Knowing who is responsible for enforcement matters at the national level can greatly facilitate enforcement cooperation efforts. Necessary information for reaching those responsible — all relevant national and international points of contact — such as full addresses, phone numbers, fax numbers, e-mail addresses, and the contact person’s name, can be forwarded to the UNEP enforcement database.
UNEP has developed and is updating a database of national enforcement officials, including their full coordinates. Eventually, it will be accessible on the UNEP website at www.unep.org. In the meantime, UNEP encourage Parties to share and update the focal point contacts.
Contact information regarding CITES enforcement authorities is being collected by the Secretariat (pursuant to Notification to the Parties No. 2004/077 of 9 December 2004), and is accessible through the “National Contacts” section of the CITES Web site http://www.cites.org
The Web site for the International Network for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement (INECE) (http://www.inece.org) provides contact information for environmental enforcement officers and institutions in various States.
Many of the specific MEAs have on-line databases of their respective focal points. These are discussed, with Web links, following Guideline 24
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