Committee on Trade and Environment - Special Session - Report by the Chairman, Ambassador Mario Matus, to the Trade Negotiations Committee
- The Chairman, Ambassador Mario Matus
- 2007/08/13
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World Trade
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25 July 2007 (07-3184) Committee on Trade and Environment
Special Session
committee on trade and environment in SPecial Session
Report by the Chairman, Ambassador Mario Matus,
to the Trade Negotiations Committee
Since the last report to the TNC in July 2006, the Committee on Trade and Environment in Special Session (CTESS) has met on 12 March, 34 May, 1112 June and 18 July 2007. The first three meetings were held under the Chairmanship of my predecessor, Ambassador Toufiq Ali. This report provides an update of the discussions in the Committee under each item of the mandate in Paragraph 31 of the Doha Declaration.
status of work
Paragraph 31(i)
The CTESS has before it two main proposals for an outcome under Paragraph 31(i), which relates to the relationship between existing WTO rules and specific trade obligations set out in multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs). The first proposal was discussed in July