31. 2001 年 11 月通过的《多哈部长宣言》（A/C.2/56/7，附件）吁请加强贸易和环境能相互支援的方法，并鼓励世界贸易组织、有关的国际和环境发展组织之间的合作。结果，世界贸易组织通过其贸易和环境委员会，请多边环境协定、包括国际热带木材组织 16《生物多样性公约》、《联合国气候变化框架公约》的秘书处和论坛的秘书处讨论如何在环境规划署、多边环境协定和世界贸易组织间改进资料交换。
31. The Doha Ministerial Declaration (A/C.2/56/7, annex), adopted in November 2001, calls for the enhancing of ways in which trade and the environment can be mutually supportive, and encourages cooperation between the World Trade Organization and relevant international and environmental development organizations. As a consequence, the World Trade Organization, through its Committee on Trade and Environment, invited the secretariats of multilateral environmental agreements including the International Tropical Timber Agreement,16 the Convention on Biological Diversity, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Forum secretariat to discuss how to improve information exchange among UNEP, multilateral environmental agreements and the World Trade Organization.