 
 
     PRESS RELEASE 
 
PRESS/369 
17 December 2003 
 
(03-6642) 
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE 
Denmark to donate an extra 600,000 Swiss Francs to WTO 
Technical assistance 
The Government of Denmark pledged today a new contribution of DKK 3 million (CHF 600,000) for 
2004 to the Doha Development Agenda Global Trust Fund. Denmark contributed a similar amount 
in January 2003. 
 Danish Ambassador Henrik Rée Iversen and WTO Director-General Supachai Panitchpakdi today 
signed an amendment to the December 2002 Memorandum of Understanding to include that 
additional donation.  
“Cancún showed us that more than ever technical assistance is needed to promote active 
participation of developing countries, in particular the least developed of them, in the Doha Development Agenda negotiations and WTO work in general,” Ambassador Iversen stated. 
“Therefore, I was pleased to sign the amendment ensuring further Danish funding for the Doha 
Development Agenda Global Trust Fund.”  
“I very much welcome Denmark’s decision to increase its contribution to the Doha Trust Fund,” 
said Director-General Supachai. “Denmark’s generosity will play an important role towards enhancing developing countries’ participation in the Doha round of negotiations. Technical 
assistance is an essential tool to train developing countries’ representatives and demand for it is 
high.”  
The Doha Development Agenda Global Trust Fund was created following the WTO Ministerial 
Conference in Doha, in November 2001, which laun ched a new round of negotiations. In December 
2003, the General Council approved a target amount of 24 million Swiss francs for the Doha Trust 
Fund for 2004. 
  
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