UN backs negotiations on global protocol to tackle environmental crime
Member states have voted to establish an international process to negotiate a new protocol targeting organised environmental crime, despite opposition from the United States and concerns from several other countries about the need for a new legal instrument. The resolution was adopted at the 13th Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (Untoc), paving the way for negotiations on an additional protocol covering illicit trafficking in wild fauna and flora, including timber and timber products; illegal mining and trafficking in minerals and precious metals; and illicit trafficking in waste. It secured 83 votes in favour, 12 against and 27 abstentions.
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