Committee on Trade and Development - Draft - Report (2004) of the Committee on Trade and Development, Committee on Trade and Development in Dedicated Session and the Sub-Committee on Least-Developed Countries

World Trade Organization RESTRICTED WT/COMTD/W/137 11 November 2004 (04-4824) Committee on Trade and Development DRAFT REPORT (2004) OF THE COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT, Committee on Trade and Development in Dedicated Session and the Sub-Committee on Least-Developed Countries INTRODUCTION This report covers the activities of the Committee on Trade and Development (CTD) in Regular Session and Dedicated Session and the activities of the Sub-Committee on Least-Developed Countries since its last report issued in 2003. WORK OF THE COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT in regular session The CTD held four formal sessions on 18 February, 11 May, 28 and 29 September and 16 November 2004. The minutes of these meetings are contained in documents WT/COMTD/M/48 through WT/COMTD/M/51 respectively. At the 48th Session held on 18 February, the Chairmanship was handed over from Ambassador Habib Mansour (Tunisia) to Ambassador C. Trevor Clarke (Barbados). A numbe