Host Chris Wallace asked why.

Benjamin Wallace on the price of happiness

Benjamin Wallace Now, that's about all the videotape that remains of an event that set off the longest running mystery in the modern wine world.

See Yilin Hou, Donald P. Moynihan and Patricia Wallace Ingraham, Capacity, management and performance exploring the links , The American Review of Public Administration, vol. 33, No. 3 (September 2003), pp. 295 315.

In his report on the work of the contact group, Mr. Wallace submitted for the Conference's consideration the group's agreement on the 2006 revised proposed operational budget, the indicative scale of assessment and the staffing arrangements.

The Conference agreed that the contact group established under the chairmanship of Mr. Wallace to discuss options for a sustainable financial mechanism for the Convention would also discuss matters related to the programme of work and budget for 2006.

Can happiness be bought? To find out, author Benjamin Wallace sampled the world's most expensive products, including a bottle of 1947 Chateau Cheval Blanc, 8 ounces of Kobe beef and the fabled Kopi Luwak coffee. His critique may surprise you.

The Conference agreed to establish a contact group, to be chaired by Mr. Jean Louis Wallace (Canada), to discuss the possible options for a lasting and sustainable financial mechanism and to prepare a draft decision on the item for consideration by the Conference of the Parties.