General Council - Implementation of the Development Assistance Aspects of the Cotton-related Decisions in the July Package - First Periodic Report by the Director-General

World Trade Organization WT/GC/83 3 December 2004 (04-5307) IMPLEMENTATION OF THE Development Assistance Aspects of the Cotton-RELATED Decisions in the July PACKAGE First Periodic Report by the Director-General TABLE OF CONTENTS Page I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2 II. MANDATE 2 III. BACKGROUND 3 IV. IMPLEMENTATION ACTION 4 A. ACTION BY THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL/THE CONSULTATIVE PROCESS 4 B. COTTON PROPONENTS 5 C. RESPONSE FROM BILATERAL DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS 7 D. MULTILATERAL/REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT PARTNER AGENCIES AND INSTITUTIONS 11 E. POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPERS (PRSPs) 14 F. THE INTEGRATED FRAMEWORK FOR LEAST-DEVELOPED COUNTRIES (IF) 14 G. JOINT INTEGRATED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMME (JITAP) 15 V. CONCLUSION 16 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY A structured consultative framework has been established in which the cotton proponents, bilateral donor Members, and the relevant multilateral and regional agencies are constructively