WT/MIN(15)/5  
6 November 2015  
(15-5886)  Page: 1/3  
Ministerial Conference 
Tenth Session 
Nairobi, 15-18 December 2015  Original: English  
 
 PROPOSAL ON A DECLARATION FOR MC10 
JOINT PROPOSAL BY CHINA, ECUADOR, INDIA,  INDONESIA, SOUTH AFRICA AND VENEZUELA 
The following communication, dated 6 November 2015,  is being circulated at the request of the 
delegations of China, Ecuador, India, Indonesia, South Africa and Venezuela. 
 
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1. The co-sponsors of this Joint Proposal are st rong supporters of an open, non-discriminatory, 
transparent and rule-based multilateral trading sy stem embodied in the World Trade Organization 
(WTO). The co-sponsors are firmly committed to co-operate with other Members to ensure the 
success of the Tenth WTO Ministerial Conference (M C10) in Nairobi, Kenya during 15-18 December 
2015. 
2. This submission seeks to reaffirm Member s’ commitments to respect the mandates under 
the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) and continue to negotiate the remaining DDA issues after MC10 consistent with the DDA mandates and framework.  
3. As stated in the Doha Ministerial Declaration, the DDA "seeks to place the needs and 
interests of developing Members at its heart and continue to make positive efforts designed to 
ensure that developing Members, and especially the LDCs secure a share in the growth of world 
trade commensurate with the needs of their econom ic development". In the subsequent Ministerial 
Declarations and General Council Decisions, WTO Members have reaffirmed their commitment to 
complete the Doha Work Program fully, conclude negotiations launched at Doha successfully and fulfill the development dimension in every aspect of the DDA, ratifying the principles of special and 
differential treatment and less than full reciprocity. 
4. The United Nations has just adopted the Post-2015 Development Agenda one month ago, 
and WTO should make contributions to the sustainable development goals by promoting 
development through trade. Any attempt to dismantle the DDA would be detrimental instead of 
being conducive to the achievement of Post-2015 Development Agenda. 
5. In this regard, the co-sponsors of this Joint Proposal
1 hereby submit a textual proposal on 
Parts I and III of the Ministerial Declaration for Nairobi. 
 
  
 
 
                                               
1 This is an initial proposal and the co-sponsor s reserve the right to make further proposals as 
appropriate. WT/MIN(15)/5 
 
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  NAIROBI MINISTER IAL DECLARATION 
ADOPTED ON 18 DECEMBER 2015  PART I 
 
1.1. We, the Ministers, have met in Nairobi, Kenya, from 15 to 18 December 2015 at our Tenth Session. As we conclude our Session, we would like to express our deep appreciation to the 
Government and people of Kenya for the excellent organization and the warm hospitality we have 
received in Nairobi.  1.2. We reaffirm the principles and objectives se t out in the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the 
World Trade Organization. We also recall the Declarations and Decisions we adopted at Doha and 
at the Ministerial Conferences we have held sinc e then and reaffirm our full commitment to give 
effect to them. 
 
1.3. To this effect, we take note of the reports from the General Council and its subsidiary bodies. We welcome the progress that these reports, and the Decisions stemming from them, show in the 
work of the WTO, thereby strengthening its effect iveness and the multilateral trading system as a 
whole.  1.4. International trade can play a major role in the promotion of economic development and the 
alleviation of poverty. We recognize the need for all our peoples to benefit from the increased 
opportunities and welfare gains that the multilater al trading system generates. The majority of 
WTO Members are developing countries. We seek to place their needs and interests at the centre 
of the work in the WTO. 
 1.5. We particularly welcome the advances made  in the Doha Development Agenda (DDA), as 
represented by the Decisions and Declarations we have adopted at our present session. These 
Decisions and Declarations signify that we have taken yet another step forward in the negotiations and attest to our strong resolve to complete the DDA as has been reaffirmed by our Leaders in the 
Sustainable Development Goal 17.10. 
 
1.6. The DDA is a significant multilateral attempt to respond to trade and development interests of 
developing Members and redress the development de ficit in the rules resulting from the previous 
rounds of multilateral trade negotiations. A comprehensive conclusion of the DDA with meaningful 
and balanced outcomes will provide impetus to global trade liberalization and facilitation, correct the development deficit in the rules resulting from the previous rounds of multilateral trade 
negotiations, improve the trading prospects of de veloping Members, and enhance the primary role 
of the WTO in global trade governance. 
 (text on WTO’s Achievements over the Past 20 years to be developed in the room W process) 
PART II –  DELIVERABLES IN  NAIROBI: REGULAR WORK UNDER THE GENERAL COUNCIL 
DELIVERABLES IN NAIROBI: DOHA DEVELOPMENT AGENDA 
 
We welcome the outcomes embodied in the follow ing Decisions and Declarations as part of the 
progress in the Doha Development Agenda … 
 
PART III – POST NAIROBI WORK  1.9. We reaffirm our commitment to the WTO as the pre-eminent multilateral organisation 
addressing international trade, including negotiating and implementing trade rules, settling 
disputes and supporting development.  WT/MIN(15)/5 
 
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  1.10. We take note of the progress that has been made towards carrying out the Doha Work 
Programme, including the decisions we have ta ken during this Ministerial Conference. These 
decisions are important stepping stones towards the completion of the Doha Round. We reaffirm the Declarations and Decisions we adopted at Doha, and all subsequent Declarations and Decisions 
notably the Decision adopted by the General Counc il on 1 August 2004; the Hong Kong Declaration 
of 2005 and the Bali Ministerial Declaration of 2013.  
1.11. All participants have worked hard and constructively to make progress as required under the 
Doha mandates. We have made some progress. However , more work needs to be done to enable us to proceed towards the full, successful and multil ateral conclusion of the negotiations pursuant 
to paragraphs 45, 47 and 48 of the Doha Ministerial Declaration in fulfilment of the commitments 
we took at Doha. In those areas where we have reached a high level of convergence on texts, we 
undertake to maintain this convergence as the basis of further negotiations towards the conclusion. 
 
1.12 Taking note of the progress made so far, we instruct our officials to continue working towards 
the expeditious conclusion of the Doha Developm ent Agenda with a renewed sense of urgency. 
Further, we ask the Chairman of the General Counc il to convene a special meeting of the General 
Council no later than 31
st March 2016 and every three months thereafter to review the progress of 
work done towards this successful conclusion in a time-bound manner.  
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