Martín Paredes

NORTH AMERICAN AGREEMENT
ON ENVIRONMENTAL COOPERATION

BETWEEN

THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA,

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED MEXICAN STATES

AND

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

1993

Secretariat of the Commission for
Environmental Cooperation

PREAMBLE

The Government of Canada, the Government of the United Mexican States and the Government of the United States of America:

CONVINCED of the importance of the conservation, protection and enhancement of the environment in their territories and the essential role of cooperation in these areas in achieving sustainable development for the well-being of present and future generations;

REAFFIRMING the sovereign right of States to exploit their own resources pursuant to their own environmental and development policies and their responsibility to ensure that activities within their jurisdiction or control do not cause damage to the environment of other States or of areas beyond the limits of national jurisdiction;

Ever since I uploaded my white paper on NAFTA I’ve been inundated with requests for source documents. I appreciate all of you who have contacted me regarding the paper. Although there are plenty of online sources, these are sometimes unavailable or unreliable. Therefore I’ve decided to create an online repository of the source documents.

This is one of the first white papers I produced. It was written in 1991 as the basis for a startup company looking to do business on both sides of the border.

The introduction and the conclusion follow. You can download the entire document at the bottom.

From: North American Free Trade Agreement - A Hesitant Handshake Between Neighbors first published in May 1991.

CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION