In 1998, over 90 governments came together in Montreal to begin negotiations of a global agreement to reduce the environmental and public health threats caused by the global presence of certain ‘persistent organic pollutants’ (POPs). By the year 2000, these negotiators hope to conclude an agreement that will eliminate such chemicals and wastes as dioxin, PCBs, and DDT. The global negotiations came on the heels of a recent agreement made mostly by European countries to regulate many of the same POPs under a protocol to the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (LRTAP). This brief analyzes the LRTAP POPs Protocol in light of the global negotiations begun in Montreal and the POPs Elimination Platform submit- ted by an international network of non-governmental organizations to the Montreal negotiations. Its purpose is to highlight the Protocol’s potential and limitations as a model for a global agreement.