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Concluding UN-sponsored conference, landlocked countries set sights on WTO talks

10 August 2005
High-ranking trade officials from 31 landlocked countries at a United Nations-sponsored meeting in Paraguay today called for stronger provisions on transit through neighbouring countries, and other measures to gain access to world markets, to be incorporated into World Trade Organization (WTO) agreements.

Annan pledges international support to landlocked developing countries

9 August 2005
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today pledged support to the representatives of 31 landlocked developing countries in their efforts to overcome marginalization from the international trading system, which, Mr. Annan said, has hampered their development efforts.