аЯрЁБс>ўџ LNўџџџKџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџьЅСq П")bjbjt+t+ )<AAЮ$Sџџџџџџ]ђђђђђђђJJJJ8‚ Ž,Jд3іЮЮ(іііббб™3›3›3›3›3›3›3$Ъ4єО6рП3ђбббббП3ђђіілЮб4ђіђі™3"("ђђђђб™3ЈЛх*ˆђђ™3іКP0Р"ЕjСJJm3,World Trade OrganizationWT/MIN(01)/ST/52 11 November 2001(01-5643)MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE Fourth Session Doha, 9 - 13 November 2001Original: English LESOTHO Statement by the Honourable Mpho Meli Malie Minister of Industry, Trade and Marketing On behalf of the Lesotho delegation and on my own behalf, I wish to express our profound gratitude to the people and Government of the State of Qatar for the excellent arrangements put in place for this Conference. We are particularly gratified to see the excellent and generous facilities put at our disposal to facilitate our participation in this historic conference. This meeting is taking place against a background of a series of fundamental developments in the international community and in particular in the global economic order. At the regional level, African Heads of State and government recently adopted the New Africa Initiative (NW) at their Summit in Lusaka, Zambia. The NAI epitomizes the need to rejuvenate the development dimension in Africa. This initiative symbolizes the realization by African leaders that no one will rescue Africa from the problems of grinding poverty and economic underdevelopment except Africans themselves. The challenge therefore, is how to mobilize our material and human resources to work towards the achievement of the ideals of NAI and indeed the Abuja Treaty establishing the African Economic Community. The fast changing, complex global economy, with ever increasing competition, dictates that we in Africa should position ourselves at the world centre for development. These developments have added an impetus to our efforts to ensure that Africa is not marginalized in the global decisionmaking process. It will be recalled that when we met in Seattle for the Third АФУХСљКЯВЪЙйЭјзЪСЯ Ministerial Conference, one of our priorities then was to secure improved and predictable access for our exports into the markets of our more developed trading partners. To this end we note with appreciation the efforts of the АФУХСљКЯВЪЙйЭјзЪСЯ and in particular the personal contribution of the Director-General to advocate for the extension of improved market access for products of export interest of least-developed countries. We also wish to register our gratitude to the European union for its "everything but arms" initiative which once operational seeks to improve market access conditions for products of LDCs into its market. In the same spirit we are grateful to the US for the AGOA initiative, indeed my country is one of those that has begun to realize the benefits of this initiative, in particular in the attraction of FDI in labour-intensive industries that have contributed to improving our unemployment situation. In addition to these two initiatives, several developed and developing countries have notified market access initiatives providing duty and quota-free access for exports from least-developed countries and to them also we are grateful. While applauding these initiatives aimed at enhancing the access conditions of our exports, it is critical to bear in mind the fact that on their own, these initiatives are not adequate to effectively address the difficulties facing our societies at present. There is an urgent need for this Organization to give impetus to efforts aimed at among other issues the eradication of poverty. We are convinced that the role of trade policy in poverty eradication can be further enhanced if current initiatives also aim to address all nontariff issues affecting growth and diversification in our economies. Understanding the interlinkages between trade policy and development is for us the most critical task that this Organization is facing. At this juncture allow me to briefly highlight developments at the sub-regional level. At the SADC, level we commenced the implementation of the SADC Trade Protocol on 1 September 2000. The protocol envisages the establishment of a free-trade area by 2008. The negotiations that Members undertook aimed at, among other things to harmonize customs documentation and procedures and standards and technical issues. It is important also to note that at the launching of the Trade Protocol, intra-SADC trade was 22 per cent of total SADC trade and it is expected that this will substantially increase as the implementation process gathers momentum. We are now in the process of preparing for negotiations on trade in services as provided for in the protocol. In doing so we will take into account the current obligations of Members of the АФУХСљКЯВЪЙйЭјзЪСЯ and in particular the ongoing negotiations under the GATS Agreement. Furthermore, while still on the subject of our regional efforts, I wish to register our disappointment with the inability of the АФУХСљКЯВЪЙйЭјзЪСЯ to positively respond to the waiver application of the EU with regard to the Cotonou Agreement between the ACP and the EU. Our understanding and belief is that the multilateral trading system should be supportive of our regional efforts and not frustrate them. However, we are optimistic that this Ministerial will be magnanimous enough to grant the waiver. As we begin our deliberations here, it is important that we outline to our partners gathered here with us our expectations on the outcome of this Conference. Our fundamental expectation from, this Conference is a clear and strong commitment by all Members of this Organization that the АФУХСљКЯВЪЙйЭјзЪСЯ will place development issues at the heart of its current and future work. To realize this objective, Members will have to take steps to ensure that all development related provisions in current and future АФУХСљКЯВЪЙйЭјзЪСЯ Agreements are not just mere declarations but are operational tools through which an effective and meaningful participation in the multilateral trading system of the developing and least-developed countries is guaranteed. To achieve this, Members have to commit themselves to ensuring that special and differential treatment provisions become an integral part of all АФУХСљКЯВЪЙйЭјзЪСЯ Agreements, current and future ones. Closely related to this is the need for Members to give meaning to the special status accorded leastdeveloped countries in the АФУХСљКЯВЪЙйЭјзЪСЯ. As we have said in the past, the multilateral trading system will be judged on the basis of hour it caters for its weakest members. Agriculture is of fundamental importance to us. In this area, any commitment short of a full commitment by our developed trading partners to undertake immediate structural reforms that will result in fundamental reductions in trade distorting domestic support and export support mechanisms within an agreed time-frame, will be a clear signal that there is no political commitment to address effectively the integration of developing and least-developed countries into the multilateral trading system. You may be aware that agriculture remains the single most important sector in our economies and due to policies of some of our partners we have not been able to develop this sector in a manner that will guarantee its survival. Without these structural reforms, which should also include a commitment to eliminate tariff peaks and escalations including all other nontariff barriers, there can never be any success in encouraging investment into this sector. The reality is that, unless all these measures are immediately implemented, African agriculture will remain backward and undercapitalized. Furthermore, it is the wellconsidered view of my delegation that, during the last two years, the АФУХСљКЯВЪЙйЭјзЪСЯ has done a good job in articulating the strategies necessary to bring into line trade policies of least-developed countries, and, for this they deserve our gratitude. This in particular relates to the restructuring within the Secretariat of the technical assistance programme and delivery mechanisms. As we meet here, there is now a revised integrated framework for technical assistance to least-developed countries, which we are confident, will contribute meaningfully to LDC development. We do however wish to reiterate our conviction that unless there is a commitment at this Conference to increase the level of resources allocated to technical assistance programmes in the АФУХСљКЯВЪЙйЭјзЪСЯ regular budget, the restructuring that has taken place will not be effective. This is also related to our call to development partners to increase their support to the integrated framework trust fund. An issue which is also of critical importance to my delegation and I believe to those of other developing countries and in particular subSaharan African countries is that of the relationship between the TRIPS Agreement and the ability of АФУХСљКЯВЪЙйЭјзЪСЯ Members to undertake their public health objectives. This issue is at the heart of our continuing efforts to reverse the spread of the HIV/AIDS pandemic and of other epidemics on the African continent. It is our strongly held view that the TRIPS Agreement is not an obstacle to our efforts to address the current pandemics and epidemics but is in fact part of the solution to this problem. In conclusion, on behalf of my delegation, and on my own behalf, I wish to take this opportunity to commend the Director-General, Mr Mike Moore, for his tireless efforts to promote the interests of developing and least-developed countries in the АФУХСљКЯВЪЙйЭјзЪСЯ. We are indeed aware of the possibility that this might be the last ministerial that he attends in his current capacity, we wish him well. __________ WT/MIN(01)/ST/52 Page  PAGE 2 WT/MIN(01)/ST/52 Page  PAGE 3 0CMQ’ВГ R S М$Н$П(С(Ь(ф(х(ы(ь(э(ю( ) )))))")њјєђяђђьшьфьђппмпппмпmH jU>*mH 5mH mH CJ5:CJ,>* 5:CJ,  0ABCMNїђђк ађЖађђž0ђђ~ $$–lж0+p#$$–l4ж+p# $$–l”ˆџ4ж+p# $d„ўЄ№$$$–l4ж+p#`$$$dh$ 0ABCKMNOPQhw’ІЇЈЉЊВГп   €+,– — Ш Щ ­ Ў ‘”•vwЮЯџ ії•–ЫЬ‘S T п р М$Н$8'9'П(Р(С(Ь(Э(Ю(ь(э(ђ()))))))))))))§§§ћ§§ћ§§§ћ§љљћ§§ћ§§§ѕћѓёёљљљљљљюююыщыщющы   ;:  \NOPQhw’ІЇЈЉЊВГп   €+,– њњьXњњњфижжждбЯЯжжжжжжШ„а Ца;$: $$–lж+p#$ ЦаТ@$$–l”`џж+p#$$– — Ш Щ ­ Ў ‘”•vwЮЯџ ії•–ЫЬ‘S T п њѓѓѓњѓњѓњѓњѓњѓњѓњѓњѓњѓњѓњѓњѓ„а Ца Цап р М$Н$8'9'П(Р(С(Ь(Э(Ю(я(№(ё(ђ())))))))))њѓњѓњѓёёюёёхххукккуиёиёуё Ц аЁC#B# Ц аЁC# @$„а Ца Ца)) )!)")§ћћћ) )!)")ўќ ' 0&P Аƒ. АШA!А "А #а$ %ААаM [4@ёџ4Normal $ ЦаCJmH >"> Heading 1$ & FmЄ№@&5;<2< Heading 2$ & FmЄ№@&:<B< Heading 3$ & FmЄ№@&58R8 Heading 4$ & FmЄ№@&828 Heading 5 & FmЄ№@&6.. Heading 6 Є№@&.. Heading 7 Є№@&.. Heading 8 Є№@&. . Heading 9 Є№@&<A@ђџЁ<Default Paragraph Font.@ђ.Header$ ЦЁC#, @,Footer  ЦЁC#&)@Ђ& Page Number4T"4 Block Text„ „ Є№2B22 Body Text  & FmЄ№6PB6 Body Text 2  & FmЄ№6QR6 Body Text 3  & FmЄ№6ўb6 Body Text 4  & FmЄ№6ўr6 Body Text 5  & FMЄ№TM1‚TBody Text First Indent & F„а Ца<C’<Body Text Indent „аЄ№HN‘ЂHBody Text First Indent 2„аFRВFBody Text Indent 2„аdрЄ№DSТDBody Text Indent 3 „аЄ№CJ4+в4 Endnote Text$CJ8&@Ђс8Footnote ReferenceH*6ђ6 Footnote Text„аCJ* *Index 1 „н„#џ.!. Index Heading!$/"$List "„а„0§(22(List 2 #„ „0§(3B(List 3 $„а„а(4R(List 4 %„p„0§(5b(List 5 &„ „а20r2 List Bullet ' & FhD6‚D List Bullet 2( & Fi„ „0§ ЦƒH7’H List Bullet 3) & FT„а„ Цžа@H8ЂH List Bullet 4* & Fj„p„0§ ЦЙ H9ВH List Bullet 5+ & FV„ „ Цд 6DТ6 List Continue ,„аЄ№>Eв>List Continue 2-„а„аЄ№:Fт:List Continue 3 .„ Є№>Gђ>List Continue 4/„ „аЄ№>H>List Continue 50„p„0§Є№818 List Number1 & Fk ЦhD:"D List Number 22 & Fl„ „0§ ЦƒD;2D List Number 33 & FY„а„ ЦžD<BD List Number 44 & FZ„p„0§ ЦЙD=RD List Number 55 & F[„ „ Цд4Zb4 Plain Text6 CJOJQJ*Jr*Subtitle7$@&<,<Table of Authorities8<#<Table of Figures 9 Ца€,>@Ђ,Title:$ 5;KH*ўOВ*Title 2;$>**ўТ*Title 3<$66ўв6 Title Country=$;... TOA Heading>5DDTOC 1!?$„а„а„0§Є<Є< Цp# 5;BBTOC 2!@$„а„а„0§Є<Є< Цp# :DDTOC 3$A$„а„а„0§Є<Є< Цаp#@J5>>TOC 4!B$„а„а„0§Є<Є< Цp# BBTOC 5!C$„а„а„0§Є<Є< Цp# 6>>TOC 6D$„а„аЄ<Є< Цp# CJ>>TOC 7E$„а„LЄ<Є< Цp# CJ>>TOC 8F$„а„)Є<Є< Цp# CJ>>TOC 9G$„а„Є<Є< Цp# CJJў‚JParagr. Num. - WTOH & F\Є№ Цh\$’\Envelope AddressI&€„@ „ќџ„єџ„№/„Д+DМ CJOJQJDўЂDFootnote Quotation J„а„аCJ2ўВ2 QuotationK„а„аЄ№@ўТ@Quotation DoubleL„ „ Є№"%<џџџџ џџ џџ џџ‘ Њ"%Љ$JLNPRU")N– п )"))")<CEU!дџ•€!дџ•€№8№@ёџџџ€€€ї№’№№0№( №М ц №№B №S №ПЫџ ?№&,e i  Ю$#%GKЄЅффЬз**+,ЗИЧЩіі  * * h h Ё Ј 6 7   ц ц кл!!/0ПТЫЬЭЭссЎЏъыЩЪЯаееDEДД)*EE  F!G!Э$Ю$ф$ю$№$ђ$ %%% %#%џџEngtemp15C:\TEMP\autorecover\AutoRecovery save of 01_8388e.asdEngtemp15C:\TEMP\autorecover\AutoRecovery save of 01_8388e.asdEngtemp15C:\TEMP\autorecover\AutoRecovery save of 01_8388e.asdEngtemp15C:\TEMP\autorecover\AutoRecovery save of 01_8388e.asdEngtemp15C:\TEMP\autorecover\AutoRecovery save of 01_8388e.asdEngtemp15C:\TEMP\autorecover\AutoRecovery save of 01_8388e.asdWalsh*\\Hudson5a\Lsdd\#Tps\Eng\Work\01_8388e.docEngtemp3*\\Hudson5a\Lsdd\#Tps\Eng\Work\01_8388e.docCostello-\\GAMA\DFSRoot\Common\#Lsdd\Pool\01_8388e.doc Teija Brault-\\Hudson8\DMS\dmssys\work\2001\8\83\8388e.doc|џџџFЯФ5џџџџџџџџ}џџџ^uШU4џџџџџџџџ~џџџ$Ё№Ѓ3џџџџџџџџџџџRеP№2џџџџџџџџ€џџџ’ъŒ_+џџџџџџџџџџџєž*ц*џџџџџџџџ‚џџџ `v)џџџџџџџџƒџџџNТ†С(џџџџџџџџˆџџџP&,Аџџџџџџџџџ‰џџџwИNџџџџџџџџџ47У ~{4јџџџџџџџџ'zо€п NHџџџџџџџџ“‚ц•џџџџџџџџџhY^#*-]<ж6 {1 >ў%bWКй'Г&'+p№ЏџџџџџџџџџиЩ2ЊЭ№џџџџџџџџOю?О>xkџџџџџџџџџ„д„˜ўЦд.„Й„˜ўЦЙ.„ž„˜ўЦž.„ƒ„˜ўЦƒ. „д„˜ўЦдOJQJo(З№ „Й„˜ўЦЙOJQJo(З№ „ž„˜ўЦžOJQJo(З№ „ƒ„˜ўЦƒOJQJo(З№„h„˜ўЦh. „h„˜ўЦhOJQJo(З№„а„0§Ца.„а„0§Ца.„а„0§Ца.„а„0§Ца()„„Цh.„ „0§Ц ()„p„0§Цp()„ „Ц()„p„Ц@ ()„„Цho(„ „0§Ц o(()„p„0§Цpo(()џ„p„0§Цpo(-„а„0§Цаo(()„ „0§Ц o(()џ„ „0§Ц o(-„p„0§Цpo(()„@ „0§Ц@ o(()„„Ца.„„Цh()„„Ца()џ„„Цh(a)џ„„„„Цh.џ„„Цh-џ„ „0§Ц -„ „0§Ц ()„а„0§Ца.„а„0§Ца.„а„0§Ца.„а„0§Ца()„а„0§Ца() „„Ца.„ „0§Ц ()„p„0§Цp()џ„p„0§Цp-„„Цho(. „а„0§ЦаOJQJo(-№„„Ца.„„Ца.„„Ца.„„Ца()„„Ца()„„Ца.„ „0§Ц ()„ „0§Ц ()џ„7„i§Ц7-„„Ца.„„Цh.„„Цh.„„Цh)„„Ца)„„Цh.„ „0§Ц )„ „0§Ц )џ„8„h§Ц8-„„Ца.„„Ца.„„Ца.„„Ца()„„Ца()„„Ца.„ „0§Ц ()„ „0§Ц ()џ„7„i§Ц7-mџџџиЩ2иЩ2иЩ2иЩ247У иЩ2иЩ2иЩ2иЩ2иЩ2‰џџџ >ў%ƒџџџƒџџџ‚џџџ‚џџџџџџџџџ€џџџ€џџџˆџџџџџџ~џџџ~џџџ}џџџ}џџџ|џџџ|џџџ'zоиЩ2иЩ2иЩ2иЩ247У иЩ2иЩ2иЩ2иЩ2 >ў%ƒџџџ‚џџџџџџЖФџџџБе<жџџџ~џџџ}џџџ|џџџ'zо“иЩ2иЩ2иЩ2иЩ247У иЩ2иЩ2иЩ2иЩ2 >ў%ƒџџџ‚џџџџџџЖФџџџБе<жџџџ~џџџ}џџџ|џџџ'zоOю?иЩ2иЩ2иЩ2иЩ247У иЩ2иЩ2иЩ2иЩ2 >ў%ƒџџџ‚џџџџџџЖФџџџБе<жџџџ~џџџ}џџџ|џџџ'zоГ&'+Г&'+Г&'+иЩ2иЩ2иЩ2иЩ2иЩ2иЩ2иЩ2иЩ2 >ў%ƒџџџџџџБе<жџџџhY^џџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџ@€Ќ5ў"%€@G‡z€џTimes New Roman5€Symbol3& ‡z€џArial?5 ‡z€џCourier New#qŒаhh[[Ÿ[[Ÿ[[RY@A K&Ёy"ЅРДД€0dD%ЮXЕю[ї`џџ9C:\program files\microsoft office\templates\MinistENG.dotRESTRICTEDCodeEngtemp1 Teija Braultўџр…ŸђљOhЋ‘+'Гй0„˜АМамє  4 @ L Xdlt|фRESTRICTEDCodeEST Engtemp1DCongtMinistENG.dot Teija Brault3ijMicrosoft Word 8.0@FУ#@ђЕjС@ њ­jС@ђЕjСRYўџеЭеœ.“—+,љЎDеЭеœ.“—+,љЎ<ј hp|„Œ” œЄЌД М зфАФУХСљКЯВЪЙйЭјзЪСЯ@D%1 RESTRICTEDCode TitleЬ(NVЎ _PID_GUIDSymbol1фAN{711360E7-97E8-11D1-BD86-000629B04860}WT/MIN(01)/ST/52/ ўџџџ !"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:ўџџџ<=>?@ABўџџџDEFGHIJўџџџ§џџџMўџџџўџџџўџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџRoot Entryџџџџџџџџ РF_gЕЏjСе"ЕjСO€1Tableџџџџџџџџџџџџž7WordDocumentџџџџџџџџ)<SummaryInformation(џџџџ;DocumentSummaryInformation8џџџџџџџџџџџџCCompObjџџџџjObjectPoolџџџџџџџџџџџџе"ЕjСе"ЕjСџџџџџџџџџџџџўџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџўџ џџџџ РFMicrosoft Word Document MSWordDocWord.Document.8є9Вq