1.81 The agreement. The United Nations Agreement on the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 concerning the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks, commonly known as the United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement (UNFA), constitutes a framework for international cooperation in the conservation and management of such fish stocks. A total of 747 multilateral environmental agreements were concluded between 1857 and 2012. [3] After the Stockholm Intergovernmental Conference of 1972, the creation of international agreements on the environment stagnated. [5] MEAS were popularized by the United Nations and the majority of MEAs have been implemented since 1972 at the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment (also known as the Stockholm Conference). We wanted to know if Environment Canada knows to what extent Canada is achieving the goal of phasing out hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HFCs) and methyl bromide. We also reviewed information provided by Environment Canada on the environmental outcomes of reducing consumption of ozone-depleting substances. Since the beginning of the negotiations, discussions have focused on the scope of the negotiating mandate (including the definition of specific trade commitments) and on the possible outcomes of the negotiations. At the same time, members also began to share their national experience in negotiating and implementing trade measures under multilateral environmental agreements.
1.16 Because international environmental agreements reflect the federal government`s important environmental policy, Canadians should know what they have and have not achieved. In line with the federal agenda and commitments, we are committed to examining responsibility for the results of certain international environmental agreements. The audit assessed whether senior departments had the information they needed to know the environmental performance of the government for the specific objectives it has committed to achieving. We did not verify the government`s compliance with the agreements, the effectiveness of the programs or the means used to achieve their objectives, the pace or progress made in managing environmental problems, or the accuracy or quality of the information used by the departments. These negotiations aim to reaffirm the importance for trade and environmental policy of cooperating for the benefit of both. . . .