Committee on Trade and Environment - Special Session - Report by the Chairman, Ambassador Manuel A.J. Teehankee to the Trade Negotiations Committee

World Trade Organization TN/TE/18 18 July 2008 (08-3496) Committee on Trade and Environment Special Session Committee on Trade and Environment in Special Session Report by the Chairman, Ambassador Manuel A.J. Teehankee to the Trade Negotiations Committee Since the last report to the Trade Negotiations Committee in July 2007, the Committee on Trade and Environment in Special Session (CTESS) has held several formal and informal meetings where it has considered proposals by Members on the different parts of the mandate; a series of informal consultations have also been undertaken during this period on the way forward under Paragraph 31 of the Doha Ministerial Declaration. This report takes stock of the work recently carried out and identifies areas where more discussions will be needed to fulfil the mandate. It also provides timelines for the continuation of work in the coming months. At this advanced stage of the negotiations, rapid progress will be r