WT/MIN(15)/ST/108  
6 January 2016  
(16-0099)  Page: 1/2  
Ministerial Conference 
Tenth Session 
Nairobi, 15-18 December 2015  Original: English  
 
STATEMENT BY H.E. MR JOSHUA KALINOE 
AMBASSADOR TO THE EUROPEAN UNIO N AND PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE 
TO THE WTO 
PAPUA NEW GUINEA 
On behalf of Papua New Guinea I express my delegation’s sincere gratitude to the Government of 
Kenya and its people for their warm and generous hospitality accorded to us since our arrival.  
I also express gratitude to the WTO Secretary-General, Mr. Roberto Azevêdo and staff for the 
excellent arrangements to bring us to this great country of Kenya.    
At the outset I reaffirm my government's commitment and confidence in the Multilateral Trading 
System, and the World Trade Organization. We take note of the achievements of the WTO since its 
establishment and acknowledge the important role that this institution plays in addressing some of 
the most difficult issues facing us to date. We hope that the WTO continues to serve and protect 
the interest of its members especially the small and vulnerable, like Papua New Guinea.  Turning to the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) which is perhaps the most demanding item for 
this Ministerial Conference, my delegation like others would like to share our disappointment that 
we could not deliver a detailed work programme to address the remaining DDA issues, as instructed by the 9
th WTO Ministerial Conference.  
 
But arriving at an amicable solution in a negotiation which involves 160 plus countries is not an easy process and we should not abandon the round just because we are unable to meet the 
deadlines.  
 Papua New Guinea, like the rest of the developi ng and least developing Members, places great 
importance on the development dimension of this round of negotiations.  
 
In this connection, we would like to reaffirm our support for development dimensions in any outcome of the “Rev.4, Rev. 3 and other DDA elements.  
 
Papua New Guinea believes in the WTO process which provides benefits in terms of security in market access with our trading partners, and adequate policy space to enable the smallest and 
weakest to integrate into the Multilateral Trading System.  
 We would like to see a successful and balanced outcome in Nairobi and reaffirm our support towards successful completion of the outstandin g issues in the DDA by setting a concrete and 
politically driven timeframe in the Post Nairobi Work Programme. 
 In this regard, we consider that there should be an overarching timeframe for completion of the 
outstanding issues through a politically driven process at the national level. Such commitments will 
provide the basis for members to comply with th e overarching deadlines and come prepared for 
the 11
th Ministerial Conference. 
 
We believe that the Geneva-based technical negotiation approach undertaken in the last 14 years of the Doha round has not produced satisfactory outcomes in respect to the outstanding issues. Therefore a strong political commitment is required at the national level that would drive a 
successfully negotiated outcome, Post Nairobi.  WT/MIN(15)/ST/108 
 
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On Fisheries, Papua New Guinea as an island member who depends on fisheries and marine resources for food security and sustenance for more  than 50% of its population living in coastal 
and island communities. Fisheries is one of the major revenue earners that assist and facilitate our 
development ambitions. Therefore, fisheries is important for our survival.  
 However, we are concerned about the depleting fish stocks which we believe is caused by Illegal, 
Unregulated and Unreported (IUU) fishing in the wo rld’s oceans including ours. In this regard, my 
delegation would like to see Ministers secure a positive outcome on deterring and eliminating IUU fishing.  
Regarding the Small and Vulnerable Economies (SVEs) Work Programme as per the mandate of 
paragraph 35 of the Doha Declaration, my delegati on would like to see continued work in future 
taking into account the challenges facing the SVEs Members to fully integrate into the multilateral 
trading system. 
 Papua New Guinea welcomes the accessions of the Republic of Liberia and the Islamic State of 
Afghanistan to WTO at this Ministerial Conference. We also acknowledge the accessions of the 
Republic of Seychelles and the Republic of Kazakhstan who have recently joined the WTO membership.  
Finally we reaffirm our support for the Pacific Joint Statement and that of the Small and Vulnerable 
Economies.  
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