Resolution nº E/RES/2013/40 of the United Nations Economic and Social Council. 25-07-2013

• Date: 25 July 2013
• Issuer: Economic and Social Council of the United Nation

United Nations

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/RES/2013/40

Economic and Social Council

Distr.: General

17 October 2013

Substantive session of 2013

Agenda item 14 (c)

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Resolution adopted by the Economic and Social Council on 25 July 2013

[on the recommendation of the Commission on Crime P revention

and Criminal Justice (E/2013/30 and Corr.1)]

2013/40. Crime prevention and criminal justice responses to illicit

trafficking in protected species of wild fauna and flora

The Econom ic and Socia l Counc il

,

Reca lling

it s reso lutions 2001/ 12 of 24 Jul y 2001 and 2003/2 7 of 22 July 2003

conc erning illicit traffic king i n prote cted sp ecies o f wild flora a nd fau na,

Reco gnizing

t he r ole of th e Co nventio n on Int ernatio nal T rade in E ndange red

Spec ies of Wil d Fa una and F lora

1

as the princ ipal interna tional instr ument on legal

trad e in wild fa una and fl ora, and e fforts ma de by part ies to tha t Convent ion to

impl ement it,

Reaffirming

Com mission on Crime Preven tion and Crimina l Justic e

reso lution 16/1 o f 27 Apr il 200 7 on i nternat ional coop eratio n in p reventi ng and

comb ating illi cit inte rnatio nal tra fficking in fo rest pr oducts , i ncludin g t imber,

wild life and o ther forest biolo gical resour ces,

2

in which , int er al ia, th e Co mmissio n

stro ngly enco uraged Mem ber S tates to coo perate at the bi lateral , reg ional an d

inte rnation al le vels to prevent , co mbat and eradic ate illicit inte rnation al tr afficki ng

in fores t pr oducts , in cluding ti mber, wildli fe a nd other fore st b iologic al r esource s,

wher e approp riate, th rough th e use of inte rnation al legal in strume nts such a s the

Unit ed N ations Conv ention agai nst Tr ansnati onal Organi zed Crime

3

and the Unit ed

Nati ons Co nventio n agai nst Cor ruptio n,

4

Reca lling

Ge neral Assembl y reso lution 67/189 of 20 Decemb er 20 12, in which

the Ass embly exp ressed de ep co ncern abo ut envi ronmen tal cr imes, incl uding

traff icking in en dangere d and, where appli cable, protect ed spe cies o f wild fauna and

flor a, and emphas ized th e need to co mbat su ch cri mes by strengt hening intern ational

coop eratio n, ca pacity -buildi ng, c rimina l jus tice res ponses and law enfo rcemen t

effor ts,

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1

United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 993, No. 14537.

2

See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2007, Supplement No. 10 (E/2007/30/Rev.1),

chap. I, sect. D.

3

United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2225, No. 39574.

4

Ibid., vol. 2349, No. 42146.