United Nations and United States Take Initial Steps to Impose Sanctions on China and Taiwan for Violating Endangered Species Treaty

During September 7, 1993, at a meeting of the United Nations Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES) in Brussels, both the UN and the US took steps to impose sanctions against China and Taiwan if they do not stop their trade in rhinoceros and tiger parts sold for medicinal purposes…[more]