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“France has made a very generous contribution to the Doha Development
Trust Fund,” stated WTO Director-General Supachai Panitchpakdi,” and I
am extremely grateful. It is imperative to continue feeding the Doha
Trust Fund because it is thanks to this technical assistance - which
covers all issues on the Doha agenda — that developing countries can
play an active role in the negotiations and will be able to make their
voices heard at the forthcoming Ministerial Conference in Cancún in
September 2003”.
“With this donation,” said Philippe Gros, the Permanent Delegate of
France to the WTO, "France is honouring a previous commitment to the WTO
with a view to helping developing countries to take their rightful place
in the multilateral trading system — and, in particular, in the
negotiations currently under way — by supporting the Doha Development
Trust Fund”.
The Doha Development Agenda Global Trust Fund was set up following the
WTO Ministerial Conference in Doha in November 2001 which launched a new
round of negotiations. In December 2002, the General Council approved a
target amount of 24 million Swiss francs for the Doha Trust Fund for
2003. |
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