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Vingt ans de soutien ?l'int間ration des pays les moins avanc閟 dans le syst鑝e commercial multilat閞al 12 octobre 2015
La CNUCED et l'OMC font le point sur le r鬺e du commerce dans les pays les moins avanc閟 Organis閑 dans le cadre de la comm閙oration du vingti鑝e anniversaire de l'OMC, cette activit?a 閠?l'occasion d'examiner comment l'OMC aidait les pays les moins avanc閟 (PMA) ?s'int間rer dans le syst鑝e commercial multilat閞al. Elle a permis de faire le point sur les principales 関olutions et d閏isions en faveur des PMA, sur le soutien institutionnel qui leur a 閠?fourni et sur les initiatives de renforcement des capacit閟 commerciales mises en place. Elle a aussi permis de jeter un regard prospectif sur la fa鏾n dont l'OMC et la communaut?internationale dans son ensemble pouvaient aider les PMA ?surmonter les obstacles restants ?leur int間ration dans le syst鑝e commercial multilat閞al, y compris sur les mesures qui pourraient 阾re envisag閑s pour les PMA ?la dixi鑝e Conf閞ence minist閞ielle de l'OMC, qui se tiendra en d閏embre ?Nairobi.
The event will be inaugurated by WTO Director-General Roberto Azevêdo, and will be chaired by Ambassador Roderick van Schreven (Netherlands), Chairman of the Sub-Committee on LDCs.
Background
There are at present 48 LDCs, as designated by the United Nations, out of which 34 are WTO members and another eight are in the process of acceding to the WTO. The LDC WTO members account for more than one fifth of the WTO membership.
Since the establishment of the WTO in 1995, considerable progress has been made in integrating LDCs into the multilateral trading system. Both in the regular work of the WTO and in the negotiations, special provisions have been adopted which aim to increase the participation of LDCs in world trade. The LDCs, as a group, have seen a gradual improvement of their share in world trade over the last 20 years. Yet, the LDCs are faced with a number of challenges to successfully integrate into the multilateral trading system. They still account for only 1.2 per cent of world merchandise trade and 0.7 per cent of world exports of commercial services. A limited range of exports, inadequate infrastructure and weak productive capacities continue to be common characteristics of LDC economies.
Opening session
Monday, 12 October , 10.00 A.M.
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Session 1: LDCs and the WTO – an overview of 20 years of integration into the multilateral trading system
Monday, 12 October , 10.30 A.M.
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Session 2: LDCs and the WTO – looking ahead
Monday, 12 October , 11.40 A.M.
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12:50-13:00 Closing remarks
