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WTO trade deal offers hope for world’s poor – but we have far to go
Released: 2 August 2004
Commonwealth Secretary-General Don McKinnon has urged the world’s trading powers to deliver quickly on their latest promises to the poor:

“The 11th hour trade deal struck in Geneva over the weekend is to be warmly welcomed..."

Commonwealth Deputy Secretary-General Winston Cox: Stop the clocks until WTO agreement is reached
Released: 30 July 2004
Speaking just hours before last Friday's deadline for an agreement at the WTO in Geneva, Commonwealth Deputy Secretary-General Winston Cox stressed the critical importance of the current negotiations to the 53 Commonwealth countries and the world as a whole.