The Ambassador informed the members that India and South Africa are good partners, especially with the inception of the India, Brazil, and South African (IBSA) partnership. This group has given these developing countries a strong voice. It is also a regular forum for exchange. The Ambassador complemented the South African Mission in Geneva as well as South African Ministers in their articulation of issues and progress made. He added that it was 5 years since Doha and it now was the crunch time as it is the final year for finalising negotiations, and an understanding should be reached by end July for negotiations to proceed. The negotiations will thus feature the developing round addressing the needs of the developing nations as the status of negotiations.