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    Pascal Lamy 
  Director-General     
 
 
 
12 November 2012 
 
 
 Dear Ambassadors/Permanent Representatives,   I am pleased to attach to this letter the 14
th version of the Evolving Table on Cotton 
Development Assistance (WT/CFMC/6/Rev.13) fo r review by Members in advance of the 
next Round of the Director-General 's Consultative Framework Mechanism 
on Cotton (DGCFMC).     This version of the Evolving Table ( ET) was made possible by contributions 
from Australia, Brazil, the European Union (and  several of its member States), Switzerland 
and the United States, and from several multilate ral institutions, namely, the IMF, the ITC 
and the OIC.   Of particular significance is the support and c ontributions from Brazil, China 
and India on the platform of South-South Cooperation.   The attached Evolving Table reflects the progre ss that has been regist ered.  It is useful 
to note that participants in the DGCFMC have  indicated their willingness to deepen the 
dialogue and information exchange  between donors and recipients so as to reduce the gap 
between commitments and disbursements.  I am confident that this enhanced interaction will also enable a qualitative assessment to emerge of  the various projects that are in the Table, 
and which can eventually accompany the quantita tive monitoring exercise that we have been 
accustomed to undertaking in the spirit of results-based management.   The updated commitments and disbursements of active operational ac tivities in this 
version of the Table are:    
 In Part I, on Cotton Specific Development Assistance , the number of 
individual beneficiaries stands at 27 and the total number of commitments 
at 59, increasing from the totals of 20 and 51 respectively, in the previous 
version.  The total value of commitments increased by US$44.4 million and now stands at US$354.4 million.  Disbursement flows were up by US$5.4 million to reach US$97.4 million.  The ratio of total disbursements to total commitments is 28%. 
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  In Part II, on Agriculture and Infrastructure-Related Development 
Assistance , the number of individual beneficiar ies, at 29, remains the same as 
in the previous version, while the total number of commitments decreased slightly to 47.  The total value of these commitments stands approximately 
unchanged at US$4.70 billion.  The disbursement flows remain stable at US$1.10 billion. The ratio of total disbursements to total commitments is 23%.   
 I am also pleased to attach the 6
th version of the Domestic  Cotton Sector Reform 
Table (WT/CFMC/21/Rev.6), reflecting new c ontributions from Chad and Mali and the 
continuation of efforts undertaken by Burkin a Faso.  These regular updates show the steady 
progress on the reforms that go hand-in -hand with devel opment assistance. 
  I have decided to convene the 18
th Round of the DGCFMC on 7 December 2012.  
Deputy Director-General Harsha Vardhana Singh will Chair the consultations on my behalf.  
The updated 14th version of the Evolving Table will form the basis for this Round of 
Consultations.    
  
 
 
 Yours sincerely 
         Pascal Lamy