WT/CFMC/W/24/Rev.20  
 
 16 June 2016  
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 DIRECTOR GENERAL'S CONSULTATIVE FRAMEWORK  
MECHANISM ON COTTON  
DOCUMENTATION REFERENCES AND SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS 
Revision 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 This document updates the list of reports and documents circulated pursuant to the mandate 
on cotton development assistance.1  It also contains the schedule of meetings of the Director-
General's Consultative Framework Mechanism on Cotton (DGCFMC).  It is being circulated at the request of participants. This document is updated on a periodic basis.   
 
  
 
  
 
   
 
  
 
  
 
   
 
  
 
 
                                               
1 General Council Decision of 1 August 2004 (WT/L/579); Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration 
(WT/MIN(05)/DEC); Bali Ministerial Decision (WT/MIN(13)/41) and Nairobi Ministerial Decision (WT/MIN(15)/46). This document has been prepared under the Secretariat's own 
responsibility and is without prejudice to the positions of 
Members or to their rights and obligations under the WTO WT/CFMC/W/24/Rev.20 
 
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REPORT/DOCUMENT DOCUMENT REFERENCE DATE OF ISSUE 
 
SECTION I:  CONFERENCE REPORTS 
 
African Regional Workshop on 
Cotton, Cotonou, Benin  
23-24 March 2004 
 WT/L/587 
(WT/CFMC/1) 17 November 2004 
High-Level Session on Cotton, 
15-16 March 2007  See DG's Concluding Remarks 
in TN/AG/SCC/W/7 (WT/CFMC/12)   
 
SECTION II:  DIRECTOR-GENERAL'S PERIODIC REPORTS 
 
First Periodic Report by the Director-General 
 WT/GC/83 and 
WT/GC/83/Add.1 
(WT/CFMC/DG/1 and WT/CFMC/DG/1/Add.1) 
 3 December 2004 
Second Periodic Report by the 
Director-General 
 WT/GC/97 and WT/GC/97Add.1 
(WT/CFMC/DG/2 and 
WT/CFMC/DG/2/Add.1) 
 21 November 2005 
Third Periodic Report by the 
Director-General  WT/GC/120 
WT/CFMC/DG/3 9 November 2009 
Fourth Periodic Report by the 
Director-General WT/GC/137 
WT/CFMC/DG/4 
WT/MIN(11)/4 
 28 November 2011 
Fifth Periodic Report by the 
Director-General WT/GC/149 
WT/CFMC/DG/5 
 5 December 2012 
Sixth Periodic Report by the 
Director-General WT/GC/154 
WT/CFMC/DG/6 WT/MIN(13)/3 
 22 October 2013 
Seventh Periodic Report by the 
Director-General WT/GC/175 
WT/CFMC/DG/7 
WT/MIN(15)/8  19 November 2015 
 
SECTION III:  GENE RAL COUNCIL UPDATES 
 
Director-General's Progress Report to the 15 May 2006 General 
Council 
 WT/GC/M/102 19 July 2006 
Director-General's Progress Report 
to the 27-28 July 2006 General Council  WT/GC/M/103 10 October 2006 
Director-General's Progress Report 
to the 14-15 December 2006 
General Council 
 WT/GC/M/106 1 March 2007 
General Council:  2007 Annual 
Report (cotton)  WT/GC/114 21 January 2008 WT/CFMC/W/24/Rev.20 
 
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  REPORT/DOCUMENT DOCUMENT REFERENCE DATE OF ISSUE 
Director-General's Progress Report 
to the 18 December 2007 General 
Council 
 WT/GC/M/112 4 March 2008 
Director-General's Progress Report 
to the 18 December 2008 General 
Council  WT/GC/M/117 23 February 2009 
Director-General's Progress Report 
to the 17 November 2009 General 
Council 
 WT/GC/M/123 2 March 2010 
Director-General's Progress Report 
to the 14 December 2010 General Council  WT/GC/M/129 16 February 2011 
Director-General's Progress Report 
to the 30 November 2011 General 
Council 
 WT/GC/M/134 21 March 2012 
Director-General's Progress Report 
to the 11 December 2012 General Council 
 WT/GC/M/141 19 February 2013 
Director-General's Progress Report 
to the 26 November 2013 General 
Council 
 WT/GC/M/149 28 February 2014 
Director-General's Progress Report 
to the 10 December 2014 General Council 
 WT/GC/M/155 19 February 2015 
Director-General's Progress Report 
to the 10 December 2015 General 
Council  WT/GC/M/160 23 February2016 
 
SECTION IV:  SECRETARIAT PROGRESS REPORTS 
 
Secretariat Progress Report to the 2
nd meeting of the SCC2 
 TN/AG/SCC/W/1 
(WT/CFMC/2) 25 May 2005 
Secretariat Progress Report to the 
3rd meeting of the SCC 
 TN/AG/SCC/W/2 
(WT/CFMC/3) 25 May 2005 
Secretariat Progress Report to the 
5th meeting of the SCC 
 TN/AG/SCC/W/3 
(WT/CFMC/4) 
 27 July 2005 
Secretariat Progress Report to the 
6th meeting of the SCC 
 TN/AG/SCC/W/4 
(WT/CFMC/5) 6 October 2005 
First Secretariat Progress Report to 
the 10th meeting of SCC 
 TN/AG/SCC/W/5 
(WT/CFMC/7) 15 March 2006 
Second Secretariat Progress Report 
to the 11th Meeting of the SCC  
 TN/AG/SCC/W/6 
(WT/CFMC/9) 3 April 2006 
                                               
2 Sub-Committee on Cotton (SCC). WT/CFMC/W/24/Rev.20 
 
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  REPORT/DOCUMENT DOCUMENT REFERENCE DATE OF ISSUE 
Third Secretariat Progress Report 
to the 12th Meeting of the SCC 
 TN/AG/SCC/R/12 
(WT/CFMC/11) 6 October 2006 
High Level Session on Cotton, 
"DG's Concluding Remarks" 
 TN/AG/SCC/W/7 
(WT/CFMC/12) 16 March 2007 
Fourth Secretariat Progress Report 
to the SCC 
 TN/AG/SCC/W/8 
(WT/CFMC/13) 11 July 2007 
Fifth Secretariat Progress Report to 
the SCC  TN/AG/SCC/W/9 
(WT/CFMC/15) 14 December 2007 
Sixth Secretariat Progress Report 
to the SCC  TN/AG/SCC/W/10 
WT/CFMC/20 16 December 2008 
Seventh Secretariat Progress 
Report to the SCC 
 TN/AG/SCC/W/11 
WT/CFMC/23 7 September 2009 
Eighth Secretariat Progress Report 
to the SCC 
 TN/AG/SCC/W/12 
WT/CFMC/28 21 May 2010 
Ninth Secretariat Progress Report 
to the SCC  TN/AG/SCC/W/13 
WT/CFMC/29 19 October 2010  
Tenth Secretariat Progress Report 
to the SCC  TN/AG/SCC/W/14 
WT/CFMC/32 14 July 2011 
Eleventh Secretariat Progress 
Report to the SCC 
 TN/AG/SCC/W/15 
WT/CFMC/35 6 August 2012 
Eleventh Secretariat Progress 
Report to the SCC 
 TN/AG/SCC/W/15/Corr.1 
WT/CFMC/35/Corr.1 23 August 2012 
Twelfth Secretariat Progress Report 
to the SCC  TN/AG/SCC/W/16 
WT/CFMC/36 1 October 2012 
Thirteenth Secretariat Progress 
Report to the SCC  TN/AG/SCC/W/17 
WT/CFMC/38 12 November 2012 
Fourteenth Secretariat Progress 
Report to the SCC 
 TN/AG/SCC/W/18 
WT/CFMC/41 17 May 2013 
Fourteenth Secretariat Progress 
Report to the SCC 
 TN/AG/SCC/W/18/Corr.1 
WT/CFMC/41/Corr.1 27 June 2013 
Fifteenth Secretariat Progress 
Report to the SCC 
 TN/AG/SCC/W/19 
WT/CFMC/45 30 August 2013 
Sixteenth Secretariat Progress 
Report to the SCC  TN/AG/SCC/W/20 
WT/CFMC/47 14 January 2014 
Seventeenth Secretariat Progress 
Report to the SCC 
 TN/AG/SCC/W/21 
WT/CFMC/49 12 August 2014 
Eighteenth Secretariat Progress 
Report to the SCC 
 TN/AG/SCC/W/22 
WT/CFMC/50 5 February 2015 
Nineteenth Secretariat Progress 
Report to the SCC 
 TN/AG/SCC/W/23 
WT/CFMC/51 22 September 2015 WT/CFMC/W/24/Rev.20 
 
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  REPORT/DOCUMENT DOCUMENT REFERENCE DATE OF ISSUE 
Twentieth Secretariat Progress 
Report to the SCC 
 TN/AG/SCC/W/24 
WT/CFMC/52 24 March 2016 
 
SECTION V:  MEMBERS' FEEDBACK ON EVOLVING TABLE AND 
COTTON COMMUNICATIONS 
 
Evolving Table on Cotton Development Assistance: Benin Feedback 
 WT/L/656 
(WT/CFMC/W/18) 25 September 2006 
Evolving Table on Cotton 
Development Assistance: Burkina 
Faso Feedback  WT/L/657 
(WT/CFMC/W/19) 16 October 2006 
Evolving Table on Cotton 
Development Assistance:   Mali Feedback 
 WT/L/660 
(WT/CFMC/W/20) 2 November 2006 
Evolving Table on Cotton 
Development Assistance: 
Development Community Feedback  
 WT/L/681  
(WT/CFMC/W/21) 25 January 2007 
Evolving Table on Cotton 
Development Assistance: Chad 
Feedback 
 WT/L/683 
(WT/CFMC/W/22) 11 April 2007 
Evolving Table on Cotton 
Development Assistance:  C4 Feedback 
 WT/L/685 
(WT/CFMC/W/23) 28 June 2007 
Evolving Table on Cotton 
Development Assistance: 
Contribution by the IMF  WT/L/689 
(WT/CFMC/W/25) 23 July 2007 
Evolving Table on Cotton 
Development Assistance: Contribution by the World Bank 
 WT/L/690 
(WT/CFMC/W/26) 23 July 2007 
Evolving Table on Cotton 
Development Assistance: 
Contribution by Burkina Faso  WT/L/697 
(WT/CFMC/W/32) 11 September 2007 
Statement by Minister of the 
Economy, Industry and Trade, Mali  WT/CFMC/W/47 10 November 2008 
Communication from Burkina Faso 
- Ouagadougou Declaration 
 TN/AG/SCC/GEN/10 
WT/CFMC/26 
 4 November 2009 
Statement by Minister for 
Commerce, Enterprise Promotion 
and Handicrafts, Burkina Faso  WT/CFMC/W/48 14 December 2010 
Communication from Burkina Faso 
- Cotonou Declaration  WT/CFMC/W/49 17 December 2010  
Communication from Burkina Faso 
- Comments on Evolving Table 
 WT/CFMC/W/50 20 June 2011 WT/CFMC/W/24/Rev.20 
 
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Communication from Burkina Faso 
- Comments on Evolving Table 
 WT/CFMC/W/51 19 July 2011 
Communication from Burkina Faso 
- Comments on Evolving Table 
 WT/CFMC/W/52 12 October 2011 
Communication from Burkina Faso 
- Statement by C4 Coordinator 
 WT/CFMC/W/53 8 November 2011 
Communication from China 
  WT/CFMC/W/54 8 November 2011 
Communication from the EU 
- Presentation on EU-Africa  Partnership on Cotton 
 WT/CFMC/W/55 1 December 2011 
 
Communication from Burkina Faso 
- Mission by C4 countries to 
 Washington  WT/CFMC/W/56 5 July 2012 
 
Communication from Burkina Faso 
- Comments on Evolving Table 
 WT/CFMC/W/57 12 October 2012 
Communication from Burkina Faso 
- Comments on Evolving Table 
 WT/CFMC/W/58 25 April 2013 
Communication from Chad 
- Comments on Evolving Table 
 WT/CFMC/W/59 16 May 2013 
Communication from the Sudan WT/CFMC/W/60 20 October 2014 
 
Communication from the Sudan WT/CFMC/W/60/Rev.1 2 July 2015 
 
Communication from Burkina Faso - Overview of the cotton sector  WT/CFMC/W/61 2 September 2015 
 
Communication from Mali - Cotton Focal Points Contacts  WT/CFMC/W/70 14 January 2016 
 
 
SECTION VI:  EVOLVING TABLE ON COTTON DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE – 
UPDATED VERSIONS 
 
Evolving Table on Cotton Development Assistance   WT/CFMC/6 
 10 April 2008  
 
Evolving Table on Cotton Development Assistance   WT/CFMC/6/Rev.1 
 30 April 2008  
 
Evolving Table on Cotton Development Assistance  
 WT/CFMC/6/Rev.2 
 7 May 2008 
Evolving Table on Cotton 
Development Assistance  
 WT/CFMC/6/Rev.3 
 20 May 2008 
Evolving Table on Cotton 
Development Assistance 
 WT/CFMC/6/Rev.4 30 October 2008 WT/CFMC/W/24/Rev.20 
 
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>Evolving Table on Cotton 
Development Assistance 
 WT/CFMC/6/Rev.4/Add.1 3 November 2008 
Evolving Table on Cotton 
Development Assistance 
 WT/CFMC/6/Rev.5 21 April 2009 
Evolving Table on Cotton 
Development Assistance 
 WT/CFMC/6/Rev.6 30 September 2009 
Evolving Table on Cotton 
Development Assistance  WT/CFMC/6/Rev.6/Corr.1 8 October 2009 
Evolving Table on Cotton 
Development Assistance  WT/CFMC/6/Rev.7 9 November 2009 
Evolving Table on Cotton 
Development Assistance 
 WT/CFMC/6/Rev.8 12 May 2010  
Evolving Table on Cotton 
Development Assistance 
 WT/CFMC/6/Rev.9 5 November 2010  
Evolving Table on Cotton 
Development Assistance  WT/CFMC/6/Rev.10 15 June 2011 
Evolving Table on Cotton 
Development Assistance  WT/CFMC/6/Rev.11 6 October 2011 
Evolving Table on Cotton 
Development Assistance 
 WT/CFMC/6/Rev.12 31 May 2012 
Evolving Table on Cotton 
Development Assistance 
 WT/CFMC/6/Rev.13 12 November 2012  
Evolving Table on Cotton 
Development Assistance  WT/CFMC/6/Rev.14 21 May 2013 
Evolving Table on Cotton 
Development Assistance  WT/CFMC/6/Rev.15 26 September 2013 
Evolving Table on Cotton 
Development Assistance 
 WT/CFMC/6/Rev.16 26 May 2014 
Evolving Table on Cotton 
Development Assistance 
 WT/CFMC/6/Rev.17 29 October 2014 
Evolving Table on Cotton 
Development Assistance 
 WT/CFMC/6/Rev.18 12 June 2015 
Evolving Table on Cotton 
Development Assistance  WT/CFMC/6/Rev.19 27 October 2015 
Evolving Table on Cotton 
Development Assistance 
 WT/CFMC/6/Rev.20 15 July 2016 WT/CFMC/W/24/Rev.20 
 
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SECTION VII:  DOMESTIC COTTON SECTOR REFORMS 
 
Burkina Faso 
 WT/L/645 
(WT/CFMC/8) 
 17 March 2006 
 
Benin 
 WT/L/646 
(WT/CFMC/10) 
 18 May 2006 
 
Benin 
 WT/CFMC/18 4 June 2008 
 
Table on Domestic Cotton Sector Reforms  WT/CFMC/21 21 April 2009 
Chad 
 WT/CFMC/22 4 September 2009 
Chad 
 WT/CFMC/22/Corr.1 28 September 2009 
Mali 
 WT/CFMC/24 13 October 2009 
Mali 
 WT/CFMC/25 9 October 2009 
Table on Domestic Cotton Sector 
Reforms  WT/CFMC/21/Rev.1 12 May 2010 
Table on Domestic Cotton Sector 
Reforms  WT/CFMC/21/Rev.2 5 November 2010  
Communication from ICAC 
 WT/CFMC/30 7 December 2010 
Burkina Faso 
 WT/CFMC/31 20 June 2011 
Burkina Faso WT/CFMC/33 12 October 2011 
 
Communication from ICAC  WT/CFMC/30/Rev.1 28 October 2011 
Chad 
 WT/CFMC/34 8 November 2011 
Table on Domestic Cotton Sector 
Reforms  WT/CFMC/21/Rev.3 29 November 2011 
Table on Domestic Cotton Sector 
Reforms 
 WT/CFMC/21/Rev.4 31 May 2012 
Communication from Chad WT/CFMC/37 1 November 2012 
 
Table on Domestic Cotton Sector Reforms 
 WT/CFMC/21/Rev.5 12 November 2012  
Communication from Burkina Faso WT/CFMC/39 25 April 2013 
 
Communication from Mali WT/CFMC/40 30 April 2013 
 
Table on Domestic Cotton Sector 
Reforms 
 WT/CFMC/21/Rev.6 21 May 2013 
Communication from Chad WT/CFMC/42 7 June 2013 
 WT/CFMC/W/24/Rev.20 
 
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Table on Domestic Cotton Sector 
Reforms 
 WT/CFMC/21/Rev.7 26 September 2013 
Communication from Mali WT/CFMC/48 5 May 2014 
 
Table on Domestic Cotton Sector Reforms 
 WT/CFMC/21/Rev.8 26 May 2014 
Table on Domestic Cotton Sector 
Reforms 
 WT/CFMC/21/Rev.9 29 October 2014 
Table on Domestic Cotton Sector 
Reforms  WT/CFMC/21/Rev.10 12 June 2015 
Table on Domestic Cotton Sector 
Reforms  WT/CFMC/21/Rev.11 27 October 2015 
Table on Domestic Cotton Sector 
Reforms 
 WT/CFMC/21/Rev.12 15 July 2016 
 
SECTION VIII:  SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION FOR COTTON 
SECTOR DEVELOPMENT 
 
Mali  WT/L/704 
(WT/CFMC/14)  22 November 2007 
Report of the Seminar on South-
South Cooperation for Cotton 
Sector Development 
 WT/L/710 
(WT/CFMC/16) 
 18 December 2007 
Burkina Faso 
 WT/CFMC/17 28 May 2008  
 
Pakistan WT/CFMC/27 31 March 2010 
 
Communication from China WT/CFMC/43 27 June 2013 
 
Communication from Brazil WT/CFMC/44 3 July 2013 
 
Communication from India WT/CFMC/46 25 September 2013 
 
 
SECTION IX:  COTTON PROJECTS 
 
Benin 
 WT/CFMC/W/1 11 April 2008 
Benin 
 WT/CFMC/W/2 11 April 2008 
Benin 
 WT/CFMC/W/3 11 April 2008 
Benin 
 WT/CFMC/W/4 11 April 2008 
Benin 
 WT/CFMC/W/5 11 April 2008 
Benin 
 WT/CFMC/W/6 11 April 2008 
Benin 
 WT/CFMC/W/7 11 April 2008 
Benin 
 WT/CFMC/W/8 11 April 2008 WT/CFMC/W/24/Rev.20 
 
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Benin 
 WT/CFMC/W/9 11 April 2008 
Benin 
 WT/CFMC/W/10 11 April 2008 
Benin 
 WT/CFMC/W/11 11 April 2008 
Côte d'Ivoire 
 WT/CFMC/W/13 18 April 2008 
Côte d'Ivoire 
 WT/CFMC/W/14 18 April 2008 
Côte d'Ivoire 
 WT/CFMC/W/15 18 April 2008 
Côte d'Ivoire 
 WT/CFMC/W/16 18 April 2008 
Côte d'Ivoire 
 WT/CFMC/W/17 18 April 2008 
Uganda 
 WT/CFMC/W/27 15 May 2008 
Uganda 
 WT/CFMC/W/28 15 May 2008 
Uganda 
 WT/CFMC/W/29 15 May 2008 
Uganda 
 WT/CFMC/W/30 15 May 2008 
Uganda 
 WT/CFMC/W/31 15 May 2008 
Benin 
 WT/CFMC/W/33 22 May 2008 
Benin 
 WT/CFMC/W/34 22 May 2008 
Benin 
 WT/CFMC/W/35 22 May 2008 
Benin 
 WT/CFMC/W/36 23 May 2008 
Cameroon 
 WT/CFMC/W/37 1 October 2008 
Benin 
 WT/CFMC/W/38 13 October 2008 
Benin 
 WT/CFMC/W/39 13 October 2008 
Benin 
 WT/CFMC/W/40 13 October 2008 
Benin 
 WT/CFMC/W/41 13 October 2008 
Benin 
 WT/CFMC/W/42 13 October 2008 
Benin 
 WT/CFMC/W/43 14 October 2008 
Benin 
 WT/CFMC/W/44 14 October 2008 
Benin 
 WT/CFMC/W/45 14 October 2008 
Table of Project Proposals 
 WT/CFMC/W/46 10 November 2008 
Benin WT/CFMC/W/62 15 October 2015 
 
Benin WT/CFMC/W/63 15 October 2015 
 WT/CFMC/W/24/Rev.20 
 
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Benin WT/CFMC/W/64 15 October 2015 
 
Chad WT/CFMC/W/65 15 October 2015 
 
Burkina Faso WT/CFMC/W/66 15 October 2015 
 
Mali WT/CFMC/W/67 15 October 2015 
 
Benin WT/CFMC/W/68 12 November 2016 
 
Benin WT/CFMC/W/69 12 November 2016 
 
 
 
SECTION X:  DGCFMC ROUNDS OF CONSULTATIONS 
CALENDAR OF MEETINGS 
 
 
ROUNDS OF CONSULTATIONS  
DATES 
1st Round 
 22 October 2004 
2nd Round 
 18 November 2004  
3rd Round 
 25 April 2005  
4th Round 
 18 July 2005  
5th Round 
 28 October 2005  
6th Round 16 February 2006 
 
7th Round 
 14 June 2006 
 
High Level Session on Cotton, 15-16 March 2007 
 
8th Round 
 18 June 2007 
9th Round 22 November 2007  
 
10th Round 7 November 2008  
 
11th Round 
 24 April 2009 
12th Round 
 23 October 2009 
13th Round 7 June 2010  
 
14th Round 9 December 2010 
 
15th Round 15 July 2011 
 
16th Round 3 November 2011 
 
17th Round 29 June 2012 
 WT/CFMC/W/24/Rev.20 
 
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SECTION X:  DGCFMC ROUNDS OF CONSULTATIONS 
CALENDAR OF MEETINGS 
 
18th Round 6 December 2012 
 
19th Round 21 June 2013 
 
20th Round 30 October 2013 
 
21st Round 20 June 2014 
 
22nd Round 28 November 2014 
 
23rd Round 9 July 2015 
 
24th Round 27 November 2015 
 
25th Round 1 July 2016 
 
  
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