africa/global: Memorandum on the need to improve internal transparency and participation in the WTO

Ten NGOs have sent a joint memorandum to World Trade Organisation members on the need to improve internal transparency and participation in the organisation. The Memo highlights many things wrong with the decision-making system and gives concrete proposals. This issue looms large as the Cancun Ministerial approaches. If not changed, the untransparent process will result in an anti-development outcome in Cancun. The memorandum was prepared by: The Third World Network, Oxfam International, Public Services International, WWF International, The Centre for International Environmental Law, Focus on the Global South, The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, The Africa Trade Network, The International Gender and Trade Network, and The Tebtebba International Centre for Indigenous Peoples' Rights.