secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, and with the involvement of relevant stakeholders, to hold, on 3 March 2017, a high-level thematic discussion on the global observance of World Wildlife Day, including on the protection of wild flora and fauna and on tackling illicit trafficking in wildlife;

Decides to revisit the issue and the implementation of the present resolution at its seventy-first session.

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