Committee on Trade and Environment - Special Session - Summary Report on the Thirteenth Meeting of the Committee on Trade and Environment in Special Session - 15 - 16 September 2005 - Note by the Secretariat
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11 October 2005
(05-4623) Committee on Trade and Environment
Special Session
SUMMARY REPORT ON THE Thirteenth MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE
ON TRADE AND ENVIRONMENT in SPECIAL SESSION
15-16 September 2005
Note by the Secretariat
The Committee on Trade and Environment in Special Session (CTESS) held its thirteenth meeting on 15 16 September 2005 on the basis of the agenda set out in the convening airgram, WTO/AIR/2633.
Paragraph 31(I): WTO Rules and specific trade obligations in multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs)
The representatives of Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, the European Communities (EC), and Switzerland noted that Paragraphs 31(i) and (ii) of the Doha Declaration remained important parts of the mandate, despite the fact that delegations had chosen to focus their work mainly on Paragraph 31(iii) until the Hong Kong Ministerial Conference.
The representative of Chile noted that focus