RT null T1 Stockholm50-statement_plenary_CITES A1 United Nations Environment Programme, K1 Cities PB United Nations Environment Programme YR 2022 FD 2022-06-17 LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/40165 UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/40165 NO Thank you ChairExcellencies, distinguished delegates, theStockholm Conference recommended toconvene a plenipotentiary conference toadopt a convention on international trade ofspecies of wild animals and plants. Thisprovided the impetus for finalising theConvention on International Trade inEndangered Species of Wild Animals andPlants or CITES in 1973. DS UN Environment Document Repository RD Sep 24, 2026