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