As noted in General Assembly resolution A/RES/68/205, which proclaims World Wildlife Day, “the cost of all activities that may arise from the implementation of the present resolution should be met from voluntary contributions, and … such activities would be subject to the availability and provision of voluntary contributions.” Although the organization of World Wildlife Day has been very successful in the past few
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years, the Secretariat has facilitated the celebrations of the day with no additional financial resources and has relied upon existing in-house capacity and the support of many partners. The Secretariat and the celebrations will benefit from any additional financial or in-kind support to ensure the ongoing success of future celebrations of World Wildlife Day.