Report of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development on Its Twelfth Session

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68 operative paragraphs

I.Accra Declaration

II.Accra Accord

Introduction

Addressing the opportunities and challenges of globalization for development

I.Sub-theme 1: Enhancing coherence at all levels for sustainable economic development and poverty reduction in global policymaking, including the contribution of regional approaches

A.Policy analysis

B.Policy responses

C.UNCTAD’s contribution

II.Sub-theme 2: Key trade and development issues and the new realities in the geography of the world economy

A.Policy analysis

B.Policy responses

C.UNCTAD’s contribution

III.Sub-theme 3: Enhancing the enabling environment at all levels to strengthen productive capacity, trade and investment: mobilizing resources and harnessing knowledge for development

A.Policy analysis

B.Policy responses

C.UNCTAD’s contribution

IV.Sub-theme 4: Strengthening UNCTAD: enhancing its development role, impact and institutional effectiveness

A.Research and analysis

B.Consensus-building

Trade and Development Board

Commissions

Expert meetings

C.Technical cooperation

D.Implementation

III.Statements of position

IV.Organizational, procedural and other matters

A.Opening of the Conference

B.Election of the President

C.Establishment of sessional bodies

D.Election of vice-presidents and the Rapporteur

E.Credentials of representatives to the Conference

F.Adoption of the agenda

G.General debate

H.Other business

I.Adoption of the report of the Conference to the General Assembly

J.Expression of gratitude to the Government and people of Ghana

K.Venue of the thirteenth United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

Annex I

Agenda for the twelfth session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

Opening of the Conference

Election of the President

Establishment of sessional bodies

Election of vice-presidents and the Rapporteur

Credentials of representatives to the Conference:

Appointment of the Credentials Committee

Report of the Credentials Committee

Adoption of the agenda

General debate

Addressing the opportunities and challenges of globalization for development:

Enhancing coherence at all levels for sustainable economic development and poverty reduction in global policymaking, including the contribution of regional approaches

Key trade and development issues and the new realities in the geography of the world economy

Enhancing the enabling environment at all levels to strengthen productive capacity, trade and investment: mobilizing resources and harnessing knowledge for development

Strengthening UNCTAD: enhancing its development role, impact and institutional effectiveness

Other business:

Periodic review by the Conference of the lists of States contained in the annex to General Assembly resolution 1995 (XIX)

Report of the Trade and Development Board to the Conference

Financial implications of the actions of the Conference

Adoption of the report of the Conference to the General Assembly

Annex II

Ministerial Declaration of the Group of 77 and China on the occasion of UNCTAD XII

We, the Ministers of the member States of the Group of 77 and China, met in Accra, Ghana, on 20 April 2008 on the occasion of the twelfth United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. We express our appreciation and gratitude to the Republic of Ghana and its people for the excellent organization and hosting of the ministerial meeting and the warm hospitality which has been bestowed on us in the city of Accra since our arrival.

We reaffirm the central role of UNCTAD as the focal point within the United Nations for the integrated treatment of trade and development and interrelated issues in the areas of finance, technology, investment and sustainable development. UNCTAD is pre-eminently placed to respond to the current and emerging challenges facing developing countries. The mandate and functions of UNCTAD give the Organization a special role in the overall configuration of multilateral institutions and the United Nations system. In this regard, we call for the strengthening of UNCTAD’s three pillars (research and analysis, consensus-building and technical cooperation) and the intergovernmental machinery. We urgently call for the maintenance of the existing intergovernmental structure of UNCTAD comprising three commissions, one of which should be devoted to globalization to give advice to developing countries on issues relating to the challenges of globalization.

We recognize UNCTAD’s unique orientation and its commitment to serving the goal of development and are assured that it will continue to play a vital role in providing insights on strategic and systemic issues. The three pillars of UNCTAD must work in an integrated and holistic manner to contribute directly to the global debate on development as we move towards the 2015 review meeting on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). That occasion presents us with an excellent opportunity to further enhance the role of the United Nations in international economic governance, and its centrality in development in the United Nations agenda.

We underscore the importance of strengthening multilateralism and the United Nations system in the face of growing unilateralism. We also reject one-size-fits-all policies and rules limiting the policy space available to developing countries and their ability to choose appropriate economic policies. Recognizing our commitments to international obligations, we reaffirm that policy space is necessary to fully implement them in a manner best suited to our diverse national circumstances and conditions.

We reaffirm the Bangkok Plan of Action and the São Paulo Consensus, UNCTAD XII constitutes an excellent occasion to, building on this basis, review and reinvigorate international economic cooperation with a view to enhancing the development of all developing countries and to providing a development-oriented policy paradigm, policy dialogue and consensus-building. The Conference can advance this aim by galvanizing support for a more development-friendly global economic, trade and financial system. We call on development partners to continue to strengthen the North–South dialogue in pursuit of a shared development agenda.

We appreciate the importance of achieving the internationally agreed development goals, as outlined at previous United Nations summits and other forums. Furthermore, we look forward to the General Assembly high-level event on the Millennium Development Goals with a focus on Africa in September 2008 to review progress made in the fulfilment of all the commitments set out in the United Nations Millennium Declaration. We therefore welcome the United Nations Secretary-General’s initiative to scale up efforts to achieve the MDGs to enable the “bottom billion” to finally escape the poverty trap. In this context, we welcome the setting-up of the MDG Africa Steering Group, as it draws together United Nations agencies and other key partners to address systematically the special needs of African countries in their pursuit of development.

The current global institutional architecture for global economic governance requires fundamental reforms to provide an adequate framework for dealing with the realities of today’s international economic and financial relations and to respond to the needs of the vast majority of the poor. Progress must be made in enhancing the coherence of the international economic architecture, particularly the interplay of the multilateral trading system and the international financial and monetary systems. There is a need for more inclusive and transparent governance of global economic relations, with an adequate voice and participation of developing countries in international economic decision-making. We therefore call on UNCTAD to give policy recommendations on all trade and development-related matters, including those sectors being pursued in the WTO negotiations. This will help developing countries maximize development gains from multilateral trading system.

We are particularly concerned that the Doha Round negotiations in WTO have not concluded yet and have not met the expectations of developing countries. All WTO members should uphold and reiterate their commitment for WTO to promote an open, equitable, rule-based, predictable, non-discriminatory and development-friendly multilateral trading system. They must demonstrate their political will and shared interest in achieving the success of the Doha Round and the realization of its development agenda, with the necessary special and differential treatment for developing countries. The Doha Round should therefore also facilitate the beneficial integration of developing countries, particularly LDCs, into the multilateral trading system, and its final results should ensure fair, equitable and realizable commitments. The specific and particular needs of LDCs must be addressed appropriately to fulfill promises made at Doha and at subsequent trade negotiation forums. We also support the Maseru LDC Ministerial Declaration and urge the international community to address the needs of LDCs. We call on UNCTAD to strengthen and prioritize its effort to help all developing countries derive development gains from their participation in the multilateral trading system and trade negotiations.

The Doha Round should bring about improvements in multilateral rules that address and remove existing asymmetries and enhance the fairness and equity of the multilateral trading system. In this light, the centrality of agriculture needs to be stressed: the fundamental basis for the existence of a fair and balanced trade in agriculture is the removal of the distortions currently present in agricultural trade. Agricultural domestic support granted for agricultural production by some developed countries must be effectively and substantially reduced, in accordance with the Doha mandate. Moreover, the Doha Round must eliminate all forms of export subsidies. We urge those developed countries providing subsidies for the cotton section to eliminate expeditiously both export subsidies and production-related domestic support, particularly with a view to fully addressing the concerns of cotton producers in Africa. The possible adverse impacts on LDCs and net-food-importing developing countries of a WTO agreement, including implementation costs and other concerns, must be adequately addressed. Aid for Trade should be adequately funded through additionality and predictability of resources, to ensure that the needs of all developing countries, particularly LDCs, are met.

The North–South dialogue and negotiations, including triangular cooperation as a means of simultaneously promoting South–South and North–South cooperation, require genuine cooperation for development through global partnership. The growing number and complexity of North–South trade agreements, such as bilateral free trade agreements (FTAs) and economic partnership agreements (EPAs) between the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries and the European Union, point to the importance of ensuring coherence for sustainable development and a positive interface between regional trade agreements (RTAs) and the multilateral trading system, as well as with national development strategies of developing countries, so that these agreements more effectively contribute to the attainment of the MDGs and poverty eradication. RTAs should be compliant with WTO rules, taking into account their development dimension. North–South RTAs should not result in additional burdens for developing countries, particularly for LDCs.

We emphasize the importance of strengthening WTO universality and accession. The accession process should be accelerated without political impediments and in an expeditious and transparent manner for developing countries, especially for LDCs applying to join the Organization. This would contribute to the rapid and full integration of these countries into the multilateral trading system. UNCTAD’s unique role in and quality assistance for WTO accession should be strengthened and prioritized.

We note with concern that recent escalations in food and grain prices have caused social and political destabilization and market instability in several of our member States. Collective urgent measures at the global level are required to assure the world of adequate food security and stable food and grain markets. Renewed attention is required for the development of the agricultural sector, particularly in Africa and the net-food-importing developing countries.

We call on UNCTAD to help developing countries address the impact of commodity dependence, as well as the diversification of production structures in economies dependent on a few commodities. Domestic commodity diversification efforts need to be supported by specific actions by the international community to address the productive capacity deficiencies of commodity-dependent countries, particularly the LDCs. UNCTAD has been, and should remain, at the forefront of efforts to resolve the trade and development problems associated with commodity dependence. Policy options should be developed to garner assistance for commodity-dependent developing countries through UNCTAD’s pillars in order to mainstream commodity policies into their national and regional development strategies.

We underscore the importance of the Arusha Declaration and Plan of Action on African Commodities (2005), the African Union Trade Ministers’ declaration on UNCTAD XII (2008), the outcome of the pre-UNCTAD XII Brasilia Conference on the Global Initiative on Commodities (2007), the Arusha outcome of the expert meeting of LDCs (2007) in preparation for UNCTAD XII and General Assembly resolution 61/190, and request the support of the international community for their full implementation. We also underscore the importance of achieving a development-oriented outcome within the context of the Doha Round of negotiations. We call on the Secretary-General of the United Nations to urgently establish a subprogramme on commodities at UNCTAD during the current UNCTAD work programme, taking into account the recommendations of regional and international organizations; and we invite UNCTAD members to establish a commodity-specific intergovernmental machinery, in the form of a multi-year committee or a group of experts entrusted with the monitoring of the above-mentioned programme. The subprogramme on commodities should take into account work being undertaken in regional/international organizations, including the World Trade Organization.

We express concern over the current subprime financial and credit crisis as well as the recent financial market instability and their adverse impact on the development prospects of developing countries, including the latter’s access to crucial finance and credits. These situations require a vigorous international response to ensure that the sustained growth of the world economy and the development efforts of developing countries are not severely affected. In this respect, we also highlight the need for the establishment of new international financial architecture which guarantees the full participation of developing countries, including through reforms of the monitoring and regulatory systems. This architecture should further improve response capabilities for dealing with the emergence and spread of financial crises, and should give developing countries greater flexibility and autonomy in the management of capital flows. The discussions on the reform of the international financial architecture should place greater emphasis on the democratization of international economic decision-making, enhanced measures to mitigate excessive volatility, and financing for development.

We are concerned about the decline in levels of official development assistance (ODA) to less than one-third of the internationally agreed target of 0.7 per cent of the gross national product (GNP) of donor countries. We reiterate the need to meet, in an expeditious manner, the internationally agreed targets for ODA of 0.7 per cent of GNP of donor countries to developing countries and of an additional 0.15 per cent to 0.2 per cent of GNP to the least developed countries by 2015, in accordance with the Monterrey Consensus and the renewed commitments undertaken in various subsequent forums. We reiterate the call made by the leaders of the Group of 77 and China at the Second South Summit in 2005 in Qatar for the establishment of an effective monitoring mechanism to ensure that the internationally agreed ODA targets, most recently those established for Africa, are met.

We look forward to the Follow-up International Conference on Financing for Development to Review the Implementation of the Monterrey Consensus, later this year at Doha, Qatar. This should contribute, inter alia, to building consensus on a durable solution to developing countries’ external debt problems, including through debt relief from developed country creditors. The review should also address ways and means of addressing the long-term needs and challenges in the area of development financing, inter alia by ensuring a conducive global environment for development.

We call on UNCTAD to assist developing countries in addressing the development dimension of intellectual property and the trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights, including improvements in the transfer of technology to developing countries, the development dimension and implications of the establishment and enforcement of intellectual property rights, as well as protection of traditional knowledge, genetic resources and folklore and fair and equitable benefit-sharing. We further call on the international community to continue its efforts towards a balanced international intellectual property system, in accordance with the Development Agenda of the World Intellectual Property Organization.

We call on UNCTAD to take a proactive role in addressing the trade and development dimension of the new and emerging issues of energy, climate change and migration. With regard to energy, we acknowledge the need to address the issue of renewable sources of energy, including biofuels. Special attention must be paid to the maintenance of food security while producing biofuels. Moreover, we are fully committed to the effective follow-up to the United Nations Climate Change Conference (Bali, 2007). Finally, we recognize the challenges posed by migration; however, developing countries need to be enabled to derive development-friendly benefits from it. Special attention to these issues is needed, because of their bearing on development efforts.

We recognize the increased relevance of South–South cooperation, both as a strategy in support of development efforts of developing countries and as a means of enhancing the participation of developing countries in the emerging global economy. We reaffirm commitments to implement fully the Havana Programme of Action, the Marrakech Framework of Implementation of South–South Cooperation and the Doha Plan of Action, which, taken together, represent a comprehensive framework for intensified cooperation among developing countries.

We welcome General Assembly resolution 62/209 for the convening of a high-level conference on South-South cooperation in commemoration of the thirtieth anniversary of the adoption of the Buenos Aires Plan of Action in 1978, and welcome in this regard the generous offer made by the Government of Argentina to host this event in the first half of 2009. We look forward to the follow-up in 2008 to the Buenos Aires Plan of Action for promoting and implementing technical cooperation among developing countries, and its success, and to the outcome of the Ministerial Meeting of the Africa–South America Summit, to be held in Marrakech, Morocco, in June 2008.

We welcome the progress made in the third round of the Global System of Trade Preferences (GSTP), as an important instrument for South–South trade. In this regard, we take note of the efforts of the participants in the Third Round of the GSTP towards the successful conclusion of the negotiations by the end of 2008.

We firmly reject the imposition of laws and regulations that entail extraterritorial consequences and all other forms of coercive economic measures, including unilateral sanctions against developing countries. We urge the international community to adopt urgent and effective measures to eliminate the use of such measures.

Support to the Palestinian people must be sustained by analysing and alleviating the adverse economic impact of the prolonged Israeli occupation and conflict conditions, with a view to ending the occupation and achieving a sovereign, economically viable and independent Palestinian State. In this regard, UNCTAD’s programme of assistance to the Palestinian people should intensify its policy advice and related operational activities and dedicate adequate resources to its activities in this regard.

We recognize the different levels of development and size of economies among the developing countries, and call on UNCTAD to enhance its work on the special problems of LDCs, African countries, small island developing States, structurally weak, vulnerable and small economies and the related problems and challenges faced by middle-income countries. In addition, we call on UNCTAD to provide appropriate support to facilitate the implementation of the Brussels Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2001–2010, the Barbados Programme of Action and the Mauritius Strategy. We recognize the special needs of the landlocked developing countries (LLDCs), and call on UNCTAD to continue to address those needs and provide appropriate support for the comprehensive and timely implementation of the Almaty Ministerial Declaration and Programme of Action. All efforts must be made to ensure that the outcome of the mid-term review of the implementation of the Almaty Programme of Action to be held in 2008 contributes to establishing efficient transport systems and integration of LLDCs into the international trading system and addressing the challenges and problems faced by transit developing countries. We also take note of the Ulaanbaatar Declaration.

We reiterate the need to continue strengthening the capabilities of the Group of 77 and China to address today’s challenges and opportunities through, inter alia, further enhancing coordination among the various chapters based in the various United Nations host cities at both the formal and informal levels, and strengthening coordination and cooperation with relevant South institutions, including through the use of modern technology, so that the collective wisdom and experience of the Group could be brought to bear in addressing the international agenda, inter alia through multilateral negotiations. In accordance with the Second South Summit outcomes, the Group should continue to explore ways to establish an open-ended working group to study possible ways and means of strengthening the G77 and China and its secretariat, including identifying common modalities to facilitate inter-chapter cooperation as well as innovative approaches to address resource and personnel requirements of the G77 secretariat so that it may meet the needs of the entire Group of 77 and China.

We call on the donors to increase their contribution to UNCTAD in order to enable it to effectively discharge its mandate for the benefits of all developing countries.

We welcome and endorse the generous offer of the Government of Qatar to host UNCTAD XIII in 2012.

Annex III

Declaration of the Least Developed Countries Ministerial Meeting at UNCTAD XII

We recognize the increasing linkages between trade, development and climate change and welcome the adoption of the Bali Plan of Action for a long-term cooperative framework to address mitigation, adaptation, finance and technology transfers. In this regard, we urge the developed countries to commit to deeper cuts in emissions of greenhouse gases. We also call for urgent and concrete international actions to immediately assist the small island and low-lying coastal States which are already experiencing the impact of climate change

Annex IV

Ministerial Communiqué of Landlocked

Developing Countries

We recognize the adverse developmental impact of high transaction costs incurred by landlocked developing countries in international merchandise trade due to geographical isolation and remoteness, lack of territorial access to the sea, additional and often cumbersome customs procedures, as well as other administrative burdens related to transit transport operations.

We emphasize the need for particular attention to be given in the current negotiations at the World Trade Organization (WTO) on market access for agricultural and non-agricultural goods to products of special interest to landlocked developing countries, including cotton producers, and the granting of special and differential treatment on account of these countries’ disadvantaged geographical location that undermines their international competitiveness.

We underline the importance of trade facilitation measures for the growth and expansion of the external trade of landlocked developing countries and its positive impact on their economic development. As called for in the Doha Ministerial Declaration of WTO, high priority should be given to the landlocked developing countries in implementing a technical assistance programme in the area of trade facilitation.

We call on WTO member States to initiate the provision of assistance in the context of the Aid for Trade agenda as soon as possible and independently from the final result of the ongoing round of negotiations. Priority areas of Aid for Trade assistance should include capacity-building for the formulation of trade policies; participation in trade negotiations; implementation of international agreements; strengthening of productive capacities; and development of transport and ICT infrastructure for competitive export products of landlocked developing countries.

We call on WTO member States to take into account specific needs and problems of landlocked developing countries in the process of WTO accession negotiations.

We note the contribution that foreign direct investment (FDI) can make to strengthening productive capacities and the private sector in landlocked developing countries, so as to enable these countries to make better use of trading opportunities, and call on UNCTAD to give special attention to their needs in its analytical work and technical assistance activities that help attract FDI, including the coverage of all landlocked developing countries in UNCTAD investment policy reviews, investment guides and FDI Blue Books.

We call for the full and effective implementation of the Almaty Programme of Action at international, regional and national levels, and welcome the forthcoming mid-term review of the implementation of the Almaty Programme of Action to be held in October 2008, as an opportunity to take stock and to focus on the next steps.

We invite the organizations of the United Nations system, particularly UNCTAD, the Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States, the United Nations Development Programme, the regional commissions and other international bodies, especially the World Bank, the World Trade Organization and the World Customs Organization, to strengthen their work within their respective mandates towards the implementation of the Almaty Programme of Action.

We call for the successful implementation of the Ulaanbaatar Declaration, adopted at the Meeting of Trade Ministers of the LLDCs in August 2007, and request the Secretary-General of UNCTAD, in cooperation and consultation with the Office of the High Representative and other relevant United Nations organizations and international agencies, to assist in setting up an international think tank, which will contribute towards addressing the challenges of LLDCs and their integration into the international trading system.

We request the Secretary-General of UNCTAD, in cooperation and consultation with the Office of the High Representative and other relevant United Nations organizations and international agencies, to assist landlocked developing countries in organizing a meeting of ministers of trade of LLDCs in 2009.

We request the Secretary-General of the United Nations to undertake all necessary measures to strengthen the Office of the High Representative.

We call on the Secretary-General of UNCTAD to strengthen its institutional and operational capacity for addressing the complex and severe development challenges faced by LLDCs, in accordance with General Assembly resolution 56/227 and other relevant resolutions.

We urge both bilateral and multilateral donors, in accordance with the United Nations Millennium Declaration, to increase financial and technical assistance to the LLDCs in order to enable them to meet their special development needs and overcome the impediments of geography, with a view to helping them participate effectively in the multilateral trading system.

We express our sincere appreciation to the continued efforts made by Paraguay, as coordinator of the Group of the Landlocked Developing Countries in Geneva, in close coordination with Mali, as chair of the Group of Landlocked Developing Countries in New York, on matters related to trade and development.

Annex V

Civil Society Forum Declaration to UNCTAD XII

Civil Society Forum

I.Global context

II.Specific issues by sub-theme

A.Sub-theme 1: Enhancing coherence at all levels for sustainable economic development and poverty reduction in global policymaking, including the contribution of regional approaches

B.Sub-theme 2: Key trade and development issues and the new realities in the geography of the world economy

C.Sub-theme 3: Enhancing the enabling environment at all levels to strengthen productive capacity, trade and investment: mobilizing resources and harnessing knowledge for development

D.Sub-theme 4: Strengthening UNCTAD: enhancing its development role, impact and institutional effectiveness

Annex VI

List of events

Pre-Conference events

Conference events

Parallel events

Session I: Prospects for global FDI and new business opportunities

Session II: Global value chains

Session III: Africa: a new emerging market for FDI

Global Leaders Investment Debate

Improving your country's investment climate

How to turn global trends into local prosperity

Lessons learned from best IPA practices around the world

Emerging markets: towards an alternative source of investment

Meeting of the United Nations Chief Executives Board (CEB): Inter-agency Cluster on Trade and Productive Capacity

Ministerial meeting of least developed countries

Ministerial meeting of the Group of 77

Ministerial meeting of landlocked developing countries

Global System of Trade Preferences: meeting of senior officials

Global System of Trade Preferences: ministerial meeting

Other events

Amandla (light) project initiative with Philips, and exhibition of Philips corporate social responsibility products

UNCTAD Empretec Africa Forum launch

Inauguration of the Dominican Republic Sugar Cane Industry Project

Launch of the Creative Economy Report

Exhibition of African Art

Women in Business Awards

Creative Africa: concert and film festival

Annex VII

Afghanistan

Albania

Algeria

Angola

Antigua and Barbuda

Argentina

Australia

Austria

Bangladesh

Barbados

Belarus

Belgium

Benin

Bhutan

Botswana

Brazil

Brunei Darussalam

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cambodia

Cameroon

Canada

Cape Verde

Central African Republic

Chad

Chile

China

Colombia

Comoros

Congo

Costa Rica

Côte d’Ivoire

Cuba

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Djibouti

Dominican Republic

Egypt

El Salvador

Ecuador

Equatorial Guinea

Estonia

Finland

France

Gabon

Gambia

Germany

Ghana

Greece

Guinea

Guyana

Haiti

Holy See

Hungary

Iceland

India

Indonesia

Iraq

Ireland

Israel

Italy

Jamaica

Japan

Jordan

Kazakhstan

Kenya

Kiribati

Kuwait

Kyrgyzstan

Lao People’s Democratic Republic

Latvia

Lebanon

Lesotho

Liberia

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Madagascar

Malawi

Malaysia

Maldives

Mali

Malta

Mauritania

Mauritius

Mexico

Mongolia

Morocco

Mozambique

Myanmar

Namibia

Nepal

Netherlands

New Zealand

Niger

Nigeria

Norway

Oman

Pakistan

Paraguay

Peru

Philippines

Poland

Portugal

Qatar

Republic of Korea

Romania

Russian Federation

Rwanda

Samoa

Saudi Arabia

Sierra Leone

Singapore

Senegal

Slovakia

Slovenia

Solomon Islands

South Africa

Spain

Sri Lanka

Sudan

Suriname

Swaziland

Sweden

Switzerland

Syrian Arab Republic

Thailand

The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Togo

Trinidad and Tobago

Tunisia

Turkey

Uganda

United Arab Emirates

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

United Republic of Tanzania

United States of America

Uruguay

Vanuatu

Viet Nam

Yemen

Zambia

Zimbabwe

African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States

African Export-Import Bank

African Union

Agency for International Trade Information and Cooperation

Cocoa Producers’ Alliance

Common Fund for Commodities

Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa

Commonwealth Secretariat

Economic Community of West African States

European Commission

European Parliament

Inter-African Coffee Organization

Inter-Parliamentary Union

International Cotton Advisory Committee

International Sugar Organization

Investment Climate Facility for Africa

Islamic Development Bank

League of Arab States

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

Organisation Internationale de la francophonie

Southern African Customs Union

South Centre

West African Monetary Institute

Economic Commission for Africa

Economic Commission for Europe

Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO

United Nations Centre for Human Settlements

United Nations Development Programme

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

World Food Programme

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

International Labour Organization

International Monetary Fund

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

United Nations Industrial Development Organization

World Bank

World Intellectual Property Organization

World Tourism Organization

World Trade Organization

General Category

Action Aid International

African Insurance Organization

Commission of the Churches on International Affairs of the World Council of Churches

Environment Development Action in the Third World

Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo

Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy

International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development

Public Services International

Special Category

Center of Concern

International Federation of Agricultural Producers

International Institute for Sustainable Development

International Trade Union Confederation

Oxfam International

Service Centre for Development Cooperation – KEPA

International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development

Organization of African Trade Union Unity

Organisation camerounaise de promotion de la coopération économique internationale

Third World Network

Traidcraft Exchange

Village Suisse ONG

World Association of Former United Nations Interns and Fellows

Accredited to UNCTAD XII

Action Aid Ghana

Africa Women’s Economic Policy Network

African Cocoa and Coffee Farmers’ Organization

African Peace Network

Agency for Cooperation and Research in Development

Alliance for Arab Women

Alliance ivoirienne pour l’habitat

Arc-en-ciel

Asociación Boliviana de Economía Política de la Globalización

Association pour l’action sociale et le développement

Association des femmes de Côte d’Ivoire – Madina

Association jeunesse et enfance Côte d’Ivoire

Association tunisienne des mères

Banana Link

Benin Rural Assistance

Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations

Canadian Council for International Cooperation

Commission africaine des promoteurs de la santé et des droits de l’homme / African

Commission of Health Promoters

Centre for Community Economics and Development Consultants Society

Center for Research on Multinational Corporations

Centre du commerce international pour le développement

Christian Aid

Civil Society Trade Network of Zambia

Collectif des femmes pour la protection de l’enfant et de l’environnement

Comité français pour la solidarité internationale

Community Action of Brazil

Cellule de coordination des ONG africaines des droits de l’homme

Consumer Unity and Trust Society

Cooperation for Fair Trade in Africa

Credo-Action

Consumer Unity and Trust Society – London Resource Centre

Eco-Accord

Ethiopian Economic Association / Ethiopian Economic Policy Research Institute

Ehuzu Africa International

Pan-African Federation of Filmmakers

Fondation des œuvres pour la solidarité et le bien-être social

Free World Foundation

Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung

Ghana Trade and Livelihoods Coalition

Groupement des aides privées

International Federation of Agricultural Producers

Iniciativa Cultural – Instituto das Industrias Caritativas

Institute for African Development

Institute for Sustainable Development and Research

Institute of Socioeconomics Studies

Instituto Observatorio Social

International Centre for Conflict and Human Rights Analysis

International Federation of University Women

Italian Confederation of Trade Union Workers

Jonction

Kenya Human Rights Commission

Magnificat Environment Association

Maison de l’entreprise du Burkina Faso

Microteam éducation, apprentissage et nouvelles technologies

Office africain pour le développement et la coopération

Organización Regional Interamericana de Trabajadores

Oxfam Novib

Pan-African Federation of Filmmakers

Panos London

Prague Global Policy Institute, Glopolis

Rainbow Push – Public Policy Institute

Reality of Aid

Réseau des plates-formes nationales des ONG d’Afrique de l’Ouest et du Centre

Resource Link Foundation

Southern and Eastern African Trade Information and Negotiations Institute

Social Development Network

Social Enterprise Development Foundation of West Africa

Students in Free Enterprise

Tax Justice Network Association International

Third World Network Africa

Ubuntu – World Forum of Civil Society Networks

United Youth Front International

Voices of African Mothers

Women in Development Europe

World Development Movement

Zonta International

Annex VIII

Lists of States contained in the annex to

List A

Afghanistan

Algeria

Angola

Bahrain

Bangladesh

Benin

Bhutan

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Botswana

Brunei Darussalam

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cambodia

Cameroon

Cape Verde

Central African Republic

Chad

China

Comoros

Congo

Côte d’Ivoire

Democratic People’s

Republic of Korea

Democratic Republic

Djibouti

Egypt

Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea

Ethiopia

Fiji

Gabon

Gambia

Ghana

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

India

Indonesia

Iraq

Israel

Jordan

Kenya

Kuwait

Lao People’s Democratic

Republic

Lebanon

Lesotho

Liberia

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

Madagascar

Malawi

Malaysia

Maldives

Mali

Marshall Islands

Mauritania

Mauritius

Micronesia (Federated

Mongolia

Morocco

Mozambique

Myanmar

Namibia

Nepal

Niger

Nigeria

Oman

Pakistan

Palau

Papua New Guinea

Philippines

Qatar

Republic of Korea

Rwanda

Samoa

Sao Tome and Principe

Saudi Arabia

Senegal

Seychelles

Sierra Leone

Singapore

Solomon Islands

Somalia

South Africa

Sri Lanka

Sudan

Swaziland

Syrian Arab Republic

Thailand

Timor-Leste

Togo

Tonga

Tunisia

Turkmenistan

Uganda

United Arab Emirates

United Republic of

Tanzania

Vanuatu

Viet Nam

Yemen

Zambia

Zimbabwe

List B

Andorra

Australia

Austria

Belgium

Canada

Cyprus

Denmark

Finland

France

Germany

Greece

Holy See

Iceland

Ireland

Italy

Japan

Liechtenstein

Luxembourg

Malta

Monaco

Netherlands

New Zealand

Norway

Portugal

San Marino

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Turkey

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

United States of America

List C

Antigua and Barbuda

Argentina

Bahamas

Barbados

Belize

Bolivia

Brazil

Chile

Colombia

Costa Rica

Cuba

Dominica

Dominican Republic

Ecuador

El Salvador

Grenada

Guatemala

Guyana

Haiti

Honduras

Jamaica

Mexico

Nicaragua

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Lucia

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Suriname

Trinidad and Tobago

Uruguay

(33)

List D

Albania

Azerbaijan

Belarus

Bulgaria

Croatia

Czech Republic

Estonia

Georgia

Hungary

Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan

Latvia

Lithuania

Moldova

Montenegro

Poland

Romania

Russian Federation

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Ukraine

Uzbekistan

Annex IX

List of documents

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