General Council - Fifth WTO Ministerial Conference - Communication from Malawi
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World Trade
Organization WT/GC/W/515
2 September 2003 (03-4581) General Council Original: English
FIFTH WTO MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE
Communication from Malawi
The following communication, dated 25 August, has been received by the Director-General from the Secretary for Commerce and Industry of Malawi.
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I have the honour to submit for circulation to WTO Members, Malawi's Position Paper on the Fifth Ministerial Conference to be held in Cancún, Mexico from 10 to 14 September 2003.
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The Need to Focus on Development
The Doha Work Programme which was launched in Doha, Qatar in 2001 can only be effective if it accomplishes the following developmental goals:
(i) creating a multilateral trading system which is pro-growth and pro-poor and takes into account differences in income, economic size, technological development, and private sector capacities amongst member countries;
(ii) improving supply capacities;