Negotiations to develop a successor agreement to the International Tropical Timber Agreement of 1994 have ended without a final deal being reached.
The UN Conference for the Negotiation of a Successor Agreement to the International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1994 (ITTA, 1994), Second Part, which convened in Geneva, Switzerland, from 14-18 February 2005, continued discussions on […]
Negotiations to develop a successor agreement to the International Tropical Timber Agreement of 1994 have ended without a final deal being reached.
The UN Conference for the Negotiation of a Successor Agreement to the International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1994 (ITTA, 1994), Second Part, which convened in Geneva, Switzerland, from 14-18 February 2005, continued discussions on disputed text held over from the first part of the conference, which took place in mid-2004. Numerous proposals on the unresolved issues were tabled during the week, but delegates were unable to reach final agreement on a number of cross-cutting proposals. As a result, a third round of negotiations will take place from 27 June to 1 July 2005. The Earth Negotiations Bulletin report.