RT Report T1 Multilateral Environmental Agreement: Negotiators Handbook - Second Edition T2 Accords multilatéraux sur l’environnement: Manuel du négociateur - Deuxième édition: 2007 A1 Canada, A1 United Nations Environment Programme, K1 environmental agreement K1 negotiation SN 978-952-458-992-5 SN 1795-6706 YR 2007 FD 2007 LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/7946 UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/7946 NO This handbook provides a practical introduction to negotiating and working with multilateral environmental agreements for new and experienced negotiators, responding to limited expertise and resources. It offers broad coverage of subject matter, presenting technical information in an accessible format, with a new glossary. The text explains key elements of treaties, rules of procedure, financial rules, institutional and negotiation structures, roles, drafting issues, documents and strategic issues. It reviews governance principles, international cooperation, funding and trends in negotiations, and concludes with synthesis sections describing negotiation phases, typical days in United Nations meetings and selected agreement innovations and implementation challenges and tools. DS UN Environment Document Repository RD Sep 16, 2026