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19 February 2024  
(24-1481) Page: 1/1 
Ministerial Conference  
Thirteenth Session  
Abu Dhabi, 26 -29 February 2024  Original: English  
 
COMMUNICATION FROM DJIBOUTI ON BEHALF OF THE LDC GROUP  
The following communication, dated 18 February 2024, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Djibouti on behalf of the LDC Group.  
 
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In furtherance of the instruction of Ministers in paragraph 8 of the MC12 Outcome Document 
(WT/MIN(22)/24 -WT/L/1135 ) that th e General Council report on progress to the next Session, 
regarding the work on decisions in favour of LDCs on services waiver, preferential rules of origin and 
DFQF, the LDC Group requests that the following paragraph is inserted into the Draft Abu Dhabi 
Ministerial Declaration ( WT/MIN(24)/W/12 ). This paragraph is intended to respond to the 
instructions of Ministers.  
 
We take note of our instructions in paragraph 8 of the MC12 Outcome Document regarding 
operationalization of decisions in favour of LDCs and the reports from the relevant bodies responsible 
for services waiver, preferential rules of origin, and DFQF market access.  On services waiver, we 
instruct the Council for Trade in Services (CTS) to examine the recommendations from the LDC 
Group f ound in JOB/SERV/CTS/25 . On preferential rules of origin, we instruct the Committee on 
Rules of Origin to develop a roadmap for its future work for the full implementation of the decision 
adopted in April 2022 contained in document G/RO/95 . On DFQF, we instruct the Committee on 
Trade and Development to conduct the annual review we called for at our twelfth Session.  The 
General Council shall report to our next Session on progress for all of these areas.  
 
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