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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.

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News of the Doha Development Agenda  back to top

> Follow developments in the Trade Negotiations Committee

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 implementation decision  back to top

Around 100 implementation issues were raised in the lead-up to the Doha Ministerial Conference. The implementation decision, combined with paragraph 12 of the main Doha Declaration, provides a two-track solution. More than 40 items under 12 headings were settled at or before the Doha conference, for immediate delivery; and the vast majority of the remaining items are immediately the subject of negotiations:

• Text
• Explanation of the implementation decision
• Background on how the decision was reached
• Subjects treated

How the negotiations are organized  back to top

• Explanation
• Trade Negotiations Committee
• 2006 timeline (as decided at the Hong Kong Ministerial Conference)

LATEST TEXTS/REPORTS

The latest negotiating drafts circulated to Members > Agriculture > NAMA > Rules > Services

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

BOOKS

> Doha Declarations