Committee on Trade and Environment - Special Session - Proposal for Elements of a Decision of the Ministerial Conference on Trade and Environment - Submission by Switzerland - Paragraph 31(i)

World Trade Organization TN/TE/W/77 4 November 2010 (10-5865) Committee on Trade and Environment in Special Session Original: English Proposal for Elements of a Decision of the Ministerial Conference on Trade and Environment Submission by Switzerland Paragraph 31(i) The following communication, dated 3 November 2010, is being circulated at the request of the delegation of Switzerland. _______________ Switzerland submits this paper to contribute constructively to the discussions on the significant systemic part of the trade and environment mandate. At a time when policy coherence and pressing environmental challenges are becoming increasingly important, the results of the trade and environment negotiations are of high interest to the public and will thus be thoroughly scrutinized. We must deliver on our mandate by reaching a balanced yet ambitious outcome in order to show to the world that the WTO is part of the solution and not the proble