The CITES Ministerial dialogue for key States concerned with the illegal trade in rhinoceros horn was convened by the CITES Secretariat on 14 February 2015 in Geneva. Ministers and high-level delegates from the Czech Republic, Mozambique, South Africa and Viet Nam attended the meeting. Officials from China joined the meeting as observers, along with the President of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment, the Hon. Binilith S. Mahenge, the United Republic of Tanzania’s Minister of State for Environment, and representatives from International Consortium on Combating Wildlife Crime (ICCWC) partner organizations.