Vice President Inonge Wina is this afternoon expected to arrive in Chobe district in Botswana’s Kasane town to attend the international conference on Illegal Wildlife Trade (IWT).
According to the programme obtained by ZANIS from the IWT conference secretariat, Zambia’s vice President is expected to arrive in Kasane town (Chobe District) ahead of the official opening of the one day high level conference.
The IWT conference is a follow up to the London conference which was hosted by the United Kingdom (UK) last year.
The London conference brought together heads of governments, representatives of heads of governments and regional economic integration organisations who noted with grave concern the rise in the illicit trade in wildlife.
During the London declaration, delegates called for political commitment to combat the scourge of illicit trade in wildlife and agreed on a number of actions aimed at eradicating poaching.
The London declaration primarily focused on eradicating the market for illegal wildlife products, eliminating demand for illegal wildlife products, destroying seized wildlife products and regulating the international trade in wildlife.
Delegates also proposed actions to criminalise poaching and wildlife trafficking and related crimes.
The Kasane high level conference will bring together heads of states, regional integration bodies and inter-governmental organisations to review the progress made in the implementation of the actions agreed as part of the London declaration.
It was anticipated that more countries will commit themselves to the declaration in the run-up to the Kasane conference
The Kasane IWT conference will be opened by President of Botswana Seretese Khama Ian Khama on the 25th March 2015.
The conference will aim at maintaining momentum against commitments made by international leaders in London last year in tackling wildlife poaching.
The London 2014 conference was convened in response to the growing crisis in wildlife poaching while the Kasane 2015 conference will aim at exploring new ways of tackling poaching.
Last year’s London conference was attended by 41 leaders and ten international organisations.
If there is so much demand for wildlife & related wildlife products,why can’t we “grow” this sector to meet the demand.If the demand say for ivory is high,let us breed elephants to meet the demand.This a business case in game ranching & management.
Yes keep elephants like cattle…..
ZAMBIAN POLITICIANS ARE TOO GREEDY, THEY ARE IN THE FOREFRONT OF KILLING OUR WILDLIFE FOR MONETARY GAINS. THEY ARE NOT A GOOD EXAMPLE TO THE CITIZENRY. IT’S CORRUPTION ALL THE WAY AND ALL AROUND IN ZAMBIA.
@ zam-mbia
There is only one big obstacle, Minister of Tourism.
Be serious man you cant bleed elephants like impanya!!
@1.4 What a life!! – BREED man, BREED! You don’t have to write it the way you pronounce it. How do you BLEED and elephant? And don’t go and tell me English is not your mother tongue – this is basic.
iwe Licky, reave my Bemba cousin arone. This engrish is a foleign ranguage anyhow
So the zambian leadership of Achalasia and Wina are now in the game of competing in travel? They have not even sat down to read the memos or even supervise there ministers and they are busy travelling outside the country leaving behind a mountain of problems. All visionless
Shame on you lukulu woman instead of supporting your late elder brother’s children you are busy bewitching them all because your late brother managed to take them to school while you failed to do so to your dull children! MULIMU ukaku swabisa look at the VEEP your peer she is busy developing our country while you are busy bewitching your late elder brother’s children shame on you, you are as ugly as you as your manners.Cursed are the breasts you suckled, the day you were born and all your descendants. You will never have food and peace for generations to come. You know yourself I will mention you in the next publication. You live in Lukulu and you know very well. Ukutilwe musali muhulu usike wa puma kuya kwa church kuti kiwena mulumeli.LEAVE US ALONE WE SUFFERED ALONE IN SCHOOLS!
recklessness…if she was sent to Namibia instead of empty tin Lazy she would have merely connected!!
The reason why Zambia was almost being forgotten was because Michael Sata was not traveling. Reason he was not traveling was he did not have diplomatic language and was hiding by sending Guy Scott who unfortunately was also a very bad speaker.
Now the country is gaining ground and international recognition because we have new leadership that understands etiquette and diplomacy. So support this leadership
Bloggers I don’t drink with JL, if you know wat I mean.
Neither do I.
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While Chagwa is going for a 15 day medical/working visit in China. Besides, isn’t the Minister of tourism, dull Jean Kapata, supposed to be the one to go to such meetings? Wina just get back from Japan and NewYork did she not?
And HE the President has excellent diplomatic, etiquette and oratory skills?
If that is the case, how can you accept Fat Albert appointment as Minister of Information and Chief Government spoke-person? Shall we support also his childish utterances?
Be real and stop patronizing.
Advice to Edgar and Inonge, please reduce on your irrelevant and fruitless trips and attend to our crumbling economy
attend to the badly depreciating kwacha and unemployment in the country….
see the speck in your eye before seeing in other peoples eye….
i rest my case.
please stop 747 EL ndeke airways wasting too much money and time…
how can you concentrate on zambian issues if you keep running for joy rides out of the country?
This is good so that she learns how organised other countries are, Botswana in particular. I was in Mowana Cresta the whole of last week and the place is just well organised. I hope we can have something like that just across the river in Kazungula.
Interesting how other dignitaries will look at our VP with three Ivory bungles on her hand. I hope the necklace wont be pieces of animal bones.
My thoughts exactly. Their flight mile keep stacking up. So far every week ni trip, even to such low-level meetings sure? Not cheap especially in these hard economic times.
#Chester, you are right. A Lozi colleague of mine was arrested and detained for wearing those Lozi ivory bangles in Botswana. It will be interesting how other dignitaries will view those bangles on her hand. I hope she will not be embarrassed. She perhaps had better remove them before the conference starts.