These agendas might reflect a discussion of proposed treaties addressing pertinent issues. The conference agendas listed below are broad guidelines concerning the points that will be addressed. According to the normal conference format, after the first agenda item is discussed, the conference will move on to the next agenda point, and so on. For decades terrorism was used as a means to draw attention to a particular issue when it otherwise received little attention in the international community. In the post-Cold War era, terrorism has taken on different motives and even methods, making it an even more difficult and complex problem to solve.
Money laundering is one means that finances terrorism.
The international community has made a number of efforts towards conserving biodiversity. Yet, many treaties go unsigned and countries do not commit to the Convention on Bio-Diversity framework. Treaties and conventions can be signed or rejected. Sometimes, however, a country will sign a treaty, but not implement the changes to conform to the terms of the treaty. The ineffectiveness of a number of environmental treaties can in part be attributed to these implementation problems.