Committee on Trade and Development - Report (2011) of the Committee on Trade and Development

World Trade Organization WT/COMTD/74 29 November 2011 (11-6236) REPORT (2011) OF THE COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT introduction This report covers the work of the Committee on Trade and Development (CTD) in 2011. An overview is provided of the work of the CTD's Regular Session and Dedicated Session on Small Economies, the CTD's work on Aid for Trade, and the work of the SubCommittee on LeastDeveloped Countries. regular session The CTD in Regular Session held three formal meetings on 31 March (81st Session), 21 June and 5 July (82nd Session) and 14 November 2011 (83rd Session). The minutes of these meetings are contained in documents WT/COMTD/M/81, WT/COMTD/M/82 and WT/COMTD/M/83, respectively. At the 81st Session, the Chairmanship was handed over from Ambassador Erwidodo (Indonesia) to Ambassador Mothae Anthony Maruping (Lesotho). The CTD continues to have outstanding requests for observer status from the League of Arab States, the Organizatio