Assembly/AU/Decl.1 (VI) Page 2 the industrialized developed countries, to show greater flexibility in their negotiating positions and muster the political will to remove the obstacles to the achievement of this objective by 2006; 5. EMPHASIZE that the success of the Doha Round will be measured by its development outcomes; 6. TAKE NOTE of the decision by the 6th WTO Ministerial Conference to ensure that the parallel elimination of all forms of agriculture export subsidies and disciplines on all export measures with equivalent effect is completed by the end of 2013 and Call for appropriate compensation to African countries that may be adversely affected by the delay in the elimination of agriculture export subsidies; 7. WELCOME the extension of the TRIPs Agreement transition period for LDCs and the incorporation of the temporary solution of August 2003 into an amendment of the TRIPs Agreement and REITERATE the need for the simplification of the cumbersome procedure, which has rendered the solution ineffective and unworkable in practice; 8. COMMEND the Aid for Trade Initiative and REQUEST that it be endowed with adequate resources, and appropriate governance and operational modalities that will enable the initiative serve as an effective instrument for the supply-side capacity building which our countries need in order to use trade for development; 9. REITERATE the need to expeditiously review the Special and Differential (S&D) treatment provisions of WTO Agreements with a view to strengthening them and making them more precise, effective and operational; 10. REAFFIRM the importance of ensuring that the obligations to be undertaken by our countries are proportional and commensurate with our level of development and will allow us sufficient flexibility to determine our trade policies in accordance with our countries’ development goals; 11. CALL for significant progress and useful outcomes in the negotiations on the issues of implementation; small and vulnerable economies; commodities including cotton; trade, debt and finance; and trade and technology transfers which are critical to making the Doha Work Programme a real development Round; 12. REQUEST African Trade Ministers and negotiators to remain engaged, vigilant and united and to intensify their efforts in order to ensure that the interests and concerns of Africa are adequately addressed in the final outcome of the Doha Round of WTO negotiations; and