Lamy says food crisis adds urgency to concluding the Round
7 May 2008
Director-General Pascal Lamy, in his report to the General Council on 7 May 2008, said “the reasons why we must conclude the Round this year are visible to all of us and they are becoming more critical by the day”. He said “the WTO can provide part of the solution” to the current food crisis, “which is why it can, and must, play its full part in this vital effort”.
Report by the Chairman of the Trade Negotiations Committee
Thank you Mr. Chairman.
Since my last report, the TNC has held one informal meeting, on 17 April. The discussions focused principally on the process for the finalisation of modalities in Agriculture and NAMA. As is customary, my remarks at that meeting were made available to delegations in document JOB(08)/28.
In my opening remarks, I underlined that, although intensive work has been taking place in the Negotiating Groups, it is time to move rapidly forward if we wish to conclude the Round this year. I also reported on my consultations regarding the scope of the horizontal process, where, as I prefigured in my last report, more clarity was needed.
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