Press Release: Pascal Lamy welcomes agreement for accelerated accession of poorest countries to the WTO

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Series Details IP/02/1838 (10.12.02)
Publication Date 10/12/2002
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The WTO General Council agreed on 10 December 2002 a simplified and accelerated procedure for accession of Least Developed Countries (LDCs) to the WTO. This move culminates the initiative launched by the EU in 1999 aimed at facilitating accession of poorest countries to the WTO, taken up in turn by the Third UN Conference on LDCs in Brussels in May 2001.
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