A representative, drawing attention to paragraph 2 of the note on the issue prepared by the secretariat, which stated: “relations of the Rotterdam Convention with other international agreements are governed by the eighth, ninth and tenth recitals of the Convention”, observed that those relations were also governed by the Convention's second recital, which recalled “the pertinent provisions of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development and chapter 19 of Agenda 21 on `Environmentally sound management of toxic chemicals, including prevention of illegal international traffic in toxic and dangerous products'.” He also pointed out that paragraph 4 of the secretariat's note, which referred to the three issues covered by paragraph 32 of the Doha Declaration, in particular the effects of environmental measures on market access, omitted the phrase: “especially in relation to developing countries, in particular the least developed among them” and requested that those omissions should be inserted in paragraphs 2 and 4 of the secretariat's note.
Un représentant, appelant l'attention sur le paragraphe 2 de la note préparée sur cette question par le secrétariat, disant que les relations entre la Convention de Rotterdam et les autres accords internationaux étaient régis par les huitième, neuvième et dixième alinéas du préambule de la Convention, a fait observer que ces relations étaient également régies par le deuxième alinéa du préambule de la Convention rappelant « les dispositions pertinentes de la Déclaration de Rio sur l'environnement et le développement ainsi que le chapitre 19 d'Action 21 intitulé `gestion écologiquement rationnelle des substances chimiques toxiques, y compris la prévention du trafic international illicite des produits toxiques et dangereux'».