. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/L/541
21 October 2003
(03-5568)
Original:  English/
Spanish
COMMUNIQUÉ OF MEETING OF MINISTERS AND REPRESENTATIVES OF
ARGENTINA, BOLIVIA, BRAZIL, CHILE, CHINA, CUBA,
EGYPT, INDIA, MEXICO, PARAGUAY,
SOUTH AFRICA AND VENEZUELA
BUENOS AIRES, 10 OCTOBER 2003
Communication from Argentina
The following communication, dated 14 October 2003, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of Argentina.
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The Permanent Mission of the Argentine Republic to the International Organizations at
Geneva presents its compliments to the World Trade Organization (Council Division) and transmits
herewith the Communiqué issued in Buenos Aires by the Ministers and Representatives of Argentina,
Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, China, Cuba, Egypt, India, Mexico, Paraguay, South Africa and Venezuela on
10 October 2003, for circulation to Members as a document.WT/L/541
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"COMMUNIQUÉ
The Ministers and Representatives of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, China, Cuba, Egypt,
India, Mexico, Paraguay, South Africa and Venezuela met in Buenos Aires to examine the
perspectives of trade negotiations after the outcome of the Fifth WTO Ministerial Conference held inCancún, with a view to the meeting that will take place in Geneva no later than 15 December 2003.
We reaffirm the importance of the full functioning of the multilateral trading system and of the
WTO. The Organization - which has almost universal  membership - must continue to work on the
basis of consensus and of respect of the rights of all Members.
We agree that the multilateral trading system is essential to continue with the trade
liberalization process on a fair and equitable basis. The goal of such a process should be the growth of
developing countries through the enhancement of their participation in world trade.
Development is the fundamental issue in the Doha Round and agriculture is at the centre of
the negotiations. We are firmly determined to comp lete the reform process and to fully integrate
agriculture into the WTO disciplines.
In spite of the efforts made by WTO Members at the Ministerial Conference in Cancún, it was
not possible to make substantial progress in the negotiations. We urge Members to participate in a
constructive manner in the discussion of all the issues of the Doha Agenda, and we stress theimportance of focusing on priority issues for improving the living standards of developing and least-
developed countries.
We call upon all Members to resume the work in Geneva in a constructive spirit and based on
the positive developments at Cancún;  to support the efforts by the President of the General Counciland by the Director-General in that regard, and to foster convergence towards a fair and generally
acceptable outcome.  In this respect, we commit ourselves to personally engage as far as it contributes
to facilitate the negotiations in Geneva.
Buenos Aires, 10 October 2003"
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