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  Ngozi Okonjo -Iweala  
  Director -General         
 
 
 
17 May 2021 
 
 
 
 
Dear Ambassadors/Permanent Representatives,  
 
I am enclosing  the latest  version of the Evolving Table on Cotton Developm ent Assistance 
(WT/CFMC/6/Rev. 30) for review by Members in advance of  the next Round of the Director -General's 
Consultative Framework Mechanism on Cotton (DGCFMC).   
 
The enclosed  Evolving Table (ET) contain s updates  from Australia, Brazil,  Canada, Germany,  
and Japan. In addition , the document contains updates on projects implemented by the following 
international organizations: FAO, UNCTAD and UNIDO .  
 
The total number  of active projects under Part I "Cotton -specific development assistance " 
currently  stands at  27. As regards Part  II "Agriculture and Infrastructure -Related Development 
Assistance ", there are 47  active projects . 
 
The enclosed ET include s for the first time , in Part IV,  a compilation of cotton -related 
development assistance requests submitted by developing country Members. A total of 8 projects 
have been submitted by  Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Mali, and the C -4 as a group . 
  
I also refer you to the 1 9th version of the Table on Domestic Cotton Sector 
Reforms  (WT/CFMC/21/Rev.1 8) which contains updates received  from Burkina Faso .  
 
The 35th Round of the DGCFMC will be held  on 27 May 2021 . A thematic session on cotton 
by-products development in LDCs  will take place on the morning of 28 May 2021 . The fifteenth 
Dedicated D iscussion of  the Relevant Trade-related Developments  on Cotton  will also take place on 
28 May 2021 , in the afternoon .  
 
The enclosed documents will form the basis for the 3 5th Round of Consultations  of 
the DGCFMC . 
 
 
Yours sincerely , 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Ngozi Okonjo -Iweala  
 