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WTO Director-General Supachai Panitchpakdi and the Norwegian Ambassador
Eirik Glenne signed the Memorandum of Understanding on the contribution
by Norway on 10 June 2005.
“Norway has for several years been a strong supporter of the WTO
trade-related technical assistance to developing, and in particular
least-developed countries” said Norwegian Ambassador Eirik Glenne.
“Contributing to the strengthening of the capacity of the developing and
the least-developed countries to make full use of the multilateral
trading system is an important political priority of the Norwegian
government. Today’s contribution to the WTO Technical Assistance Plan
for 2005 is a concrete expression of our continued commitment to the
efforts of the WTO to this end.”
“I am extremely grateful to Norway for contributing again to the Doha
Development Fund,” said WTO Director-General Supachai Panitchpakdi.
“We can only reach a successful outcome to the Doha round of
negotiations with the full participation of all WTO Members.
Increasingly, developing countries are expressing the desire to
contribute more actively to the WTO debate. We can help them, through
technical assistance.”
Norway is one of the biggest voluntary contributors to the Doha
Development Agenda Global Trust Fund, with a total contribution so far
of 6.4 million Swiss Francs.
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Norway
gives 10 million Norwegian Kroner to WTO technical assistance