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Ireland offers EUR100,000 to the WTO training programme for the benefit of developing countries

Ireland has donated EUR100,000 to the Doha Development Agenda Global Trust Fund (DDAGTF).

  
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This donation will finance technical assistance programmes and training activities for developing and least developed countries as well as economies in transition. The aim is to better adapt their practices and laws to WTO rules and disciplines, improve the implementation of their obligations and enhance the exercise of their membership rights.

WTO Director General Pascal Lamy declared “I welcome this donation which demonstrates Ireland’s commitment to support developing countries in benefiting from the multilateral trading system.”

Irish Ambassador Dáithí O’Ceallaigh stated “Ireland has continuously supported developing countries in improving their trading capacity and playing their part in the global economy.”

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