International trade and development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Expresses its concern over the lack of progress in areas of negotiations of particular concern to developing countries, which led to missing deadlines provided in the decision of the General Council of the World Trade Organization; calls for the successful and timely conclusion of the negotiations on the Doha work programme in order to maximize the contribution of the trading system to raising standards of living; calls for accelerating the negotiations on the development-related mandate concerning the Agreement on Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights in the Doha Ministerial Declaration; stresses the importance of facilitating the accession of all developing countries, in particular the least developed countries, as well as countries with economies in transition, that apply for membership in the World Trade Organization; urges donors to provide the UN Conference on Trade and Development with the increased resources necessary to deliver effective and demand-driven assistance to developing countries.

Adopted 121-1-51, 68th plenary meeting

6 p.

Issued in GAOR, 60th sess., Suppl. no. 49.