Committee on Trade and Environment - Special session - Draft decision for an outcome under Doha paragraphs 31(i) and 31(ii) - Communication from the United States
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14 February 2011 (11-0752) Committee on Trade and Environment
Special Session Original: English
Draft Decision for an outcome under Doha paragraphs 31(i) and 31(ii)
Communication from the United States
The following communication, dated 14 February 2011, from the delegation of the United States is being circulated to the Committee on Trade and Environment in Special Session.
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Draft Decision for an Outcome under Doha Paragraphs 31(i) and 31(ii)
Ministers,
Recalling that:
- Paragraph 31(i) of the Doha Declaration called for negotiations on the relationship between existing WTO rules and specific trade obligations (STOs) set out in multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs) and stated that the negotiations were to be limited in scope to the applicability of such existing WTO rules as among Parties to the MEA in question, and were not to prejudice the WTO rights of any Member that is not a