Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s speech at the opening ceremony for the CITES CoP16 in Bangkok

Prime Minister of Thailand Yingluck Shinawatra’s speech at the opening ceremony for the CITES 16th Conference of the Parties on March 3 in Bangkok, Thailand. She spoke of how the Thai people love and revere elephants as part of their culture; she promised to “work towards amending the national legislation with the goal of putting an end to ivory trade and to be in line with international norms.”