Compliance and
governance are taking a high profile in current multilateral
environmental negotiations. As this issue of Linkages Update
reports, countries’ compliance was a major topic at last week’s
Rotterdam Convention conference, although no final agreement was
reached. Meanwhile, parties’ long-term compliance with their Kyoto
Protocol pledges will be an underlying theme at the upcoming UN
climate change conference in Nairobi.
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Chris Spence
Managing Editor, Linkages Update &
Deputy Director, IISD Reporting Services
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Rotterdam Convention COP-3 Makes Progress on
Sustainable Financing and Capacity Building, Defers
Decision on Chrysotile Asbestos |
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Geneva, 14 October 2006—The Conference of the
Parties to the Rotterdam Convention on Prior
Informed Consent (PIC) Procedure for Certain
Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International
Trade has deferred a decision on whether to make
chrysotile asbestos subject to the PIC procedure
until its fourth session in October 2008. The
meeting, which convened in Geneva, Switzerland, from
9-13 October 2006, also did not reach agreement on
the mechanisms and procedures for non-compliance,
but progress was reported on issues related to
sustainable financing, capacity building and
synergies between the chemicals and waste
conventions.
Full Story.
Photo: Yue Ruisheng, PIC COP-3 President. |
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CITES
Standing Committee Convenes |
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Geneva, 7 October 2006—The Standing Committee
of the Convention on International Trade in
Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
has agreed to designate Japan as a trading partner
for the one-off sale of ivory stockpiles from
Botswana, Namibia and South Africa, but not to
proceed with the sale at this point. Additional
decisions taken at the 2-6 October 2006 meeting in
Geneva, Switzerland, included approval of the
Secretariat’s estimated expenditures for 2006,
deferral of consideration of trade in tigers until
COP-14, and agreement to not revise the 2006 caviar
export quotas.
Full Story.
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On 2 October, SC-54 opened in Geneva with record
attendance of more than 300 delegates. |
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Forests, Desertification and Land Issues |
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Trade, Finance and Investment |
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