The La Paz Agreement Thirty Years OnPaz Agreement • April 10th, 2014
On August 14, 1983 the U.S. and Mexico signed the landmark United States-Mexico Agreement on Cooperation for the Protection and Improvement of the Environment in the Border Area, better known as the La Paz Agreement, which remains the keystone agreement for bilateral cooperation on environmental protection in the border zone. This paper reviews the agreement’s history and achievements with particular emphasis on the post-NAFTA environmental cooperation programs and its influence on other joint agencies with environmental mandates in the border region. It then reviews more recent implementation developments and reflects on political conditions shaping La Paz implementation. It concludes noting that the La Paz Agreement affirms the importance of certain institutional design principles for successful international environmental institutions, and arguing for strengthening binational commitment to the La Paz Agreement.
La Paz AgreementPaz Agreement • May 9th, 2007
COOPERATION Agreement Between the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and MEXICO Signed at La Paz August 14, 1983 NOTE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE Pursuant to Public Law 89-497, approved July 8, 1966 (80 Stat. 271; 1 U.S.C. 113)- ". . . the Treaties and Other International Acts Series issued under the authority of the Secretary of State shall be competent evidence . . . of the treaties, international agreements other than treaties, and proclamations by the President of such treaties and international agreements other than treaties, as the case may be, therein contained, in all the courts of law and equity and of maritime jurisdiction, and in all the tribunals and public offices of the United States, and of the several States, without any further proof or authentication thereof." For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, US Government Printing Office Washington, DC 20402 MEXICO Environmental Cooperation Agreement signed at La Paz August 14, 1983; Entered into force February 16, 1984.
