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16 Colo. J. Int'l Envtl. L. & Pol'y 1 (2005)
International Environmental Governance: The Strive towards a Comprehensive, Coherent, Effective and Efficient International Environmental Regime

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International Environmental
Governance: The Strive Towards
a Comprehensive, Coherent,
Effective and Efficient
International Environmental
Regime
Philippe Roch* and Franz Xaver Perrez**'
I. INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW
At the beginning of the last century, environmental issues were not
Dr. Philippe Roch is the Director of the Swiss Agency for the Environment,
Forests and Landscape. He also represents Switzerland as State Secretary for negotiations
relating to international environmental issues. He has formerly served as the President of
World Wildlife Fund (WWF) in Switzerland (1987-1992) and as a member of the
Parliament of the Canton of Geneva (1973-1981). Dr. Roch received his Ph.D. in
biochemistry from the University of Geneva.
Dr. Franz Xaver Perrez is the Head of the Global Affairs Section of the Swiss
Agency for the Environment, Forests and Landscape. He has formerly served as the legal
counsel to the Department of Public International Law in the Swiss Department of
Foreign Affairs, and as a legal advisor to the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs in
Switzerland. Dr. Perrez received both his L.L.M. (1996) and his J.S.D. (1998) at the
New York University School of Law, and has pursued further studies at both the
University of Bern School of Law and Universit6 de Paris II.
1. The ideas formulated in this contribution are not those of the Swiss government
but reflect the views and ideas of the authors. The authors would like to thank Daniel
Ziegerer for his critical comments on a first draft of this article.

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