COMMITTEE: ECOSOC
Resolution in the topic “Crime prevention and criminal justice responses against illicit
trafficking in endangered species of wild fauna and flora”.
MAIN SUBMITTERS: Federation of Russia, India, France, Australia.
SUBMITTED BY: Denmark, United States of America, Guatemala, Peru, Jordan, Namibia,
United Kingdom, Pakistan and Guatemala.
The ECOSOC Committee,
Recalling its resolution 2001/12, 2003/27, 2008/25, and 2011/ 36 all concerning illicit
trafficking in protected species of wild fauna and flora and also international cooperation
to prevent and combat illicit trafficking,
Recalling further the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild
Fauna and Flora of 1973 and efforts made by parties to the Convention to implement it,
Reaffirming the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice resolution 16/1 in
which, among other things, reached agreements to cooperate bilaterally, nationally, and
internationally to prevent, fight, and finally eradicate such illicit trafficking,
Concerned about the negative consequences that the illicit traffic of endangered species of
fauna and flora has on societies and their financial system and its devastating effects on
the environment,
Aware of the need of revising, strengthening and further improving of national and
international policies in order to solve this issue,
Alarmed about corruption as one of the reasons for this issue not to have been solved yet
in some states,
Further concerned about the unconsciousness of the public on the importance of this issue,
Taking into account the economic crisis and the financial problems of some nation states,
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Calls upon member states to strengthen international, regional and bilateral
cooperation, including for purposes of extradition, mutual legal assistance,
identification, seizure and confiscation.
Suggests all the nations to reinforce the cooperation between customs and the
national and international organisms that supervise the underground economies
in order to improve the control of illicit trafficking of endangered species of fauna
and flora.
Urges the creation of an anticorruption commission directed by the UN which will
coordinate anti-corruption bodies in each member states’ customs
a Whose officers will be chosen by this commission and meet specific criteria
to ensure that they are not corrupted themselves.
Whose members will be in charge of detecting and stopping corruption
activities and corrupted agents.
c Whose member will report the activities related to corruption and act in
consequence by firing, fining and condemning those corrupted agents as
each states’ body considers.
d Implement anti-corruption education in the training of custom agents
e This commission will be funded by the IMF, and each body will also receive
subsidies from their own state.
Recommends the participation of the CITES and the Commission on Crime
Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ) to cooperate in order to create
international laws which purpose would be the fair punishment of illicit traffic of
endangered fauna and flora which will be implemented in each members state
judicial system.
Also urges all member states to improve the control, protection and regulation of
endangered species in their natural habitats by means of strengthening the
policies regarding damaging these species (poaching and illegal tree felling, inter
alia) and increase the number and jurisdiction of rangers.
Invites states to raise the public awareness by means of such as but not limited to
a Applying a new educational project which involves public academic
institutions (schools, universities etc.) by means of such but not limited to
i. School projects, activities and school assembly talks initiated by
the school given depending on the system, curriculum, and grade of the students to
promote not only their awareness but their intellectual concern and knowledge.
b Giving lectures with the objective of concerning the population by giving
them legit information of what is really happening within illicit trafficking
of species.
c Create an advertising campaigns in collaboration with the public and
private media of each state
Further urges that the financial aid needed for everything proposed should be
given by the G 8 members. Once the money of the fines for which the offenders
have paid has come through, the G8 members will have to stop granting money.
a Financial aid will come in addition from France and Russia.
b The USA will finance additionally technological aid for border control.
c Australia will contribute with the granting of education to the officers and
commissioners in charge of controlling.
d These members will further finance and provide together with the IMF the
ITSFF (International Treaty on Security of Fauna and Flora) which will be
in charge of increasing the security specifically in the frontiers for those
developing countries.
Deplores members states’, whose situation regarding the illicit trafficking of
endangered species of fauna and flora, is extreme to inform their population about
the measures proposed by this committee within a maximum of 10 months and
after this span of time has concluded apply then these penalties with no tolerance
or exception.
a Within these 10 months the controls of all borders must increase
dramatically, not only internationally, but also nationally. Each member
state will be in charge and will take full responsibility if the situation,
during this ‘adaptation’ time turns unexpectedly.
Request for the Interpol’s aid when searching for criminals.
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