Committee on Trade and Environment - Environmental Issues Raised In The Agriculture Negotiations - Statement by Mr. Frank Wolter - Paragraph 51 - Supplement
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World Trade
Organization WT/CTE/GEN/8/Suppl.1
5 October 2005
(05-4450) Committee on Trade and Environment
Environmental Issues Raised In The Agriculture Negotiations
Statement by Mr. Frank Wolter
Paragraph 51
Supplement
A. Negotiations on agriculture: mandate and negotiating process
1. The negotiations on agriculture were launched in March 2000 in accordance with Article 20 of the Agreement on Agriculture. Article 20 mandates negotiations to continue the reform process, taking into account, inter alia, non-trade concerns, special and differential treatment to developing country Members, the objective to establish a fair and market-oriented agricultural trading system, and the other objectives and concerns mentioned in the Preamble to the Agreement. The need to protect the environment is one of the non-trade concerns explicitly mentioned in the Preamble.
2. The Doha Ministerial Declaration put the negotiations on a new footing. Under the D