The secretariat has continued to cooperate with the World Customs Organization and the Committee on Trade and Environment of the World Trade Organization.

(a) A higher number of transactions or a higher volume of international trade carried out under the regime of UNCITRAL legislative and non legislative texts.

It also had before it a note by the secretariat on secretariat arrangements (UNEP FAO RC COP.2 INF 4), which contained copies of correspondence between WTO and the secretariat and a copy of a report by the Chair of the Committee on Trade and Environment in special session to the WTO Trade Negotiations Committee.

The World Trade Organization secretariat has made technical assistance on trade facilitation one of the priorities of the World Trade Organization Technical Assistance Plan for 2005.

57 19. Enhancing coordination in the area of international trade law and strengthening the secretariat of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law

For UNCITRAL instruments to gain universal acceptability, participation in UNCITRAL meetings should be inclusive.

Based on information gathered by the UNCTAD secretariat from the Korean Fair Trade Commission.

35. Requests the Secretary General, in collaboration with the secretariat of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, to report to the General Assembly at its sixtieth session on the implementation of the present resolution and on developments in the multilateral trading system under the sub item entitled International trade and development .

Based on information gathered by the UNCTAD secretariat from the Jamaican Fair Trade Commission.

Noting the continuing dialogue in the Committee on Trade and Environment of the World Trade Organization on the provisions of the Agreement on Trade related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights,See Legal Instruments Embodying the Results of the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations, done at Marrakesh on 15 April 1994 (GATT secretariat publication, Sales No. GATT 1994 7).

25. Also requests the Secretary General to transmit the present resolution to the Director General of the World Trade Organization for circulation as an official document of the World Trade Organization.

The UNCITRAL Secretariat is prepared to provide technical assistance and advice to States considering signature, ratification or accession to UNCITRAL conventions, as well as to States that are in the process of revising their trade legislation.

The contribution from the UNCITRAL Secretariat to the next course will focus on issues of harmonization of laws on international trade law from the perspective of UNCITRAL, including past and current work.

Expresses its appreciation to the COMCEC Coordination Office and the Islamic Centre for Development of Trade for performing in an excellent manner their role as the Secretariat of the Trade Negotiating Committee under the Framework on Trade Preferential System among Islamic Countries.

(j) Confirmation of the appointment of the Secretary General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

ITC has requested the United Nations Secretariat for its guidelines.

(iv) World Trade Organization (WTO) WTO Trade Facilitation

International Trade Centre UNCTAD WTO (ITC).

28. Requests the Secretary General of the United Nations, in collaboration with the secretariat of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, to report to the General Assembly at its fifty eighth session on the implementation of the present resolution and on developments in the multilateral trading system, under the sub item entitled International trade and development .

31. Requests the Secretary General of the United Nations, in collaboration with the secretariat of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, to report to the General Assembly at its fifty ninth session on the implementation of the present resolution and on developments in the multilateral trading system under the sub item entitled International trade and development .

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The Assembly was also addressed at this time by the then Director General of WTO who is now Secretary General of UNCTAD.

UNCTAD secretariat computations based on UN Commodity Trade Statistics Database (UN Comtrade) data .

12.1 The Trade and Investment Division is headed by a Chief who is accountable to the Executive Secretary.

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Mr. Savchuk (Ukraine) said that the Secretary General's report on trade and development reflected the substantial growth in international trade in recent years, although not all countries were benefiting to the same extent from the multilateral trading system.

Secretary General Kofi Annan, one of the multilateral trading system's ardent supporters, has recognized that the current round of trade negotiations at the World Trade Organization (WTO) is an opportunity to rectify that problem and translate words into action.

(b) Note by the Secretary General transmitting the comments of the Trade and Development Board on the report of the Commission on its thirty eighth session (resolution 2205 (XXI)).

Another means to combat the illicit trade is the adoption of end user certificates.

Priority three International trade and trade facilitation

The panellist from the WTO Secretariat informed the Commission about the activities of the Negotiating Group on Trade Facilitation.

The question of accession to membership of WTO was one of the areas in which the work of UNCTAD was indispensable, for although WTO and its Secretariat could help countries with the legal formalities of accession they could not help them to deal with the trade negotiations leading to accession.

32. Requests the Secretary General of the United Nations, in collaboration with the secretariat of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, to report to the General Assembly at its fifty sixth session on the implementation of the present resolution and developments in the multilateral trading system.

4. Requests the Secretary General, in collaboration with the secretariat of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, to report to the General Assembly at its fifty seventh session on the implementation of the present resolution and developments in the multilateral trading system.

The secretariat was also providing technical assistance to LDCs on identifying needs and priorities for trade facilitation and establishing trade facilitation platforms.

The UN Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) began its deliberations for the preparation of a new draft international instrument on transport law in 2002.

It was also pointed out that the draft instrument should be in line with arbitration related UNCITRAL instruments.

South South and intra regional trade in particular would benefit from multilateral trade facilitation agreements.

The free trade area foresees free trade in manufactured goods and a progressive liberalization of trade in agricultural products.

International Trade Forum Issue 2 2003, International Trade Centre UNCTAD WTO (ITC).

In addition, the UNCTAD secretariat contributes to information available through the website of the Global Facilitation Partnership for Transportation and Trade (http www.gfptt.org).

Adjustment, support to trade and trade related shocks

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the World Trade Organization (WTO) continued to nurture the rapid growth of South South trade and commerce.

Protocol on Trade in the Southern African Development Community, Maseru, 24 August 1996

In Thailand's view, the resources allocated to the UNCITRAL secretariat should be increased.