Negotiating Group on Rules - Development and Sustainability in the WTO Fishery Subsidies Negotiations: Issues and Alternatives - Communication from New Zealand

World Trade Organization TN/RL/W/206 31 May 2006 (06-2619) Negotiating Group on Rules Original: English DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY IN THE WTO FISHERY SUBSIDIES NEGOTIATIONS: ISSUES AND ALTERNATIVES Communication from New Zealand The following communication, dated 24 May 2006, is being circulated at the request of the Delegation of New Zealand. _______________ In the interests of keeping the Rules Negotiating Group informed of related events outside the WTO, we attach the Summary of the Chair of the recent UNEP/ICTSD/WWF workshop on development and sustainability in the WTO fisheries subsidies negotiations. Development and sustainability in the wto fishery subsidies negotiations: issues and alternatives International Environment House Geneva, Switzerland 11 May 2006 CHAIR'S SUMMARY On 11 May 2006, UNEP, ICTSD, and WWF joined together in Geneva to convene an informal dialogue on “Development and Sustainability