Chair,
I would like to warmly welcome the distinguished delegations from CEMAC (Central African Economic and Monetary Community) led by the Minister of State from the Republic of the Congo, and congratulate them on their second Trade Policy Review as an economic community.
I would also like to thank you, Chair, the Secretariat, and our distinguished Discussant, Ambassador Canabady, for facilitating this review.
On the upcoming 30th anniversary of CEMAC’s foundation, the principles of transparency and collegiality upon which CEMAC was founded are no less vital than they were in 1994 – to promoting prosperity within the region.
Their commitment to these principles is not only denoted by the increasing integration of CEMAC’s members into their own economic community, but by the transparency and collegiality which has accompanied their members’ commendable engagement within the WTO.
We welcome, for instance, the high level of participation which Chad, the Republic of the Congo, Gabon, and the Central African Republic (CAR) have shown within the Joint Initiative on…
