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Thank you
Chairman.
On
behalf of the Secretariat, I welcome the adoption of the Work
Programme for the LDCs, adopted by the SCLDCs, yesterday, 12 February
2002.
I
would like to congratulate Ambassador Simon Fuller for the serious
efforts and his deep personal involvement as well as that of the UK in
the consultations that led to the adoption of the Work Programme. In
the Doha Development Agenda, it was clear that the meaningful
integration into the Multilateral Trading System and the global
economy of the LDCs, the Non-Residents and other capacity constrained
countries, is the greatest challenge that faces the WTO. I agree with
Ambassador Fuller that the adoption of this Work Programme sends a
powerful and positive message from the Membership of the WTO that the
Doha Development Agenda was not just words but that we intend to
implement it seriously.
Under
other business, I will be reporting on my recent visit to Africa, my
meetings with African Heads of State and Ministers and their changed
perception of the WTO since Doha. This Work Programme for the LDCs,
issued as an unrestricted document, would further strengthen the re-newed
confidence of our Members in the post-Doha WTO. |
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