Eurostep newsletter | November 26, 2001
ACCORDING TO SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE ACP GROUP MAIN AIMS HAVE BEEN REACHED
At a press conference this week Secretary General of the ACP Jean-Robert Goulanga did expressed general satisfaction with the final results of the 4th WTO Ministerial Conference in Doha. According to him, the main aims set up by the ACP Trade Ministers ahead of the WTO meeting have been complied, which mainly can be explained by the unity and co-operation, which was characteristic for the ACP group at the meeting. Goulanga stressed that part of the success lies in the fact that the ACP group have obtain the derogation of the WTO rules until the end of 2007 for all the trade covered by the Cotonou Agreement. This is an important issue the ACP group has been working on for some time.
Furthermore the Secretary General welcomed the agreement that arose over the draft agreement on the "TRIPs Agreement and Public Health" (See last week's PAF) and the reassertion of the special and differentiated treatment for the less developed countries.Eurostep newsletter:
