Early Day Motion·EDM 124

CITES AND THE IVORY TRADE

17 May 2005111 Signatures

Motion Text

That this House believes in the crucial importance of conserving the elephant population for future generations; fully supports the efforts of the Council for the International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) signatory countries to eradicate elephant poaching; endorses the agreements made by CITES to ban trade in ivory; and urges the CITES Secretariat and Standing Committe to resolve to continue with this ban.