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DIRECTOR G ENERAL'S CONSULTATIV E FRAMEWORK  
MECHANISM ON COTTON  
DOCUMENTATION REFERE NCES AND SCHEDULE OF  MEETINGS1 
Revision  
This document updates the list of reports and documents circulated pursuant to the mandate on 
cotton development assistance .2 It also  contains the sched ule of meetings of the 
Director -General's Consultative Framework Mechanism on Cotton (DGCFM C). It is being circulate d 
at the request of participants . This document is updated on a periodic basis.   
 
 
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1 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.  
2 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 
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  REPORT/DOCUMENT  DOCUMENT REFERENCE  DATE OF ISSUE  
SECTION I:  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  
Eighth Periodic Report by the Director -
General  WT/GC/187  
WT/CFMC/DG/8  
WT/MIN(17)/5  22 November 2017  
SECTION II:  GENERAL 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  
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 
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  REPORT/DOCUMENT  DOCUMENT REFERENCE  DATE OF ISSUE  
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 February  2016 
Director -General's Progress Report to 
the 7 December 2016 General Council  WT/GC/M/165  21 February  2017 
Director -General's Progress Report to 
the 30  November 2017  General 
Council  WT/GC/M/170  9 February 2018  
SECTION I II: SECRETARIAT PROGRESS REPORTS  
Secretariat Progress Report to the 
2nd meeting of the SCC3 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  
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  
                                                
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  REPORT/DOCUMENT  DOCUMENT REFERENCE  DATE OF ISSUE  
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  
Ninete enth Secretariat Progress 
Report to the SCC  TN/AG/SCC/W/23  
WT/CFMC/51  22 September  2015 
Twentieth Secretariat Progress  
Report to the SCC  TN/AG/SCC/W/24  
WT/CFMC/52  24 March 2016  
Twenty first Secretariat Progress  
Report to the SCC  TN/AG/SCC/W/25  
WT/CFMC/53  20 September 2016  
Twenty second Secretariat Progress  
Report to the SCC  TN/AG/SCC/W/26  
WT/CFMC/54  6 October 2017  
Twenty second Secretariat Progress  
Report to the SCC  TN/AG/SCC/W/26/Corr.1  
WT/CFMC/54/Corr.1  24 October 2017  
Twenty third Secretariat Progress  
Report to the SCC  TN/AG/SCC/W/27  
WT/CFMC/55  17 January 2018  
Twenty fourth Secretariat Progress  
Report to the SCC  TN/AG/SCC/W/28  
WT/CFMC/56  20 February 2018  
SECTION IV: 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:  WT/L/681  
(WT/CFMC/W/21)  25 January 2007  WT/CFMC/W/24/Rev.23  
 
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  REPORT/DOCUMENT  DOCUMENT REFERENCE  DATE OF ISSUE  
Development Community  
Feedback  
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  
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 - WT/CFMC/W/61  2 September 2015  WT/CFMC/W/24/Rev.23  
 
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  REPORT/DOCUMENT  DOCUMENT REFERENCE  DATE OF ISSUE  
Overview of the cotton sector  
Communication from Mali - 
Cotton Focal Points Contacts  WT/CFMC/W/70  14 January 2016  
SECTION V: 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  
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 WT/CFMC/6/Rev.18  12 June 2015  WT/CFMC/W/24/Rev.23  
 
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  REPORT/DOCUMENT  DOCUMENT REFERENCE  DATE OF ISSUE  
Assistance  
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  
Evolving Table on Cotton Development 
Assistance  WT/CFMC/6/Rev.21  2 November 2016  
Evolving Table on Cotton Development 
Assistance  WT/CFMC/6/Rev.22  27 June 2017  
Evolving Table on Cotton Development 
Assistance  WT/CFMC/6/Rev.23  7 November 2017  
SECTION VI:  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  WT/CFMC/W/24/Rev.23  
 
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  REPORT/DOCUMENT  DOCUMENT REFERENCE  DATE OF ISSUE  
Communication from Chad  WT/CFMC/42  7 June 2013  
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  
Communication from Côte d'Ivoire - 
Cotton Sector Reform  WT/CFMC/W/71  29 June 2016  
Table on Domestic Cotton Sector 
Reforms  WT/CFMC/21/Rev.12  15 July 2016  
Table on Domestic Cotton Sector 
Reforms  WT/CFMC/21/Rev.13  4 November 2016  
Table on Domestic Cotton Sector 
Reforms  WT/CFMC/21/Rev.14  7 November 2017  
SECTION VII: 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 VIII: 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  
Benin  WT/CFMC/W/9  11 April 2008  
Benin  WT/CFMC/W/10  11 April 2008  WT/CFMC/W/24/Rev.23  
 
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  REPORT/DOCUMENT  DOCUMENT REFERENCE  DATE OF ISSUE  
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  
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  
Benin  WT/CFMC/W/72  11 April 2017  
Communication from the Republic of 
Benin - "Cotton Roadmap" Project"  WT/CFMC/W/72  11 April 2017  
Communication from the Republic of 
Benin - "Cotton Roadmap" Project"  WT/CFMC/W/73  23 February 2018  
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  SECTION IX: DGCFMC ROUNDS OF CONSULTATIONS  
CALENDAR OF MEETINGS  
ROUNDS OF CONSULTATI ONS 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  
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  
26th Round  23 November 2016  
27th Round  24 July 2017  
28th Round  17 November 2017  
 
 
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