THE 14TH GOVERNING COUNCIL MEETING OF PARTIES TO THE LUSAKA AGREEMENT, 5TH – 8TH MAY 2025, ARUSHA, TANZANIA
Pursuant to Rule 13 of the Rules of Procedure for meetings of the Lusaka Agreement Governing Council, I have the honour to inform you that the 14th Governing Council Meeting of Parties to the Lusaka Agreement will be held from 5th– 8th May 2025 in Arusha, Tanzania.
Further, as stipulated in Rules 5, 18 and 19, the meeting will be open to Parties, all African States, the United Nations and its specialized agencies and any states non-party to the Agreement as well as any body or agency qualified in the fields relating to law enforcement in wild fauna and flora, which has informed LATF of its wish to be represented as an observer.
The Ministerial Session of the Governing Council meeting scheduled for 8th May, will be preceded by a three-day Experts meeting, that shall validate the Task Force’s five-year Strategic Plan and discuss substantive technical matters related to the implementation of the Lusaka Agreement. This meeting will review the progress on the Decisions made during the 13th Governing Council Meeting held in March 2022 in Livingstone-Zambia, the Extraordinary Meeting of the 13th Governing Council held in June 2023 and the Bureau Meeting of June 2024 held in Nairobi-Kenya and the implementation of LATF’s Programmes of Work. Additionally, it will address other salient matters and provide guidance on the way forward.
The venue and other logistics for the Governing Council meeting are being arranged and will be communicated by LATF together with the invitation letters, working documents and provisional agenda in due course.
Secretariat, Lusaka Agreement on Cooperative Enforcement Operations Directed at Illegal Trade in Wild Fauna and Flora
Lusaka Agreement Task Force
KWS Headquarters
Chui Court, Lang’ata Road
Nairobi
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: +2547222008/9
