References
1.Identified in 'Shaping the 21st Century: The Contribution of Development Co-operation', by the Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development/Development Assistance Committee (OECD/DAC), May 1996, and endorsed by EU governments and the European Commission. The UK Government prioritised the realisation of the DAC poverty-reduction goals in its White Paper on International Development 1997, and is urging the EU to integrate the DAC poverty-reduction goals into the objectives of the EU's multilateral development programme.
2See 'Banana Briefing', 21 October 1997, by Glenys Kinnock MEP.
3.Council Regulation (EC) amending Regulation (EEC) No. 404/93 on the common organisation of the market in bananas. Recommendation for a Council Decision authorising the Commission to negotiate with countries having a substantial interest in the supply of bananas in order to reach an agreement on allocation of the tariff quotas and the traditional ACP quantity, Brussels, 14.01.1998. COM (1998) 4 final.
4. Traditional ACP banana suppliers are Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Surinam, Somalia, Jamaica, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, Belize, Cape Verde, Grenada, Madagascar. Madagascar will not continue its banana exports to the EU.
5. Table 5, 'The static cost of preference loss' in 'From Lomé to the GSP: Implications for the ACP of Losing Lomé Trade Preferences', by Jane Kennan and Christopher Stevens, Institute of Development Studies (IDS), November 1997. Report commissioned by Oxfam UK & Ireland.
DISPUTE SETTLEMENT IN THE WTO:
A CRISIS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
A WWF International,
Centre for International Environmental Law (US),
Oxfam-GB &
Community Nutrition Institute (US) Discussion Paper
Sections of this paper were authored variously by Charles Arden-Clarke, Jake Caldwell, Claire Godfrey and Matthew Stillwell. Sections 2, 3 and 4 are summaries of papers produced independently for WWF International, Oxfam-UK and the Community Nutrition Institute, and reflect the opinions of those organisations, respectively.
Opinions expressed elsewhere in the paper do not necessarily reflect the views of those organisations.
The authors of this paper are grateful to all those who have contributed analysis
or comment to the text that appears here.
Paper edited by: Charles Arden-Clarke
Desk-topping: Delwyn Dupuis
Other relevant publications:
The Final Report of WTO Shrimp-Turtle Panel: WWF's Response,
WWF International Legal Briefing, May 1998
A Future for Caribbean Bananas: the Importance of Europe's
Banana Market to the Caribbean, Oxfam-UK, March 1998
The WTO Panel Decision on EU-US Beef Hormone Dispute,
Community Nutrition Institute, September 1997
For further information please contact:
Charles Arden-Clarke
WWF International
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or the authors listed at the end of the paper.
Authors
CIEL
Mathew Stilwell
Center for International Environmental Law
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CNI
Jake Caldwell
Community Nutrition Institute
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USA
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Fax: +1 202 776 0599
Email: cnitrade@igc.org
OXFAM
Clare Godfrey
OXFAM
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UK
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Fax: +44 1865 312 417
Email:cgodfrey@oxfam.org.uk
WWF International
Charles Arden-Clarke
WWF International
Ave Mt Blanc
1196 Gland
Switzerland
Tel: +41 22 364 9337
Fax: +41 22 364 8219
Email: caclarke@wwfnet.org

