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ORGANIZATIONWT/MIN(03)/W/22
14 September 2003
(03-4938)
MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE
Fifth SessionCancún, 10 - 14 September 2003Original:  English
DRAFT CANCÚN MINISTERIAL TEXT JOB(03)/150/REV.2
Proposals by Pakistan
The following communication, dated 13 September 2003, has been received from the
delegation of Pakistan.
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Please find attached language on paragraph 11 of the draft Cancún text as well as an
additional paragraph on Trade and Development proposed by Pakistan with the request that it may be
circulated to the Members.
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1. Proposed Language on Paragraph 11
11. We reaffirm that provisions for special and differential treatment are an integral part of WTO
Agreements.  We recall our decision in Doha to review special and differential treatment provisions
with a view to strengthening and making them more precise, effective and operational.  We further
recall the proposal for a Framewor k Agreement on Special and Differential Treatment as noted in our
decision in Doha (WT/GC/W/442).   We note the progress that has been made towards meeting these
objectives and adopt the decisions in Annex C to this document.  We instruct the General Council to
continue to monitor closely work on the proposals referred to negotiating groups and other WTO
bodies, and direct these bodies to report to the General Council no later than [...].  We instruct the
Committee on Trade and Development in Special Session to pursue expeditiously, within theparameters of the Doha mandate, the work on remaining agreement-specific proposals and other
outstanding issues referred to in TN/CTD/7 and report with recommendations, as appropriate, to the
General Council by [...].  The General Council shall submit a report on all these issues to our next
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2. Proposed Language for an Additional Paragraph on Trade and Development
We reaffirm that the needs and interests of the developing countries remain at the heart of the
Doha Development Agenda, which seeks to secure their beneficial, meaningful and equitable
integration into the multilateral trading system.  We recognize that trade is the single most important
external source of development financing for the developing countries, which makes enhanced
effective and predictable market access, balanced rules and well-targeted, sustainably financed
technical assistance and capacity-building programm es, as an absolute imperative to allow them to
pursue their developmental goals and to ensure a share in the growth of world trade commensuratewith the needs of their economic developmental goal s and to secure a share in the growth of world
trade commensurate with the needs of their economic development.
We further reaffirm our commitment to realize, inter alia , the following objectives which
would serve to (achieve the above objectives) enhance the benefits of trade liberalization for theeconomic and social development of the developing countries: (a) the fullest possible liberalization of
agricultural trade, while preserving developmental goals, (b) full implementation of the ATC and non-
circumvention of the provisions and objectives of complete liberalization of trade in textiles and
clothing; (c) resolution of outstanding implementatio n issues; (d) elimination or substantial reduction
of tariff peaks and tariff escalation in both the agricultural and non-agricultural market accessnegotiations; (e) operationalization of S & D provisions in existing WTO agreements and full
reflection of S & D provisions in new WTO agreemen ts; (f) provision of adequate technical assistance
to developing countries for capacity-building; (g) review of the development dimension of the TRIPS
and TRIMS agreements; (h) exercising extra caution in resorting to the use of import remedy actions
against developing country exports; (i) progress in the work of the Working Group on Trade, Debtand Finance and on Trade and Transfer of Technology with a view to advancing the development
objectives of the developing countries; (j) provision of enhanced and effective market access under
Mode IV of GATS.
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