Report of the Dialogue with Acceding Least Developed Countries - Report of the Dialogue With Acceding Least Developed Countries - 28 may 2009

World Trade Organization WT/COMTD/LDC/15 8 September 2009 (09-4222) Sub-Committee on Least-Developed Countries REPORT OF THE DIALOGUE WITH ACCEDING LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES' 28 MAY 2009 BACKGROUND The WTO Secretariat facilitated a "Dialogue with Acceding Least-Developed Countries" (LDCs) and WTO Members on 28 May 2009. The Programme of the Dialogue is at Annex I. The Dialogue was a follow-up to the Secretariat Note on the "Accession of LDCs to the WTO" presented at the 52nd Session of the Sub-Committee on Least-Developed Countries on 25 March 2009, under the agenda item: "Accession of Least-Developed Countries to the WTO". In the discussions that followed the presentation of the Secretariat Note, LDCs requested for consultations and dialogue. The Dialogue initiated a process of deeper engagement between Members and acceding LDCs to better understand the priorities, concerns and challenges faced by LDCs in their accession proce