WT/CFMC/W/24/Rev.14  
 
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DIRECTOR GENERAL'S CONSULTATIVE FRAMEWORK  
MECHANISM ON COTTON  
DOCUMENTATION REFERENCES AND SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS 
Revision 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 This document updates the list of reports and documents circulated pursuant to the mandate 
on cotton development assistance.1  It also contains the schedule of meetings of the Director-
General's Consultative Framework Mechanism on Cotton (DGCFMC).  It is being circulated at the 
request of participants and it will be updated periodically.   
 
  
 
   
 
  
 
  
 
   
 
  
 
  
 
                                               
1 Paragraph 1.b., and Annex A, paragraph 5 of the 1 August 2004 General Council Decision (WT/L/579);  
and paragraph 12 of the Hong Kong Mini sterial Declaration (WT/MIN(05)/DEC). This document has been prepared under the Secretariat's own 
responsibility and without prejudice to the positions of Members 
and to their rights and obligations under the WTO WT/CFMC/W/24/Rev.14 
 
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  REPORT/DOCUMENT DOCUMENT REFERENCE DATE OF ISSUE 
 
SECTION I:  CONFERENCE REPORTS 
 
African Regional Workshop on Cotton, Cotonou, Benin  
23-24 March 2004 
 WT/L/587 
(WT/CFMC/1) 17 November 2004 
High-Level Session on Cotton, 
15-16 March 2007 
 See DG's Concluding Remarks 
in TN/AG/SCC/W/7 
(WT/CFMC/12) 
  
 
SECTION II:  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 
 
SECTION III:  GENE RAL 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 WT/CFMC/W/24/Rev.14 
 
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  REPORT/DOCUMENT DOCUMENT REFERENCE DATE OF ISSUE 
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 Council 
 WT/GC/M/134 21 March 2012 
Director-General's Progress Report 
to the 11 December 2012 General 
Council  WT/GC/M/141 19 February 2013 
 
SECTION IV:  SECRETARIAT PROGRESS REPORTS 
 
Secretariat Progress Report to the 
2nd meeting of the SCC2 
 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/53 
(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 
                                               
2 Sub-Committee on Cotton (SCC). 
3 This Secretariat Progress Report (TN/AG/SCC/W/5) is summarized in the formal records of the SCC 
contained in document TN/AG/SCC/R/10. WT/CFMC/W/24/Rev.14 
 
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  REPORT/DOCUMENT DOCUMENT REFERENCE DATE OF ISSUE 
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  
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 
 
SECTION V:  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: Development Community 
Feedback  
 WT/L/681  
(WT/CFMC/W/21) 25 January 2007 
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 WT/CFMC/W/24/Rev.14 
 
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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 
 
SECTION VI:  EVOLVING TABLE ON COTTON DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE – 
UPDATED VERSIONS 
 
Evolving Table on Cotton Development Assistance   WT/CFMC/6 
 10 April 2008  
 WT/CFMC/W/24/Rev.14 
 
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  REPORT/DOCUMENT DOCUMENT REFERENCE DATE OF ISSUE 
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 
 
SECTION VII:  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 
 WT/CFMC/W/24/Rev.14 
 
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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 
 
SECTION VIII:  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 
 WT/CFMC/W/24/Rev.14 
 
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SECTION IX:  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 
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 WT/CFMC/W/24/Rev.14 
 
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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 
 
 
SECTION X:  DGCFMC4 ROUNDS OF CONSULTATIONS 
CALENDAR OF MEETINGS 
 
 
ROUNDS OF CONSULTATIONS  
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 
 
                                               
4 Director-General's Consultative Fr amework Mechanism on Cotton (DGCFMC). WT/CFMC/W/24/Rev.14 
 
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SECTION X:  DGCFMC4 ROUNDS OF CONSULTATIONS 
CALENDAR OF MEETINGS 
 
 
ROUNDS OF CONSULTATIONS  
DATES 
17th Round 29 June 2012 
 
18th Round 6 December 2012 
 
19th Round 21 June 2013 
 
  
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