CHAD LIKELY TO SUPPORT USG AT CITES-COP15

UNCLAS NDJAMENA 000078 SIPDIS SENSITIVE STATE FOR AF/C AND OES/ENRC ABIDJAN FOR REO - FISHMAN E.O. 12958:N/A TAGS: SENV KSCA CITES AORC UNEP CD SUBJECT: CHAD LIKELY TO SUPPORT USG AT CITES-COP15 REFTEL: 6668 -------------- LIKELY WILL SUPPORT USG PROPOSALS -------------- ¶1. (SBU) Ministry of Environment Director of Fauna and National Parks M. Daboulaye Man Ymary Djaingue provided GOC feedback February 4 on reftel demarche. Daboulaye stated that Chad would attend the March 13-25 COP-15 and noted his professional recommendation that the GOC support the USG proposals. He said that h would advise senior ministry officials of his reommendation and believed that the GOC would likey be supportive of the USG at the conference. -------------- SEEKING USG SUPPOT ON IVORY BAN -------------- ¶2. (SBU) The director also noted his recent partcipation in a January 22-28 meetingin Brussels of countries supporting the moratorium on ivory trade. He said that Chad, along with a majority of African countries, would be asking for support -- from the USG and others -- to maintain the moratorium on ivory trading. BREMNER