World Trade Organization (WTO) announces that the Director-General Pascal Lamy, in his introductory statement to the Trade Negotiations Committee on 1 May 2006, said that finding consensus in the negotiations “remains doable, but only if a sense of urgency, which I feel is not always shared by all, starts appearing in each and every delegation”
All must now focus our efforts on working intensively, continuously and in an effective manner on a text-based negotiating process, which is solidly anchored in Geneva, he added.
Pascal comment on Trade & Environment, there has been a good start to the process of examination of products in the CTESS with technical work launched.
Another technical discussion around mid-May has been agreed to keep the process on track.
On Cotton, the last meeting of this committee was just last Friday and I understand that a useful discussion of the C4 proposal took place.
On the development assistance aspects of cotton, at this time, I can inform Members that progress in this area is in positive evolution.
As a follow up to the 1 August 2004 Decision, and in line with instructions given to the Director-General by Ministers in Hong Kong, I will be making a Mid-Term Progress Report in my capacity as Director-General to the 15 May meeting of the General Council.
On Aid for Trade, our two-track process continues to move forward. The first track my own consultations has reaffirmed the strong commitment among donors, as well as multilateral and regional agencies, to mobilizing significant additional resources for Aid for Trade.
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