WT/MIN(13)/ST/63  
5 December 2013  
(13-6742)  Page: 1/2  
Ministerial Conference 
Ninth Session 
Bali, 3-6 December 2013  Original: French  
 
  STATEMENT BY H.E. MRS BERNADETTE E. LEGZIM-BALOUKI 
MINISTER OF TRADE AND PRIVATE SECTOR PROMOTION 
TOGO 
On behalf of His Excellency Mr Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé, President of the Togolese Republic, 
and the Government of Togo, I am honoured to deliver the following statement at this crucial 
ministerial conference. 
First of all, as did the speakers before me, I wish to express my delegation's gratitude and thanks 
to the Government and people of Indonesia for their warm welcome and for all the arrangements 
made to ensure our pleasant stay on Indonesian soil. 
I also thank Director-General Roberto Azevêdo and the WTO Secretariat for their efforts to ensure 
the success of this meeting, and take this opportunity to commend all the efforts made 
so far to strengthen the multilateral trading system and improve the current international economic environment. 
My delegation endorses the statements deliver ed on behalf of the groups to which my 
country belongs. 
The world is facing increasing uncertainty due to the combined effects of the many crises plaguing 
our planet in the financial, economic, social, food, climate, and energy spheres, to mention 
but a few. 
As you are well aware, it is the weakest count ries such as my own which are the hardest hit 
by these crises. I would therefore underscore th e importance of the issues on the agenda. 
My delegation greatly appreciates the consultations held on all these topics to date. 
Positive outcomes to these consultations lie within our grasp if we show greater resolve, engagement and willingness to make concessions to resolve outstanding points, in the interests 
of the Doha Development Agenda to which all of us are committed. 
We all firmly believe that no country or regi on in the world can develop successfully without 
a significant expansion of trade. 
Trade can act as a powerful engine for growth an d development and hence as a factor in poverty 
reduction, above all if accompanied by dynamic and pragmatic trade policies and strategies 
and effective international cooperation mechanisms. 
I take this opportunity to commend and thank the international agencies and donors involved 
in the implementation and financing of the Enhanced Integrated Framework. This programme, 
which has proved very useful in increasing the visibility of LDCs in international trade, is unfortunately due to come to an end in 2015. 
In this connection, I would urge WTO Members to reach a decision to follow up on and consolidate 
the results already achieved on the ground. This will allow the beneficiary countries, including Togo, to implement and build  on the actions already undertaken. WT/MIN(13)/ST/63 
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  Extension of the programme beyond  2015 will also enable us to m eet the challenges arising from 
the development of value chains for agricultural sectors, in light of the quickening pace of the globalization process. 
Notwithstanding the real obstacles and many challenges before us, I firmly believe that the 
exchanges taking place at this conference will allow our Organization to emerge stronger 
and capable of contributing to economic recove ry, renewed growth and further development for 
the world's poorest. 
To conclude, I would like to convey my Government's sincere congratulations to Yemen 
on its accession to the WTO and reiterate the call for a streamlined procedure for other acceding countries. 
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