أحاط المشاركون علما بالالتزامات ذات الصلة في إطار برنامج عمل الأمم المتحدة، وخاصة بالحاجة إلى الأمور التالية:
As a minimum that should include an obligation for its signatories to impose criminal penalties on those who flout its rules. A treaty will, I suggest, also require a mechanism for collating information, liasing with regional organisations, and following up allegations of breaches with signatory states.