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  Ngozi Okonjo -Iweala  
  Director -General         
 
 
 
5 May 2023 
 
 
 
 
Dear Ambassadors/Permanent Representatives,  
 
I am enclosing  the latest  version of the Evolving Table on Cotton Developm ent Assistance 
(WT/CFMC/6/Rev. 34) for review by Members in advance of  the next Round of the Director -General's 
Consultative Framework Mechanism on Cotton (DGCFMC) , scheduled for 1 7 May 2023 and starting 
at 9 a.m. 
 
The enclosed  Evolving Table (ET) contain s updates  by Brazil, France, Italy, Japan, 
Mozambique, Netherlands, and Thailand . In addition , the document includes updates on projects 
implemented by the Common Fund for Commodities . 
 
The total number  of active projects under Part I "Cotton-specific development assi stance " 
currently  stands at  31 (up from 2 9 in the previous revision) . As regards Part  II "Agriculture and 
Infrastructure -Related Development Assistance ", there are 37 active projects . 
 
Part III of the ET lists cotton focal points from developing country  Members , with updates 
received from Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali  and Mozambique.  
 
Part IV  of the ET compil es cotton -related development assistance requests submitted by 
developing country Members. A total of  eleven  project  request s have been submitted by  Benin, 
Burkina Faso,  Burundi,  Cameroon, Mali, and the C -4 as a group , for consideration . 
 
I also refer you to  the 21st version of the Table on Domestic Cotton Sector 
Reforms  (WT/CFMC/21/Rev. 20) which contains updates received  from Burkina Faso and Mali .  
 
The 3 9th Round of the DGCFMC will be held on 17 May 202 3, starting at 9 a.m. The nineteenth  
Dedicated Discussion of the Relevant Trade -related Developments on Cotton will take  place in the 
morning of  16 May 202 3. 
 
The enclosed document will form the basis for the 3 9th Round of Consultations  of the  DGCFMC . 
 
 
Yours sincerely , 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ngozi Okonjo -Iweala  