Environment and Diplomacy in the Americas

		ISBN: 978-1-55587-390-5 $9.95
	1992/149 pages/LC: 92-4480 Published with the General Secretariat and the Committee on the Environment of the Permanent Council, Organization of American States

This book includes articles that derived from those discussions, along with other important essays, the complete Inter-American Program of Action, and a unique selection of key documents on environmental issues. Reflecting the views of both developed and developing countries, the book addresses many of the critical themes involved in diplomatic negotiations on the environment: criticisms of traditional development models; the demand by developing countries for favorable access to clean technologies and for additional financing for sustainable development; the critical need for transboundary cooperation; appropriate allocation of responsibility in determining contributions to environmental conservation and recuperation; and the danger of the legitimate application of environmental policies becoming "third generation" nontariff barriers to trade.

• Foreword—J.B. Soares.
• The Environment in Inter-American Relations—H. Munoz.
• Environment and Development: A View from Brazil—J. Lutzenberger.
• Environment and Development: A View from Chile—L. Alvarado.
• A Commitment to Life—M.K. Tolba.
• Inter-American Program of Action for Environmental Protection.
• SELECTED DOCUMENTS.
• The Declaration of Brasilia.
• Amazon Declaration.
• Action Plan for the Environment in Latin America and the Caribbean.
• Our Own Agenda. Central American Agreement for the Protection of the Environment.
• The Tlateloco Platform.
• Stockholm Declaration on the Human Environment.
• UN General Assembly Resolution on the Conference on Environment and Development.
• UN General Assembly Resolution on International Cooperation in the Field of Environment.