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ORGANIZATION  WT/COMTD/56 
10 March 2006 
 
 (06-1064) 
Committee on Trade and Development  
  
 
COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT (CTD) 
 
Work Programme for 2006
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Date Meeting Agenda 
Friday, 3 March 56th Regular Session 
 
 • Notifications under the Enabling Clause 
• Declining terms of trade for primary 
commodities  
• Paragraph 51 of the Doha Ministerial 
Declaration (sustainable development)2 
• Draft Work Programme for 2006  
• Technical cooperation and training 
- 2005 Annual Report 
• Election of the Chairperson of the CTD 
• Election of the Chairperson of the Sub-
Committee on Least-Developed Countries  
Thursday, 11 May and Friday, 12 May 57
th Regular Session • Notifications under the Enabling Clause  
• Declining terms of trade for primary 
commodities  
• Review of steps taken to provide duty-free 
and quota-free market access to LDCs 
• Consideration of the ITC-JAG report 
• EC Export Helpdesk for Developing 
Countries 
• Technical cooperation and training 
- 2005 Technical Cooperation Audit Report  
 
                                                      
1 This Work Programme is  without prejudice to any changes th at might be deemed necessary, in 
particular any additional work that may arise from th e Doha Development Agenda.  The Work Programme does 
not include reference to the agenda item concerning  electronic commerce, as it was agreed at the 53rd Session 
that the Committee would revert to this item in the future  only if requested to do so by Members.  It does not 
include issues which the CTD in Special and Dedicated Session, as well as the Sub-Committee on 
Least-Developed Countries have b een mandated to deal with.   
 2 Members requested, at the 40th Session of the CTD, that this be a standing item on the Committee's 
agenda. Paragraph 51 of the Doha Ministerial Declar ation states:  "The Committee on Trade and Development 
and the Committee on Trade and Environment shall, within  their respective mandates, each act as a forum to 
identify and debate developmental and environmental asp ects of the negotiations, in order to help achieve the 
objective of having sustainable de velopment appropriately reflected". WT/COMTD/56 
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  Date Meeting Agenda 
Thursday, 6 July 58th Regular Session • Notifications under the Enabling Clause 
• Declining terms of trade for primary 
commodities 
• Paragraph 51 of the Doha Ministerial 
Declaration (sustainable development) 
• Review of steps taken to provide duty-free 
and quota-free market access to LDCs 
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Tuesday, 3 October and 
Wednesday, 4 October 59th Regular Session • Notifications under the Enabling Clause 
• Declining terms of trade for primary 
commodities 
• Paragraph 51 of the Doha Ministerial 
Declaration (sustainable development) 
• Review of steps taken to provide duty-free 
and quota-free market access to LDCs 
• Technical cooperation and training 
- Semi-Annual Report - Report of the Strategic Review of WTO- Provided Trade-Related Technical Assistance - Consideration of the draft 2007 TA Plan 
 
Tuesday, 28 November and Wednesday, 29 
November 60
th Regular Session • Notifications under the Enabling Clause 
• Declining terms of trade for primary 
commodities 
• Paragraph 51 of the Doha Ministerial 
Declaration (sustainable development) 
• Implementation of measures to provide duty-
free and quota-free market access to LDCs  
• Adoption of the Annual Report for 2006 
 
 
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