Mexico responds to citizen petition alleging failure to effectively enforce environmental law.MONTREAL--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 28, 1996--The Mexican government today responded to a citizen petition filed by three Mexican non- governmental organizations under the environmental side accord to NAFTA NAFTA in full North American Free Trade Agreement Trade pact signed by Canada, the U.S., and Mexico in 1992, which took effect in 1994. Inspired by the success of the European Community in reducing trade barriers among its members, NAFTA created the world's alleging irregularities in the enforcement of environmental laws during the approval process of a pier and port facilities in Cozumel, Mexico. In its response, the Mexican government seeks to refute re·fute tr.v. re·fut·ed, re·fut·ing, re·futes 1. To prove to be false or erroneous; overthrow by argument or proof: refute testimony. 2. the allegations raised in the petition and expresses concerns over the adequacy of the petition itself. The Secretariat of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation -- otherwise known as the NAFTA environment commission -- will now review the response to recommend to the CEC (Central Electronic Complex) The set of hardware that defines a mainframe, which includes the CPU(s), memory, channels, controllers and power supplies included in the box. Some CECs, such as IBM's Multiprise 2000 and 3000, include data storage devices as well. Council of Ministers whether or not the case warrants the development of an investigation, or a "factual record". Under articles 14 and 15 of the North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. Agreement on Envi- ronmental (NAAEC NAAEC North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation ), any person or organization may file a petition with the Secretariat of the CEC alleging that one of the NAFTA countries is failing to effectively enforce its environmental law. The three Mexican organizations which filed the petition are the Mexican Center for Environmental Law, the Grupo de los Cien and the Natural Resources Protection Committee. The groups claim that the Mexican government issued permits for the construction and operation of a new pier on Cozumel Island without conforming to the legally required environmental impact study process. The CEC, which is equally funded by the three NAFTA partners, oversees a wide range of cooperative programs The Cooperative Program is a unified funds collection program of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) designed to support SBC seminaries, mission agencies and denominational ministries. aimed at improving the North American environment. The CEC Council of Ministers is composed of the environment ministers from the NAFTA countries. For more information, contact Rachel Vincent or Corrie Castello at the CEC Secretariat in Montreal, CANADA: 514/350-4300. CONTACT: CEC Secretariat, Montreal Rachel Vincent/Corrie Castello, 514/350-4300 |
|
||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion