While the majority of items discussed at the 15 Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species in Doha were agreed by consensus after discussions, several were voted upon. The following table indicates which these were and how the UK and the EU voted on each of those occasions. In all but one instance the UK and the EU votes were the same. The voting record is as follows:
Agenda item Vote UK EU 18. Review of Resolutions Annex 10: Conf. 12.2 - Procedure for approval of externally funded projects Vote in plenary to reopen debate No No 19. Review of Decisions Vote in Committee II on Decision 14.81 No No 41. Applications to register operations that breed Appendix-I animal species in captivity for commercial purposes 41.1 Consideration of operations subject to an objection Annex 1: Application from Birds International, Inc. (Philippines) to register Amazona barbadensis Vote in Committee II Abstain Abstain Annex 2: Application from Birds International, Inc. (Philippines) to register Ara ambigua Vote in Committee II Abstain Abstain Annex 3: Application from Birds International, Inc. (Philippines) to register Ara macao Vote in Committee II Abstain Abstain Annex 4: Application from Birds International, Inc. (Philippines) to register Cacatua sulphurea abbotti Vote in Committee II Abstain Abstain Vote in Plenary Yes Yes Annex 5: Application from Birds International, Inc. (Philippines) to register Cacatua sulphurea citrinocristata Vote in Committee II Abstain Abstain Vote in Plenary Yes Yes Annex 6: Application from Birds International, Inc. (Philippines) to register Cacatua sulphurea sulphurea Vote in Committee II Abstain Abstain Vote in Plenary Yes Yes Annex 7: Application from Birds International, Inc. (Philippines) to register Cacatua moluccensis Vote in Committee II Abstain Abstain Vote in Plenary Yes Yes Annex 12: Application from Pacific Northwest Falcons (United States) to register Falco rusticolus and F. peregrinus x F. rusticolus Vote in Committee II Yes Yes Annex 13: Application from David Knutson (United States) to register Falco peregrinus Vote in Committee II Yes Yes Annex 14: Application from Hollister Longwings (United States) to register Falco rusticolus, F. peregrinus and F. rusticolus x F. peregrinus Vote in Committee II Yes Yes 41.2 Request from the Philippines regarding Birds International (Philippines) Vote in Committee II Abstain Abstain 53. Conservation and management of sharks and stingrays Vote in Committee I Yes Yes 68. Proposals to amend Appendices I and II 2 Lynx rufus (United States of America) Bobcat Vote in Committee I No No 3 Ursus maritimus (United States of America) Polar bear Vote in Committee I No No 4 Loxodonta africana (United Republic of Tanzania) Vote in Committee I on downlisting African elephant Abstain Abstain Vote in Committee I on allowing one off ivory sale No No Vote in Plenary on downlisting only Abstain Abstain 5 Loxodonta africana (Zambia) African elephant NB After the vote against allowing a one-off sale of ivory in Tanzania, Zambia withdrew its application for a one-off sale Vote in Committee I on downlisting Abstain Abstain Vote in Plenary on downlisting Abstain Abstain 6 Loxodonta africana (Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Mali and Sierra Leone) African elephant Vote in Committee I No No 9 Crocodylus niloticus (Egypt) Nile crocodile Vote in Committee I No No Reopened in Plenary Adopted by consensus 10 Uromastyx ornata (Israel) Ornate Dabb lizard Withdrawn 15 Sphyrna lewini Sphyrna mokarran Sphyrna zygaena Carcharhinus plumbeus Carcharhinus obscurus (Palau and the United States of America) Sharks Vote in Committee I Yes Yes Vote in Plenary Yes Yes 16 Carcharhinus longimanus (Palau and the United States of America) Whitetip shark Vote in Committee I Yes Yes 17 Lamna nasus (Palau and Sweden1) Porbeagle Vote in Committee I Yes Yes Vote in Plenary Yes Yes 18 Squalus acanthias (Palau and Sweden1) Spiny dogfish Vote in Committee I Yes Yes 19 Thunnus thynnus (Monaco) Vote in Committee I on EU proposal Bluefin tuna Yes Yes Vote in Committee I on original Monaco proposal Yes Abstain 21 Coralliidae Corallium spp. and Paracorallium spp.) (Sweden1 and the United States of America) Red and pink corals Vote in Committee I Yes Yes 1 On behalf of the European Community member states acting in the interest of the European Community.