Theme 1: Existing standards and standard-setting bodies

Dear Colleagues,

I wonder why WTO, ILO and secretariats of ITPGRA (see http://www.planttreaty.org/), CITES and Basel Convention are excluded (see http://bch.cbd.int/onlineconferences/theme1_art18.shtml) from the above-stated list of organizations and, perhaps, also Interpol?

Later today and if possible, I will try to explain few reasons why it may be relevant to include these organizations in the list too although WTO is, of course, already obvious with respect to "ask the expert" (Gretchen Stanton, see http://bch.cbd.int/onlineconferences/WTO_art18.shtml) discussion and also with respect to reply from Worku D. Yifru under Theme 3 (see http://bch.cbd.int/onlineconferences/theme3_art18.shtml?threadid=1029).

Thank you in advance to whoever can spare time and takes the initiative to reply.

From: gunasutra@yahoo.in