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28. Expresses its concern about the adoption of a number of unilateral
actions that are not consistent with the rules of the World Trade Organization, harm
the exports of all countries, in particular those of developing countries, and have a
considerable bearing on the ongoing World Trade Organization negotiations and on
the achievement and further enhancement of the development dimension of the trade
negotiations;
29. Emphasizes the importance of developing human, institutional,
regulatory and research and development capacities and infrastructures aimed at
enhanced supply-side capacity and competitiveness, as well as ensuring a conducive
international environment for the full and effective integration of developing
countries and countries with economies in transition into the international trading
system;
30. Stresses the importance of strengthening and enabling the trade,
investment and business environments through the adoption of appropriate domestic
measures and conditions to encourage local, regional and international investment
and efforts to prevent and dismantle anti-competitive practices and promote
responsibility and accountability of corporate actors at both the international and the
national levels, thereby enabling developing countries’ producers, enterprises and
consumers to take advantage of trade liberalization, and encourages developing
countries to consider establishing competition laws and frameworks best suited to
their development needs, complemented by technical and financial assistance for
capacity-building, taking fully into account national policy objectives and capacity
constraints;
31. Notes that the outcome documents of the eleventh session of the United
Nations Conference on Trade and Development emphasized the importance for all
countries of enhancing coherence between national development strategies and
global economic processes towards economic growth and development, in particular
of developing countries, and, in that context, reinforced the consensus that trade is a
means to growth and development and that the international trading system and
trade negotiations should facilitate development gains;
32. Also notes the important and unique mandate of the United Nations
Conference on Trade and Development, which was reaffirmed at its eleventh
session, and supports the continued work of the United Nations Conference on
Trade and Development in support of the effective and beneficial integration of
developing countries and countries with economies in transition into the global
economy in cooperation with relevant international organizations;
33. Invites the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, in
accordance with its mandate, to monitor and assess the evolution of the international
trading system and of trends in international trade from a development perspective,
and in particular to analyse issues of concern to developing countries and countries
with economies in transition, supporting them in the formulation, implementation
and review of national trade and trade-related policies and options with a view to
maximizing their share of world trade;
34. Reiterates the importance of supporting the programmes and technical
cooperation and capacity-building activities of the United Nations Conference on
Trade and Development that assist developing countries, especially the least
developed countries and countries with economies in transition, in international
trade and trade negotiations, in particular in support of their participation in the
Doha work programme, including the Integrated Framework for Trade-related
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