It had the honour of hosting the fourth WTO Ministerial Conference, which adopted the Doha agenda, reflecting the importance of achieving development in the framework of multilateral international negotiations to liberalize trade.

South South and intra regional trade in particular would benefit from multilateral trade facilitation agreements.

Recognized in the reports is the important role of the World Trade Organization and the continuing need for multilateral efforts to make trade and environment mutually supportive.

b For activities in their own countries, financed from domestic budget resources or through loans from the World Bank and regional development banks.

Multilateral development institutions

Relationship with other relevant multilateral environmental agreements

NEW YORK The Doha Round, the first multilateral trade negotiation conducted under the auspices of the World Trade Organization, is at a critical stage.

Strengthening international organizations in the area of multilateral trade

Multilateral nuclear fuel cycle arrangements

No multilateral machinery is perfect.

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Part 4 of this study begins by reviewing and evaluating two kinds of stand alone financial mechanisms the Basel Convention's voluntary Technical Cooperation Trust Fund and the Montreal Ozone Protocol's mandatory Multilateral Fund.

Such international support measures could also aim at addressing any adverse effects of further multilateral trade liberalization on LDCs

Multilayered means multinational cooperation on various activities that can be promoted through bilateral, trilateral, or multilateral mechanisms.

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A substantial part of the debt was owed to multilateral institutions.

Indeed, multilateral agreements are in place to minimize this risk, including at the International Monetary Fund and the World Trade Organization.

If properly designed, they can benefit their members, especially if combined with reduced trade barriers for all trading partners.

International trade policies and multilateral trade negotiations

Their status, role and functioning should be regulated by multilateral (bilateral) agreements

Multilateral surveillance remains at the centre of crisis prevention efforts.

Both these suggestions appear to embrace the notion that while no conflict has arisen to date between WTO and the multilateral environmental agreements, there is a need for WTO to ensure that future conflicts are prevented.

Being global MEAs, the two conventions have a high commonality of parties.

Nonetheless, it is clear that trade liberalization is gaining momentum. Consider the impressive scale and scope of other multilateral trade agreements such as the Trans Pacific Partnership, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, and the Trade in Services Agreement that are currently being negotiated.

Multifaceted challenges require a multilateral response that takes a comprehensive view of security.

We must continue to devise true multidimensional approaches to address such crises.

C. Implementing sustainability in tourism through multilateral environmental agreements

Obligations arising under multilateral conventions relating to commercial arbitration and the enforcement of awards

The realities and challenges that confront our world will require multilateral solutions.

(Millions of United States dollars)

28. Emphasizes that the dispute settlement mechanism of the World Trade Organization is a key element with regard to the integrity and credibility of the multilateral trading system and the full realization of the benefits anticipated from the conclusion of the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations

Objective 4 of the North West Pacific Action Plan (NOWPAP) also refers to tourism specifically, and tourism is also mentioned in decisions, recommendations and plans adopted by the Parties to various other multilateral environmental agreements.

23. Annexes 1A, 1B and 1C of the WTO agreement contain multilateral trade agreements.

Those efforts need to be supported by bilateral or multilateral initiatives.

The Russian Federation continued to advocate wide ranging, multilateral and comprehensive consultations.

Background papers for the ministerial level consultations on energy and environment for development, chemicals management as well as tourism and the environment

General provisions that are applicable to tourism in multilateral environmental agreements

The Secretariat of the Multilateral Fund is comprised of 11 professional and 11 support staff.

The EU strongly favoured the adoption of a binding multilateral instrument in the near future.

No new financing facilities or mechanisms have been created that receive mandatory contributions from donor parties to assist developing country parties in their implementation of a global MEA.

A number of conferences of the parties to multilateral environment agreements have met over the past year, and have achieved significant results and progress.

In their deliberations on this matter, WTO members have referred on a number of occasions to a list of ideas for more extensive information exchange and cooperation between WTO and multilateral environmental agreements than that developed earlier.

42. The WTO agreement, together with the multilateral trade agreements annexed to it, will remain open for acceptance for a period of two years following the date of the agreement apos s entry into force.

Recognizing the need to conduct multilateral negotiations with the aim of reaching agreement on concrete issues,

Recognizing the need to conduct multilateral negotiations with the aim of reaching concrete agreements,