(1)
Market access for LDCs: Trade can be a powerful factor for
growth and poverty reduction in LDCs. Improved market access is
therefore important and will depend on all WTO Members who can give
better access;
(2)
Trade-related technical assistance and capacity building
initiatives for LDCs: The Doha Declaration establishes a firm
basis for increased and targeted assistance for LDCs to enable them
to participate fully in the WTO;
(3)
Providing, as appropriate, support to agencies assisting with the
diversification of LDCs' production and export base: Measures
taken within the mandate of the WTO in support of Agencies assisting
to enhance LDCs' trading capacity are needed to address supply
constraints and make full use of the improvements in access
opportunities;
(4)
Mainstreaming, as appropriate, trade-related elements of the LDC-III
Programme of Action: Follow-up is needed to take account of the
commitments made in May 2001, in Brussels, at the Third UN
Conference on LDCs;
(5)
Participation of LDCs in the Multilateral Trading System:
Work in the WTO has to be further responsive to the needs and
particular constraints faced by the LDCs. Many LDCs are also
non-residents or have capacity-constrained missions. Measures taken
to increase their participation are therefore important;
(6)
Accession of LDCs to the WTO: Only 30 of the 49 LDCs
are currently Members of the WTO. In the Doha Declaration, Ministers
have called for measures to “facilitate and accelerate” LDCs
accession to the WTO. Nine LDCs are currently at various stages of
their accession process and work should be focused on supporting
these acceding countries; and
(7)
Follow-up to WTO Ministerial Decisions/Declarations: action
and follow-up is required to take account of the commitments made in
Ministerial Decisions/Declarations.
