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A number of specific comments were made as follows: the concept of food safety is universal, thus there should be no exception, as presently in Article 4.2, allowing exporting countries to export food, which does not comply with its national legislation; the issue of implementation of the Code, especially by countries lacking a control system, should be clarified; the present text may contradict some of the principles of Codex insofar as they establish and draw upon national regulatory frameworks; the ethics of equal treatment in terms of commercial transactions and

At the same time, it highlighted the profoundly negative impact on trade flows of the ongoing world economic and financial crisis; reaffirmed the importance of an equitable multilateral trade system, reiterating the call to resist all protectionist tendencies and to rectify any such measures already taken, while recognizing the right of developing

Special and differential treatment and policy flexibility for LDCs need to be made operational according to a given country’s stage of

Some countries have or made considerable efforts to implement simple and transparent rules of origin for least developed country products, but other serious obstacles to trade remain,

A number of specific comments were made as follows: the reference of the Code on the Marketing of Breast Milk Substitutes is important; the Code should be generic and focus on the protection of consumers in countries which do not have adequate control measures for food quality; the Code should concentrate on the core provisions in Article 3 and should not be used to resolve issues dealing with compliance, which should be addressed by the CCFICS; the problem of illiteracy in some developing countries may be a challenge in order to provide consumer information and raise their

Special and differential treatment must remain an integral part of the multilateral trading system in order to enable developing countries, in

As a result, and despite relatively strong activity in the

At its 2nd meeting, on 9 February 2010, the Economic and Social Council decided that its special high-level meeting

Taking account of the increasing use of ERAs and the twin aims of harmonization and promotion of best practice, the Working Group agreed: (i) to include in the revised Model Law a general enabling provision providing the key principles for the use of ERAs, notably the conditions for and limitations to the use of ERAs; (ii) to confine ERAs under the Model Law to some types of purchases for which non-price criteria could be quantified, specifications could be provided and a competitive market existed; (iii) to address in the Guide the use of ERAs in detail; and (iv) to take into account the approach of

They argue that intellectual property is not a matter concerned with trade, and further, that as TRIPS will principally benefit the

IESALC is coordinating a regional study on new higher education providers, the

The Africa Partnership Forum was established by the Group of Eight at the summit held in Evian, France, in 2003 to support an expanding senior policy dialogue between Africa and OECD countries together with the African Union, NEPAD, the

Several research and case studies on ways to strengthen participation of selected developing countries, particularly

The Ministers, Expressed deep concern at the imposition of laws and other forms of coercive economic measures, including unilateral sanctions, against developing countries, which undermine

The Committee called for the continuation and strengthening of the secretariat’s technical assistance activities aimed at helping developing countries, in particular the least developed countries, to participate effectively in the multilateral trading system in close collaboration with partners at the global and

We are committed to efforts designed to ensure that developing countries, especially

A number of participants flagged the need for sensitivity as to how the framework and its functions would relate to other processes and international negotiations, for example those of the United Nations Conference on

International cooperation in higher education was broadened and research capacity in higher education in developing countries was built up through: an international UNESCO/Association of African Universities/Council for Higher Education (CHE) of South Africa, workshop

Recalling that the Doha Ministerial Declaration on the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights and Public Health confirms that the Agreement does

Recognizing the importance of an enabling international and national environment to increase and

At the same, recalling that the Commission was not taking up the subject for the first time, albeit at the present instance focusing on investment, the view was expressed doubting the viability of the topic in terms of its possible codification, noting further that the subject was complex, and closely related to and intertwined with other fields of international law, particularly private