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WT/COMTD/M/102  
 
16 June 2017 
(17-3236) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Trade and Development  
102nd Session    
 
NOTE ON THE MEETING OF 17 MAY 201 7 
Chairman: H.E. Mr . Taonga Mushayavanhu  (Zimbabwe ) 
A. ADOPTION OF THE AGEN DA ................................ ................................ ....................  1 
B. ELECTION OF THE CHAI RPERSON OF THE COMMI TTEE ON TRADE AND 
DEVELOPMENT  ................................ ................................ ................................ .................  1 
C. ELECTION OF THE CHAI RPERSON OF THE SUB -COMMITTEE ON LEAST -
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES  ................................ ................................ ................................ .. 1 
D. OTHER BUSINESS  ................................ ................................ ................................ .... 2 
 
 
A. ADOPTION OF THE AGEN DA 
1. The Director of the Development Division  recalled that Members had been informed at the 
101st Session on 14 March 2017 that a meeting of the Committee on Trade and Development 
(CTD) would be convened to elect the new Chairperson of the CTD , and the new Chairperson of 
the Sub -Committee on Least Dev eloped Countries  (LDCs) , once there was consensus on the slate 
of names to serve as Chairpersons of WTO bodies. He went on to say that, at the General Council 
meeting of 7 April 2017, the names of the WTO Chairpersons for 2017 had been announced. 
According ly, the purpose of the present meeting was to allow the Committee to elect the 
Chairperson of the CTD  – who had been announced at the General Council meeting to be 
Ambassador Taonga Mushayavanhu of Zimbabwe  – and the Chairperson of  the Sub -Committee on 
LDCs. As for the regular substantive items which normally appeared on the CTD's agenda, these 
would be taken up at the 103rd Session.  
2. The draft agenda as contained in document WTO/AIR/COMTD/ 10 of 3 May 201 7 was 
adopted .1  
B. ELECTION OF THE CHAI RPERSON OF THE COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND  
DEVELOPMENT  
3. The Committee elected  Ambassador Mushayavanhu as the Chairman of the CTD  for 2017 . 
C. ELECTION OF THE CHAI RPERSON OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE ON LEAST -DEVELOPED 
COUNTRIES  
4. The Chairman  recalled that  Members were informed at the 101st Session that, on the basis 
of consultations,  the name of Ambassador Monique van Daalen of the Netherlands had emerged as 
the candidate to serve as Chair person  of the Sub -Committee on LDCs.   
                                                
1 In the draft agenda , the item concerning the election of the Chairperson of the Sub -Committee 
appeared before the item concerning the election Chairperson of the CTD, as per the practice . However , in light 
of the absence from the meeting of the CTD Chairman for 2016 ( H.E. Mr.  Christopher Onyanga Aparr  of 
Uganda ), the Committee agreed to first proceed with the election of t he new CTD Chairman , who thereby 
chaired the meeting .  WT/COMTD/M/102  
 
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  5. The Committee elected  Ambassador van Daalen as the Chairperson of the Sub -Committee 
on LDCs for 2017 . 
D. OTHER BUSINESS  
6. No matter was raised under "Other Business" . 
7. The meeting was adjourned . 
 
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