VZCZCXYZ0022
PP RUEHWEB
DE RUEHVB #0076 0331451
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 021451Z FEB 10
FM AMEMBASSY ZAGREB
TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 9876
UNCLAS ZAGREB 000076
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR EUR/SCE AND OES/FO
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: SENV KSCA CITES HR AORC UNEP
SUBJECT: CROATIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON CITIES COP-15
REF: STATE 125262
(U) Econoff delivered reftel points to Director of the
Directorate for Nature Protection at the Croatian Ministry of
Culture, Kornelija Pintaric, on 1 February. Pintaric told us
that Croatia will support the U.S. position on shark species
at the upcoming Conference of the Parties for the Convention
on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna
and Flora (CITES). Post will supmit septel any additional
information on Croatia's position at the conference on other
species listed in reftel.
FOLEY