Drawing attention to its efforts to reduce zoonotic disease risks related to the illegal wildlife trade through the SAFE Project, UNODC hosted a side event in the margins of CITES COP19. Panelists included government officials from Lao PDR, Thailand and Viet Nam as well as representatives of the European Commission Directorate-General for the Environment (DG ENV), the UNODC Environment Team, and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).