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Policy Effectiveness and Multilateral Environmental Agreements

Series: Environment and Trade
( Print: May 2001 )

This study examines the issue of how to measure the effectiveness of Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) within the context of recent trade and environment discussions. The three MEAs...

This study examines the issue of how to measure the effectiveness of Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) within the context of recent trade and environment discussions. The three MEAs...


Fisheries Subsidies Overfishing and Trade

Series: Environment and Trade
( Print: August 2000 )

This publication provides an analytical framework for international consideration of the issue on fisheries subsidies, trade and the environment. It views natural resource subsidies in economic theory...

This publication provides an analytical framework for international consideration of the issue on fisheries subsidies, trade and the environment. It views natural resource subsidies in economic theory...


Global Product Chains

Northern Consumers, Southern Producers, and Sustainability

Series: Environment and Trade
( Print: August 2000 )

Growing international trade has made the economies of nations inter-dependent and this has had, among other things, implications for environmental policy. Global Product Chains is a helpful instrument...

Growing international trade has made the economies of nations inter-dependent and this has had, among other things, implications for environmental policy. Global Product Chains is a helpful instrument...


Trade Related Environmental Measures in the Field of Safety in Biotechnology

Series: Environment and Trade
( Print: August 2000 )

This publication illustrates how safety requirements in the field of biotechnology can sometimes take the form of trade measures when they create a restriction on trade to protect the environment and...

This publication illustrates how safety requirements in the field of biotechnology can sometimes take the form of trade measures when they create a restriction on trade to protect the environment and...


Criteria in Environmental Labelling

A Comparative Analysis of Environmental Criteria in Selected Labelling Schemes

Series: Environment and Trade
( Print: August 2000 )

This publication provides information on the environmental characteristics of three products: paper, laundry detergents, and textiles. It gives an overview of environmental criteria in each of the...

This publication provides information on the environmental characteristics of three products: paper, laundry detergents, and textiles. It gives an overview of environmental criteria in each of the...


Nations Unies et l'Apartheid, Les

Series: Série Livres Bleus
( Print: May 1995 )

Cet ouvrage retrace la campagne internationale menée contre l'apartheid et la discrimination raciale en Afrique du sud et rassemble, pour la première fois, plus de 200 documents clefs de l'ONU ainsi...

Cet ouvrage retrace la campagne internationale menée contre l'apartheid et la discrimination raciale en Afrique du sud et rassemble, pour la première fois, plus de 200 documents clefs de l'ONU ainsi...


Nations Unies et le Cambodge, Les 1991-1995

Series: Série Livres Bleus
( Print: March 1995 )

Ce volume retrace l'une des opérations de maintien de la paix les plus complexes de l'histoire de l'ONU menée sous la direction de l'Autorité provisoire des Nations Unies au Cambodge (APRONUC) - et...

Ce volume retrace l'une des opérations de maintien de la paix les plus complexes de l'histoire de l'ONU menée sous la direction de l'Autorité provisoire des Nations Unies au Cambodge (APRONUC) - et...


Nations Unies et la Non-Proliferation Nucleaire, Les

Series: Série Livres Bleus
( Print: April 1995 )

Cet ouvrage constitue une étude approfondie du Traité sur la non-prolifération des armes nucléaires, qui est la pierre angulaire des efforts faits par la communauté internationale pour prévenir la...

Cet ouvrage constitue une étude approfondie du Traité sur la non-prolifération des armes nucléaires, qui est la pierre angulaire des efforts faits par la communauté internationale pour prévenir la...


Nations Unies et le Mozambique, Les 1992-1995

Series: Série Livres Bleus
( Print: September 1995 )

Le présent volume retrace l'une des opérations les plus novatrices et les plus complexes jamais menées par 1'Organisation des Nations Unies. Combinant le maintien de la paix, 1'aide humanitaire et 1...

Le présent volume retrace l'une des opérations les plus novatrices et les plus complexes jamais menées par 1'Organisation des Nations Unies. Combinant le maintien de la paix, 1'aide humanitaire et 1...


Nations Unies and Droits de l'homme, 1948-1995

Series: Série Livres Bleus
( Print: September 1995 )

II est peu de causes auxquelles on associe davantage l'Organisation des Nations Unies que la promotion et la protection des droits de l'homme. Cet ouvrage donne un compte rendu détaillé de ces...

II est peu de causes auxquelles on associe davantage l'Organisation des Nations Unies que la promotion et la protection des droits de l'homme. Cet ouvrage donne un compte rendu détaillé de ces...


Science, Risk Analysis and Environmental Policy Decisions

Series: Environment and Trade
( Print: August 1995 )

Below the grand structural framework of anlyses there is an enormous amount which can be and is being done in the formalization and harmonization of tests, decision making procedures and the use and...

Below the grand structural framework of anlyses there is an enormous amount which can be and is being done in the formalization and harmonization of tests, decision making procedures and the use and...


Protecting the Ozone Layer Through Trade Measures

Reconciling the Trade Provisions of the Montreal Protocol and the Rules of the GATT

Series: Environment and Trade
( Print: August 1995 )

This paper provides an overview of the history of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, examines the necessity and effectiveness of the Protocol's trade measures and...

This paper provides an overview of the history of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, examines the necessity and effectiveness of the Protocol's trade measures and...


Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes at the Interface of Environment and Trade

Series: Environment and Trade
( Print: August 1995 )

In 1989, environmental concerns led to the adoption of the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal. This publication outlines some of the...

In 1989, environmental concerns led to the adoption of the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal. This publication outlines some of the...


Role of Science in the Uruguay Round and NAFTA Trade Disciplines, The

Series: Environment and Trade
( Print: August 1995 )

The author, David A. Wirth, examines the increasingly important role of science in the structure and operation of international trade agreements. This paper analyzes and summarizes the relevant texts...

The author, David A. Wirth, examines the increasingly important role of science in the structure and operation of international trade agreements. This paper analyzes and summarizes the relevant texts...


Institutional Mechanisms Supporting Trade in Genetic Materials

Issues Under the Bio-diversity Convention and GATT/TRIPs

Series: Environment and Trade
( Print: August 1995 )

One of the complexities of discussing and working with genetic materials is their multiple forms each of which requires a different approach. This publication discusses the issues of biodiversity...

One of the complexities of discussing and working with genetic materials is their multiple forms each of which requires a different approach. This publication discusses the issues of biodiversity...


Nations Unies et le Conflit entre l'Iraq et le Koweït, Les

Series: Série Livres Bleus
( Print: January 1996 )

The response of the United Nations and its Member States to the August 1990 invasion of Kuwait by Iraq, highlighted the extraordinary strengths of the Organization and its capacity to act decisively...

The response of the United Nations and its Member States to the August 1990 invasion of Kuwait by Iraq, highlighted the extraordinary strengths of the Organization and its capacity to act decisively...


Nations Unies et la Somalie, Les 1992-1996

Series: Série Livres Bleus
( Print: June 1996 )

La guerre civile, la famine qu'elle a entraînée et l'effondrement de l'autorité gouvernementale en Somalie ont conduit l'Organisation des Nations Unies a lancer dans le pays une opération sans...

La guerre civile, la famine qu'elle a entraînée et l'effondrement de l'autorité gouvernementale en Somalie ont conduit l'Organisation des Nations Unies a lancer dans le pays une opération sans...