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Evaluation of FAO’s work on international instruments

Year of publication 2009

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 4p.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Document

Series title Thematic Evaluation Series

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Strategic Objective B-1 calls for “Promoting, developing and reinforcing policy and regulatory frameworks for food, agriculture, fisheries and forestry [through] international instruments concerning food, agricultural, fishery and forestry goods.” The evaluation also examined some directly connected elements of Strategic Objective B-2, with regard to the application of “national policies, legal instruments and supporting mechanisms that respond to domestic requirements and are consistent with th e international policy and regulatory framework.” A body of work such as “international instruments” encompasses a wide range of tools, from documents such as international conventions, agreements and other binding instruments, non-binding instruments, all created and adopted at different levels in different ways.

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