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23 February 2024  
(24-1652) Page: 1/1 
Ministerial Conference  
Thirteenth Session  
Abu Dhabi, 26 -29 February 2024  Original: English  
 
WORK PROGRAMME ON ELECTRONIC COMMERCE  
COMMUNICATION FROM INDIA  AND INDONESIA  
Revision* 
The following communication , dated 22 February 2024, is being circulated at the request of the 
above -mentioned  delegations . 
 
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DRAFT MINISTERIAL DECISION  
The Ministerial Conference:  
 
Recalling  the "Work Programme on Electronic Commerce" adopted on 25 September  1998 and 
subsequent Ministerial Declarations and Decisions on the Work Programme,  
 
Concerned  with the deep  digital divide afflicting developing and least developed countries and noting 
the need to address the same,  
 
Recognising  the uneven spread of global electronic commerce and inequitable gains arising from the 
digital economy,  
 
Acknowledging  the importance of work under the Work Programme in examining trade related issues 
relating to global electronic commerce, taking into ac count the economic, financial, and development 
needs of developing countries,  
 
Decides as follows:  
 
We agree to build on the progress since last Ministerial Conference and intensify the work under the 
Work Programme on Electronic Commerce, based on the man date set out in WT/L/274  and 
particularly in line with its development dimension. We instruct the General Council to hold periodic 
reviews based on the reports that may be submitted by the WTO bodies entrusted with the 
implementation of the Work  Programme and report to the next session of the Ministerial Conference.  
 
 
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* This revision is to add Indonesia as a co-sponsor to the communication.  