PHA-Exchange> Developing countries state views on Doha at WTO

[Claudio]

From: Third World Network 

www.twnside.org.sg
 

Developing countries voice concerns at WTO General Council

Published in SUNS #6164 dated 18 December 2006

 

 

At the last WTO General Council meeting in 2006, held on 14-15 December

in Geneva, many developing countries and their groupings made statements

on the state of the Doha negotiations.



They stressed the importance of respecting the development dimension as 

central to the Doha negotiations.



All the major groupings of developing countries - including the G20, G33,

NAMA-11, the African Group, LDC Group, ACP Group and small and 

vulnerable economies - made statements at the General Council meeting.

 

A common theme in most of the statements was that the developed

countries must make the main move to re-start the negotiations in earnest, 

that the development dimension is crucial, and that in the rush to meet 

deadlines, there should be no compromise with the principle that the Doha 

negotiations must put the developing countries' needs and interests at the 

centre.

 

In his report to the General Council, TNC Chair Pascal Lamy 

said that "an increasing level of engagement" is starting to appear in 

consultations by the Chairs of the negotiating groups. He stressed the "need 

to maintain the rhythm of the informal work ... to exploit the window of 

opportunity in the first quarter of next year".




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