80. The representative of Uganda, speaking on behalf of the LDC Group in the WTO, said that the LDC Group supported the contents of paragraph 2 of the 2005 Decision on the Extension of the Transition Period under Article 66.1. So far, only two LDCs, i.e. Uganda and Sierra Leone, had submitted their priority needs for technical cooperation. At the Ministerial Meeting in Maseru, Lesotho, LDC Ministers had committed themselves to ensure that the needs assessments were carried out. LDCs therefore wished to recommit themselves to comply with this requirement and to request flexibilities to be extended to those LDCs that had not yet presented their needs and priority assessments. Furthermore, the LDC Group requested that, once the needs and priority assessments had been submitted, developed partners should provide the technical and financial assistance to LDCs to achieve the necessary technological base that would set the ground for compliance.
