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Mr President, I wish to thank the honourable Members for the debate and Mr Davies, in particular, for his kind words in favour of the conservation of the rare species of Swedish Commissioners! I will comment briefly on some of the questions raised.
Firstly, on the issue of enforcement and information exchange, last week Member States agreed to step up activities in this area. I should like to tell Mr Sjöstedt that we are totally against secret ballots and I can confirm that we will vote against that.
Mrs Auken mentioned sea turtles. The Convention accords the strictest protection to sea turtles and we support the proposed protection for fresh–water turtles as well.
The location was decided at the last conference and it will not be changed now.
On the great white shark, Madagascar and Australia have informed us that, in the light of widespread legal and scientific objections, they have amended their proposal, removing the demand for the zero quota. We can now give this proposal our unqualified support.
Finally, we welcome Parliament's initiative in bringing forward this resolution. We are pleased that so many of the views expressed on issues such as bush meat, Napoleon fish, minke whale and ramin, are in accordance with the Community consensus. Ideally, we would have preferred to see a resolution that balances the need for greater protection of some species with the sometimes conflicting considerations of promoting sustainable use and, above all, respecting the scientific integrity of the Convention. This would be in the best interests of CITES and of nature conservation in general. Nevertheless, I am pleased that Parliament has prepared a resolution in such a short time and I thank you for the debate."@en1
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