The World Trade Organisation and Multilateral Environmental Agreements

Paragraph 31 (ii) of the Doha Ministerial Declaration

Publication: Report
Citation: Moltke, Konrad von 2003: Information Exchange and Observer Status: The World Trade Organisation and Multilateral Environmental Agreements. Paragraph 31 (ii) of the Doha Ministerial Declaration. Berlin: Ecologic Institute.

A report by Prof. Konrad von Moltke on the state of WTO-negotiations on paragraph 31 (ii) Doha Development Agenda (Information Exchange between MEAs and the WTO and Observer Status of MEA-Secretariats in relevant WTO Committees) has now been published. The report was presented by Matthias Buck (policy advisor of Ecologic) at the EU-China-Dialogue on Trade and Environment, 24-25 July 2003 in Dalian, China.

A report by Konrad von Moltke.

The full report is available for download [pdf, 143 KB, English].

Language: English
Authorship: Konrad von Moltke
Published by: Ecologic Institute, Germany
Year: 2003
Dimension: 44 pp.
Table of contents: Click to show full table of contents

Executive Summary
1. Introduction: Why Coordinate Trade and Environment Agreements?
2. Paragraph 31 (ii) of the Doha Ministerial Declaration
3. Institutional Character of the Trade and International Environmental Regimes
3.1. The Trade Regime
3.2. International environmental regimes
3.3. The Dilemma
4. Current Status of Negotiations
5. Which MEAs?
7. Information Exchange
8. Observer Status
9. Conclusion
Annex 1: Legal Basis of Some Secretariats
Annex 2:
Konrad von Moltke, Abram Chayes, Antonia Chayes, Oran Young,
"International Secretariats"“
Paper for the Pocantico Workshop on International Secretariats, June 1995
1. Introduction: An Historical Note
2. Classifying Secretariats
2.1. Institutional Status.
2.2. Size
2.3. Functions
3. Issues for Consideration
3.1. Data Gathering and Reporting.
3.2. Implementation Review
3.3. Regime Development
3.4. Resource Flows
3.5. Liaison and Networking
4. The Role of Executive Head
5. Systemic Considerations
5.1. Adjudication
5.2. Privatization
5.3. Balancing functions
Keywords: Climate Foreign Policy

Governance

MEAs, WTO, Interaction between MEAs and WTO, paragraph 31 (ii) of the Doha Ministerial Declaration