Michael Fleshman; The Africa Fund
New York, New York, United States
December 1999
7 pages
Contents: Trade must benefit the developing world, says UN Secretary-Genera • African NGOs reject new round of trade talks • ACP countries defend trade preferences • Africa’s agenda for the WTO • Reprint of an article from the December 1999 issue of Africa Recovery, a publication of the United Nations. The author, Michael Fleshman, is the former Human Rights Coordinator of The Africa Fund. The article says after the opening-day events of the World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting in Seattle were effectively cancelled by street protests, Director-General Mike Moore assured the handful of delegates who slipped past the picketers that the 30 November-3...
Contents: Trade must benefit the developing world, says UN Secretary-Genera • African NGOs reject new round of trade talks • ACP countries defend trade preferences • Africa’s agenda for the WTO • Reprint of an article from the December 1999 issue of Africa Recovery, a publication of the United Nations. The author, Michael Fleshman, is the former Human Rights Coordinator of The Africa Fund. The article says after the opening-day events of the World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting in Seattle were effectively cancelled by street protests, Director-General Mike Moore assured the handful of delegates who slipped past the picketers that the 30 November-3 December summit “was doomed to succeed.” The article says the 71 member countries of the Africa, Caribbean and Pacific Group (APC) are negotiating a renewal of the trade and aid agreement with the European Union (EU), known as the Lomé Convention. The article includes a quote by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
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