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WT/COMTD/MMSDT/M/16  
 
27 June 2022 
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Committee on Trade and Development  
Sixteenth Dedicated Session on the Monitoring 
Mechanism on Special and Differential Treatment    
 
NOTE ON THE MEETING  OF 20 JUNE  2022 
Chairperson : H.E. Ms. Usha Chandnee Dwarka -Canabady (Mauritius ) 
A. ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA  ................................ ................................ ...................  1 
B. MONITORING  OF SPECIAL AND DIFFERENTIAL PROVISIONS  ................................ . 1 
- Statement by the Chairperson  ................................ ................................ ....................  1 
C. OTHER BUSINESS  ................................ ................................ ................................ ... 1 
 
A. ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA  
1. The draft agenda as contained in Airgram  WTO/AIR/COMTD/MMSDT/1 4 of 23 May 2022 was 
adopted . 
B. MONITORING  OF SPECIAL AND D IFFERENTIAL PROVISIONS  
- Statement by the Chair person  
2. The Chair person  said that, a t the Ninth WTO Ministerial Conference (MC9) held in Bali in  
December 2013, Ministers  decided to establish the Monitoring Mechanism ( MM) on Special and 
Differential Treatment ( S&D). Th e Decision  establishing the MM was  contained in 
document  WT/MIN(13)/45 – WT/L/920.  According to the Decision, the MM was to act as a focal point 
within the WT O to analyse and review the implementation of S&D provisions. The Mechanism was 
to review all aspects of implementation of S&D provisions with a view to facilitating the integration 
of developing and least developed Members into the multilateral trading sy stem (MTS). 
The Mechanism operated in Dedicated Sessions of the Committee on Trade and Development ( CTD). 
The present meeting was the 1 6th Dedicated Session on the MM, and it appeared that the situation 
remained unchanged from the last meeting, which was held in November  2021. For one thing, the 
monitoring of special and differential provisions in the Mechanism was to be undertaken on the bas is 
of written inputs or submissions made by Members, as well as on the basis of reports from other 
WTO bodies to which submissions by Members could also be made. However, as Members were well 
aware, no written submissions had yet been made in the MM. Furth ermore, paragraph 12 of the 
Decision establishing the MM stated that "The Mechanism shall be reviewed three years after its first 
formal meeting, and thereafter as necessary, taking into account its functioning and evolving 
circumstances". This review had still not taken place. As had been  previously  highlighted, delegations 
had expressed different perspectives on the question of the review . She wished to take this 
opportunity to urge Members to come to a common understanding on how to move forward with the  
MM. She also indicated that she would be holding discussions with Members in informal settings in 
order to explore what could be done to make the MM operational.  
3. The Committee took note  of the statement by the Chairperson . 
C. OTHER  BUSINESS  
4. No matter was raised under "Other Business".  WT/COMTD/MMSDT/M/16  
 
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  5. The meeting was adjourned . 
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