International commitments

Establishment of board, committees, etc to implement international accord

What are the strengths?

• When a separate body is created for implementing each agreement, the task of each body is well-defined and narrow in scope.
• This arrangement enables each board or committee to attract staff with the specific skills required to accomplish the required task

What are the weaknesses?

• It is difficult to analyze various impacts of these environmental agreements on different sectors of the economy due to the absence of one central body.
• Coordination of the activities of all implementing boards and committees becomes difficult.
• There are possible overlap, conflict or lack of consistency in implementation
• By creating a new board or committee following an agreement, a country might sideline the issues from mainstream activities, but at the same time show to the international community that initiatives are being taken.