| Montreal, 8/11/2004 – The Secretariat of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) today released their Article 13 report entitled, Maize and Biodiversity: The Effects of Transgenic Maize in Mexico: Key Findings and Recommendations.
The CEC Secretariat was petitioned in 2002 by members of the public to investigate the effects of transgenic maize in Mexico under Article 13 of the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation, a side accord to NAFTA. That Article stipulates that the Secretariat may prepare a report for the Council on any matter within the scope of the CEC annual program.
This independent report, prepared by the CEC Secretariat, includes findings and recommendations developed by the independent advisory group selected by the Secretariat. On September 14, 2004, the Secretariat delivered this report to the organization's governing Council, the environment ministers of Canada, Mexico and the United States, for its consideration. Comments from the Council members are appended to the report.
Publication of this report does not constitute endorsement of its contents by the Council of the CEC or the governments of Canada, Mexico or the United States.
Copies of the report are available online at www.cec.org/maize. Hardcopy versions will be available soon.
For more information, please contact Spencer Tripp at (514) 350-4331.
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