. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  WT/COMTD/W/156 
13 February 2007 
 
 (07-0616) 
Committee on Trade and Development  
  
COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT (CTD) 
 
Draft Work Programme for 2007
1 
 
 
Date Meeting Agenda 
Tuesday, 6 March 62nd Regular Session 
  • Notifications under the Enabling Clause 
• Decision on the Transparency Mechanism 
for RTAs 
• Decision on Transparency for Preferential 
Trade Arrangements  
• Notification format for RTAs (proposal by 
the CRTA) 
• 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 
• Electronic commerce 
• Technical cooperation and training 
- Information by the Secretariat on the 2006 Annual Report on Technical Assistance and Training   
• Election of the Chairperson of the CTD 
 
Tuesday, 22 May 63rd Regular Session • Consideration of the ITC-JAG report 
• Notifications under the Enabling Clause  
• Decision on Transparency for Preferential 
Trade Arrangements 
• 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 
• Electronic commerce 
• Technical cooperation and training 
- 2006 Annual Report on Technical Assistance and Training - 2006 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 the Doha Development Agenda.  It does not include issues 
which the CTD in Special and Dedicated Session, as we ll as the Sub-Committee on Least-Developed Countries 
have been mandated to deal with.   WT/COMTD/W/156 
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  Tuesday, 3 July 64
th 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 
• Electronic commerce 
 
Wednesday, 3 October  65th 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 
• Electronic commerce 
• Participation of developing countries in the 
multilateral trading system 
• Technical cooperation and training 
- 2007 Semi-annual review of the implementation of activities 
- 2008 Technical Assistance and Training 
Plan 
  
Thursday, 29 November  66th Regular Session • Notifications under the Enabling Clause 
• Declining terms of trade for primary 
commodities 
• Paragraph 51 of the Doha Ministerial 
Declaration (sustainable development) 
• Annual review of the Hong Kong Decision 
on duty-free and quota-free market access for LDCs 
• Electronic commerce 
• Technical cooperation and training 
      - 2008 Technical Assistance and Training        Plan  
• CTD annual report for 2007 
 
 
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