This update on the work of the Expert Panel on Trade and Sustainable Development (EPTSD) has been prepared for the Commission on Sustainable Development's (CSD) Intersessional Ad Hoc Working Group, meeting in New York from 24 February to 7 March, in preparation for CSD V and the UN General Assembly's Special Session (UNGASS) on Agenda 21. It is a summary of the progress of the EPTSD's work since the first meeting of the panel , and has been prepared by the WWF secretariat to the panel.