Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment welcomes landmark UN decision to advance global response to environmental crime

Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment welcomes landmark UN decision to advance global response to environmental crime Zekhethelo Thu, 11/05/2026 - 12:44 05 Nov 2026 South Africa welcomes landmark UN decision to advance global response to environmental crime South Africa welcomes the historic adoption of a resolution at the Thirteenth Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP13) to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC), held in Vienna, Austria, from 19 to 23 October 2026. The resolution, adopted with an overwhelming 87.37% of votes cast in favour and co-sponsored by South Africa, marks a significant milestone in international efforts to combat transnational organised environmental crime. It establishes a process to elaborate an additional Protocol to UNTOC addressing illicit trafficking in wildlife and timber, illegal mining and illicit trafficking in minerals and precious metals, and illicit trafficking in waste. South Africa played an important role in advancing this initiative through a coordinated, whole-of-government approach involving the Department of International Relations & Cooperation, the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and t

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