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From · resolution motion · 15 Oct 2025 B-10-2025-0450 on the EU strategic objectives for the 20th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), to be held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, from 24 November to 5 December 2025

To · Adopted text · 23 Oct 2025 TA-10-2025-0255 Key objectives for the CITES COP20 meeting in Uzbekistan

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The versions differ only in formal points: punctuation corrections in two places. #1 #2

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Change #1 Formal

Replaces a semicolon with a semicolon in the same position, correcting punctuation.

K. whereas in 2021 the IUCN raised the threat level of the African savannah elephant (Loxodonta africana) from Vulnerable to Endangered and listed African forest elephants (Loxodonta cyclotis) separately as Critically Endangered, following population declines across Africa of more than 60 % for African savannah elephants and 86 % for African forest elephants within three ~~generations ;~~generations;

Change #2 Formal

Replaces a hyphen with a period after the number 40, correcting punctuation.

4040. Supports the vision statement that by 2030, ‘all international trade in wild fauna and flora is legal and sustainable, consistent with the long-term conservation of species, and thereby contributing to halting biodiversity loss, to ensuring its sustainable use, and to achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development’;