US-India Joint Statement on Trade

and India
will seek to enhance bilateral trade and investment ties by expanding private
sector contacts, dismantling barriers to trade, building trade capacities and
strengthening trade-promoting institutions.

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EDImports' bridge to the west gives local women an
opportunity to create sustainable enterprises.
FAO has identified IUU fishing as major impediment to the achievement of
sustainable world fisheries.

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Rwandan Women 'Weaving for Peace' Echo 2005 'Fair Trade Is Peace' Theme

Founded in 2003, EDImports has developed partnerships across East Africa,
importing a range of home goods, apparel and event items using culturally
significant natural materials with minimal environmental impact, e.
As a new step in anti-IUU efforts, the group called for the creation
within FAO of a comprehensive global record of fishing vessels, including
supply and refrigerated transport ships, to facilitate prevention of illegal
fishing.

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"After the genocide many Rwandan women were widowed and left without any
economic means of support ," stated Ms.

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Rwandan weavers are now able to purchase food, medicine, and clothing, pay
school fees, and open savings accounts with their income.
The statement also emphasized the need to protect the rights of fishers
and fish workers and ensure their access to fishing grounds and resources ,
particularly for those involved in subsistence, small-scale and artisanal
fishing.

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We agree that a successful Round depends upon progress in all areas of the
negotiations if we are to meet our goal of promoting development through
trade.
We will continue to work to promote reform, respond to the concerns of
developing countries, and create opportunities for growth for all.S. Founder Liz Wald, a former strategy
consultant and Internet entrepreneur, partners with women living in marginal
socioeconomic conditions in Rwanda , Kenya and Uganda to design and produce
goods for export to North America.

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We also believe we should strengthen the rules that
facilitate trade, where we have jointly made proposals. We agree to promote innovation, creativity and technological
advancement by providing a vibrant intellectual property rights regime."
EDImports works with Rwandan women to adapt traditional handmade goods,
such as the "wedding basket," to meet exacting western quality standards.com.
All rehabilitation should be in line with the principles of the FAO Code
of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries, a set of international guidelines for
sustainable fishing adopted by the Organization's member states in 1995, they
said .

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We agree to pursue an ambitious agenda for the first half of 2006,
consistent with the important milestones that were set at the Hong Kong
Ministerial for agriculture, manufacturing, services and other issues, and
continuing to press for the goal of concluding the negotiations by the end of
2006. Wald.

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Towards this global cause, we recommit ourselves and
invite all key participants to demonstrate their leadership.S.jsp?userid=515584

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Work in all these
areas must go hand in hand.
And the institutional and technical capacities of countries to responsibly
manage fishery resources must be restored and strengthened, beyond simply
rebuilding physical infrastructure, the declaration noted.

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"Experts have shown that
building a viable economy is essential to building a lasting peace. Women are
crucial to this process.
Additionally, the countries said they would renew their efforts to ensure
that all large-scale industrial fishing vessels operating on the high seas be
fitted with vessel monitoring systems (VMS ) by December 2008.fao.

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We fully share the goal of completing the WTO Doha Development Agenda
(DDA) before the end of 2006, and agree to work in partnership to help achieve
this outcome. As
two dynamic economies with many complementary interests, the U. NEW YORK, World Fair Trade Day is May 14 and this
year's theme, "Fair Trade Is Peace" is brought to life in Rwanda, where 400
Hutu and Tutsi women work together, weaving baskets for peace as part of
Rwanda's rebuilding efforts after the devastating 1994 genocide.
Helping create a market for their products is NYC-based Economic
Development Imports (EDImports).edimports.prnewswire.

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The ministers also acknowledged the need to strengthen Regional Fisheries
Management Organizations -- intergovernmental organizations that facilitate
cooperation on management of high seas fishing -- to make them more effective
in preventing IUU fishing.

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banana leaf, Ugandan bark cloth, and Kenyan soapstone. Joint Statements Issued at Close of High-Level Meeting at FAO

WASHINGTON and ROME, A group of 121 fishing
ministers and high-level fisheries officials who gathered at FAO over the
weekend for a special ministerial meeting have issued a joint declaration
stressing the need to rebuild fisheries and aquaculture in tsunami-affected
countries in a responsible and people-centered manner.
Among those participating in the March 12 event were representatives from
countries affected by the tsunami.
The talks capped off a week of discussions on responsible fisheries and
aquaculture by 600 representatives of 137 governments during a meeting of
FAO's Committee on Fisheries (COFI ), held 7-11 March at the Organization's
Rome headquarters.

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We note with satisfaction
the successful implementation of our initiative to create the U. This allows authorities to remotely monitor
ship activities in great detail, helping to both strengthen general fisheries
management as well as to more effectively combat IUU fishing.

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We are committed to a DDA result consistent with the mandates already
agreed that realize a substantial outcome in all three pillars of the
agriculture negotiations (domestic support, export competition and market
access); significant improvements in market opportunities in manufacturing and
services; and appropriate disciplines, including transparency of regulatory
practices in services.

The artisans, in turn, contribute to a cooperative that develops services and
business opportunities for their greater community.
VMS involves putting monitoring units on vessels that transmit data on
their location and activities.

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The system of
trading rules to which our two great democracies have contributed immensely
must be strengthened .-India Trade
Policy Forum and the CEO Forum to this end, and in particular the achievements
in the areas of agricultural trade, investment, trade in services, the
reduction of tariff and non-tariff barriers to trade, and spurring innovation
and creativity.
At the same time, the ministers said that improving the efficiency,
sustainability and governance of fisheries is also a priority , and agreed to
cooperate to ensure that reconstruction does not produce a level of fishing
capacity that exceeds what fishery resources can sustainably support.

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We are
building the trading system of the future, where progressive liberalization
and reform result in improvement in standards of living for all, in particular
for the millions of poor across the developing world.

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While working for a successful Doha Round, we also reaffirm our commitment
to strengthen and deepen bilateral trading ties.g. By helping to rebuild
economies through export of handmade items, EDImports demonstrates how
entrepreneurship at all levels -- from small African villages to international
markets -- can create thriving businesses and support a lasting peace.

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Focus on people, sustainability
According to the declaration adopted by the Ministerial Meeting,
rehabilitation should focus on restoring the livelihoods of fishers and fish
farmers and on providing them with protection from future natural disasters
and other environmental threats. Combating it outside countries' exclusive
economic zones on the high seas, where governance is particular complex, is
not easy.

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The
company customizes items for clients and special events, such as baskets
emblazoned with the breast cancer logo for Charity USA, and ponchos designed
to mark the UN's Year of Microcredit.com/ud_public.

Second declaration takes fight against illegal fishing to new level
The Ministerial Meeting also adopted a second declaration calling for
intensified action to combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing.

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WASHINGTON,

New Delhi, India

India and the United States agree that trade is essential to promoting
global economic growth, development, freedom and prosperity . In addition to
paying fair, above-market wages, EDImports invests in the community by
matching savings account contributions and managing a goat donation program.

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During our discussions, we agreed to meet the task with ambition,
determination and a readiness to contribute, consistent with our roles in
global trade, and to keep the development dimension in focus.
To learn more and see fair trade products available for sale, please visit
http://www.

Governments Call for Responsible Post-Tsunami Reconstruction of Fisheries Pledge to Combat Illegal Fishing

Some 43 intergovernmental organizations and 28
nongovernmental organizations also participated.

For more information about FAO visit http://www.org .