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KEITH NUTHALL
A WORKSHOP staged by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) on the vexed question of improving international market access for African cotton has agreed a checklist of priorities for development aid targeted at this goal. These included commodity price risk management strategies, export subsidisation and diversification into local clothing manufacture, along with cotton production improvements and promoting liberalisation in the sector.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN INTERNATIONAL Internet crime treaty, insisting that 45 countries criminalise computer-based fraud, has come into force following its ratification by Lithuania, the fifth country to do so. The Council of Europe’s Cybercrime Convention covers most European countries, including Russia and other former Soviet republics.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN ADVOCATE General of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has recommended that bans imposed by France on the broadcast of alcoholic drinks advertising, especially those on hoardings at foreign international sports events, are legal under European law.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE UNITED Nations has created an international advisory board on water supplies and sanitation, which will try to boost these services in developing countries. It will try and mobilise funds for such projects, also offering technical, political and business advice.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
FOLLOWING the terror attacks in Madrid the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has urged member countries to speed up implementation of agreed new measures for promoting safety at sea. The new maritime security regime is due to enter into force on July 1, but a number of members, mostly developing countries, have admitted they cannot meet the deadline because of lack of resources and training.…

BY DEIRDRE MASON
RESPONSIBLE Care as a concept has been a touchstone of the paint industry for many years, but it should in the coming months prove its worth in the UK and continental Europe. As is often the case with environmental legislation impacting on the paint and coatings industry, an important driver is the European Union (EU), which has approved a raft of directives that come into effect either this year or shortly afterwards.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE UNITED States government will have to reconsider the fate of foreign nationals on death row, after the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled it had breached its obligations under the Vienna Convention on consular relations, by failing to inform 51 Mexican convicts of their right to contact diplomats “without delay” after arrest.…

Keith Nuthall
THE INTERNATIONAL Chamber of Commerce is assembling a crack anti-fraud team called Fraudnet, tasked with offering advice to victims of commercial deception, money laundering and cybercrime. The chamber’s commercial crime department said it was now identifying and inviting suitable law firms to participate.…

BY MARK ROWE
WHEN anti-money laundering officials draw up their lists of most notorious nations, Burma – or Myanmar by its official name – is routinely identified as one of the murkiest epicentres of money laundering. Ignore the fact that Burma has only been classified as a non-cooperative country or territory (NCCT) by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) anti-money laundering body for just three years.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE INTERNATIONAL Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has released its updated Code of Conduct on the Safety and Security of Radioactive Sources, which has been strengthened in line with concerns sparked by the September 11 attacks in the USA; these revisions were approved by the IAEA Board of Governors.…