We need to find urgent solution to cotton issue - AProCA

The Doha Round has ten years. Ten years now that what was supposed to make international trade a development tool for all the members of the World Trade Organization and more specifically the poor countries, sounds like a mirage. Ten years
Meetings come one after another and that discussions tall. Ten years of missed appointment and betrayed hopes.

- Gathered in General Assembly December 6, 2011 in Banjul, Republic of the Gambia,
- Recognizing the predominant place of cotton in the economies of cotton-producing countries,
- Recognizing the adverse effects of the subsidies granted by rich countries to their producers in the global cotton market, adversely affecting the development of the African cotton sector and their contribution to national economies,
- Recognizing the bottlenecks in international trade negotiations under the World Trade Organization (WTO) on Doha Round,

We, cotton producers, grouped in the Association of African Cotton Producers (AProCA), are launching urgent appeal to governments and all stakeholders involved in international trade negotiations to a swift conclusion of the Doha Round.

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