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Committee: International Labor Organization Topic: Animal Trafficking Country: United States of America

Animal trafficking is the third illegal trade in the world.It affects the balance of the ecosystems.Thousand of animals are remove from their natural enviroment and this makes biodiversity extinction.Animal Trafficking doesn't affect only the ecosystems,also it affects the humans,because the animals can bring and spread diseases that don't exist in a specific place,and also animals that have been remove to a specific enviroment to another,can destroy the enviroment they have been removed to.The United States are working with other goverments of the whole world,to finish this illegal traffic that damages the world.

Animal trafficking is a very serious problem nowadays on our world,thousands of animals in extinction are gather and distributed to others countries used for all types of purpuses.To combat this illegal trade the United States are making activities to reduce this,and its State Department has created the Coalition Against Wildlife Trafficking (CAWT).The coalition consists in the U.S.A. Goverment agencies,other goverments of the world and other agencies that help CAWT.Coalition Against Wildlife Trafficking is trying to stop the illegal animal trafficking through education,habitat protections and political solutions. The Deparment of Justice (DOJ) in the United States,prosecute the individuals and organizations that traffick and sell wild animals.Wildlife traffickers are also charge by the Lacey Act and the Lacey Act Amendments wich prohibits the export,transport,selling of any wildlife sold in violation of state.Other laws are not directly related to wildlife trafficking,but they can be used to penalize traffickers.They can be prosecuted as smugglers and contraband.These actions are prosecute under the smuggling statues. The United States participates in other international conference to fight against animal trafficking with other countries and organizations.The U.S.A. has provided funding to three international conservation programms and organizations of wildlife trafficking,like:CITIES,the Coalition Agains Wildlife Trafficking (CAWT) and the ASEAN Wildlife Law Enforcement Network.The U.S.A.,contribute and help developing countries to combat the animal trafficking.The United States also participate in other international conference like,the North American Agreement on Enviroment Cooperation,Interpol,World Customs Organization and group of Eight.The United States doesn't participate in efforts to regulate international wildlife trafficking to avoid diseases or invasive species,as international organizations that currently don't exist.But there are some international organizations,which U.S.A. is member,that try to track major animal diseases that can be passed to humans.

This situation is getting worst,and some famous people and leaders are fighting against Animal Trafficking.Harrison Ford has made various videos in which he talks about Animal Trafficking.“A thin line separates a buyer from a killer,” Ford said in one of the announcements.Also McCurrry a community of the U.S.A.,said in the congress:“Wildlife trafficking is often linked to other forms of organized crime, including the smuggling of drugs, weapons and people,”.Animals can bring diseases and According to the Government Accountability Office, nearly 75% of the emergencie disease that appears in humans,came from animals that traffickers bring illegaly to the countries.

In conclusion,animal trafficking is increasing and more animals are remove,so this means that some animal species are in danger of extintion,so if we don't care about this situation,some animal species are going to disappear of the world.There are only one solution that consist of putting more laws that punish the traffickers more hard.And more security in the borders.Other solution is to teach futures workers and children to don't traffick with the animals,because it is only good for the traffickers that earn money,also it affect the countries and the people,because the animals can bring diseases and also it can affects the goverment but not only the goverment,also the whole country.I think the UN would have to do something of this solutions to solve this problem that is affecting the world and the nature.We have to solve this problem as soon as we can.

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