Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07OTTAWA891
2007-05-11 19:33:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Ottawa
Cable title:
CANADA: CITES COP 14 PREPARATION
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UNCLAS OTTAWA 000891
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR OES/ETC, WHA/CAN,
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: SENV KSCA ETRD CA
SUBJECT: CANADA: CITES COP 14 PREPARATION
Ref: State 57912
UNCLAS OTTAWA 000891
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR OES/ETC, WHA/CAN,
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: SENV KSCA ETRD CA
SUBJECT: CANADA: CITES COP 14 PREPARATION
Ref: State 57912
1. Emboff delivered reftel demarche to Erum Hasan, Advisor in the
Multilateral Affairs Division at Environment Canada, on May 4.
After consulting with senior officials, including Canada's CITES
Scientific Authorities, Hasan responded on May 10 that Canada had
yet to establish firm positions on the matters raised in demarche.
2. GoC officials are hoping to discuss the U.S. proposals, as well
as the German proposals noted reftel with USG and Mexican officials
at the upcoming meeting of the Trilateral Committee for Wildlife and
Ecosystem Conservation and Management May 14-18 in Quebec City.
According to Hasan, the GoC expects to determine Canadian positions
on these proposals during those meetings. From the Canadian
perspective, a major focus of the Quebec City meetings will be to
try to reach a harmonized North American approach for the CITES COP
14 meeting. To date, Mission Canada has received country clearance
requests for approximately 60 American participants in the Quebec
City meetings, most of whom are USG officials from USFWS & DOI,
State, USDA, NOAA, and USGS, but also including representatives from
state governments and NGOs.
Wilkins
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR OES/ETC, WHA/CAN,
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: SENV KSCA ETRD CA
SUBJECT: CANADA: CITES COP 14 PREPARATION
Ref: State 57912
1. Emboff delivered reftel demarche to Erum Hasan, Advisor in the
Multilateral Affairs Division at Environment Canada, on May 4.
After consulting with senior officials, including Canada's CITES
Scientific Authorities, Hasan responded on May 10 that Canada had
yet to establish firm positions on the matters raised in demarche.
2. GoC officials are hoping to discuss the U.S. proposals, as well
as the German proposals noted reftel with USG and Mexican officials
at the upcoming meeting of the Trilateral Committee for Wildlife and
Ecosystem Conservation and Management May 14-18 in Quebec City.
According to Hasan, the GoC expects to determine Canadian positions
on these proposals during those meetings. From the Canadian
perspective, a major focus of the Quebec City meetings will be to
try to reach a harmonized North American approach for the CITES COP
14 meeting. To date, Mission Canada has received country clearance
requests for approximately 60 American participants in the Quebec
City meetings, most of whom are USG officials from USFWS & DOI,
State, USDA, NOAA, and USGS, but also including representatives from
state governments and NGOs.
Wilkins