WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/MIN(03)/W/13
11 September 2003
(03-4742)
MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE
Fifth Session
Cancún, 10 - 14 September 2003Original:  English
PARAGRAPH 11 OF THE DRAFT MINISTERIAL TEXT (JOB(03)/150)
S&D TREATMENT ISSUES
Joint Proposal by Member States of the African Union, Cuba, India,
Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan and Venezuela
The following communication, dated 4 September 2003, has been received from the
delegation of Kenya on behalf of the Member States of the African Union and the above-listed
delegations, with the request that it be circulated as an official document of the Fifth MinisterialConference.
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Original text
We take note of the progress that has been made in addressing issues of special and
differential treatment in pursuance of the mandate given at Doha, and adopt the decisions set out in
document […].  We instruct the General Council to continue to monitor closely work on the proposals
referred to negotiating groups and other WTO bodies.  We further instruct the Committee on Trade
and Development in Special Session to pursue, within the parameters of the Doha mandate,outstanding work, including inter alia on the cross-cutting issues, the monitoring mechanism, and the
incorporation of special and differential treatment into  the architecture of WTO rules, as referred to in
TN/CTD/7, and report to the General Council.  The General Council shall report on progress on all
these issues to our next Session.
Suggested language
We reaffirm that provisions for special and diff erential treatment are an integral part of the WTO
Agreements. We note that some progress has been achieved but are concerned that it has not been
adequate. We recall the decision at Doha to review S& D provisions with a view to strengthening them
and making them more precise, effective and operational and to identify those that Members consider
should be made mandatory and to report to the General Council with clear recommendations for a
decision by July 2002. We also reaffirm that the Committee on Trade and Development in Special
Session, as established by the TNC, is the appropriate body, under the overall authority of General
Council, to deal with S&D issues. In carrying out this work, priority shall be given to agreementspecific proposals and the Committee on Trade and Development in Special Session shall report to
the General Council with clear recommendations for a decision by March 2004. We further instruct
the Committee on Trade and Development in Special Session to pursue, in line within the parameters
of the Doha mandate, and after the completion of work on agreement specific proposals, outstanding
work, including inter alia on how to incorporate special and differential treatment into the
architecture of WTO rules, as referred to in TN/CTD/7 and report, as appropriate, to the General
Council.
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