CITES Secretariat: Administered by the United Nations Environment Programme, is located at Geneva. Its functions are laid down in Article XII of the Convention, which include ‘to make recommendations for the implementation of the aims and provisions of the present Convention, including the exchange of information of a scientific or technical nature;’ which includes ‘providing assistance in the fields of legislation, enforcement’.

A long list of resolutions, decisions, memoranda of understanding with NGOs (inc. TRAFFIC), IGOs (inc. one with ICPO-Interpol*(see above)) and individual governments and universities, and multilateral agreements.
(*This includes: ‘3. To combat the illicit trafficking in species listed in the CITES appendices, the two Secretariats will jointly draft and implement, each in its own field of competence, measures to improve collaboration, co-operation and information exchange between Police authorities and CITES Management Authorities.
4. The CITES Secretariat will provide ICPO- Interpol with information to help the Police better understand the importance of issues related to the trade in fauna and flora and the implementation of the Convention.)

Runs a large number of projects monitoring aspects of wildlife trade.