Urges Member States to adopt, in accordance with the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, the legislative or other measures necessary for establishing illicit trafficking in protected species of wild flora and fauna as a criminal offence in their domestic legislation; requests the Secretary-General to prepare a report analysing domestic, bilateral, regional and multilateral legal provisions and other relevant documents, resolutions and recommendations dealing with the prevention, combating and eradication of illicit trafficking in protected species of wild flora and fauna by organized criminal groups.

Adopted without vote, 40th plenary meeting

In: Resolutions and decisions of the Economic and Social Council, organizational session for 2001, New York, 29-31 Jan. 2001; resumed organizational session for 2001, New York, 8, 13 and 22 March, 3 May and 4 June 2001; substantive session of 2001, Geneva, 2-26 July 2001; resumed substantive session of 2001, New York, 10 and 24 Oct. and 20 Dec. 2001 - E/2001/99 - p. 34-35 - (ESCOR, 2001, Suppl. no. 1).