Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the Third International Conference
on Financing for Development (Addis Ababa Action Agenda)
A/RES/69/313
as facilitating integration of developing and least-developed WTO members into the
multilateral trading system.
85. We call upon developed country WTO members and developing country WTO
members declaring themselves in a position to do so to realize timely
implementation of duty-free and quota-free market access on a lasting basis for all
products originating from all least developed countries, consistent with WTO
decisions. We call upon them to also take steps to facilitate market access for
products of least developed countries, including by developing simple and
transparent rules of origin applicable to imports from least developed countries, in
accordance with the guidelines adopted by WTO members at the Bali ministerial
conference in 2013.
86. We reaffirm the right of WTO members to take advantage of the flexibilities in
the WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
(TRIPS) and reaffirm that the TRIPS Agreement does not and should not prevent
members from taking measures to protect public health. To this end, we would urge
all WTO members that have not yet accepted the amendment of the TRIPS
Agreement allowing improved access to affordable medicines for developing
countries to do so by the deadline of the end of 2015. We welcome the June 2013
decision to extend the transition period for all least developed countries. We invite
the General Council to consider how WTO can contribute to sustainable
development.
87. We recognize the significant potential of regional economic integration and
interconnectivity to promote inclusive growth and sustainable development, and
commit to strengthening regional cooperation and regional trade agreements. We
will strengthen coherence and consistency among bilateral and regional trade and
investment agreements, and to ensure that they are compatible with WTO rules.
Regional integration can also be an important catalyst to reduce trade barriers,
implement policy reforms and enable companies, including micro, small and
medium-sized enterprises, to integrate into regional and global value chains. We
underline the contribution trade facilitation measures can make to this end. We urge
the international community, including international financial institutions and
multilateral and regional development banks, to increase its support to projects and
cooperation frameworks that foster regional and subregional integration, with
special attention to Africa, and that enhance the participation and integration of
small-scale industrial and other enterprises, particularly from developing countries,
into global value chains and markets. We encourage multilateral development banks,
including regional banks, in collaboration with other stakeholders, to address gaps
in trade, transport and transit-related regional infrastructure, including completing
missing links connecting landlocked developing countries, least developed countries
and small island developing States within regional networks.
88. Recognizing that international trade and investment offers opportunities but
also requires complementary actions at the national level, we will strengthen
domestic enabling environments and implement sound domestic policies and
reforms conducive to realizing the potential of trade for inclusive growth and
sustainable development. We further recognize the need for value addition by
developing countries and for further integration of micro, small and medium-sized
enterprises into value chains. We reiterate and will strengthen the important role of
the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) as the focal
point within the United Nations system for the integrated treatment of trade and
development and interrelated issues in the areas of finance, technology, investment
and sustainable development.
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