A/RES/73/343 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 20 September 2019 Seventy-third session Agenda item 14 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 16 September 2019 [without reference to a Main Committee (A/73/L.120 and A/73/L.120/Add.1)] 73/343. Tackling illicit trafficking in wildlife The General Assembly, Reaffirming its resolutions 69/314 of 30 July 2015, 70/301 of 9 September 2016 and 71/326 of 11 September 2017 on tackling illicit trafficking in wildlife, Reaffirming also its resolution 70/1 of 25 September 2015, entitled “Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”, by which it adopted a comprehensive, far-reaching and people-centred set of universal and transformative Sustainable Development Goals and targets, Reaffirming further the intrinsic value of biological diversity and its various contributions to sustainable development and human well-being, and recognizing that wild fauna and flora in their many beautiful and varied forms are an irreplaceable part of the natural systems of the Earth which must be protected for this generation and the generations to come, Seriously concerned about the rate of species extinctions, as indicated in the findings of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, 1 and stressing the urgent need to address the unprecedented global decline in biodiversity, including by preventing the extinction of threatened species, to improve and sustain their conservation status and to restore and safeguard ecosystems that provide essential functions and services, including services related to water, health, livelihoods and well-being, Remaining concerned, therefore, about the increasing scale of poaching and illegal trade in wildlife and wildlife products and its adverse economic, social and environmental impacts, __________________ 1 19-15932 (E) See Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, document IPBES/7/10/Add.1. 260919 *1915932*

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