WORLD TRADE WT/MIN(98)/9
20May1998
ORGANIZATION(98-2175)
Original: Spanish MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE
Second Session
Geneva, 18and20May1998
ELECTRONIC COMMERCE
Communication from Cuba
Thefollowing communication, dated 20May1998, hasbeenreceived from thePermanent
Mission ofCuba.
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Statement bytheRepublic ofCuba ontheItem"Electronic Commerce"
TheCuban delegation wishes tostate, firstly, thatalthough thereisaconsensus ontheadoption
oftheDeclaration onGlobal Electronic Commerce, theprocedure followed onthisoccasion in
considering thisitemmustnotconstitute aprecedent forother issues submitted forconsideration by
theGeneral Council inthefuture.
Weconsiderthattheexistingpracticeshouldbemaintained,wherebytheadoptionofadeclaration
ofthiskindshould bepreceded byathorough analysis ofallaspects oftheissue.
Secondly,theCubandelegationstatesthat,intheabsenceofastudyontheeconomicimplications
ofthisDeclaration, itreserves therighttocarry outastudy ofthose implications andtakeappropriate
measures inthelightofthefindings.
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