Environment and International Trade

A/RES/45/210View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 80 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, published in 1991.

What other versions does this mandate have?

2 versions · 1991–1992

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/46/208

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1992	A/RES/46/208	Environment and international trade	269	22%Compare
1991	A/RES/45/210	Environment and international trade	524	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 subjects

Environment Environmentally Sound Technology International Trade Technology Transfer Trade Restrictions

What’s in this document?

3 operative paragraphs

Requests the Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, in close co-operation with the Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development and relevant United Nations bodies, taking into account the relevant parts of Trade and Development Board decision 384 (XXXVII) and the work done by international organizations and in other relevant forums and in conformity with General Assembly resolution 44/228, in which it was stated that environmental concerns and considerations are crucial to achieving sustainable development for all countries but should not serve as a pretext for creating unjustified barriers to trade, to prepare a comprehensive analytical study, to be submitted to the Preparatory Committee for the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development at its third session, on the present situation and future trends regarding the relationship between environmental issues and international trade and covering, inter alia, the following subjects:

The consideration of trade and environment, in the light of the analysis requested of the Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development in paragraph 5 of Trade and Development Board decision 384 (XXXVII) concerning the issue of sustainable development, in particular the reduction of poverty and its interface with policies and mechanisms in environmentally sensitive sectors, such as agriculture, energy, industry and transport, as well as with relevant structural policies, such as those related to the enterprise sector;

77 See Official Records ofthe GeneralAssembly, Forty-fifth Session, SUfl'lemellt No. 46 (N45(46). annex I.

Ibid., Forty-fourth Session, Supplement No. 25 (AI44/25), annex (b)

Adjustment of the Trade Control Measures Information System of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development to monitor environmental regulations for possible protectionism and to monitor nontariff measures that have a bearing on the environment, in accordance with paragraph 6 of Trade and Development Board decision 384 (XXXVII);

Requests the Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development to consult the Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and relevant United Nations organs, organizations and programmes in preparing the report on transfer of technology rcquested in decision 1/8 of 30 August 1990, adopted by the Preparatory Committee for the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development at its first substantive session,2 for submission to the third session of the Preparatory Committee, including an examination of the obstacles on both the importing and exporting sides that impede the transfer of environmentally sound technologies.

7lst plenary meeting

21 December 1990

GeneralAssembly-Forty-fifth Session I.

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