Committee on Trade and Environment - Recent Roundtable on Promoting Development and Sustainability in Fisheries Subsidies Disciplines - Statement by UNEP at the Regular Session of the Committee on Trade and[...]and Environment of 6 July 2005

World Trade Organization WT/CTE/GEN/20 13 July 2005 (05-3124) Committee on Trade and Environment Original: English Recent ROUNDTABLE on promoting development and sustainability in fisheries subsidies disciplines Statement by UNEP at the Regular Session of the Committee on Trade and Environment of 6 July 2005 The recent roundtable on Promoting Development and Sustainability in Fisheries Subsidies Disciplines held on 30 June 2005, was the sixth meeting UNEP has hosted on the subject. Around 50 participants from national governments, IGOs and NGOs attended, in their personal capacity, this informal meeting which provided an opportunity for open exchange of views on the subject. Background papers were prepared with the generous support from the Government of New Zealand. The Chair’s report will be made available at the UNEP website (www.unep.ch/etb). It will also be submitted to the CTE and the Rules Committee. Nevertheless, I would like to s