Kannanotto Johannesburgin kokouksen pohjatekstiin

9 May 2002
Advance Unedited Text
Commission on Sustainable Development
Acting as the Preparatory Committee for the
World Summit for Sustainable Development
Fourth Session
Chairman's Text for Negotiation

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5. Peace, security, and stability are essential for achieving sustainable development and ensuring that sustainable development benefits all.

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67. Facilitate access to markets for the exports of developing countries, particularly in areas of interest to these countries, with action to:

(a) Remove tariff, non-tariff barriers, protectionist measures and [unilateral restrictive trade practices/ unilateral trade sanctions to reinforce the environmental agenda;7]

(b) Review all special and differential treatment provisions, with a view to strengthening them and making them more precise, effective and operational;

(c) Commit, on the part of developed countries that have not already done so, to the objective of providing duty-free and quota-free access for all LDCs' exports;

(d) [Reduce, as appropriate, eliminate tariffs on non-agricultural products, including the reduction or elimination of tariff peaks, high tariffs, and tariff escalation, as well as non-tariff barriers, in particular on products of interest to developing countries. Product coverage shall be comprehensive and without a priori exclusions;]

(e) [Fulfill the commitment to comprehensive negotiations of the Agreement on Agriculture aimed at substantial improvements in market access, reduction of, with a view to phasing out, all forms of export subsidies, and substantial reductions in trade-distorting domestic support, while realizing that the provisions for special and differential treatment for developing countries and non-trade concerns are an integral part of the negotiations.8]

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69. Make trade and environment mutually supportive, with action to:

(a) Encourage the WTO Committee on Trade and Environment to undertake an in-depth study on the impact of environment standards on trade, in particular on exports from developing countries;

(b) [Continue undertaking environmental and developmental assessments of trade policies];

(c) Eliminate, or as appropriate, reduce environmentally harmful subsidies, [particularly in developed countries].

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