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Doha Development Agenda: Negotiations, implementation and development

The November 2001 declaration of the Fourth Ministerial Conference in Doha, Qatar, provides the mandate for negotiations on a range of subjects and other work. The negotiations include those on agriculture and services, which began in early 2000.

In Doha, Ministers also approved a linked decision on implementation — problems developing countries face in implementing the current WTO agreements.

The original mandate has now been refined by work at Cancún in 2003, Geneva in 2004, and Hong Kong in 2005. See a brief summary of these negotiations.

See also:    > Previous negotiations     > The Uruguay Round     > The Doha Ministerial Conference
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News of the Doha Development Agenda      back to top

• 15 May 2006: Lamy urges negotiators to find “second wind” in trade talks
• 01 May 2006: Lamy calls for “shared sense of urgency” in the trade negotiations
• 24 April 2006: Lamy calls for continuous negotiations as chairs report modalities deadline will be missed

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The main Doha Declaration      back to top

Most of the subjects treated involve negotiations; other work includes actions under “implementation”, analysis and monitoring.

• Text

• Explanation of the Doha Declaration

• Subjects treated

THE DOHA TEXTS

Doha 2001 > Doha Ministerial Declaration    > Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and public health    > Implementation-related issues and concerns — Decision    > Subsidies — procedures for extensions under Article 27.4 (of the Subsidies and Countervailing Measures Agreement) for certain developing country members    > Decision on waiver for EU-ACP Partnership Agreement    > Decision on EU transitional regime for banana imports    Geneva 2004 > July 2004 package    Hong Kong 2005 > Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration

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