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the Council, on the theme “Accelerated action and </a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td headers="view-name-2-table-column" class="views-field views-field-name-2">1998 </td> <td headers="view-field-symbol-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-symbol">E/DCL/1998 </td> <td headers="view-field-document-link-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-document-link"><div><a href="/sites/default/files/documents/2023/ministerial_declaration-1998.pdf" target="_blank">Market access: developments since the Uruguay Round, implications, opportunities and challenges, in particular for the developing countries and the least developed among them, in the context of globalization and liberalization</a></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td headers="view-name-2-table-column" class="views-field views-field-name-2">1999 </td> <td headers="view-field-symbol-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-symbol">E/DCL/1999 </td> <td headers="view-field-document-link-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-document-link"><div><a href="/sites/default/files/documents/2023/ministerial_declaration-1999.pdf" target="_blank">The role of employment and work in poverty eradication: the empowerment and advancement of women</a></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td headers="view-name-2-table-column" class="views-field views-field-name-2">2000 </td> <td headers="view-field-symbol-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-symbol">E/DCL/2000 </td> <td headers="view-field-document-link-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-document-link"><div><a href="/sites/default/files/documents/2023/ministerial_declaration-2000.pdf" target="_blank">Development and international cooperation in the twenty-first century: the role of information technology in the context of a knowledge-based global economy</a></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td headers="view-name-2-table-column" class="views-field views-field-name-2">2001 </td> <td headers="view-field-symbol-table-column" class="views-field 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views-field-name-2">2003 </td> <td headers="view-field-symbol-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-symbol">E/DCL/2003 </td> <td headers="view-field-document-link-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-document-link"><div><a href="/sites/default/files/documents/2023/ministerial_declaration-2003.pdf" target="_blank">Promoting an integrated approach to rural development in developing countries for poverty eradication and sustainable development</a></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td headers="view-name-2-table-column" class="views-field views-field-name-2">2004 </td> <td headers="view-field-symbol-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-symbol">E/DCL/2004 </td> <td headers="view-field-document-link-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-document-link"><div><a href="/sites/default/files/documents/2023/ministerial_declaration-2004.pdf" target="_blank">Resources mobilization and enabling environment for poverty eradication in the context of the implementation of the Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2001-2010</a></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td headers="view-name-2-table-column" class="views-field views-field-name-2">2006 </td> <td headers="view-field-symbol-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-symbol">E/DCL/2006 </td> <td headers="view-field-document-link-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-document-link"><div><a href="/sites/default/files/documents/2023/ministerial_declaration-2006.pdf" target="_blank">Creating an environment at the national and international levels conducive to generating full and productive employment and decent work for all, and its impact on sustainable development</a></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td headers="view-name-2-table-column" class="views-field views-field-name-2">2007 </td> <td headers="view-field-symbol-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-symbol">E/DCL/2007 </td> <td headers="view-field-document-link-table-column" 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