The Fifth World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference was held in Cancun, Mexico, between 10 and 14 September 2003.

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ICTSD Activities In Cancun

As during the past four WTO Ministerial Conferences in Doha, Singapore, Geneva and Seattle, ICTSD provided its audiences with tools for a better understanding of the issues at the crossroads between trade and sustainable development in the lead-up, duration, and aftermath of the WTO Ministerial. During the Cancun Ministerial, ICTSD engaged in the following activities:

• 18th Session of the Global Biodiversity Forum (GBF) on Biodiversity, Trade, and Sustainable Development. ICTSD co-convened the GBF in advance of the 5th Ministerial Conference of the WTO on 5-7 September in Cancun, Mexico. BRIDGES Trade BioRes Special Issue.
  
  

• High-level Roundtable on Trade and Environment, Cozumel, 8-9 September: BRIDGES Trade BioRes Special Issue.
  
  

• Cancun Trade and Development Symposium. Hotel Gran Melia, Cancun, Mexico, 11-12 September.
  
  

• BRIDGES Daily Updates on the Ministerial Conference. As in past Conferences, ICTSD provided multilingual printed and electronic versions of BRIDGES Daily Updates on-site and via ICTSD's and its partners' websites and listserv services. At Cancun, together with its regional partners, ICTSD produced BRIDGES Daily Updates in English, French, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Chinese and Russian.
  
  
• BRIDGES Weekly Trade News Digest and BRIDGES Monthly Review provide news and in-depth analysis of the issues leading up to and following the Ministerial.
  

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Key news and resources from the Cancun Ministerial.

• Singapore Issues – Options post-Cancun, by the European Commission, 30 October 2003.
• The Doha Development Agenda After Cancun, by the European Commission, 25 September 2003
• Cancun Ministerial Statement, adopted on 14 September 2003
• Draft Cancun Ministerial Texts: 13 September | 24 August | 18 July
• G21 alternative text on agriculture, 14 September 2003.
• Comments By Kenya On The Second Revision Of The Draft Cancun Ministerial Text, 13 September 2003
• Talking Points used by Minister Celso Amorim, speaking on behalf of G21, 13 September 2003.
• 8-9 September, Cozumel High-level Roundtable on Trade and Environment: Chair's Statement in English and Spanish
• Cover letter accompanying Draft Cancun Ministerial Text, 31 August 2003.
• Proposed Order of Business, WTO Ministerial Conference, Fifth Session, 10-14 September 2003, WT/MIN(03)/5, 25 August 2003.
• Provisional Agenda, WTO Ministerial Conference, Fifth Session, 10-14 September 2003, WT/MIN(03)/W/1, 6 August 2003.
• Statements by General Council Chair and Director-General, Heads of Delegations meeting, 25 August 2003.
• Comments on Cancun Draft Ministerial Text, 25 August 2003, Focus on the Global South - Geneva.
• Updates on ongoing negotiations on agriculture, industrial market access, Singapore issues, S&D, and WTO process now available in BRIDGES Weekly Vol. 7 No. 28.
• Africa Group letter to GC Chair on special and differential treatment in first draft Cancun Ministerial text. 20 August 2003.
  
• Other news
• Other documents and resources