The Minister of International Relations and Cooperation has hereby published for general information that the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation has, in terms of section 6(2) of the Diplomatic Immunities and Privileges Act, 2001 (Act No. 37 of 2001), recognised the Seventeenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, and the 67th and 68th meetings of the CITES Standing Committee, scheduled to take place in Sandton, Johannesburg from 24 September 2016 to 5 October 2016 for the purposes of granting the immunities and privileges as set out in the Schedule thereto.