NOTE BY THE SECRETARIAT[1]

Revision

The present note updates the information in the Secretariat note _G/AG/W/42/Rev.24 dated 11 November 2024 on the implementation of the Decision on Measures Concerning the Possible Negative Effects of the Reform Programme on Least-Developed and Net Food-Importing Developing Countries (NFIDC Decision). Following a brief introduction on the follow-up process to the NFIDC Decision as a whole (Part 1), this paper sets out the substantive provisions of the Decision and provides information regarding their implementation (Part 2).

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1   Monitoring of the follow-up to the NFIDC Decision.. 2

2   Provisions of the NFIDC Decision and Implementation.. 3

2.1   Food aid. 4

2.1.1   Review of levels of food aid commitments and initiation of food aid negotiations. 5

2.1.1.1   Food Aid Conventions and related negotiations. 5

2.1.1.2   Review of levels of food aid commitments. 6

2.1.2   Concessionality of Food Aid. 8

2.2   Technical and financial assistance. 9

2.3   Differential treatment in the framework of an agreement on export credits. 11

2.4   Access to the resources of the international financial institutions. 11

2.4.1   Ability to finance commercial imports. 12

2.4.1.1   International food price developments and food import bills of LDCs and NFIDCs. 12

2.4.2   Access to the facilities of the IMF and the World Bank. 21

Annex 1: List of notifications under Article 16.2 of the Agreement on Agriculture
(Table NF:1) for the reporting years 1995-2024. 23

Annex 2: Summary of Table of NF:1 Notifications. 25