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    Pascal Lamy 
  Director-General 
 
 
 
5 November 2010 
 
 
 
 Dear Ambassadors/Permanent Representatives,   The cotton dossier remains central in  the Doha Development Agenda.  The 
14
th Round of the Consultative Framework Mechanism on Cotton  will take place on 
29 November 2010.  Ahead of these consultations, I am forwarding herewith, for your review 
and assessment, the Tenth Version of the Evol ving Table on Cotton Development Assistance 
(WT/CFMC/6/Rev.9).  Over the previous 13 R ounds of Consultations,  it is evident that 
Members have registered good progress in c oordination with the Cotton Proponents and the 
support of my staff.  This progress is reflect ed in the current version of the Table.   
Following successive reviews, the Evolving Tabl e, as you already know, is divided into two 
categories: (1) Cotton Specific Development Assistance, and (2) Agriculture and Infrastructure – Related De velopment Assistance.    
  Following the June consultations, inputs rece ived have been processed and reflected 
in the attached Tenth version of the Evolving Table.    
• In Part I, on Cotton Specific Development Assistance , the number of individual 
beneficiaries remained stable at 41.   Th e total number of commitments increased 
by 6:  from 161 in the 9
th version to 167 in the current version.  There was an 
increase in the value of these comm itments from US$551 million in the 9th version 
to US$567 million in the current version.   Disbursement flows rose by 14.9%: 
from US$266 million in the 9th version to US$306 million in the current version.   
 
• In Part II, on Agriculture and Infrastructure-R elated Development Assistance , 
the number of individual beneficiarie s remained at 35.  The number of 
commitments increased by 7, from 94 in th e previous version to 101 in the current 
version.  The total value of these commitments show an increase of 9.7%, from US$3.86 billion in the 9
th version to US$4.24 billion in the current version.  I am 
pleased that disbursement flows improved significantly by 137%, from 
US$229 million in the previous 9th version to US$542 million in the current 
version. 
   WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION  
ORGANISATION MONDIALE DU COMMERCE  
ORGANIZACIÓN MUNDIAL DEL COMERCIO  - 2 - 
  The update reflected in this Tenth versio n of the Evolving Ta ble was made possible 
by contributions from the EU and the US, our traditional donors, and from the multilateral 
institutions that have maintained steady suppor t in the implementation of the Doha mandate 
on cotton development assistance, namely, the CFC, FAO, ITC, IMF and the World Bank.  
The contributions by Brazil, China and India,  on the platform of South-South Cooperation, 
amply reflected in my most recent Progre ss Report to the SCC, are significant. 
  I am also attaching to this letter, the updated Third version of the Domestic Cotton 
Sector Reform Table (DCS-RT;  WT/CFMC/21/Re v.2).   I re-iterate that these domestic 
reforms are necessary for the effective utili zation of cotton development assistance.  
I command the Cotton Proponents for keeping their side of the bargain.   In conclusion, I seize this opportunity to remind the Member ship of the linked 
mandate between the development assistance as pects of cotton and the trade-policy aspects. 
I call on Members to work toge ther for a successful conclusion of the DDA with the cotton 
mandate remaining a "litmus test" for its development dimension, as was underlined by Members at the 2007 High-Level Session on Cotton.