113. The representative of Malaysia, speaking on behalf of the ASEAN countries Members of the WTO, recalled that Malaysia had co-sponsored the paper introduced by the representative of Egypt. Other ASEAN member countries had been unable to co-sponsor the paper due to logistical reasons but they fully supported the proposal it contained. He re-emphasized the fact that this subject was of extreme importance to the delegations on behalf of which he spoke for all the reasons that had been stated by several delegations in the meeting. The time-frame referred to in Article 64.2 should be extended for an adequate time until the complexity of the implications of not doing so were fully understood. Having heard the intervention by the representative of India, he was very tempted to recommend to his capital that his delegation should adopt the same position as India.
