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Takes note of the report of the Trade and Development Board for the period from 26 October 1972 to 11 September 1973;rn
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Emphasizes that the Tokyo Declaration is expressed in broad terms and opens the way for advancing further work along lines expressed by delegations at the Ministerial Meeting and, in particular, enables Governments, in the course of the work of the Trade Negotiations Committee, to take due account of the concerns, perspectives and principles voiced at Tokyo by different delegations, particularly those of developing countries;
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Notes with satisfaction that a number of Governments have decided to enter into comprehensive multilateral trade negotiations within the framework of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade in which all countries, developed and developing, will be enabled to participate;
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Expects that among the basic objectives guid-- ing these negotiations will be the concepts, as agreed upon in Tokyo, of non-reciprocity and of special and more favourable treatment through differential measures in favour of developing countries, throughout the negotiations, where this is feasible and appropriate;
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Invitesthe participants in the multilateral trade negotiations to ensure that:
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The Trade Negotiations Committee will enable the Secretary-General of the United Nations Confcr-- ence on Trade and Development to attend its meetings as appropriate;
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The Director-General of the Genera.I Agreement on Tariffs and Trade will keep the Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development informed, on a continuing basis, of developments in the multilateral trade negotiations in such a manner as to facilitate the work of the Secretary- General of the Conference in assisting the developing countries;
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Requeststhe Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development to r,> port to the Trade and Development Board at its fourteenth session on all aspects of the negotiations pertinent to the trade and development of develnpini'. countries.
