Resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 23 July 2021 — Integrated and coordinated implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and summits in the economic, social and related fields

The adopted text recognizes the link between wildlife crime and financial crime and calls for strengthening Member States’ capacity to address these issues as the former remains highly lucrative and leads to corruption that can undermine State stability.  The resolution also emphasizes the importance of developing strategies and tools to effectively deal with online marketplaces and social media fora that facilitate the illicit trafficking of wildlife as that crime moves increasingly into the virtual space.

The text calls on Member States:

• to take decisive steps at the national level to prevent, combat and eradicate the illegal trade in wildlife and to increase the exchange of information and knowledge among national authorities, as well as among Member States and international crime authorities. 
• to make illicit trafficking in protected species of wild fauna and flora a serious crime to ensure that, where the offense is transnational in nature and involves an organized criminal group, effective international cooperation can be afforded under the relevant international convention to prevent and combat transnational organized crime.

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