Distinguished guests, friends and colleagues,We are most grateful to the Environmental Public Authority of the State of Kuwait for hosting and financing this week&#39s workshop on illegal trade in cheetahs.We also extend our thanks to the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS) and

Vice President, Your Excellencies, Ministers, Ladies and Gentlemen,I want to start by thanking the Vietnamese government for its leadership in hosting this conference in Hanoi.We all know and applaud the fact that Vietnam is taking steps to curb the wildlife trade in this country. We all know, too,