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"Mr President, an issue has arisen overnight concerning paragraph 5 of our resolution. The original paragraph 5 referred to an 'Australian proposal to list the Great White Shark in CITES Appendix II with a zero quota'. That was correct on going to print, when all the Groups in this House agreed to the resolution. However, the Australians have now withdrawn the reference to a zero quota on legal and scientific grounds, as I mentioned when I moved the question and as the Commissioner has confirmed.
It would be very untidy of us as a parliament to vote on a contradictory text in light of this most recent information. We should not be supporting a reference to a zero quota, which is no longer the Australian position. May I remind colleagues who support the zero quota – and I know many do – that withdrawal of this section of paragraph 5 today, that is, all the words after 'Appendix II', would not preclude another party to the conference re-tabling the zero quota request, if they wished to do so.
I feel we cannot welcome an Australian proposal which is no longer an Australian proposal on this particular issue. However, we can welcome the first sentence 'to list the Great White Shark in CITES Appendix II'. I need your guidance, as I know it is late procedurally, Mr President, but we need to be sure that what we do and vote on today makes sense and is factually correct."@en1
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