On 20 December 2013, at its 68th session, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), in its resolution UN 68/205, decided to proclaim 3 March, the international day of the adoption of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) on the planet raise awareness and benefits fauna and flora in 1973, as World Wildlife Day.

[2] In its resolution,[3] the General Assembly reaffirmed the intrinsic value of wildlife and its various contributions, including ecological, genetic, social, economic, scientific, educational, cultural, recreational and aesthetic, to sustainable development and human well-being.

[4] The General Assembly took note of the outcome of the 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to CITES, held in Bangkok from 3 to 14 March 2013, in particular Resolution Conf.

[6] The General Assembly requested the CITES Secretariat, in collaboration with relevant organizations of the United Nations system, to facilitate the implementation of World Wildlife Day.

[7] 2023: "Partnerships for Wildlife Conservation"[8] 2022: "Recovering key species for ecosystem restoration"[9] 2021: "Forests and Livelihoods: sustaining people and planet"[10] 2020: "Sustaining all life on earth"[11] 2019: "Life below water: for people and planet"[12] 2018: "Big cats - predators under threat".