The Secretariat of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (UNEP/CMS) is pleased to inform you that the German Federal Foreign Ministry has confirmed receipt of the accession documents of the Dominican Republic and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The Dominican Republic will become the 125^th Party to the Convention on 1 November 2017, and Bosnia and Herzegovina will become the 126^th Party to the Convention on 1 December 2017.

For further information, please contact:

Hanah Al-Samaraie, Associate Capacity-Building Officer, UNEP/CMS Secretariat  [email protected]