Lettre ouverte au Directeur général de l'OMC – Pascal Lamy

A group of civil society organizations wrote to WTO Director General Pascal Lamy to protest the 'anti-démocratique' method used by the Council for Trade in Services to draft a ministerial declaration. They argue that the Council President, Ambassador Fernando de Mateo, included proposals—such as numerical targets and plurilateral approaches—that were rejected by many developing countries and least-developed countries, while simultaneously requiring total consensus to remove them. The signatories warn that these measures threaten the development goals of developing nations and favor multinational corporations, calling for a transparent process that reflects the interests of all members, particularly within the Doha Development Agenda.

• Civil society organizations condemn the decision-making process in the Council for Trade in Services as 'anti-démocratique', alleging that the President includes points supported by specific members without agreement, yet requires a 'consensus total parmi les 148 états membres' to remove them.
• The draft ministerial declaration includes 'indicateurs et objectifs chiffrés' and plurilateral approaches that have been 'vigoureusement rejetés' by numerous developing countries (PVD) and least-developed countries (PMA).
• The signatories argue that numerical targets and plurilateral approaches undermine the flexibility of the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS/AGCS) and risk benefiting 'les intérêts des multinationales' over the development goals of poorer nations.

APA

Center for International Environmental Law (2005). Lettre ouverte au Directeur général de l'OMC – Pascal Lamy. https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Lamy_1Nov05_French.pdf

Chicago

Center for International Environmental Law. Lettre ouverte au Directeur général de l'OMC – Pascal Lamy. 2005. https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Lamy_1Nov05_French.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{centerforinternationalenvironmentallaw2005lettre, author = {{Center for International Environmental Law}}, title = {{Lettre ouverte au Directeur général de l'OMC – Pascal Lamy}}, publisher = {Center for International Environmental Law}, year = {2005}, month = oct, url = {https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Lamy_1Nov05_French.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }