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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(5, 5, 5);">As a Party to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (</span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: 20.625px;"><span class="nc684nl6" style="display:inline"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">CITES</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(5, 5, 5);">),
the United States may propose amendments to the CITES Appendices for consideration at meetings of the Conference of the Parties. The nineteenth regular meeting of the Conference of the Parties to CITES (CoP19) is scheduled to be held in Panama City, Panama,
November 14-25, 2022.</span><br>
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<span style="color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important;">In our most recent Federal Register Notice, we respond to recommendations received from the public
concerning proposed amendments to the CITES Appendices (species proposals) that the United States might submit for consideration at CoP19, and we invite your comments and information on these proposals. We also provide information on how U.S. nongovernmental
organizations can attend CoP19 as observers.</span><br style="color:rgb(5, 5, 5);font-family:"Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:20.625px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">
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<span style="color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important;">For more details, including additional information on the species being considered and an explanation
of the rationale for our current thinking, please visit: </span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">FWS CITES/CoP19 webapge: </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">https://www.fws.gov/program/cites/conference-parties-cites</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Extended version of the Federal Register notice: https://www.fws.gov/</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">program/cites/federal-register-notices</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">More about CITES: </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">https://cites.org/eng</span></div>
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