JAMAICA: PREPARING FOR CITES CONFERENCE OF PARTIES

UNCLAS KINGSTON 000706 SIPDIS SIPDIS STATE FOR OES/ETC ROWENA WATSON E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: SENV ETRD KSCA JM SUBJECT: JAMAICA: PREPARING FOR CITES CONFERENCE OF PARTIES 14 REF: STATE 59536 ¶1. Post delivered reftel talking points on May 3. On May 8, Dr. Elaine Fisher of the National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA),responded, saying that Jamaica had not yet completed its deliberations on any of the proposals and documents for CITES Conference of Parties 14 (CoP 14),and that she hoped to have further information by May 10. Post has not received any further information, and calls to Dr. Fisher have not been returned. Post will report any further information as it is received. ¶2. Dr. Fisher did add that "(Jamaica) would certainly be interested in (USG) views on the two issues in document 36, and in particular on the proposals being put forward by the Secretariat." If the Department wishes to share this SIPDIS information, Post's POC for CITES CoP 14 is Economic Officer John Morgan, tel. (876) 702-6028, e-mail: morganjs@state.gov. Johnson