���The Illegal Wildlife Trade and Decent Work���

Permanent Mission of the
Gabonese Republic to the
UN
International Labour
Organization
The Permanent Missions of Germany and Gabon are pleased to invite to a side event of the 2015
ECOSOC Integration Segment
“The Illegal Wildlife Trade and Decent Work”
Tuesday, March 31, 2015
1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m., German House, 871 UN Plaza, New York
The increasing illegal wildlife trade has a damaging impact on the economic, social and
environmental pillars of sustainable development. The promotion of decent work and social
protection offers a practical framework for addressing the supply side of wildlife trafficking. The
event will discuss the linkages between the illegal wildlife trade and decent work and how this trade
undermines sustainable development. It will also identify key policy interventions that could
potentially end poaching and the illegal trafficking of wildlife which would, in turn, lead to the
generation of additional decent jobs and social protection floors.
Moderator: Ms. Adriana Dinu
Executive Coordinator and Director, a.i., Global Environment Finance, UNDP
1:15
OPENING
H.E. Mr. Harald Braun
Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Germany to the United Nations
Short video
Recognition of the Ambassadors of Gabon and Germany for their leadership at the United
Nations in protecting wildlife, presented by Dr. John Robinson
Executive Vice President, Conservation & Science, Wildlife Conservation Society
1:25
PANEL DISCUSSION
Dr. John Robinson
Executive Vice President, Conservation & Science, Wildlife Conservation Society
Mr. Aeneas Chapinga Chuma
Assistant Director General and Regional Director for Africa, ILO
Mrs. Sewa Lamsal Adhikari
Minister Plenipotentiary, Deputy Permanent Representative, Federal Democratic
Republic of Nepal
Discussant: H.E. Mrs. Marianne Odette Bibalou
Ambassador and Chargée d’Affaires, Permanent Mission of Gabon
2:40
WRAP-UP AND CLOSING
H.E. Mrs. Marianne Odette Bibalou
Ambassador and Chargée d’Affaires, Permanent Mission of Gabon to the UN
A light lunch will be served from 1:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. RSVP, by March 29, is required for
security and room capacity reasons at: wi-hosp1-vn@newy.diplo.de