Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

African Countries Deeply Divided over Ivory Trade Before UN Meeting

(Version anglaise seulement)

Member states of the U.N. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) are not meeting until September, but some African countries have already drawn their battle lines on divisive issues such as the ivory trade. Proposals for the meeting in Johannesburg were made public this week, pitting bids by Namibia and Zimbabwe to open up the trade in elephant ivory, against initiatives led by Kenya for a complete global ban on the coveted commodity. Those seeking to open up...

Lire l'article complet