Committee on Trade and Environment - UNCTAD Statement - Statement by UNCTAD at the Regular Session of the Committee on Trade and Environment (CTE) of 11 October 2005

World Trade Organization WT/CTE/GEN/21 31 October 2005 (05-5037) Committee on Trade and Environment Original: English UNCTAD statement Statement by UNCTAD at the Regular Session of the Committee on Trade and Environment (CTE) of 11 October 2005 I would like to make a short intervention to brief delegations on some forthcoming UNCTAD meetings and publications that may be relevant for the discussions in this Committee on environmental requirements and market access for developing countries. As part of the Project Building Capacity for Improved Policy Making and Negotiation on Key Trade and Environment Issues funded by the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID) we have continued to look into sector-specific experiences of developing countries in responding pro-actively to both environmental requirements in export markets and domestic environmental concerns. At an earlier session of the CTE, we briefed delegations on the re