By Kanaga Raja, Geneva 22 Nov 2005
The Chair of the Special Session of the Committee on Agriculture, Ambassador Crawford Falconer of New Zealand, issued Tuesday his draft report on the agriculture negotiations, which he will be submitting to the Chair of the Trade Negotiations Committee Mr Pascal Lamy.
An informal meeting on agriculture was held mid-day Tuesday where the Chair introduced the draft report, after which it was circulated to members. Another informal meeting has been scheduled for later in the evening for members to make their observations, if any.
Falconer has earlier said that he will then make any necessary changes and pass the text on to Lamy. Members will then decide at the TNC level what to do with the agriculture text.
Falconer said that the report has been prepared “on my own responsibility,” and that he has done so in response to the direction of Members as expressed at the informal Special Session of the Committee on Agriculture on 11 November 2005.
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