REVISION Q.321- FRAMED FROM WIKIPEDIA

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REVISION Q.321- FRAMED FROM WIKIPEDIA

Q.321 Which among the following protocols employed the principle of differential treatment in respect to climate change ?

1. Washington Naval Treaty

2. Cartagena Protocol

3. Part IV of General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)

Select the correct answer using the codes given below :

A) 1 & 3

B) Only 2

C) 2 & 3

D) 1,2,3

Ans. A

Common but Differentiated responsibilities & respective capabilities :

Common But Differentiated Responsibilities (CBDR) was formalized in United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) of Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, 1992.

It was the first international legal instrument to address climate change and the most comprehensive international attempt to address negative impacts to global environment.[3]

CBDR principle acknowledges all states have shared obligation to address environmental destruction but denies equal responsibility of all states with regard to environmental protection.

CBDR is based on relationship between industrialization and climate change

CBDR was not the first differential treatments of countries in international agreements.

There were other protocols, agreements that employed principle of differential treatment.

•  Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone layer (Montreal Protocol)

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•  Washington Naval Treaty

•  Part IV of General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1979[9]

•  principle 23 of Declaration of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment 1972