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A first donation of EUR94,437 (about CHF153,000) will be offered to the
Trade
Facilitation Needs Assessment Trust Fund. Spain is the first contributor to this
newly created trust fund. The aim is to help developing countries, least
developed countries and small economies self assess their priorities and needs
in the area of trade facilitation. This trust fund will also allow members'
effective participation in trade facilitation negotiations.
A second donation of EUR350,000 (about CHF565,000) will go to the Doha
Development Agenda Global Trust Fund (DDAGTF). This donation will finance
technical assistance programmes and training activities for Latin American and
the Caribbean countries for 2007. 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. With this new
contribution, Spain's involvement to the DDAGTF amounts to EUR1.5 million
(CHF2.5 million).
A third donation of EUR270,563 (USD350,000) will be offered to the Preservation
and Enhanced Dissemination of GATT/WTO Documents Trust Fund. Spain is the first
contributor to this newly created trust fund. The objective is to safeguard
GATT/WTO documents in electronic formats. The donation will be used to conserve
documents in Spanish.
WTO Director General Pascal Lamy declared “I welcome Spain's donations to the
WTO trust funds. Its contributions will not only allow developing countries to
expand their markets through our technical assistance programmes but will also
enable all members to have access to the history of this organisation.”
“Today's contributions to the WTO technical assistance and document preservation
programmes is a concrete illustration of our constant commitment to the WTO”
stated Mr. Joan Clos, Spain's Minister of Industry, Tourism and Commerce. “Spain
fully supports any efforts to help the developing countries to make full use of
the multilateral trading system. It is also committed to the whole membership
enabling countries to easily access old but none the less essential WTO
documents” .
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